fix consul version in ci

Woodpecker CI
cleaned Docker process
2024-03-20 17:02:45 +00:00 · 2024-03-20 17:02:45 +00:00 · 2023-03-27 10:23:32 +02:00 · 2023-03-26 09:41:22 +02:00 · 2022-12-01 22:43:06 +01:00 · 2022-12-01 22:40:13 +01:00
100 changed files with 12461 additions and 89 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ bottin
 bottin.static
 config.json
 test/test
+result
+ldap.json
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
---
-kind: pipeline
-name: bottin
-
 steps:
 - name: build
  image: golang:stretch
@ -12,14 +8,8 @@ steps:
    - go test -i -c -o test

 - name: test_bottin
-  image: consul:latest
+  image: consul:1.15.4
  environment:
    BOTTIN_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PW: priZ4Cg0x5NkSyiIN/MpvWw4ZEy8f8s1 
  commands:
    - ash test/runner.sh
-
---
-kind: signature
-hmac: ff246a04c3df8a2f39c8b446dea920622d61950e6caaac886931bdb05d0706ed
-
-...
--- a/5
+++ b/5
@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-FROM scratch
-
-ADD bottin.static /bottin
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bottin"]
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Bottin

-[![Build Status](https://drone.deuxfleurs.fr/api/badges/Deuxfleurs/bottin/status.svg?ref=refs/heads/main)](https://drone.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/bottin)
+[![status-badge](https://woodpecker.deuxfleurs.fr/api/badges/38/status.svg)](https://woodpecker.deuxfleurs.fr/repos/38)

 <img src="https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/bottin/raw/branch/main/bottin.png" style="height: 150px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" />

@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Features:
 - Access control through an ACL (hardcoded in the configuration file)


-A Docker image is provided on the [Docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/lxpz/bottin_amd64).
+A Docker image is provided on the [Docker hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/dxflrs/bottin) (built in `default.nix`).
 An example for running Bottin on a Nomad cluster can be found in `bottin.hcl.example`.

 Bottin takes a single command line argument, `-config <filename>`, which is the
@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ Bottin requires go 1.13 or later.
 To build Bottin, clone this repository outside of your `$GOPATH`.
 Then, run `make` in the root of the repo.

+## Releasing 
+
+```bash
+nix-build -A bin
+nix-build -A docker
+```
+
+```bash
+docker load < $(nix-build -A docker)
+docker push dxflrs/bottin:???
+```

 ## Server initialization

--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+let
+  pkgsSrc = fetchTarball {
+    # As of 2022-07-19
+    url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/d2db10786f27619d5519b12b03fb10dc8ca95e59.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0s9gigs3ylnq5b94rfcmxvrmmr3kzhs497gksajf638d5bv7zcl5";
+  };
+  gomod2nix = fetchGit {
+    url = "https://github.com/tweag/gomod2nix.git";
+    ref = "master";
+    rev = "40d32f82fc60d66402eb0972e6e368aeab3faf58";
+  };
+
+  pkgs = import pkgsSrc { 
+    overlays = [
+      (self: super: {
+        gomod = super.callPackage "${gomod2nix}/builder/" { };
+      })
+    ];
+  };
+in rec {
+  bin = pkgs.gomod.buildGoApplication {
+    pname = "bottin-bin";
+    version = "0.1.0";
+    src = builtins.filterSource 
+      (path: type:  (builtins.match ".*/test/.*\\.(go|sum|mod)" path) == null) 
+      ./.;
+    modules = ./gomod2nix.toml;
+
+    CGO_ENABLED=0;
+
+    meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+      description = "A cloud-native LDAP server backed by a Consul datastore";
+      homepage = "https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/bottin";
+      license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+      platforms = platforms.linux;
+    };
+  };
+  pkg = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "bottin";
+    version = "0.1.0";
+    unpackPhase = "true";
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/
+      cp ${bin}/bin/bottin $out/bottin
+    '';
+  };
+  docker = pkgs.dockerTools.buildImage {
+    name = "dxflrs/bottin";
+    config = {
+      Entrypoint = [ "${pkg}/bottin" ];
+      WorkingDir = "/";
+    };
+  };
+}
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "gomod2nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "utils": "utils"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1655245309,
+        "narHash": "sha256-d/YPoQ/vFn1+GTmSdvbSBSTOai61FONxB4+Lt6w/IVI=",
+        "owner": "tweag",
+        "repo": "gomod2nix",
+        "rev": "40d32f82fc60d66402eb0972e6e368aeab3faf58",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "tweag",
+        "repo": "gomod2nix",
+        "rev": "40d32f82fc60d66402eb0972e6e368aeab3faf58",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1653581809,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Uvka0V5MTGbeOfWte25+tfRL3moECDh1VwokWSZUdoY=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "83658b28fe638a170a19b8933aa008b30640fbd1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1669764884,
+        "narHash": "sha256-1qWR/5+WtqxSedrFbUbM3zPMO7Ec2CGWaxtK4z4DdvY=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0244e143dc943bcf661fdaf581f01eb0f5000fcf",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "0244e143dc943bcf661fdaf581f01eb0f5000fcf",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "gomod2nix": "gomod2nix",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
+      }
+    },
+    "utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1653893745,
+        "narHash": "sha256-0jntwV3Z8//YwuOjzhV2sgJJPt+HY6KhU7VZUL0fKZQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "1ed9fb1935d260de5fe1c2f7ee0ebaae17ed2fa1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  description = "A cloud-native LDAP server backed by a Consul datastore";
+
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/0244e143dc943bcf661fdaf581f01eb0f5000fcf";
+  inputs.gomod2nix.url = "github:tweag/gomod2nix/40d32f82fc60d66402eb0972e6e368aeab3faf58";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, gomod2nix }:
+  let
+    pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      overlays = [
+        (self: super: {
+          gomod = super.callPackage "${gomod2nix}/builder/" { };
+        })
+      ];
+    };
+    bottin = pkgs.gomod.buildGoApplication {
+      pname = "bottin";
+      version = "0.1.0";
+      src = builtins.filterSource
+        (path: type:  (builtins.match ".*/test/.*\\.(go|sum|mod)" path) == null)
+        ./.;
+      modules = ./gomod2nix.toml;
+
+      CGO_ENABLED=0;
+
+      meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+        description = "A cloud-native LDAP server backed by a Consul datastore";
+        homepage = "https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/bottin";
+        license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+        platforms = platforms.linux;
+      };
+    };
+  in
+  {
+    packages.x86_64-linux.bottin = bottin;
+    packages.x86_64-linux.default = self.packages.x86_64-linux.bottin;
+  };
+}
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ module bottin
 go 1.13

 require (
-	github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.3.0
-	github.com/lor00x/goldap v0.0.0-20180618054307-a546dffdd1a3
+	github.com/jsimonetti/pwscheme v0.0.0-20220125093853-4d9895f5db73
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200604202706-70a84ac30bf9 // indirect
 )
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20200615164410-66371956d46c h1:/IBSNwUN8+eKzUzbJPqhK839ygXJ82sde8x3ogr6R28=
-github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20200615164410-66371956d46c/go.mod h1:chxPXzSsl7ZWRAuOIE23GDNzjWuZquvFlgA8xmpunjU=
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hCbHZ8TKRvWD2dDTCfh9M9ya+I9JpbB7O8o=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da h1:8GUt8eRujhVEGZFFEjBj46YV4rDjvGrNxb0KMWYkL2I=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
@ -9,11 +7,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
-github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.1 h1:pDbRAunXzIUXfx4CB2QJFv5IuPiuoW+sWvr/Us009o8=
-github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.1/go.mod h1:hEBeB/ic+5LoWskz+yKT7vGhhPYkProFKoKdwZRWMe0=
-github.com/go-ldap/ldap v2.5.1+incompatible h1:Opaoft5zMW8IU/VRULB0eGMBQ9P5buRvCW6sFTRmMn8=
-github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.3.0 h1:lwx+SJpgOHd8tG6SumBQZXCmNX51zM8B1cfxJ5gv4tQ=
-github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:iYS1MdmrmceOJ1QOTnRXrIs7i3kloqtmGQjRvjKpyMg=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c h1:964Od4U6p2jUkFxvCydnIczKteheJEzHRToSGK3Bnlw=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
@ -49,10 +42,10 @@ github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.1.3 h1:EmmoJme1matNzb+hMpDuR/0sbJSUisxyqBGG67
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ajVTdAv/9Im8oMAAj5G31PhhMCZJV2pPBoIllUwCN7I=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2 h1:YZ7UKsJv+hKjqGVUUbtE3HNj79Eln2oQ75tniF6iPt0=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/JwenrHc=
+github.com/jsimonetti/pwscheme v0.0.0-20220125093853-4d9895f5db73 h1:ZhC4QngptYaGx53+ph1RjxcH8fkCozBaY+935TNX4i8=
+github.com/jsimonetti/pwscheme v0.0.0-20220125093853-4d9895f5db73/go.mod h1:t0Q9JvoMTfTYdAWIk2MF69iz+Qpdk9D+PgVu6fVmaDI=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1 h1:mweAR1A6xJ3oS2pRaGiHgQ4OO8tzTaLawm8vnODuwDk=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
-github.com/lor00x/goldap v0.0.0-20180618054307-a546dffdd1a3 h1:wIONC+HMNRqmWBjuMxhatuSzHaljStc4gjDeKycxy0A=
-github.com/lor00x/goldap v0.0.0-20180618054307-a546dffdd1a3/go.mod h1:37YR9jabpiIxsb8X9VCIx8qFOjTDIIrIHHODa8C4gz0=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.0.14 h1:9jZdLNd/P4+SfEJ0TNyxYpsK8N4GtfylBLqtbYN1sbA=
@ -84,14 +77,13 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181029021203-45a5f77698d3 h1:KYQXGkl6vs02hK7pK4eIbw0NpNPedieTSTEiJ//bwGs=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181029021203-45a5f77698d3/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200604202706-70a84ac30bf9 h1:vEg9joUBmeBcK9iSJftGNf3coIG4HqZElCPehJsfAYM=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200604202706-70a84ac30bf9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181023162649-9b4f9f5ad519/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181201002055-351d144fa1fc h1:a3CU5tJYVj92DY2LaA1kUkrsqD5/3mLDhx2NcNqyW+0=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181201002055-351d144fa1fc/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3 h1:0GoQqolDA55aaLxZyTzK/Y2ePZzZTUrRacwib7cNsYQ=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4 h1:YUO/7uOKsKeq9UokNS62b8FYywz3ker1l1vDZRCRefw=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
--- a/goldap/abandon_request.go
+++ b/goldap/abandon_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AbandonRequest ::= [APPLICATION 16] MessageID
+
+func readAbandonRequest(bytes *Bytes) (ret AbandonRequest, err error) {
+	var mes MessageID
+	mes, err = readTaggedMessageID(bytes, classApplication, TagAbandonRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAbandonRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = AbandonRequest(mes)
+	return
+}
+
+func (abandon AbandonRequest) size() int {
+	return MessageID(abandon).sizeTagged(TagAbandonRequest)
+}
+
+func (abandon AbandonRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return MessageID(abandon).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagAbandonRequest)
+}
--- a/goldap/add_request.go
+++ b/goldap/add_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AddRequest ::= [APPLICATION 8] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             attributes      AttributeList }
+
+func (add *AddRequest) Entry() LDAPDN {
+	return add.entry
+}
+
+func (add *AddRequest) Attributes() AttributeList {
+	return add.attributes
+}
+
+func readAddRequest(bytes *Bytes) (ret AddRequest, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagAddRequest, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAddRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (add *AddRequest) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	add.entry, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	add.attributes, err = readAttributeList(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (add AddRequest) size() (size int) {
+	size += add.entry.size()
+	size += add.attributes.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagAddRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (add AddRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += add.attributes.write(bytes)
+	size += add.entry.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagAddRequest, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/add_response.go
+++ b/goldap/add_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AddResponse ::= [APPLICATION 9] LDAPResult
+
+func (l *AddResponse) SetResultCode(code int) {
+	l.resultCode = ENUMERATED(code)
+}
+
+func readAddResponse(bytes *Bytes) (ret AddResponse, err error) {
+	var res LDAPResult
+	res, err = readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes, classApplication, TagAddResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAddResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = AddResponse(res)
+	return
+}
+
+func (a AddResponse) size() int {
+	return LDAPResult(a).sizeTagged(TagAddResponse)
+}
+func (a AddResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPResult(a).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagAddResponse)
+}
--- a/goldap/asn1.go
+++ b/goldap/asn1.go
@ -0,0 +1,760 @@
+package message
+
+// Below code is largely inspired from the standard golang library encoding/asn
+// If put BEGIN / END tags in the comments to give the original library name
+import (
+	//	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	// "strconv"
+	// "time"
+)
+
+//
+// BEGIN: encoding/asn1/common.go
+//
+
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+const (
+	tagBoolean = 1
+	tagInteger = 2
+	// tagBitString   = 3
+	tagOctetString = 4
+	// tagOID         = 6
+	tagEnum = 10
+	// tagUTF8String = 12
+	tagSequence = 16
+	tagSet      = 17
+	// tagPrintableString = 19
+	// tagT61String       = 20
+	// tagIA5String       = 22
+	// tagUTCTime         = 23
+	// tagGeneralizedTime = 24
+	tagGeneralString = 27
+)
+
+var tagNames = map[int]string{
+	tagBoolean:     "BOOLEAN",
+	tagInteger:     "INTEGER",
+	tagOctetString: "OCTET STRING",
+	tagEnum:        "ENUM",
+	tagSequence: "SEQUENCE",
+	tagSet:      "SET",
+}
+
+const (
+	classUniversal       = 0
+	classApplication     = 1
+	classContextSpecific = 2
+	// classPrivate         = 3
+)
+
+var classNames = map[int]string{
+	classUniversal:       "UNIVERSAL",
+	classApplication:     "APPLICATION",
+	classContextSpecific: "CONTEXT SPECIFIC",
+}
+
+const (
+	isCompound    = true
+	isNotCompound = false
+)
+
+var compoundNames = map[bool]string{
+	isCompound:    "COMPOUND",
+	isNotCompound: "NOT COMPOUND",
+}
+
+type TagAndLength struct {
+	Class, Tag, Length int
+	IsCompound         bool
+}
+
+//
+// END: encoding/asn1/common.go
+//
+
+func (t *TagAndLength) Expect(class int, tag int, isCompound bool) (err error) {
+	err = t.ExpectClass(class)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("Expect: %s.", err)}
+	}
+	err = t.ExpectTag(tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("Expect: %s.", err)}
+	}
+	err = t.ExpectCompound(isCompound)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("Expect: %s.", err)}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (t *TagAndLength) ExpectClass(class int) (err error) {
+	if class != t.Class {
+		err = SyntaxError{fmt.Sprintf("ExpectClass: wrong tag class: got %d (%s), expected %d (%s)", t.Class, classNames[t.Class], class, classNames[class])}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (t *TagAndLength) ExpectTag(tag int) (err error) {
+	if tag != t.Tag {
+		err = SyntaxError{fmt.Sprintf("ExpectTag: wrong tag value: got %d (%s), expected %d (%s)", t.Tag, tagNames[t.Tag], tag, tagNames[tag])}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (t *TagAndLength) ExpectCompound(isCompound bool) (err error) {
+	if isCompound != t.IsCompound {
+		err = SyntaxError{fmt.Sprintf("ExpectCompound: wrong tag compound: got %t (%s), expected %t (%s)", t.IsCompound, compoundNames[t.IsCompound], isCompound, compoundNames[isCompound])}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func ParseTagAndLength(bytes []byte, initOffset int) (ret TagAndLength, offset int, err error) {
+	ret, offset, err = parseTagAndLength(bytes, initOffset)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+// BEGIN encoding/asn1/asn1.go
+//
+
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package asn1 implements parsing of DER-encoded ASN.1 data structures,
+// as defined in ITU-T Rec X.690.
+//
+// See also ``A Layman's Guide to a Subset of ASN.1, BER, and DER,''
+// http://luca.ntop.org/Teaching/Appunti/asn1.html.
+// package asn1
+
+// ASN.1 is a syntax for specifying abstract objects and BER, DER, PER, XER etc
+// are different encoding formats for those objects. Here, we'll be dealing
+// with DER, the Distinguished Encoding Rules. DER is used in X.509 because
+// it's fast to parse and, unlike BER, has a unique encoding for every object.
+// When calculating hashes over objects, it's important that the resulting
+// bytes be the same at both ends and DER removes this margin of error.
+//
+// ASN.1 is very complex and this package doesn't attempt to implement
+// everything by any means.
+
+//import (
+//	"fmt"
+//	"math/big"
+//	"reflect"
+//	"strconv"
+//	"time"
+//)
+
+// A StructuralError suggests that the ASN.1 data is valid, but the Go type
+// which is receiving it doesn't match.
+type StructuralError struct {
+	Msg string
+}
+
+func (e StructuralError) Error() string { return "asn1: structure error: " + e.Msg }
+
+// A SyntaxError suggests that the ASN.1 data is invalid.
+type SyntaxError struct {
+	Msg string
+}
+
+func (e SyntaxError) Error() string { return "asn1: syntax error: " + e.Msg }
+
+// We start by dealing with each of the primitive types in turn.
+
+// BOOLEAN
+
+func parseBool(bytes []byte) (ret bool, err error) {
+	if len(bytes) > 1 {
+		err = SyntaxError{"invalid boolean: should be encoded on one byte only"}
+		return
+	} else if len(bytes) == 0 {
+		err = SyntaxError{"invalid boolean: no data to read"}
+	}
+
+	// DER demands that "If the encoding represents the boolean value TRUE,
+	// its single contents octet shall have all eight bits set to one."
+	// Thus only 0 and 255 are valid encoded values.
+	switch bytes[0] {
+	case 0:
+		ret = false
+	case 0xff:
+		ret = true
+	default:
+		err = SyntaxError{"invalid boolean: should be 0x00 of 0xFF"}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func sizeBool(b bool) int {
+	return 1
+}
+
+func writeBool(bytes *Bytes, b bool) int {
+	if b == false {
+		return bytes.writeBytes([]byte{0x00})
+	} else {
+		return bytes.writeBytes([]byte{0xff})
+	}
+}
+
+// INTEGER
+
+// parseInt64 treats the given bytes as a big-endian, signed integer and
+// returns the result.
+func parseInt64(bytes []byte) (ret int64, err error) {
+	if len(bytes) > 8 {
+		// We'll overflow an int64 in this case.
+		err = StructuralError{"integer too large"}
+		return
+	}
+	for bytesRead := 0; bytesRead < len(bytes); bytesRead++ {
+		ret <<= 8
+		ret |= int64(bytes[bytesRead])
+	}
+
+	// Shift up and down in order to sign extend the result.
+	ret <<= 64 - uint8(len(bytes))*8
+	ret >>= 64 - uint8(len(bytes))*8
+	return
+}
+
+func sizeInt64(i int64) int {
+	n := 1
+
+	for i > 127 {
+		n++
+		i >>= 8
+	}
+
+	for i < -128 {
+		n++
+		i >>= 8
+	}
+
+	return n
+}
+
+func writeInt64(bytes *Bytes, i int64) int {
+	n := sizeInt64(i)
+	buf := [8]byte{}
+
+	for j := 0; j < n; j++ {
+		b := i >> uint((n-1-j)*8)
+		buf[j] = byte(b)
+	}
+	bytes.writeBytes(buf[:n])
+
+	return n
+}
+
+// parseInt treats the given bytes as a big-endian, signed integer and returns
+// the result.
+func parseInt32(bytes []byte) (int32, error) {
+	ret64, err := parseInt64(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	if ret64 != int64(int32(ret64)) {
+		return 0, StructuralError{"integer too large"}
+	}
+	return int32(ret64), nil
+}
+
+func sizeInt32(i int32) int {
+	return sizeInt64(int64(i))
+}
+
+func writeInt32(bytes *Bytes, i int32) int {
+	return writeInt64(bytes, int64(i))
+}
+
+var bigOne = big.NewInt(1)
+
+// // parseBigInt treats the given bytes as a big-endian, signed integer and returns
+// // the result.
+// func parseBigInt(bytes []byte) *big.Int {
+// 	ret := new(big.Int)
+// 	if len(bytes) > 0 && bytes[0]&0x80 == 0x80 {
+// 		// This is a negative number.
+// 		notBytes := make([]byte, len(bytes))
+// 		for i := range notBytes {
+// 			notBytes[i] = ^bytes[i]
+// 		}
+// 		ret.SetBytes(notBytes)
+// 		ret.Add(ret, bigOne)
+// 		ret.Neg(ret)
+// 		return ret
+// 	}
+// 	ret.SetBytes(bytes)
+// 	return ret
+// }
+
+// // BIT STRING
+
+// // BitString is the structure to use when you want an ASN.1 BIT STRING type. A
+// // bit string is padded up to the nearest byte in memory and the number of
+// // valid bits is recorded. Padding bits will be zero.
+// type BitString struct {
+// 	Bytes     []byte // bits packed into bytes.
+// 	BitLength int    // length in bits.
+// }
+
+// // At returns the bit at the given index. If the index is out of range it
+// // returns false.
+// func (b BitString) At(i int) int {
+// 	if i < 0 || i >= b.BitLength {
+// 		return 0
+// 	}
+// 	x := i / 8
+// 	y := 7 - uint(i%8)
+// 	return int(b.Bytes[x]>>y) & 1
+// }
+
+// // RightAlign returns a slice where the padding bits are at the beginning. The
+// // slice may share memory with the BitString.
+// func (b BitString) RightAlign() []byte {
+// 	shift := uint(8 - (b.BitLength % 8))
+// 	if shift == 8 || len(b.Bytes) == 0 {
+// 		return b.Bytes
+// 	}
+
+// 	a := make([]byte, len(b.Bytes))
+// 	a[0] = b.Bytes[0] >> shift
+// 	for i := 1; i < len(b.Bytes); i++ {
+// 		a[i] = b.Bytes[i-1] << (8 - shift)
+// 		a[i] |= b.Bytes[i] >> shift
+// 	}
+
+// 	return a
+// }
+
+// // parseBitString parses an ASN.1 bit string from the given byte slice and returns it.
+// func parseBitString(bytes []byte) (ret BitString, err error) {
+// 	if len(bytes) == 0 {
+// 		err = SyntaxError{"zero length BIT STRING"}
+// 		return
+// 	}
+// 	paddingBits := int(bytes[0])
+// 	if paddingBits > 7 ||
+// 		len(bytes) == 1 && paddingBits > 0 ||
+// 		bytes[len(bytes)-1]&((1<<bytes[0])-1) != 0 {
+// 		err = SyntaxError{"invalid padding bits in BIT STRING"}
+// 		return
+// 	}
+// 	ret.BitLength = (len(bytes)-1)*8 - paddingBits
+// 	ret.Bytes = bytes[1:]
+// 	return
+// }
+
+// OBJECT IDENTIFIER
+
+// An ObjectIdentifier represents an ASN.1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
+// type ObjectIdentifier []int
+
+// // Equal reports whether oi and other represent the same identifier.
+// func (oi ObjectIdentifier) Equal(other ObjectIdentifier) bool {
+// 	if len(oi) != len(other) {
+// 		return false
+// 	}
+// 	for i := 0; i < len(oi); i++ {
+// 		if oi[i] != other[i] {
+// 			return false
+// 		}
+// 	}
+
+// 	return true
+// }
+
+// func (oi ObjectIdentifier) String() string {
+// 	var s string
+
+// 	for i, v := range oi {
+// 		if i > 0 {
+// 			s += "."
+// 		}
+// 		s += strconv.Itoa(v)
+// 	}
+
+// 	return s
+// }
+
+// // parseObjectIdentifier parses an OBJECT IDENTIFIER from the given bytes and
+// // returns it. An object identifier is a sequence of variable length integers
+// // that are assigned in a hierarchy.
+// func parseObjectIdentifier(bytes []byte) (s []int, err error) {
+// 	if len(bytes) == 0 {
+// 		err = SyntaxError{"zero length OBJECT IDENTIFIER"}
+// 		return
+// 	}
+
+// 	// In the worst case, we get two elements from the first byte (which is
+// 	// encoded differently) and then every varint is a single byte long.
+// 	s = make([]int, len(bytes)+1)
+
+// 	// The first varint is 40*value1 + value2:
+// 	// According to this packing, value1 can take the values 0, 1 and 2 only.
+// 	// When value1 = 0 or value1 = 1, then value2 is <= 39. When value1 = 2,
+// 	// then there are no restrictions on value2.
+// 	v, offset, err := parseBase128Int(bytes, 0)
+// 	if err != nil {
+// 		return
+// 	}
+// 	if v < 80 {
+// 		s[0] = v / 40
+// 		s[1] = v % 40
+// 	} else {
+// 		s[0] = 2
+// 		s[1] = v - 80
+// 	}
+
+// 	i := 2
+// 	for ; offset < len(bytes); i++ {
+// 		v, offset, err = parseBase128Int(bytes, offset)
+// 		if err != nil {
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 		s[i] = v
+// 	}
+// 	s = s[0:i]
+// 	return
+// }
+
+// ENUMERATED
+
+// An Enumerated is represented as a plain int.
+type Enumerated int
+
+// FLAG
+
+// A Flag accepts any data and is set to true if present.
+type Flag bool
+
+// parseBase128Int parses a base-128 encoded int from the given offset in the
+// given byte slice. It returns the value and the new offset.
+func parseBase128Int(bytes []byte, initOffset int) (ret, offset int, err error) {
+	offset = initOffset
+	for shifted := 0; offset < len(bytes); shifted++ {
+		if shifted > 4 {
+			err = StructuralError{"base 128 integer too large"}
+			return
+		}
+		ret <<= 7
+		b := bytes[offset]
+		ret |= int(b & 0x7f)
+		offset++
+		if b&0x80 == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	err = SyntaxError{"truncated base 128 integer"}
+	return
+}
+
+func sizeBase128Int(value int) (size int) {
+	for i := value; i > 0; i >>= 7 {
+		size++
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Write start as the end of the slice and goes back
+// We assume we have enough size
+func writeBase128Int(bytes *Bytes, value int) (size int) {
+	for ; value > 0 || size == 0; value >>= 7 { // Write at least one byte even if the value is 0
+		// Get the 7 lowest bits
+		b := byte(value) & 0x7f
+		if value < 128 {
+			b |= 0x80
+		}
+		bytes.writeBytes([]byte{b})
+		size++
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// // UTCTime
+
+// func parseUTCTime(bytes []byte) (ret time.Time, err error) {
+// 	s := string(bytes)
+// 	ret, err = time.Parse("0601021504Z0700", s)
+// 	if err != nil {
+// 		ret, err = time.Parse("060102150405Z0700", s)
+// 	}
+// 	if err == nil && ret.Year() >= 2050 {
+// 		// UTCTime only encodes times prior to 2050. See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.1.2.5.1
+// 		ret = ret.AddDate(-100, 0, 0)
+// 	}
+
+// 	return
+// }
+
+// // parseGeneralizedTime parses the GeneralizedTime from the given byte slice
+// // and returns the resulting time.
+// func parseGeneralizedTime(bytes []byte) (ret time.Time, err error) {
+// 	return time.Parse("20060102150405Z0700", string(bytes))
+// }
+
+// // PrintableString
+
+// // parsePrintableString parses a ASN.1 PrintableString from the given byte
+// // array and returns it.
+// func parsePrintableString(bytes []byte) (ret string, err error) {
+// 	for _, b := range bytes {
+// 		if !isPrintable(b) {
+// 			err = SyntaxError{"PrintableString contains invalid character"}
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 	}
+// 	ret = string(bytes)
+// 	return
+// }
+
+// // isPrintable returns true iff the given b is in the ASN.1 PrintableString set.
+// func isPrintable(b byte) bool {
+// 	return 'a' <= b && b <= 'z' ||
+// 		'A' <= b && b <= 'Z' ||
+// 		'0' <= b && b <= '9' ||
+// 		'\'' <= b && b <= ')' ||
+// 		'+' <= b && b <= '/' ||
+// 		b == ' ' ||
+// 		b == ':' ||
+// 		b == '=' ||
+// 		b == '?' ||
+// 		// This is technically not allowed in a PrintableString.
+// 		// However, x509 certificates with wildcard strings don't
+// 		// always use the correct string type so we permit it.
+// 		b == '*'
+// }
+
+// // IA5String
+
+// // parseIA5String parses a ASN.1 IA5String (ASCII string) from the given
+// // byte slice and returns it.
+// func parseIA5String(bytes []byte) (ret string, err error) {
+// 	for _, b := range bytes {
+// 		if b >= 0x80 {
+// 			err = SyntaxError{"IA5String contains invalid character"}
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 	}
+// 	ret = string(bytes)
+// 	return
+// }
+
+// // T61String
+
+// // parseT61String parses a ASN.1 T61String (8-bit clean string) from the given
+// // byte slice and returns it.
+// func parseT61String(bytes []byte) (ret string, err error) {
+// 	return string(bytes), nil
+// }
+
+// UTF8String
+
+// parseUTF8String parses a ASN.1 UTF8String (raw UTF-8) from the given byte
+// array and returns it.
+// func parseUTF8String(bytes []byte) (ret string, err error) {
+// 	return string(bytes), nil
+// }
+// func sizeUTF8String(s string) int {
+// 	return len(s)
+// }
+// func writeUTF8String(bytes *Bytes, s string) int {
+// 	return bytes.writeString(s)
+// }
+
+// Octet string
+func parseOctetString(bytes []byte) (ret []byte, err error) {
+	return bytes, nil
+}
+func sizeOctetString(s []byte) int {
+	return len(s)
+}
+func writeOctetString(bytes *Bytes, s []byte) int {
+	return bytes.writeBytes(s)
+}
+
+// A RawValue represents an undecoded ASN.1 object.
+type RawValue struct {
+	Class, Tag int
+	IsCompound bool
+	Bytes      []byte
+	FullBytes  []byte // includes the tag and length
+}
+
+// RawContent is used to signal that the undecoded, DER data needs to be
+// preserved for a struct. To use it, the first field of the struct must have
+// this type. It's an error for any of the other fields to have this type.
+type RawContent []byte
+
+// Tagging
+
+// parseTagAndLength parses an ASN.1 tag and length pair from the given offset
+// into a byte slice. It returns the parsed data and the new offset. SET and
+// SET OF (tag 17) are mapped to SEQUENCE and SEQUENCE OF (tag 16) since we
+// don't distinguish between ordered and unordered objects in this code.
+func parseTagAndLength(bytes []byte, initOffset int) (ret TagAndLength, offset int, err error) {
+	offset = initOffset
+	b := bytes[offset]
+	offset++
+	ret.Class = int(b >> 6)
+	ret.IsCompound = b&0x20 == 0x20
+	ret.Tag = int(b & 0x1f)
+
+	// If the bottom five bits are set, then the tag number is actually base 128
+	// encoded afterwards
+	if ret.Tag == 0x1f {
+		ret.Tag, offset, err = parseBase128Int(bytes, offset)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if offset >= len(bytes) {
+		err = SyntaxError{"truncated tag or length"}
+		return
+	}
+	b = bytes[offset]
+	offset++
+	if b&0x80 == 0 {
+		// The length is encoded in the bottom 7 bits.
+		ret.Length = int(b & 0x7f)
+	} else {
+		// Bottom 7 bits give the number of length bytes to follow.
+		numBytes := int(b & 0x7f)
+		if numBytes == 0 {
+			err = SyntaxError{"indefinite length found (not DER)"}
+			return
+		}
+		ret.Length = 0
+		for i := 0; i < numBytes; i++ {
+			if offset >= len(bytes) {
+				err = SyntaxError{"truncated tag or length"}
+				return
+			}
+			b = bytes[offset]
+			offset++
+			if ret.Length >= 1<<23 {
+				// We can't shift ret.length up without
+				// overflowing.
+				err = StructuralError{"length too large"}
+				return
+			}
+			ret.Length <<= 8
+			ret.Length |= int(b)
+			if ret.Length == 0 {
+				// DER requires that lengths be minimal.
+				err = StructuralError{"superfluous leading zeros in length"}
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// func writeTagAndLength(out *forkableWriter, t tagAndLength) (err error) {
+// 	b := uint8(t.class) << 6
+// 	if t.isCompound {
+// 		b |= 0x20
+// 	}
+// 	if t.tag >= 31 {
+// 		b |= 0x1f
+// 		err = out.WriteByte(b)
+// 		if err != nil {
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 		err = marshalBase128Int(out, int64(t.tag))
+// 		if err != nil {
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 	} else {
+// 		b |= uint8(t.tag)
+// 		err = out.WriteByte(b)
+// 		if err != nil {
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 	}
+
+// 	if t.length >= 128 {
+// 		l := lengthLength(t.length)
+// 		err = out.WriteByte(0x80 | byte(l))
+// 		if err != nil {
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 		err = marshalLength(out, t.length)
+// 		if err != nil {
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 	} else {
+// 		err = out.WriteByte(byte(t.length))
+// 		if err != nil {
+// 			return
+// 		}
+// 	}
+
+// 	return nil
+// }
+
+func sizeTagAndLength(tag int, length int) (size int) {
+	// Compute the size of the tag
+	size = 1
+	if tag >= 31 {
+		// Long-form identifier if the tag is greater than 30
+		// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.690#Identifier_tags_greater_than_30
+		size += sizeBase128Int(tag)
+	}
+	// Compute the size of the length using the definite form
+	// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.690#The_definite_form
+	size += 1
+	if length >= 128 {
+		size += 1
+		for length > 255 {
+			size++
+			length >>= 8
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func writeTagAndLength(bytes *Bytes, t TagAndLength) (size int) {
+	// We are writing backward, so write the length bytes first
+	if t.Length < 0 {
+		panic("Can't have a negative length")
+
+	} else if t.Length >= 128 {
+		lengthBytes := 0
+		val := t.Length
+		for val > 0 {
+			lengthBytes++
+			bytes.writeBytes([]byte{byte(val & 0xff)})
+			val >>= 8
+		}
+		bytes.writeBytes([]byte{byte(0x80 | byte(lengthBytes))})
+		size += lengthBytes + 1
+
+	} else if t.Length < 128 {
+		size += bytes.writeBytes([]byte{byte(t.Length)})
+	}
+	// Then write the tag
+	b := uint8(t.Class) << 6
+	if t.IsCompound {
+		b |= 0x20
+	}
+	if t.Tag >= 31 {
+		b |= 0x1f
+		size += writeBase128Int(bytes, t.Tag)
+	} else {
+		b |= uint8(t.Tag)
+	}
+	size += bytes.writeBytes([]byte{byte(b)})
+	return
+}
+
+//
+// END encoding/asn1/asn1.go
+//
--- a/goldap/asn1_test.go
+++ b/goldap/asn1_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+  "testing"
+  "bytes"
+)
+
+func TestSizeInt64(t *testing.T) {
+  s := sizeInt64(0)
+  if s != 1 {
+    t.Errorf("computed size is %d, expected 1", s)
+  }
+
+  s = sizeInt64(127)
+  if s != 1 {
+    t.Errorf("computed size is %d, expected 1", s)
+  }
+
+  s = sizeInt64(128)
+  if s != 2 {
+    t.Errorf("computed size is %d, expected 2", s)
+  }
+
+  s = sizeInt64(50000)
+  if s != 3 {
+    t.Errorf("computed size is %d, expected 3", s)
+  }
+
+  s = sizeInt64(-12345)
+  if s != 2 {
+    t.Errorf("computed size is %d, expected 2", s)
+  }
+}
+
+func TestWriteInt64(t *testing.T) {
+  vtests := []int64{0, 127, 128, 50000, -12345}
+  expsize := []int{1, 1, 2, 3, 2}
+  expresult := [][]byte{{0x00}, {0x7F}, {0x00, 0x80}, {0x00, 0xc3, 0x50}, {0xcf, 0xc7}}
+
+  for idx, v := range vtests {
+    fs := sizeInt64(v)
+    b := NewBytes(fs, make([]byte, fs))
+    t.Log("computing", v)
+    s := writeInt64(b, v)
+    if s != expsize[idx] {
+      t.Errorf("computed size is %d, expected %d", s, expsize[idx])
+    }
+    if !bytes.Equal(b.Bytes(), expresult[idx]) {
+      t.Errorf("wrong computed bytes, got %v, expected %v", b.Bytes(), expresult[idx])
+    }
+    a, e := parseInt64(b.Bytes())
+    t.Log("parse", a, e)
+  }
+}
--- a/goldap/assertion_value.go
+++ b/goldap/assertion_value.go
@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AssertionValue ::= OCTET STRING
+
+func readAssertionValue(bytes *Bytes) (assertionvalue AssertionValue, err error) {
+	var octetstring OCTETSTRING
+	octetstring, err = readOCTETSTRING(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAssertionValue:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	assertionvalue = AssertionValue(octetstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func readTaggedAssertionValue(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (assertionvalue AssertionValue, err error) {
+	var octetstring OCTETSTRING
+	octetstring, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, class, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedAssertionValue:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	assertionvalue = AssertionValue(octetstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func (assertion AssertionValue) size() int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(assertion).size()
+}
+
+func (assertion AssertionValue) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(assertion).sizeTagged(tag)
+}
+
+func (assertion AssertionValue) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(assertion).write(bytes)
+}
+
+func (assertion AssertionValue) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(assertion).writeTagged(bytes, class, tag)
+}
--- a/goldap/attribute.go
+++ b/goldap/attribute.go
@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        Attribute ::= PartialAttribute(WITH COMPONENTS {
+//             ...,
+//             vals (SIZE(1..MAX))})
+
+func (attribute *Attribute) Type_() AttributeDescription {
+	return attribute.type_
+}
+
+func (attribute *Attribute) Vals() []AttributeValue {
+	return attribute.vals
+}
+
+func readAttribute(bytes *Bytes) (ret Attribute, err error) {
+	var par PartialAttribute
+	par, err = readPartialAttribute(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAttribute:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if len(par.vals) == 0 {
+		err = LdapError{"readAttribute: expecting at least one value"}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = Attribute(par)
+	return
+
+}
+
+func (attribute Attribute) size() (size int) {
+	return PartialAttribute(attribute).size()
+}
+
+func (attribute Attribute) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	return PartialAttribute(attribute).write(bytes)
+}
--- a/goldap/attribute_description.go
+++ b/goldap/attribute_description.go
@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AttributeDescription ::= LDAPString
+//                                -- Constrained to <attributedescription>
+//                                -- [RFC4512]
+
+func (description AttributeDescription) Pointer() *AttributeDescription { return &description }
+
+func readAttributeDescription(bytes *Bytes) (ret AttributeDescription, err error) {
+	var ldapstring LDAPString
+	ldapstring, err = readLDAPString(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAttributeDescription:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	// @TODO: check RFC4512
+	ret = AttributeDescription(ldapstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func readTaggedAttributeDescription(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret AttributeDescription, err error) {
+	var ldapstring LDAPString
+	ldapstring, err = readTaggedLDAPString(bytes, class, tag)
+	// @TODO: check RFC4512
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedAttributeDescription:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = AttributeDescription(ldapstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func (description AttributeDescription) size() int {
+	return LDAPString(description).size()
+}
+
+func (description AttributeDescription) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return LDAPString(description).sizeTagged(tag)
+}
+
+func (description AttributeDescription) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPString(description).write(bytes)
+}
+
+func (description AttributeDescription) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return LDAPString(description).writeTagged(bytes, class, tag)
+}
--- a/goldap/attribute_list.go
+++ b/goldap/attribute_list.go
@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AttributeList ::= SEQUENCE OF attribute Attribute
+
+func readAttributeList(bytes *Bytes) (ret AttributeList, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAttributeList:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (list *AttributeList) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var attr Attribute
+		attr, err = readAttribute(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*list = append(*list, attr)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (list AttributeList) size() (size int) {
+	for _, att := range list {
+		size += att.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (list AttributeList) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	for i := len(list) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += list[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/attribute_selection.go
+++ b/goldap/attribute_selection.go
@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AttributeSelection ::= SEQUENCE OF selector LDAPString
+//                       -- The LDAPString is constrained to
+//                       -- <attributeSelector> in Section 4.5.1.8
+
+func readAttributeSelection(bytes *Bytes) (attributeSelection AttributeSelection, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, attributeSelection.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAttributeSelection:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (selection *AttributeSelection) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var ldapstring LDAPString
+		ldapstring, err = readLDAPString(bytes)
+		// @TOTO: check <attributeSelector> in Section 4.5.1.8
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*selection = append(*selection, ldapstring)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (selection AttributeSelection) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	for i := len(selection) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += selection[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (selection AttributeSelection) size() (size int) {
+	for _, selector := range selection {
+		size += selector.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/attribute_value.go
+++ b/goldap/attribute_value.go
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AttributeValue ::= OCTET STRING
+
+func readAttributeValue(bytes *Bytes) (ret AttributeValue, err error) {
+	octetstring, err := readOCTETSTRING(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAttributeValue:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = AttributeValue(octetstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func (value AttributeValue) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(value).write(bytes)
+}
+
+func (value AttributeValue) size() int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(value).size()
+}
--- a/goldap/attribute_value_assertion.go
+++ b/goldap/attribute_value_assertion.go
@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AttributeValueAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             attributeDesc   AttributeDescription,
+//             assertionValue  AssertionValue }
+
+func (assertion *AttributeValueAssertion) AttributeDesc() AttributeDescription {
+	return assertion.attributeDesc
+}
+
+func (assertion *AttributeValueAssertion) AssertionValue() AssertionValue {
+	return assertion.assertionValue
+}
+
+func readAttributeValueAssertion(bytes *Bytes) (ret AttributeValueAssertion, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAttributeValueAssertion:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+
+}
+
+func readTaggedAttributeValueAssertion(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret AttributeValueAssertion, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(class, tag, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedAttributeValueAssertion:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (assertion *AttributeValueAssertion) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	assertion.attributeDesc, err = readAttributeDescription(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	assertion.assertionValue, err = readAssertionValue(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (assertion AttributeValueAssertion) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += assertion.assertionValue.write(bytes)
+	size += assertion.attributeDesc.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (assertion AttributeValueAssertion) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (size int) {
+	size += assertion.assertionValue.write(bytes)
+	size += assertion.attributeDesc.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (assertion AttributeValueAssertion) size() (size int) {
+	size += assertion.attributeDesc.size()
+	size += assertion.assertionValue.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (assertion AttributeValueAssertion) sizeTagged(tag int) (size int) {
+	size += assertion.attributeDesc.size()
+	size += assertion.assertionValue.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/authentication_choice.go
+++ b/goldap/authentication_choice.go
@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        AuthenticationChoice ::= CHOICE {
+//             simple                  [0] OCTET STRING,
+//                                     -- 1 and 2 reserved
+//             sasl                    [3] SaslCredentials,
+//             ...  }
+
+func readAuthenticationChoice(bytes *Bytes) (ret AuthenticationChoice, err error) {
+	tagAndLength, err := bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAuthenticationChoice:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	err = tagAndLength.ExpectClass(classContextSpecific)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAuthenticationChoice:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	switch tagAndLength.Tag {
+	case TagAuthenticationChoiceSimple:
+		ret, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagAuthenticationChoiceSimple)
+	case TagAuthenticationChoiceSaslCredentials:
+		ret, err = readSaslCredentials(bytes)
+	default:
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAuthenticationChoice: invalid tag value %d for AuthenticationChoice", tagAndLength.Tag)}
+		return
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readAuthenticationChoice:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/bind_request.go
+++ b/goldap/bind_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//        BindRequest ::= [APPLICATION 0] SEQUENCE {
+//             version                 INTEGER (1 ..  127),
+//             name                    LDAPDN,
+//             authentication          AuthenticationChoice }
+
+func (request *BindRequest) Name() LDAPDN {
+	return request.name
+}
+
+func (request *BindRequest) Authentication() AuthenticationChoice {
+	return request.authentication
+}
+
+func (request *BindRequest) AuthenticationSimple() OCTETSTRING {
+	return request.Authentication().(OCTETSTRING)
+}
+
+func (request *BindRequest) AuthenticationChoice() string {
+	switch request.Authentication().(type) {
+	case OCTETSTRING:
+		return "simple"
+	case SaslCredentials:
+		return "sasl"
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func readBindRequest(bytes *Bytes) (bindrequest BindRequest, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagBindRequest, bindrequest.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readBindRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (request *BindRequest) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	request.version, err = readINTEGER(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if !(request.version >= BindRequestVersionMin && request.version <= BindRequestVersionMax) {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents: invalid version %d, must be between %d and %d", request.version, BindRequestVersionMin, BindRequestVersionMax)}
+		return
+	}
+	request.name, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	request.authentication, err = readAuthenticationChoice(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (request BindRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	switch request.authentication.(type) {
+	case OCTETSTRING:
+		size += request.authentication.(OCTETSTRING).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagAuthenticationChoiceSimple)
+	case SaslCredentials:
+		size += request.authentication.(SaslCredentials).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagAuthenticationChoiceSaslCredentials)
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown authentication choice: %#v", request.authentication))
+	}
+	size += request.name.write(bytes)
+	size += request.version.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagBindRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (request BindRequest) size() (size int) {
+	size += request.version.size()
+	size += request.name.size()
+	switch request.authentication.(type) {
+	case OCTETSTRING:
+		size += request.authentication.(OCTETSTRING).sizeTagged(TagAuthenticationChoiceSimple)
+	case SaslCredentials:
+		size += request.authentication.(SaslCredentials).sizeTagged(TagAuthenticationChoiceSaslCredentials)
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown authentication choice: %#v", request.authentication))
+	}
+
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagBindRequest, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/bind_response.go
+++ b/goldap/bind_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//        BindResponse ::= [APPLICATION 1] SEQUENCE {
+//             COMPONENTS OF LDAPResult,
+//             serverSaslCreds    [7] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+
+func readBindResponse(bytes *Bytes) (bindresponse BindResponse, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagBindResponse, bindresponse.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readBindResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (response *BindResponse) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	response.LDAPResult.readComponents(bytes)
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagBindResponseServerSaslCreds {
+			var serverSaslCreds OCTETSTRING
+			serverSaslCreds, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagBindResponseServerSaslCreds)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			response.serverSaslCreds = serverSaslCreds.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (response BindResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	if response.serverSaslCreds != nil {
+		size += response.serverSaslCreds.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagBindResponseServerSaslCreds)
+	}
+	size += response.LDAPResult.writeComponents(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagBindResponse, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (response BindResponse) size() (size int) {
+	if response.serverSaslCreds != nil {
+		size += response.serverSaslCreds.sizeTagged(TagBindResponseServerSaslCreds)
+	}
+	size += response.LDAPResult.sizeComponents()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagBindResponse, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/boolean.go
+++ b/goldap/boolean.go
@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func readBOOLEAN(bytes *Bytes) (ret BOOLEAN, err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+	value, err = bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagBoolean, tagBoolean)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readBOOLEAN:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = BOOLEAN(value.(bool))
+	return
+}
+
+func (boolean BOOLEAN) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagBoolean, boolean)
+}
+
+func (boolean BOOLEAN) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(class, tag, boolean)
+}
+
+func readTaggedBOOLEAN(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret BOOLEAN, err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+	value, err = bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(class, tag, tagBoolean)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedBOOLEAN:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = BOOLEAN(value.(bool))
+	return
+}
+
+func SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tag int, value interface{}) (size int) {
+	switch value.(type) {
+	case BOOLEAN:
+		size = sizeBool(bool(value.(BOOLEAN)))
+	case INTEGER:
+		size = sizeInt32(int32(value.(INTEGER)))
+	case ENUMERATED:
+		size = sizeInt32(int32(value.(ENUMERATED)))
+	case OCTETSTRING:
+		size = sizeOctetString([]byte(string(value.(OCTETSTRING))))
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("SizePrimitiveSubBytes: invalid value type %v", value))
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (boolean BOOLEAN) size() int {
+	return SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tagBoolean, boolean)
+}
+
+func (boolean BOOLEAN) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tag, boolean)
+}
+
+func (boolean BOOLEAN) Bool() bool {
+	return bool(boolean)
+}
--- a/goldap/bytes.go
+++ b/goldap/bytes.go
@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type Bytes struct {
+	offset int
+	bytes  []byte
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) getBytes() []byte {
+	return bytes.bytes
+}
+func NewBytes(offset int, bytes []byte) (ret *Bytes) {
+	return &Bytes{offset: offset, bytes: bytes}
+}
+
+func (bytes Bytes) Debug() {
+	fmt.Printf("Offset: %d, Bytes: %+v\n", bytes.offset, bytes.bytes)
+}
+
+// Return a string with the hex dump of the bytes around the current offset
+// The current offset byte is put in brackets
+// Example: 0x01, [0x02], 0x03
+func (bytes *Bytes) DumpCurrentBytes() (ret string) {
+	var strings [3]string
+	for i := -1; i <= 1; i++ {
+		if bytes.offset+i >= 0 && bytes.offset+i < len(bytes.bytes) {
+			strings[i+1] = fmt.Sprintf("%#x", bytes.bytes[bytes.offset+i])
+		}
+	}
+	ret = fmt.Sprintf("%s, [%s], %s", strings[0], strings[1], strings[2])
+	return
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) HasMoreData() bool {
+	return bytes.offset < len(bytes.bytes)
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) ParseTagAndLength() (ret TagAndLength, err error) {
+	var offset int
+	ret, offset, err = ParseTagAndLength(bytes.bytes, bytes.offset)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ParseTagAndLength: %s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	} else {
+		bytes.offset = offset
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) ReadSubBytes(class int, tag int, callback func(bytes *Bytes) error) (err error) {
+	// Check tag
+	tagAndLength, err := bytes.ParseTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadSubBytes:\n%s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	err = tagAndLength.Expect(class, tag, isCompound)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadSubBytes:\n%s", err.Error())}
+	}
+
+	start := bytes.offset
+	end := bytes.offset + tagAndLength.Length
+
+	// Check we got enough bytes to process
+	if end > len(bytes.bytes) {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadSubBytes: data truncated: expecting %d bytes at offset %d", tagAndLength.Length, bytes.offset)}
+	}
+	// Process sub-bytes
+	subBytes := Bytes{offset: 0, bytes: bytes.bytes[start:end]}
+	err = callback(&subBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		bytes.offset += subBytes.offset
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadSubBytes:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	// Check we got no more bytes to process
+	if subBytes.HasMoreData() {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadSubBytes: data too long: %d more bytes to read at offset %d", end-bytes.offset, bytes.offset)}
+	}
+	// Move offset
+	bytes.offset = end
+	return
+}
+
+func SizeSubBytes(tag int, callback func() int) (size int) {
+	size = callback()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) WritePrimitiveSubBytes(class int, tag int, value interface{}) (size int) {
+	switch value.(type) {
+	case BOOLEAN:
+		size = writeBool(bytes, bool(value.(BOOLEAN)))
+	case INTEGER:
+		size = writeInt32(bytes, int32(value.(INTEGER)))
+	case ENUMERATED:
+		size = writeInt32(bytes, int32(value.(ENUMERATED)))
+	case OCTETSTRING:
+		size = writeOctetString(bytes, []byte(string(value.(OCTETSTRING))))
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("WritePrimitiveSubBytes: invalid value type %v", value))
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isNotCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) WriteTagAndLength(class int, compound bool, tag int, length int) int {
+	return writeTagAndLength(bytes, TagAndLength{Class: class, IsCompound: compound, Tag: tag, Length: length})
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) writeString(s string) (size int) {
+	size = len(s)
+	start := bytes.offset - size
+	if start < 0 {
+		panic("Not enough space for string")
+	}
+	copy(bytes.bytes[start:], s)
+	bytes.offset = start
+	return
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) writeBytes(b []byte) (size int) {
+	size = len(b)
+	start := bytes.offset - size
+	if start < 0 {
+		panic("Not enough space for bytes")
+	}
+	copy(bytes.bytes[start:], b)
+	bytes.offset = start
+	return
+}
+
+//
+// Parse tag, length and read the a primitive value
+// Supported types are:
+// - boolean
+// - integer (parsed as int32)
+// - enumerated (parsed as int32)
+// - UTF8 string
+// - Octet string
+//
+// Parameters:
+// - class: the expected class value(classUniversal, classApplication, classContextSpecific)
+// - tag: the expected tag value
+// - typeTag: the real primitive type to parse (tagBoolean, tagInteger, tagEnym, tagUTF8String, tagOctetString)
+//
+func (bytes *Bytes) ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(class int, tag int, typeTag int) (value interface{}, err error) {
+	// Check tag
+	tagAndLength, err := bytes.ParseTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadPrimitiveSubBytes:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	err = tagAndLength.Expect(class, tag, isNotCompound)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadPrimitiveSubBytes:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+
+	start := bytes.offset
+	end := bytes.offset + tagAndLength.Length
+
+	// Check we got enough bytes to process
+	if end > len(bytes.bytes) {
+		// err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadPrimitiveSubBytes: data truncated: expecting %d bytes at offset %d but only %d bytes are remaining (start: %d, length: %d, end: %d, len(b): %d, bytes: %#+v)", tagAndLength.Length, *b.offset, len(b.bytes)-start, start, tagAndLength.Length, end, len(b.bytes), b.bytes)}
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadPrimitiveSubBytes: data truncated: expecting %d bytes at offset %d but only %d bytes are remaining", tagAndLength.Length, bytes.offset, len(bytes.bytes)-start)}
+		return
+	}
+	// Process sub-bytes
+	subBytes := bytes.bytes[start:end]
+	switch typeTag {
+	case tagBoolean:
+		value, err = parseBool(subBytes)
+	case tagInteger:
+		value, err = parseInt32(subBytes)
+	case tagEnum:
+		value, err = parseInt32(subBytes)
+	case tagOctetString:
+		value, err = parseOctetString(subBytes)
+	default:
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadPrimitiveSubBytes: invalid type tag value %d", typeTag)}
+		return
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadPrimitiveSubBytes:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	// Move offset
+	bytes.offset = end
+	return
+}
+
+func (bytes *Bytes) Bytes() []byte {
+	return bytes.bytes
+}
--- a/goldap/bytes_test.go
+++ b/goldap/bytes_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestReadPrimitiveSubBytesTestData(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range PrimitiveSubBytesTestData() {
+		value, err := test.bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(test.class, test.tag, test.typeTag)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("#%d failed: %s", i+1, err)
+		} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.value, value) {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: Wrong value %#v, got %#v", i+1, test.value, value)
+		} else if test.offset != test.bytes.offset {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: Wrong Offset, value %#v, got %#v", i+1, test.offset, test.bytes.offset)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSizePrimitiveSubBytesTestData(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range PrimitiveSubBytesTestData() {
+		value, err := test.bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(test.class, test.tag, test.typeTag)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("#%d failed: %s", i+1, err)
+		} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.value, value) {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: Wrong value %#v, got %#v", i+1, test.value, value)
+		} else if test.offset != test.bytes.offset {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: Wrong Offset, value %#v, got %#v", i+1, test.offset, test.bytes.offset)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func NewInt(value int) (ret *int) {
+	ret = &value
+	return
+}
+
+type PrimitiveSubBytesTestSingleData struct {
+	bytes   Bytes       // Input
+	class   int         // Expected class
+	tag     int         // Expected tag
+	typeTag int         // Expected type
+	value   interface{} // Expected output
+	offset  int         // Expected offset after processing
+}
+
+func PrimitiveSubBytesTestData() []PrimitiveSubBytesTestSingleData {
+
+	return []PrimitiveSubBytesTestSingleData{
+		// Test 1
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 0,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x02, 0x01, 0x09},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagInteger,
+			typeTag: tagInteger,
+			value:   int32(0x09),
+			offset:  3,
+		},
+		// Test 2
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 0,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x02, 0x02, 0x09, 0x87},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagInteger,
+			typeTag: tagInteger,
+			value:   int32(0x0987),
+			offset:  4,
+		},
+		// Test 3
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 0,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x02, 0x03, 0x09, 0x87, 0x65},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagInteger,
+			typeTag: tagInteger,
+			value:   int32(0x098765),
+			offset:  5,
+		},
+		// Test 4
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 0,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x02, 0x04, 0x09, 0x87, 0x65, 0x43},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagInteger,
+			typeTag: tagInteger,
+			value:   int32(0x09876543),
+			offset:  6,
+		},
+		// Test 5
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 2,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x30, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01, 0x0f},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagInteger,
+			typeTag: tagInteger,
+			value:   int32(0x0f),
+			offset:  5,
+		},
+		// Test 6
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 2,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x30, 0x16, 0x02, 0x01, 0x0f, 0x60, 0x11, 0x02, 0x01, 0x03, 0x04, 0x00, 0xa3, 0x0a, 0x04, 0x08, 0x43, 0x52, 0x41, 0x4d, 0x2d, 0x4d, 0x44, 0x35},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagInteger,
+			typeTag: tagInteger,
+			value:   int32(0x0f),
+			offset:  5,
+		},
+		// Test 7
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 2,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x30, 0x19, 0x02, 0x04, 0x7f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x60, 0x11, 0x02, 0x01, 0x03, 0x04, 0x00, 0xa3, 0x0a, 0x04, 0x08, 0x43, 0x52, 0x41, 0x4d, 0x2d, 0x4d, 0x44, 0x35},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagInteger,
+			typeTag: tagInteger,
+			value:   int32(0x07fffffff),
+			offset:  8,
+		},
+		// Test 8
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 0,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x04, 0x08, 0x43, 0x52, 0x41, 0x4d, 0x2d, 0x4d, 0x44, 0x35},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagOctetString,
+			typeTag: tagOctetString,
+			value:   []byte("CRAM-MD5"),
+			offset:  10,
+		},
+		// Test 9
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 0,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x04, 0x0d, 0x48, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f, 0x2c, 0x20, 0xe4, 0xb8, 0x96, 0xe7, 0x95, 0x8c},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagOctetString,
+			typeTag: tagOctetString,
+			value:   []byte("Hello, 世界"),
+			offset:  15,
+		},
+		// Test 10
+		{
+			bytes: Bytes{
+				offset: 10,
+				bytes:  []byte{0x30, 0x1d, 0x02, 0x01, 0x05, 0x60, 0x18, 0x02, 0x01, 0x03, 0x04, 0x07, 0x6d, 0x79, 0x4c, 0x6f, 0x67, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x80, 0x0a, 0x6d, 0x79, 0x50, 0x61, 0x73, 0x73, 0x77, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x64},
+			},
+			class:   classUniversal,
+			tag:     tagOctetString,
+			typeTag: tagOctetString,
+			value:   []byte("myLogin"),
+			offset:  19,
+		},
+	}
+}
--- a/goldap/compare_request.go
+++ b/goldap/compare_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        CompareRequest ::= [APPLICATION 14] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             ava             AttributeValueAssertion }
+
+func (request *CompareRequest) Entry() LDAPDN {
+	return request.entry
+}
+
+func (request *CompareRequest) Ava() *AttributeValueAssertion {
+	return &request.ava
+}
+
+func readCompareRequest(bytes *Bytes) (ret CompareRequest, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagCompareRequest, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readCompareRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (request *CompareRequest) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	request.entry, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	request.ava, err = readAttributeValueAssertion(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (request CompareRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += request.ava.write(bytes)
+	size += request.entry.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagCompareRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (request CompareRequest) size() (size int) {
+	size += request.entry.size()
+	size += request.ava.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagCompareRequest, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/compare_response.go
+++ b/goldap/compare_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        CompareResponse ::= [APPLICATION 15] LDAPResult
+
+func (response *CompareResponse) SetResultCode(code int) {
+	response.resultCode = ENUMERATED(code)
+}
+
+func readCompareResponse(bytes *Bytes) (ret CompareResponse, err error) {
+	var res LDAPResult
+	res, err = readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes, classApplication, TagCompareResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readCompareResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = CompareResponse(res)
+	return
+}
+
+func (response CompareResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPResult(response).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagCompareResponse)
+}
+
+func (response CompareResponse) size() int {
+	return LDAPResult(response).sizeTagged(TagCompareResponse)
+}
--- a/goldap/control.go
+++ b/goldap/control.go
@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+//
+//        Control ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             controlType             LDAPOID,
+//             criticality             BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
+//             controlValue            OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+
+func (control *Control) ControlType() LDAPOID {
+	return control.controlType
+}
+
+func (control *Control) Criticality() BOOLEAN {
+	return control.criticality
+}
+
+func (control *Control) ControlValue() *OCTETSTRING {
+	return control.controlValue
+}
+
+func readControl(bytes *Bytes) (control Control, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, control.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readControl:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (control *Control) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	control.controlType, err = readLDAPOID(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == tagBoolean {
+			control.criticality, err = readBOOLEAN(bytes)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			if control.criticality == false {
+				err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("readComponents: criticality default value FALSE should not be specified"))
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var octetstring OCTETSTRING
+		octetstring, err = readOCTETSTRING(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		control.controlValue = octetstring.Pointer()
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (control Control) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	if control.controlValue != nil {
+		size += control.controlValue.write(bytes)
+	}
+	if control.criticality != BOOLEAN(false) {
+		size += control.criticality.write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += control.controlType.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (control Control) size() (size int) {
+	if control.controlValue != nil {
+		size += control.controlValue.size()
+	}
+	if control.criticality != BOOLEAN(false) {
+		size += control.criticality.size()
+	}
+	size += control.controlType.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/controls.go
+++ b/goldap/controls.go
@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        Controls ::= SEQUENCE OF control Control
+
+func readTaggedControls(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (controls Controls, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(class, tag, controls.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedControls:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (controls *Controls) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var control Control
+		control, err = readControl(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*controls = append(*controls, control)
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (controls Controls) Pointer() *Controls { return &controls }
+
+func (controls Controls) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (size int) {
+	for i := len(controls) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += controls[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (controls Controls) sizeTagged(tag int) (size int) {
+	for _, control := range controls {
+		size += control.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/del_request.go
+++ b/goldap/del_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        DelRequest ::= [APPLICATION 10] LDAPDN
+func readDelRequest(bytes *Bytes) (ret DelRequest, err error) {
+	var res LDAPDN
+	res, err = readTaggedLDAPDN(bytes, classApplication, TagDelRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readDelRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = DelRequest(res)
+	return
+}
+
+func (del DelRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPDN(del).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagDelRequest)
+}
+
+func (del DelRequest) size() int {
+	return LDAPDN(del).sizeTagged(TagDelRequest)
+}
--- a/goldap/del_response.go
+++ b/goldap/del_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        DelResponse ::= [APPLICATION 11] LDAPResult
+
+func (del *DelResponse) SetResultCode(code int) {
+	del.resultCode = ENUMERATED(code)
+}
+
+func readDelResponse(bytes *Bytes) (ret DelResponse, err error) {
+	var res LDAPResult
+	res, err = readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes, classApplication, TagDelResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readDelResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = DelResponse(res)
+	return
+}
+
+func (del DelResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPResult(del).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagDelResponse)
+}
+
+func (del DelResponse) size() int {
+	return LDAPResult(del).sizeTagged(TagDelResponse)
+}
--- a/goldap/dn.go
+++ b/goldap/dn.go
@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        LDAPDN ::= LDAPString -- Constrained to <distinguishedName>
+//                              -- [RFC4514]
+
+func readLDAPDN(bytes *Bytes) (ret LDAPDN, err error) {
+	var str LDAPString
+	str, err = readLDAPString(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readLDAPDN:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = LDAPDN(str)
+	return
+}
+
+func readTaggedLDAPDN(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret LDAPDN, err error) {
+	var ldapstring LDAPString
+	ldapstring, err = readTaggedLDAPString(bytes, class, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedLDAPDN:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	// @TODO: check RFC4514
+	ret = LDAPDN(ldapstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func (l LDAPDN) Pointer() *LDAPDN { return &l }
+
+func readRelativeLDAPDN(bytes *Bytes) (ret RelativeLDAPDN, err error) {
+	var ldapstring LDAPString
+	ldapstring, err = readLDAPString(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readRelativeLDAPDN:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	// @TODO: check RFC4514
+	ret = RelativeLDAPDN(ldapstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func (l LDAPDN) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPString(l).write(bytes)
+}
+
+func (l LDAPDN) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return LDAPString(l).writeTagged(bytes, class, tag)
+}
+
+func (l LDAPDN) size() int {
+	return LDAPString(l).size()
+}
+
+func (l LDAPDN) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return LDAPString(l).sizeTagged(tag)
+}
--- a/goldap/enumerated.go
+++ b/goldap/enumerated.go
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func (enum ENUMERATED) Int() int {
+	return int(enum)
+}
+
+func readENUMERATED(bytes *Bytes, allowedValues map[ENUMERATED]string) (ret ENUMERATED, err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+	value, err = bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagEnum, tagEnum)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readENUMERATED:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = ENUMERATED(value.(int32))
+	if _, ok := allowedValues[ret]; !ok {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readENUMERATED: Invalid ENUMERATED VALUE %d", ret)}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (enum ENUMERATED) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagEnum, enum)
+}
+
+func (enum ENUMERATED) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(class, tag, enum)
+}
+
+func (enum ENUMERATED) size() int {
+	return SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tagEnum, enum)
+}
--- a/goldap/error.go
+++ b/goldap/error.go
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package message
+
+type LdapError struct {
+	Msg string
+}
+
+func (err LdapError) Error() string {
+	return err.Msg
+}
--- a/goldap/extended_request.go
+++ b/goldap/extended_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        ExtendedRequest ::= [APPLICATION 23] SEQUENCE {
+//             requestName      [0] LDAPOID,
+//             requestValue     [1] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+
+func (extended *ExtendedRequest) RequestName() LDAPOID {
+	return extended.requestName
+}
+
+func (extended *ExtendedRequest) RequestValue() *OCTETSTRING {
+	return extended.requestValue
+}
+
+func readExtendedRequest(bytes *Bytes) (ret ExtendedRequest, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagExtendedRequest, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readExtendedRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (extended *ExtendedRequest) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	extended.requestName, err = readTaggedLDAPOID(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedRequestName)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagExtendedRequestValue {
+			var requestValue OCTETSTRING
+			requestValue, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedRequestValue)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			extended.requestValue = requestValue.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (extended ExtendedRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	if extended.requestValue != nil {
+		size += extended.requestValue.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedRequestValue)
+	}
+	size += extended.requestName.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedRequestName)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagExtendedRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (extended ExtendedRequest) size() (size int) {
+	size += extended.requestName.sizeTagged(TagExtendedRequestName)
+	if extended.requestValue != nil {
+		size += extended.requestValue.sizeTagged(TagExtendedRequestValue)
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagExtendedRequest, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/extended_response.go
+++ b/goldap/extended_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        ExtendedResponse ::= [APPLICATION 24] SEQUENCE {
+//             COMPONENTS OF LDAPResult,
+//             responseName     [10] LDAPOID OPTIONAL,
+//             responseValue    [11] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+
+func (extended *ExtendedResponse) SetResponseName(name LDAPOID) {
+	extended.responseName = &name
+}
+
+func readExtendedResponse(bytes *Bytes) (ret ExtendedResponse, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagExtendedResponse, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readExtendedResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (extended *ExtendedResponse) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	extended.LDAPResult.readComponents(bytes)
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagExtendedResponseName {
+			var oid LDAPOID
+			oid, err = readTaggedLDAPOID(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedResponseName)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			extended.responseName = oid.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagExtendedResponseValue {
+			var responseValue OCTETSTRING
+			responseValue, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedResponseValue)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			extended.responseValue = responseValue.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (extended ExtendedResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	if extended.responseValue != nil {
+		size += extended.responseValue.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedResponseValue)
+	}
+	if extended.responseName != nil {
+		size += extended.responseName.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagExtendedResponseName)
+	}
+	size += extended.LDAPResult.writeComponents(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagExtendedResponse, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (extended ExtendedResponse) size() (size int) {
+	size += extended.LDAPResult.sizeComponents()
+	if extended.responseName != nil {
+		size += extended.responseName.sizeTagged(TagExtendedResponseName)
+	}
+	if extended.responseValue != nil {
+		size += extended.responseValue.sizeTagged(TagExtendedResponseValue)
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagExtendedResponse, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/filter.go
+++ b/goldap/filter.go
@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        Filter ::= CHOICE {
+//             and             [0] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+//             or              [1] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+//             not             [2] Filter,
+//             equalityMatch   [3] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 57]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//             substrings      [4] SubstringFilter,
+//             greaterOrEqual  [5] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//             lessOrEqual     [6] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//             present         [7] AttributeDescription,
+//             approxMatch     [8] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//             extensibleMatch [9] MatchingRuleAssertion,
+//             ...  }
+
+func readFilter(bytes *Bytes) (filter Filter, err error) {
+	var tagAndLength TagAndLength
+	tagAndLength, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilter:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	err = tagAndLength.ExpectClass(classContextSpecific)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilter:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	switch tagAndLength.Tag {
+	case TagFilterAnd:
+		filter, err = readFilterAnd(bytes)
+	case TagFilterOr:
+		filter, err = readFilterOr(bytes)
+	case TagFilterNot:
+		filter, err = readFilterNot(bytes)
+	case TagFilterEqualityMatch:
+		filter, err = readFilterEqualityMatch(bytes)
+	case TagFilterSubstrings:
+		filter, err = readFilterSubstrings(bytes)
+	case TagFilterGreaterOrEqual:
+		filter, err = readFilterGreaterOrEqual(bytes)
+	case TagFilterLessOrEqual:
+		filter, err = readFilterLessOrEqual(bytes)
+	case TagFilterPresent:
+		filter, err = readFilterPresent(bytes)
+	case TagFilterApproxMatch:
+		filter, err = readFilterApproxMatch(bytes)
+	case TagFilterExtensibleMatch:
+		filter, err = readFilterExtensibleMatch(bytes)
+	default:
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilter: invalid tag value %d for filter", tagAndLength.Tag)}
+		return
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilter:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_and.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_and.go
@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             and             [0] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+
+func (filterAnd FilterAnd) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterAnd
+}
+
+func (filterAnd FilterAnd) size() (size int) {
+	for _, filter := range filterAnd {
+		size += filter.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagFilterAnd, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (filterAnd *FilterAnd) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	count := 0
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		count++
+		var filter Filter
+		filter, err = readFilter(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents (filter %d):\n%s", count, err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*filterAnd = append(*filterAnd, filter)
+	}
+	if len(*filterAnd) == 0 {
+		err = LdapError{"readComponents: expecting at least one Filter"}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (filterAnd FilterAnd) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+
+	for i := len(filterAnd) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += filterAnd[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classContextSpecific, isCompound, TagFilterAnd, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func readFilterAnd(bytes *Bytes) (filterand FilterAnd, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classContextSpecific, TagFilterAnd, filterand.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterAnd:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_approx_match.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_approx_match.go
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             approxMatch     [8] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func readFilterApproxMatch(bytes *Bytes) (ret FilterApproxMatch, err error) {
+	var attributevalueassertion AttributeValueAssertion
+	attributevalueassertion, err = readTaggedAttributeValueAssertion(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterApproxMatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterApproxMatch:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = FilterApproxMatch(attributevalueassertion)
+	return
+}
+
+//             approxMatch     [8] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (f FilterApproxMatch) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(f).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterApproxMatch)
+}
+func (filterAnd FilterApproxMatch) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterApproxMatch
+}
+
+//             approxMatch     [8] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (f FilterApproxMatch) size() int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(f).sizeTagged(TagFilterApproxMatch)
+}
+func (a *FilterApproxMatch) AttributeDesc() AttributeDescription {
+	return a.attributeDesc
+}
+func (a *FilterApproxMatch) AssertionValue() AssertionValue {
+	return a.assertionValue
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_equality_match.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_equality_match.go
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             equalityMatch   [3] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func readFilterEqualityMatch(bytes *Bytes) (ret FilterEqualityMatch, err error) {
+	var attributevalueassertion AttributeValueAssertion
+	attributevalueassertion, err = readTaggedAttributeValueAssertion(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterEqualityMatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterEqualityMatch:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = FilterEqualityMatch(attributevalueassertion)
+	return
+}
+
+//             equalityMatch   [3] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (f FilterEqualityMatch) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(f).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterEqualityMatch)
+}
+func (filter FilterEqualityMatch) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterEqualityMatch
+}
+
+//             equalityMatch   [3] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (f FilterEqualityMatch) size() int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(f).sizeTagged(TagFilterEqualityMatch)
+}
+func (a *FilterEqualityMatch) AttributeDesc() AttributeDescription {
+	return a.attributeDesc
+}
+func (a *FilterEqualityMatch) AssertionValue() AssertionValue {
+	return a.assertionValue
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_extensible_match.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_extensible_match.go
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             extensibleMatch [9] MatchingRuleAssertion,
+func readFilterExtensibleMatch(bytes *Bytes) (filterextensiblematch FilterExtensibleMatch, err error) {
+	var matchingruleassertion MatchingRuleAssertion
+	matchingruleassertion, err = readTaggedMatchingRuleAssertion(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterExtensibleMatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterExtensibleMatch:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	filterextensiblematch = FilterExtensibleMatch(matchingruleassertion)
+	return
+}
+
+//             extensibleMatch [9] MatchingRuleAssertion,
+func (f FilterExtensibleMatch) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return MatchingRuleAssertion(f).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterExtensibleMatch)
+}
+func (filterAnd FilterExtensibleMatch) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterExtensibleMatch
+}
+
+//             extensibleMatch [9] MatchingRuleAssertion,
+func (f FilterExtensibleMatch) size() int {
+	return MatchingRuleAssertion(f).sizeTagged(TagFilterExtensibleMatch)
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_greater_or_equal.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_greater_or_equal.go
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             greaterOrEqual  [5] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func readFilterGreaterOrEqual(bytes *Bytes) (ret FilterGreaterOrEqual, err error) {
+	var attributevalueassertion AttributeValueAssertion
+	attributevalueassertion, err = readTaggedAttributeValueAssertion(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterGreaterOrEqual)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterGreaterOrEqual:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = FilterGreaterOrEqual(attributevalueassertion)
+	return
+}
+
+//             greaterOrEqual  [5] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (filter FilterGreaterOrEqual) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(filter).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterGreaterOrEqual)
+}
+func (filter FilterGreaterOrEqual) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterGreaterOrEqual
+}
+
+//             greaterOrEqual  [5] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (filter FilterGreaterOrEqual) size() int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(filter).sizeTagged(TagFilterGreaterOrEqual)
+}
+func (filter *FilterGreaterOrEqual) AttributeDesc() AttributeDescription {
+	return filter.attributeDesc
+}
+func (filter *FilterGreaterOrEqual) AssertionValue() AssertionValue {
+	return filter.assertionValue
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_less_or_equal.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_less_or_equal.go
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             lessOrEqual     [6] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func readFilterLessOrEqual(bytes *Bytes) (ret FilterLessOrEqual, err error) {
+	var attributevalueassertion AttributeValueAssertion
+	attributevalueassertion, err = readTaggedAttributeValueAssertion(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterLessOrEqual)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterLessOrEqual:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = FilterLessOrEqual(attributevalueassertion)
+	return
+}
+
+//             lessOrEqual     [6] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (f FilterLessOrEqual) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(f).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterLessOrEqual)
+}
+func (filterAnd FilterLessOrEqual) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterLessOrEqual
+}
+
+//             lessOrEqual     [6] AttributeValueAssertion,
+func (f FilterLessOrEqual) size() int {
+	return AttributeValueAssertion(f).sizeTagged(TagFilterLessOrEqual)
+}
+func (a *FilterLessOrEqual) AttributeDesc() AttributeDescription {
+	return a.attributeDesc
+}
+func (a *FilterLessOrEqual) AssertionValue() AssertionValue {
+	return a.assertionValue
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_not.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_not.go
@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func (filterNot FilterNot) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterNot
+}
+
+//             not             [2] Filter,
+func (filterNot FilterNot) size() (size int) {
+	size = filterNot.Filter.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+func (filterNot *FilterNot) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	filterNot.Filter, err = readFilter(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//             not             [2] Filter,
+func (filterNot FilterNot) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size = filterNot.Filter.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classContextSpecific, isCompound, TagFilterNot, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//             not             [2] Filter,
+func readFilterNot(bytes *Bytes) (filternot FilterNot, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classContextSpecific, TagFilterNot, filternot.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterNot:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_or.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_or.go
@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             or              [1] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+func readFilterOr(bytes *Bytes) (filteror FilterOr, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classContextSpecific, TagFilterOr, filteror.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterOr:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (filteror *FilterOr) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	count := 0
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		count++
+		var filter Filter
+		filter, err = readFilter(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents (filter %d): %s", count, err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*filteror = append(*filteror, filter)
+	}
+	if len(*filteror) == 0 {
+		err = LdapError{"readComponents: expecting at least one Filter"}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//             or              [1] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+func (f FilterOr) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	for i := len(f) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += f[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classContextSpecific, isCompound, TagFilterOr, size)
+	return
+}
+func (filter FilterOr) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterOr
+}
+
+//             or              [1] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+func (f FilterOr) size() (size int) {
+	for _, filter := range f {
+		size += filter.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagFilterOr, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_present.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_present.go
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             present         [7] AttributeDescription,
+func readFilterPresent(bytes *Bytes) (ret FilterPresent, err error) {
+	var attributedescription AttributeDescription
+	attributedescription, err = readTaggedAttributeDescription(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterPresent)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterPresent:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = FilterPresent(attributedescription)
+	return
+}
+
+//             present         [7] AttributeDescription,
+func (f FilterPresent) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return AttributeDescription(f).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterPresent)
+}
+func (filterAnd FilterPresent) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterPresent
+}
+
+//             present         [7] AttributeDescription,
+func (f FilterPresent) size() int {
+	return AttributeDescription(f).sizeTagged(TagFilterPresent)
+}
--- a/goldap/filter_substring.go
+++ b/goldap/filter_substring.go
@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//             substrings      [4] SubstringFilter,
+func readFilterSubstrings(bytes *Bytes) (filtersubstrings FilterSubstrings, err error) {
+	var substringfilter SubstringFilter
+	substringfilter, err = readTaggedSubstringFilter(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterSubstrings)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readFilterSubstrings:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	filtersubstrings = FilterSubstrings(substringfilter)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SubstringFilter ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type           AttributeDescription,
+//             substrings     SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF substring CHOICE {
+//                  initial [0] AssertionValue,  -- can occur at most once
+//                  any     [1] AssertionValue,
+//                  final   [2] AssertionValue } -- can occur at most once
+//             }
+func readTaggedSubstringFilter(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (substringfilter SubstringFilter, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(class, tag, substringfilter.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedSubstringFilter:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (substringfilter *SubstringFilter) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	substringfilter.type_, err = readAttributeDescription(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	err = substringfilter.readSubstrings(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (substringfilter *SubstringFilter) readSubstrings(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, substringfilter.readSubstringsComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSubstrings:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (substringfilter *SubstringFilter) readSubstringsComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	var foundInitial = 0
+	var foundFinal = 0
+	var tagAndLength TagAndLength
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		tagAndLength, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSubstringsComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		var assertionvalue AssertionValue
+		switch tagAndLength.Tag {
+		case TagSubstringInitial:
+			foundInitial++
+			if foundInitial > 1 {
+				err = LdapError{"readSubstringsComponents: initial can occur at most once"}
+				return
+			}
+			assertionvalue, err = readTaggedAssertionValue(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagSubstringInitial)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSubstringsComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			substringfilter.substrings = append(substringfilter.substrings, SubstringInitial(assertionvalue))
+		case TagSubstringAny:
+			assertionvalue, err = readTaggedAssertionValue(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagSubstringAny)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSubstringsComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			substringfilter.substrings = append(substringfilter.substrings, SubstringAny(assertionvalue))
+		case TagSubstringFinal:
+			foundFinal++
+			if foundFinal > 1 {
+				err = LdapError{"readSubstringsComponents: final can occur at most once"}
+				return
+			}
+			assertionvalue, err = readTaggedAssertionValue(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagSubstringFinal)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSubstringsComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			substringfilter.substrings = append(substringfilter.substrings, SubstringFinal(assertionvalue))
+		default:
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSubstringsComponents: invalid tag %d", tagAndLength.Tag)}
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	if len(substringfilter.substrings) == 0 {
+		err = LdapError{"readSubstringsComponents: expecting at least one substring"}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//             substrings      [4] SubstringFilter,
+func (f FilterSubstrings) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return SubstringFilter(f).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagFilterSubstrings)
+}
+func (s SubstringFilter) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (size int) {
+	for i := len(s.substrings) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		substring := s.substrings[i]
+		switch substring.(type) {
+		case SubstringInitial:
+			size += AssertionValue(substring.(SubstringInitial)).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagSubstringInitial)
+		case SubstringAny:
+			size += AssertionValue(substring.(SubstringAny)).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagSubstringAny)
+		case SubstringFinal:
+			size += AssertionValue(substring.(SubstringFinal)).writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagSubstringFinal)
+		default:
+			panic("Unknown type for SubstringFilter substring")
+		}
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	size += s.type_.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SubstringFilter ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type           AttributeDescription,
+//             substrings     SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF substring CHOICE {
+//                  initial [0] AssertionValue,  -- can occur at most once
+//                  any     [1] AssertionValue,
+//                  final   [2] AssertionValue } -- can occur at most once
+//             }
+func (s SubstringFilter) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	return s.writeTagged(bytes, classUniversal, tagSequence)
+}
+func (filter FilterSubstrings) getFilterTag() int {
+	return TagFilterSubstrings
+}
+
+//             substrings      [4] SubstringFilter,
+func (f FilterSubstrings) size() int {
+	return SubstringFilter(f).sizeTagged(TagFilterSubstrings)
+}
+
+//
+//        SubstringFilter ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type           AttributeDescription,
+//             substrings     SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF substring CHOICE {
+//                  initial [0] AssertionValue,  -- can occur at most once
+//                  any     [1] AssertionValue,
+//                  final   [2] AssertionValue } -- can occur at most once
+//             }
+func (s SubstringFilter) size() (size int) {
+	return s.sizeTagged(tagSequence)
+}
+func (s SubstringFilter) sizeTagged(tag int) (size int) {
+	for _, substring := range s.substrings {
+		switch substring.(type) {
+		case SubstringInitial:
+			size += AssertionValue(substring.(SubstringInitial)).sizeTagged(TagSubstringInitial)
+		case SubstringAny:
+			size += AssertionValue(substring.(SubstringAny)).sizeTagged(TagSubstringAny)
+		case SubstringFinal:
+			size += AssertionValue(substring.(SubstringFinal)).sizeTagged(TagSubstringFinal)
+		default:
+			panic("Unknown type for SubstringFilter substring")
+		}
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	size += s.type_.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
+func (s *FilterSubstrings) Type_() AttributeDescription {
+	return s.type_
+}
+func (s *FilterSubstrings) Substrings() []Substring {
+	return s.substrings
+}
--- a/goldap/integer.go
+++ b/goldap/integer.go
@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func readINTEGER(bytes *Bytes) (ret INTEGER, err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+	value, err = bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagInteger, tagInteger)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readINTEGER:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = INTEGER(value.(int32))
+	return
+}
+func readTaggedINTEGER(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret INTEGER, err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+	value, err = bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(class, tag, tagInteger)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedINTEGER:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = INTEGER(value.(int32))
+	return
+}
+func readTaggedPositiveINTEGER(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret INTEGER, err error) {
+	ret, err = readTaggedINTEGER(bytes, class, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedPositiveINTEGER:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if !(ret >= 0 && ret <= maxInt) {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedPositiveINTEGER: Invalid INTEGER value %d ! Expected value between 0 and %d", ret, maxInt)}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func readPositiveINTEGER(bytes *Bytes) (ret INTEGER, err error) {
+	return readTaggedPositiveINTEGER(bytes, classUniversal, tagInteger)
+}
+func (i INTEGER) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagInteger, i)
+}
+func (i INTEGER) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(class, tag, i)
+}
+func (i INTEGER) size() int {
+	return SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tagInteger, i)
+}
+func (i INTEGER) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tag, i)
+}
+func (l INTEGER) Int() int {
+	return int(l)
+}
--- a/goldap/intermediate_response.go
+++ b/goldap/intermediate_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        IntermediateResponse ::= [APPLICATION 25] SEQUENCE {
+//             responseName     [0] LDAPOID OPTIONAL,
+//             responseValue    [1] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+func readIntermediateResponse(bytes *Bytes) (ret IntermediateResponse, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagIntermediateResponse, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readIntermediateResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (bytes *Bytes) PreviewTagAndLength() (tagAndLength TagAndLength, err error) {
+	previousOffset := bytes.offset // Save offset
+	tagAndLength, err = bytes.ParseTagAndLength()
+	bytes.offset = previousOffset // Restore offset
+	return
+}
+func (res *IntermediateResponse) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagIntermediateResponseName {
+			var oid LDAPOID
+			oid, err = readTaggedLDAPOID(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagIntermediateResponseName)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			res.responseName = oid.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagIntermediateResponseValue {
+			var str OCTETSTRING
+			str, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagIntermediateResponseValue)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			res.responseValue = str.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        IntermediateResponse ::= [APPLICATION 25] SEQUENCE {
+//             responseName     [0] LDAPOID OPTIONAL,
+//             responseValue    [1] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+func (i IntermediateResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	if i.responseValue != nil {
+		size += i.responseValue.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagIntermediateResponseValue)
+	}
+	if i.responseName != nil {
+		size += i.responseName.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagIntermediateResponseName)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagIntermediateResponse, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        IntermediateResponse ::= [APPLICATION 25] SEQUENCE {
+//             responseName     [0] LDAPOID OPTIONAL,
+//             responseValue    [1] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+func (i IntermediateResponse) size() (size int) {
+	if i.responseName != nil {
+		size += i.responseName.sizeTagged(TagIntermediateResponseName)
+	}
+	if i.responseValue != nil {
+		size += i.responseValue.sizeTagged(TagIntermediateResponseValue)
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagIntermediateResponse, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/matching_rule_assertion.go
+++ b/goldap/matching_rule_assertion.go
@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             matchingRule    [1] MatchingRuleId OPTIONAL,
+//             type            [2] AttributeDescription OPTIONAL,
+//             matchValue      [3] AssertionValue,
+//             dnAttributes    [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
+func readTaggedMatchingRuleAssertion(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret MatchingRuleAssertion, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(class, tag, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedMatchingRuleAssertion:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (matchingruleassertion *MatchingRuleAssertion) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	err = matchingruleassertion.readMatchingRule(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents: %s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	err = matchingruleassertion.readType(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents: %s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	matchingruleassertion.matchValue, err = readTaggedAssertionValue(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchValue)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents: %s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	matchingruleassertion.dnAttributes, err = readTaggedBOOLEAN(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionDnAttributes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents: %s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (matchingruleassertion *MatchingRuleAssertion) readMatchingRule(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	var tagAndLength TagAndLength
+	tagAndLength, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readMatchingRule: %s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	if tagAndLength.Tag == TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchingRule {
+		var matchingRule MatchingRuleId
+		matchingRule, err = readTaggedMatchingRuleId(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchingRule)
+		if err != nil {
+			return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readMatchingRule: %s", err.Error())}
+		}
+		matchingruleassertion.matchingRule = matchingRule.Pointer()
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (matchingruleassertion *MatchingRuleAssertion) readType(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	var tagAndLength TagAndLength
+	tagAndLength, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readType: %s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	if tagAndLength.Tag == TagMatchingRuleAssertionType {
+		var attributedescription AttributeDescription
+		attributedescription, err = readTaggedAttributeDescription(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionType)
+		if err != nil {
+			return LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readType: %s", err.Error())}
+		}
+		matchingruleassertion.type_ = &attributedescription
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (m MatchingRuleAssertion) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (size int) {
+	if m.dnAttributes != BOOLEAN(false) {
+		size += m.dnAttributes.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionDnAttributes)
+	}
+	size += m.matchValue.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchValue)
+	if m.type_ != nil {
+		size += m.type_.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionType)
+	}
+	if m.matchingRule != nil {
+		size += m.matchingRule.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchingRule)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             matchingRule    [1] MatchingRuleId OPTIONAL,
+//             type            [2] AttributeDescription OPTIONAL,
+//             matchValue      [3] AssertionValue,
+//             dnAttributes    [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
+func (m MatchingRuleAssertion) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	return m.writeTagged(bytes, classUniversal, tagSequence)
+}
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             matchingRule    [1] MatchingRuleId OPTIONAL,
+//             type            [2] AttributeDescription OPTIONAL,
+//             matchValue      [3] AssertionValue,
+//             dnAttributes    [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
+func (m MatchingRuleAssertion) size() (size int) {
+	return m.sizeTagged(tagSequence)
+}
+func (m MatchingRuleAssertion) sizeTagged(tag int) (size int) {
+	if m.matchingRule != nil {
+		size += m.matchingRule.sizeTagged(TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchingRule)
+	}
+	if m.type_ != nil {
+		size += m.type_.sizeTagged(TagMatchingRuleAssertionType)
+	}
+	size += m.matchValue.sizeTagged(TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchValue)
+	if m.dnAttributes != BOOLEAN(false) {
+		size += m.dnAttributes.sizeTagged(TagMatchingRuleAssertionDnAttributes)
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/matching_rule_id.go
+++ b/goldap/matching_rule_id.go
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleId ::= LDAPString
+func readTaggedMatchingRuleId(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (matchingruleid MatchingRuleId, err error) {
+	var ldapstring LDAPString
+	ldapstring, err = readTaggedLDAPString(bytes, class, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedMatchingRuleId:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	matchingruleid = MatchingRuleId(ldapstring)
+	return
+}
+func (m MatchingRuleId) Pointer() *MatchingRuleId { return &m }
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleId ::= LDAPString
+func (m MatchingRuleId) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return LDAPString(m).writeTagged(bytes, class, tag)
+}
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleId ::= LDAPString
+func (m MatchingRuleId) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return LDAPString(m).sizeTagged(tag)
+}
--- a/goldap/message.go
+++ b/goldap/message.go
@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+//   This appendix is normative.
+//
+//        Lightweight-Directory-Access-Protocol-V3 {1 3 6 1 1 18}
+//        -- Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).  This version of
+//        -- this ASN.1 module is part of RFC 4511; see the RFC itself
+//        -- for full legal notices.
+//        DEFINITIONS
+//        IMPLICIT TAGS
+//        EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::=
+//
+//        BEGIN
+//
+//        LDAPMessage ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             messageID       MessageID,
+//             protocolOp      CHOICE {
+//                  bindRequest           BindRequest,
+//                  bindResponse          BindResponse,
+//                  unbindRequest         UnbindRequest,
+//                  searchRequest         SearchRequest,
+//                  searchResEntry        SearchResultEntry,
+//                  searchResDone         SearchResultDone,
+//                  searchResRef          SearchResultReference,
+//                  modifyRequest         ModifyRequest,
+//                  modifyResponse        ModifyResponse,
+//                  addRequest            AddRequest,
+//                  addResponse           AddResponse,
+//                  delRequest            DelRequest,
+//                  delResponse           DelResponse,
+//                  modDNRequest          ModifyDNRequest,
+//                  modDNResponse         ModifyDNResponse,
+//                  compareRequest        CompareRequest,
+//                  compareResponse       CompareResponse,
+//                  abandonRequest        AbandonRequest,
+//                  extendedReq           ExtendedRequest,
+//                  extendedResp          ExtendedResponse,
+//                  ...,
+//                  intermediateResponse  IntermediateResponse },
+//             controls       [0] Controls OPTIONAL }
+//
+
+func NewLDAPMessage() *LDAPMessage { return &LDAPMessage{} }
+
+func (message *LDAPMessage) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	message.messageID, err = readMessageID(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	message.protocolOp, err = readProtocolOp(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagLDAPMessageControls {
+			var controls Controls
+			controls, err = readTaggedControls(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagLDAPMessageControls)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			message.controls = controls.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (m *LDAPMessage) Write() (bytes *Bytes, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if e := recover(); e != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("Error in LDAPMessage.Write: %s", e)}
+		}
+	}()
+	// Compute the needed size
+	totalSize := m.size()
+	// Initialize the structure
+	bytes = &Bytes{
+		bytes:  make([]byte, totalSize),
+		offset: totalSize,
+	}
+
+	// Go !
+	size := 0
+	if m.controls != nil {
+		size += m.controls.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagLDAPMessageControls)
+	}
+	size += m.protocolOp.write(bytes)
+	size += m.messageID.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	// Check
+	if size != totalSize || bytes.offset != 0 {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("Something went wrong while writing the message ! Size is %d instead of %d, final offset is %d instead of 0", size, totalSize, bytes.offset)}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (m *LDAPMessage) size() (size int) {
+	size += m.messageID.size()
+	size += m.protocolOp.size()
+	if m.controls != nil {
+		size += m.controls.sizeTagged(TagLDAPMessageControls)
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (l *LDAPMessage) MessageID() MessageID {
+	return l.messageID
+}
+func (l *LDAPMessage) SetMessageID(ID int) {
+	l.messageID = MessageID(ID)
+}
+func (l *LDAPMessage) Controls() *Controls {
+	return l.controls
+}
+func (l *LDAPMessage) ProtocolOp() ProtocolOp {
+	return l.protocolOp
+}
+func (l *LDAPMessage) ProtocolOpName() string {
+	return reflect.TypeOf(l.ProtocolOp()).Name()
+}
+func (l *LDAPMessage) ProtocolOpType() int {
+	switch l.protocolOp.(type) {
+	case BindRequest:
+		return TagBindRequest
+	}
+	return 0
+}
--- a/goldap/message_id.go
+++ b/goldap/message_id.go
@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func readTaggedMessageID(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret MessageID, err error) {
+	var integer INTEGER
+	integer, err = readTaggedPositiveINTEGER(bytes, class, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedMessageID:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return MessageID(integer), err
+}
+
+//        MessageID ::= INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt)
+//
+//        maxInt INTEGER ::= 2147483647 -- (2^^31 - 1) --
+//
+func readMessageID(bytes *Bytes) (ret MessageID, err error) {
+	return readTaggedMessageID(bytes, classUniversal, tagInteger)
+}
+
+//        MessageID ::= INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt)
+//
+//        maxInt INTEGER ::= 2147483647 -- (2^^31 - 1) --
+//
+func (m MessageID) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return INTEGER(m).write(bytes)
+}
+func (m MessageID) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return INTEGER(m).writeTagged(bytes, class, tag)
+}
+
+//        MessageID ::= INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt)
+//
+//        maxInt INTEGER ::= 2147483647 -- (2^^31 - 1) --
+//
+func (m MessageID) size() int {
+	return INTEGER(m).size()
+}
+func (m MessageID) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return INTEGER(m).sizeTagged(tag)
+}
+func (l MessageID) Int() int {
+	return int(l)
+}
--- a/goldap/message_test.go
+++ b/goldap/message_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+  "testing"
+  "fmt"
+)
+
+func toHex(b []byte) (r string) {
+  r = "[ "
+  for _, e := range b {
+    r += fmt.Sprintf("0x%x ", e)
+  }
+  return r + "]"
+}
+
+func TestMessageID(t *testing.T) {
+	m := NewLDAPMessageWithProtocolOp(UnbindRequest{})
+	m.SetMessageID(128)
+	buf, err := m.Write()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("marshalling failed with %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("%v", toHex(buf.Bytes()))
+
+	ret, err := ReadLDAPMessage(NewBytes(0, buf.Bytes()))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unmarshalling failed with %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, ok := ret.ProtocolOp().(UnbindRequest); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("should be an unbind request")
+	}
+	if ret.MessageID() != 128 {
+		t.Errorf("Expect message id 128, got %d", ret.MessageID())
+	}
+	t.Log("Done, marshal/unmarshall worked")
+}
+
+func TestSearchEntry(t *testing.T) {
+	m := NewLDAPMessageWithProtocolOp(SearchResultEntry{
+		objectName:"cn=êige€nbgtz,ou=users,dc=deuxfleurs,dc=fr", 
+		attributes: PartialAttributeList{
+			PartialAttribute{
+				type_:"displayname",
+				vals:[]AttributeValue{"êiGe€NBgTZ"},
+			},
+			PartialAttribute{
+				type_:"objectclass",
+				vals:[]AttributeValue{"inetOrgPerson"},
+			},
+			PartialAttribute{
+				type_:"objectclass", 
+				vals:[]AttributeValue{"organizationalPerson"},
+			},
+			PartialAttribute{
+				type_:"objectclass", 
+				vals:[]AttributeValue{"person"},
+			},
+			PartialAttribute{
+				type_:"objectclass",
+				vals:[]AttributeValue{"top"},
+			},
+			PartialAttribute{
+				type_:"structuralobjectclass",
+				vals:[]AttributeValue{"inetOrgPerson"},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	m.SetMessageID(24)
+	buf, err := m.Write()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("marshalling failed with %v", err)
+	}
+	if buf.Bytes()[0] != 0x30 {
+		t.Logf("Malformed message: %v", toHex(buf.Bytes()))
+	}
+}
--- a/goldap/modify_dn_request.go
+++ b/goldap/modify_dn_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNRequest ::= [APPLICATION 12] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             newrdn          RelativeLDAPDN,
+//             deleteoldrdn    BOOLEAN,
+//             newSuperior     [0] LDAPDN OPTIONAL }
+func readModifyDNRequest(bytes *Bytes) (ret ModifyDNRequest, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagModifyDNRequest, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readModifyDNRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (req *ModifyDNRequest) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	req.entry, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	req.newrdn, err = readRelativeLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	req.deleteoldrdn, err = readBOOLEAN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagModifyDNRequestNewSuperior {
+			var ldapdn LDAPDN
+			ldapdn, err = readTaggedLDAPDN(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagModifyDNRequestNewSuperior)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			req.newSuperior = ldapdn.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNRequest ::= [APPLICATION 12] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             newrdn          RelativeLDAPDN,
+//             deleteoldrdn    BOOLEAN,
+//             newSuperior     [0] LDAPDN OPTIONAL }
+func (m ModifyDNRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	if m.newSuperior != nil {
+		size += m.newSuperior.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagModifyDNRequestNewSuperior)
+	}
+	size += m.deleteoldrdn.write(bytes)
+	size += m.newrdn.write(bytes)
+	size += m.entry.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagModifyDNRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNRequest ::= [APPLICATION 12] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             newrdn          RelativeLDAPDN,
+//             deleteoldrdn    BOOLEAN,
+//             newSuperior     [0] LDAPDN OPTIONAL }
+func (m ModifyDNRequest) size() (size int) {
+	size += m.entry.size()
+	size += m.newrdn.size()
+	size += m.deleteoldrdn.size()
+	if m.newSuperior != nil {
+		size += m.newSuperior.sizeTagged(TagModifyDNRequestNewSuperior)
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagModifyDNRequest, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/modify_dn_response.go
+++ b/goldap/modify_dn_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNResponse ::= [APPLICATION 13] LDAPResult
+func readModifyDNResponse(bytes *Bytes) (ret ModifyDNResponse, err error) {
+	var res LDAPResult
+	res, err = readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes, classApplication, TagModifyDNResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readModifyDNResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = ModifyDNResponse(res)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNResponse ::= [APPLICATION 13] LDAPResult
+func (m ModifyDNResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPResult(m).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagModifyDNResponse)
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNResponse ::= [APPLICATION 13] LDAPResult
+func (m ModifyDNResponse) size() int {
+	return LDAPResult(m).sizeTagged(TagModifyDNResponse)
+}
--- a/goldap/modify_request.go
+++ b/goldap/modify_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        ModifyRequest ::= [APPLICATION 6] SEQUENCE {
+//             object          LDAPDN,
+//             changes         SEQUENCE OF change SEQUENCE {
+//                  operation       ENUMERATED {
+//                       add     (0),
+//                       delete  (1),
+//                       replace (2),
+//                       ...  },
+//                  modification    PartialAttribute } }
+func readModifyRequest(bytes *Bytes) (ret ModifyRequest, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagModifyRequest, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readModifyRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (m *ModifyRequest) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	m.object, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, m.readChanges)
+	return
+}
+func (m *ModifyRequest) readChanges(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var c ModifyRequestChange
+		c, err = readModifyRequestChange(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readChanges:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		m.changes = append(m.changes, c)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyRequest ::= [APPLICATION 6] SEQUENCE {
+//             object          LDAPDN,
+//             changes         SEQUENCE OF change SEQUENCE {
+//                  operation       ENUMERATED {
+//                       add     (0),
+//                       delete  (1),
+//                       replace (2),
+//                       ...  },
+//                  modification    PartialAttribute } }
+func (m ModifyRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	for i := len(m.changes) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += m.changes[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	size += m.object.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagModifyRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyRequest ::= [APPLICATION 6] SEQUENCE {
+//             object          LDAPDN,
+//             changes         SEQUENCE OF change SEQUENCE {
+//                  operation       ENUMERATED {
+//                       add     (0),
+//                       delete  (1),
+//                       replace (2),
+//                       ...  },
+//                  modification    PartialAttribute } }
+func (m ModifyRequest) size() (size int) {
+	for _, change := range m.changes {
+		size += change.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	size += m.object.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagModifyRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+func (m *ModifyRequest) Object() LDAPDN {
+	return m.object
+}
+func (m *ModifyRequest) Changes() []ModifyRequestChange {
+	return m.changes
+}
--- a/goldap/modify_request_change.go
+++ b/goldap/modify_request_change.go
@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func readModifyRequestChange(bytes *Bytes) (ret ModifyRequestChange, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readModifyRequestChange:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (m *ModifyRequestChange) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	m.operation, err = readENUMERATED(bytes, EnumeratedModifyRequestChangeOperation)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	m.modification, err = readPartialAttribute(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (m ModifyRequestChange) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += m.modification.write(bytes)
+	size += m.operation.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (m ModifyRequestChange) size() (size int) {
+	size += m.operation.size()
+	size += m.modification.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (m *ModifyRequestChange) Operation() ENUMERATED {
+	return m.operation
+}
+func (m *ModifyRequestChange) Modification() *PartialAttribute {
+	return &m.modification
+}
--- a/goldap/modify_response.go
+++ b/goldap/modify_response.go
@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        ModifyResponse ::= [APPLICATION 7] LDAPResult
+func readModifyResponse(bytes *Bytes) (ret ModifyResponse, err error) {
+	var res LDAPResult
+	res, err = readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes, classApplication, TagModifyResponse)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readModifyResponse:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = ModifyResponse(res)
+	return
+}
+func (l LDAPResult) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (size int) {
+	size += l.writeComponents(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyResponse ::= [APPLICATION 7] LDAPResult
+func (m ModifyResponse) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPResult(m).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagModifyResponse)
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyResponse ::= [APPLICATION 7] LDAPResult
+func (m ModifyResponse) size() int {
+	return LDAPResult(m).sizeTagged(TagModifyResponse)
+}
+func (l *ModifyResponse) SetResultCode(code int) {
+	l.resultCode = ENUMERATED(code)
+}
--- a/goldap/octetstring.go
+++ b/goldap/octetstring.go
@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func readOCTETSTRING(bytes *Bytes) (ret OCTETSTRING, err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+	value, err = bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagOctetString, tagOctetString)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readOCTETSTRING:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = OCTETSTRING(value.([]byte))
+	return
+}
+
+func readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret OCTETSTRING, err error) {
+	var value interface{}
+	value, err = bytes.ReadPrimitiveSubBytes(class, tag, tagOctetString)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedOCTETSTRING:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = OCTETSTRING(value.([]byte))
+	return
+}
+func (o OCTETSTRING) Pointer() *OCTETSTRING { return &o }
+func (o OCTETSTRING) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(classUniversal, tagOctetString, o)
+}
+func (o OCTETSTRING) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return bytes.WritePrimitiveSubBytes(class, tag, o)
+}
+func (o OCTETSTRING) size() int {
+	return SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tagOctetString, o)
+}
+func (o OCTETSTRING) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return SizePrimitiveSubBytes(tag, o)
+}
+func (l OCTETSTRING) String() string {
+	return string(l)
+}
+func (l OCTETSTRING) Bytes() []byte {
+	return []byte(l)
+}
--- a/goldap/oid.go
+++ b/goldap/oid.go
@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//
+//        LDAPOID ::= OCTET STRING -- Constrained to <numericoid>
+//                                 -- [RFC4512]
+
+func (l LDAPOID) String() string {
+	return string(l)
+}
+
+func (l LDAPOID) Bytes() []byte {
+	return []byte(l)
+}
+
+func (l LDAPOID) Pointer() *LDAPOID { return &l }
+
+func readTaggedLDAPOID(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret LDAPOID, err error) {
+	var octetstring OCTETSTRING
+	octetstring, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, class, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedLDAPOID:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	// @TODO: check RFC4512 for <numericoid>
+	ret = LDAPOID(octetstring)
+	return
+}
+
+func readLDAPOID(bytes *Bytes) (ret LDAPOID, err error) {
+	return readTaggedLDAPOID(bytes, classUniversal, tagOctetString)
+}
+
+func (l LDAPOID) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(l).write(bytes)
+}
+
+func (l LDAPOID) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(l).writeTagged(bytes, class, tag)
+}
+
+func (l LDAPOID) size() int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(l).size()
+}
+
+func (l LDAPOID) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(l).sizeTagged(tag)
+}
--- a/goldap/partial_attribute.go
+++ b/goldap/partial_attribute.go
@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        PartialAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type       AttributeDescription,
+//             vals       SET OF value AttributeValue }
+func readPartialAttribute(bytes *Bytes) (ret PartialAttribute, err error) {
+	ret = PartialAttribute{vals: make([]AttributeValue, 0, 10)}
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readPartialAttribute:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (partialattribute *PartialAttribute) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	partialattribute.type_, err = readAttributeDescription(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSet, partialattribute.readValsComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (partialattribute *PartialAttribute) readValsComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var attributevalue AttributeValue
+		attributevalue, err = readAttributeValue(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readValsComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		partialattribute.vals = append(partialattribute.vals, attributevalue)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        PartialAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type       AttributeDescription,
+//             vals       SET OF value AttributeValue }
+func (p PartialAttribute) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	for i := len(p.vals) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += p.vals[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSet, size)
+	size += p.type_.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        PartialAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type       AttributeDescription,
+//             vals       SET OF value AttributeValue }
+func (p PartialAttribute) size() (size int) {
+	for _, value := range p.vals {
+		size += value.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSet, size)
+	size += p.type_.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (p *PartialAttribute) Type_() AttributeDescription {
+	return p.type_
+}
+func (p *PartialAttribute) Vals() []AttributeValue {
+	return p.vals
+}
--- a/goldap/partial_attribute_list.go
+++ b/goldap/partial_attribute_list.go
@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        PartialAttributeList ::= SEQUENCE OF
+//                             partialAttribute PartialAttribute
+func readPartialAttributeList(bytes *Bytes) (ret PartialAttributeList, err error) {
+	ret = PartialAttributeList(make([]PartialAttribute, 0, 10))
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readPartialAttributeList:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (partialattributelist *PartialAttributeList) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var partialattribute PartialAttribute
+		partialattribute, err = readPartialAttribute(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*partialattributelist = append(*partialattributelist, partialattribute)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        PartialAttributeList ::= SEQUENCE OF
+//                             partialAttribute PartialAttribute
+func (p PartialAttributeList) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	for i := len(p) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += p[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        PartialAttributeList ::= SEQUENCE OF
+//                             partialAttribute PartialAttribute
+func (p PartialAttributeList) size() (size int) {
+	for _, att := range p {
+		size += att.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (p *PartialAttributeList) add(a PartialAttribute) {
+	*p = append(*p, a)
+}
--- a/goldap/protocol_op.go
+++ b/goldap/protocol_op.go
@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func readProtocolOp(bytes *Bytes) (ret ProtocolOp, err error) {
+	tagAndLength, err := bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readProtocolOp:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	switch tagAndLength.Tag {
+	case TagBindRequest:
+		ret, err = readBindRequest(bytes)
+	case TagBindResponse:
+		ret, err = readBindResponse(bytes)
+	case TagUnbindRequest:
+		ret, err = readUnbindRequest(bytes)
+	case TagSearchRequest:
+		ret, err = readSearchRequest(bytes)
+	case TagSearchResultEntry:
+		ret, err = readSearchResultEntry(bytes)
+	case TagSearchResultDone:
+		ret, err = readSearchResultDone(bytes)
+	case TagSearchResultReference:
+		ret, err = readSearchResultReference(bytes)
+	case TagModifyRequest:
+		ret, err = readModifyRequest(bytes)
+	case TagModifyResponse:
+		ret, err = readModifyResponse(bytes)
+	case TagAddRequest:
+		ret, err = readAddRequest(bytes)
+	case TagAddResponse:
+		ret, err = readAddResponse(bytes)
+	case TagDelRequest:
+		ret, err = readDelRequest(bytes)
+	case TagDelResponse:
+		ret, err = readDelResponse(bytes)
+	case TagModifyDNRequest:
+		ret, err = readModifyDNRequest(bytes)
+	case TagModifyDNResponse:
+		ret, err = readModifyDNResponse(bytes)
+	case TagCompareRequest:
+		ret, err = readCompareRequest(bytes)
+	case TagCompareResponse:
+		ret, err = readCompareResponse(bytes)
+	case TagAbandonRequest:
+		ret, err = readAbandonRequest(bytes)
+	case TagExtendedRequest:
+		ret, err = readExtendedRequest(bytes)
+	case TagExtendedResponse:
+		ret, err = readExtendedResponse(bytes)
+	case TagIntermediateResponse:
+		ret, err = readIntermediateResponse(bytes)
+	default:
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readProtocolOp: invalid tag value %d for protocolOp", tagAndLength.Tag)}
+		return
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readProtocolOp:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/read.go
+++ b/goldap/read.go
@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func ReadLDAPMessage(bytes *Bytes) (message LDAPMessage, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classUniversal, tagSequence, message.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("ReadLDAPMessage:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        END
+//
--- a/goldap/read_error_test.go
+++ b/goldap/read_error_test.go
--- a/goldap/read_test.go
+++ b/goldap/read_test.go
--- a/goldap/referral.go
+++ b/goldap/referral.go
@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        Referral ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+func readTaggedReferral(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (referral Referral, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(class, tag, referral.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedReferral:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (referral *Referral) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var uri URI
+		uri, err = readURI(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*referral = append(*referral, uri)
+	}
+	if len(*referral) == 0 {
+		return LdapError{"readComponents: expecting at least one URI"}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (referral Referral) Pointer() *Referral { return &referral }
+
+//
+//        Referral ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+func (r Referral) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (size int) {
+	for i := len(r) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += r[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        Referral ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+func (r Referral) sizeTagged(tag int) (size int) {
+	for _, uri := range r {
+		size += uri.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/relative_ldap_dn.go
+++ b/goldap/relative_ldap_dn.go
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package message
+
+//
+//        RelativeLDAPDN ::= LDAPString -- Constrained to <name-component>
+//                                      -- [RFC4514]
+func (r RelativeLDAPDN) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPString(r).write(bytes)
+}
+
+//
+//        RelativeLDAPDN ::= LDAPString -- Constrained to <name-component>
+//                                      -- [RFC4514]
+func (r RelativeLDAPDN) size() int {
+	return LDAPString(r).size()
+}
--- a/goldap/result.go
+++ b/goldap/result.go
@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        LDAPResult ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             resultCode         ENUMERATED {
+//                  success                      (0),
+//                  operationsError              (1),
+//                  protocolError                (2),
+//                  timeLimitExceeded            (3),
+//                  sizeLimitExceeded            (4),
+//                  compareFalse                 (5),
+//                  compareTrue                  (6),
+//                  authMethodNotSupported       (7),
+//                  strongerAuthRequired         (8),
+//                       -- 9 reserved --
+//                  referral                     (10),
+//                  adminLimitExceeded           (11),
+//                  unavailableCriticalExtension (12),
+//                  confidentialityRequired      (13),
+//                  saslBindInProgress           (14),
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 55]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//                  noSuchAttribute              (16),
+//                  undefinedAttributeType       (17),
+//                  inappropriateMatching        (18),
+//                  constraintViolation          (19),
+//                  attributeOrValueExists       (20),
+//                  invalidAttributeSyntax       (21),
+//                       -- 22-31 unused --
+//                  noSuchObject                 (32),
+//                  aliasProblem                 (33),
+//                  invalidDNSyntax              (34),
+//                       -- 35 reserved for undefined isLeaf --
+//                  aliasDereferencingProblem    (36),
+//                       -- 37-47 unused --
+//                  inappropriateAuthentication  (48),
+//                  invalidCredentials           (49),
+//                  insufficientAccessRights     (50),
+//                  busy                         (51),
+//                  unavailable                  (52),
+//                  unwillingToPerform           (53),
+//                  loopDetect                   (54),
+//                       -- 55-63 unused --
+//                  namingViolation              (64),
+//                  objectClassViolation         (65),
+//                  notAllowedOnNonLeaf          (66),
+//                  notAllowedOnRDN              (67),
+//                  entryAlreadyExists           (68),
+//                  objectClassModsProhibited    (69),
+//                       -- 70 reserved for CLDAP --
+//                  affectsMultipleDSAs          (71),
+//                       -- 72-79 unused --
+//                  other                        (80),
+//                  ...  },
+//             matchedDN          LDAPDN,
+//             diagnosticMessage  LDAPString,
+//             referral           [3] Referral OPTIONAL }
+func readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ret LDAPResult, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(class, tag, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedLDAPResult:\n%s", err.Error())}
+	}
+	return
+}
+func readLDAPResult(bytes *Bytes) (ldapresult LDAPResult, err error) {
+	return readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes, classUniversal, tagSequence)
+}
+func (ldapresult *LDAPResult) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	ldapresult.resultCode, err = readENUMERATED(bytes, EnumeratedLDAPResultCode)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ldapresult.matchedDN, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ldapresult.diagnosticMessage, err = readLDAPString(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var tag TagAndLength
+		tag, err = bytes.PreviewTagAndLength()
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		if tag.Tag == TagLDAPResultReferral {
+			var referral Referral
+			referral, err = readTaggedReferral(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagLDAPResultReferral)
+			if err != nil {
+				err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+				return
+			}
+			ldapresult.referral = referral.Pointer()
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        LDAPResult ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             resultCode         ENUMERATED {
+//                  success                      (0),
+//                  operationsError              (1),
+//                  protocolError                (2),
+//                  timeLimitExceeded            (3),
+//                  sizeLimitExceeded            (4),
+//                  compareFalse                 (5),
+//                  compareTrue                  (6),
+//                  authMethodNotSupported       (7),
+//                  strongerAuthRequired         (8),
+//                       -- 9 reserved --
+//                  referral                     (10),
+//                  adminLimitExceeded           (11),
+//                  unavailableCriticalExtension (12),
+//                  confidentialityRequired      (13),
+//                  saslBindInProgress           (14),
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 55]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//                  noSuchAttribute              (16),
+//                  undefinedAttributeType       (17),
+//                  inappropriateMatching        (18),
+//                  constraintViolation          (19),
+//                  attributeOrValueExists       (20),
+//                  invalidAttributeSyntax       (21),
+//                       -- 22-31 unused --
+//                  noSuchObject                 (32),
+//                  aliasProblem                 (33),
+//                  invalidDNSyntax              (34),
+//                       -- 35 reserved for undefined isLeaf --
+//                  aliasDereferencingProblem    (36),
+//                       -- 37-47 unused --
+//                  inappropriateAuthentication  (48),
+//                  invalidCredentials           (49),
+//                  insufficientAccessRights     (50),
+//                  busy                         (51),
+//                  unavailable                  (52),
+//                  unwillingToPerform           (53),
+//                  loopDetect                   (54),
+//                       -- 55-63 unused --
+//                  namingViolation              (64),
+//                  objectClassViolation         (65),
+//                  notAllowedOnNonLeaf          (66),
+//                  notAllowedOnRDN              (67),
+//                  entryAlreadyExists           (68),
+//                  objectClassModsProhibited    (69),
+//                       -- 70 reserved for CLDAP --
+//                  affectsMultipleDSAs          (71),
+//                       -- 72-79 unused --
+//                  other                        (80),
+//                  ...  },
+//             matchedDN          LDAPDN,
+//             diagnosticMessage  LDAPString,
+//             referral           [3] Referral OPTIONAL }
+func (l LDAPResult) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += l.writeComponents(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classUniversal, isCompound, tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (l LDAPResult) writeComponents(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	if l.referral != nil {
+		size += l.referral.writeTagged(bytes, classContextSpecific, TagLDAPResultReferral)
+	}
+	size += l.diagnosticMessage.write(bytes)
+	size += l.matchedDN.write(bytes)
+	size += l.resultCode.write(bytes)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        LDAPResult ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             resultCode         ENUMERATED {
+//                  success                      (0),
+//                  operationsError              (1),
+//                  protocolError                (2),
+//                  timeLimitExceeded            (3),
+//                  sizeLimitExceeded            (4),
+//                  compareFalse                 (5),
+//                  compareTrue                  (6),
+//                  authMethodNotSupported       (7),
+//                  strongerAuthRequired         (8),
+//                       -- 9 reserved --
+//                  referral                     (10),
+//                  adminLimitExceeded           (11),
+//                  unavailableCriticalExtension (12),
+//                  confidentialityRequired      (13),
+//                  saslBindInProgress           (14),
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 55]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//                  noSuchAttribute              (16),
+//                  undefinedAttributeType       (17),
+//                  inappropriateMatching        (18),
+//                  constraintViolation          (19),
+//                  attributeOrValueExists       (20),
+//                  invalidAttributeSyntax       (21),
+//                       -- 22-31 unused --
+//                  noSuchObject                 (32),
+//                  aliasProblem                 (33),
+//                  invalidDNSyntax              (34),
+//                       -- 35 reserved for undefined isLeaf --
+//                  aliasDereferencingProblem    (36),
+//                       -- 37-47 unused --
+//                  inappropriateAuthentication  (48),
+//                  invalidCredentials           (49),
+//                  insufficientAccessRights     (50),
+//                  busy                         (51),
+//                  unavailable                  (52),
+//                  unwillingToPerform           (53),
+//                  loopDetect                   (54),
+//                       -- 55-63 unused --
+//                  namingViolation              (64),
+//                  objectClassViolation         (65),
+//                  notAllowedOnNonLeaf          (66),
+//                  notAllowedOnRDN              (67),
+//                  entryAlreadyExists           (68),
+//                  objectClassModsProhibited    (69),
+//                       -- 70 reserved for CLDAP --
+//                  affectsMultipleDSAs          (71),
+//                       -- 72-79 unused --
+//                  other                        (80),
+//                  ...  },
+//             matchedDN          LDAPDN,
+//             diagnosticMessage  LDAPString,
+//             referral           [3] Referral OPTIONAL }
+func (l LDAPResult) size() (size int) {
+	size += l.sizeComponents()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (l LDAPResult) sizeTagged(tag int) (size int) {
+	size += l.sizeComponents()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
+func (l LDAPResult) sizeComponents() (size int) {
+	if l.referral != nil {
+		size += l.referral.sizeTagged(TagLDAPResultReferral)
+	}
+	size += l.diagnosticMessage.size()
+	size += l.matchedDN.size()
+	size += l.resultCode.size()
+	return
+}
+func (l *LDAPResult) SetResultCode(code int) {
+	l.resultCode = ENUMERATED(code)
+}
+func (l *LDAPResult) SeMatchedDN(code string) {
+	l.matchedDN = LDAPDN(code)
+}
+func (l *LDAPResult) SetDiagnosticMessage(code string) {
+	l.diagnosticMessage = LDAPString(code)
+}
+func (l *LDAPResult) SetReferral(r *Referral) {
+	l.referral = r
+}
--- a/goldap/sasl_credentials.go
+++ b/goldap/sasl_credentials.go
@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        SaslCredentials ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             mechanism               LDAPString,
+//             credentials             OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+//
+func readSaslCredentials(bytes *Bytes) (authentication SaslCredentials, err error) {
+	authentication = SaslCredentials{}
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classContextSpecific, TagAuthenticationChoiceSaslCredentials, authentication.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSaslCredentials:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (authentication *SaslCredentials) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	authentication.mechanism, err = readLDAPString(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var credentials OCTETSTRING
+		credentials, err = readOCTETSTRING(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		authentication.credentials = credentials.Pointer()
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SaslCredentials ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             mechanism               LDAPString,
+//             credentials             OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+//
+func (s SaslCredentials) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (size int) {
+	if s.credentials != nil {
+		size += s.credentials.write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += s.mechanism.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(class, isCompound, tag, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SaslCredentials ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             mechanism               LDAPString,
+//             credentials             OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+//
+func (s SaslCredentials) sizeTagged(tag int) (size int) {
+	if s.credentials != nil {
+		size += s.credentials.size()
+	}
+	size += s.mechanism.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tag, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/search_request.go
+++ b/goldap/search_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+//
+//        SearchRequest ::= [APPLICATION 3] SEQUENCE {
+//             baseObject      LDAPDN,
+//             scope           ENUMERATED {
+//                  baseObject              (0),
+//                  singleLevel             (1),
+//                  wholeSubtree            (2),
+//                  ...  },
+//             derefAliases    ENUMERATED {
+//                  neverDerefAliases       (0),
+//                  derefInSearching        (1),
+//                  derefFindingBaseObj     (2),
+//                  derefAlways             (3) },
+//             sizeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             timeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             typesOnly       BOOLEAN,
+//             filter          Filter,
+//             attributes      AttributeSelection }
+func readSearchRequest(bytes *Bytes) (searchrequest SearchRequest, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagSearchRequest, searchrequest.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSearchRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (searchrequest *SearchRequest) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	searchrequest.baseObject, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchrequest.scope, err = readENUMERATED(bytes, EnumeratedSearchRequestScope)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchrequest.derefAliases, err = readENUMERATED(bytes, EnumeratedSearchRequestDerefAliases)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchrequest.sizeLimit, err = readPositiveINTEGER(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchrequest.timeLimit, err = readPositiveINTEGER(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchrequest.typesOnly, err = readBOOLEAN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchrequest.filter, err = readFilter(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchrequest.attributes, err = readAttributeSelection(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchRequest ::= [APPLICATION 3] SEQUENCE {
+//             baseObject      LDAPDN,
+//             scope           ENUMERATED {
+//                  baseObject              (0),
+//                  singleLevel             (1),
+//                  wholeSubtree            (2),
+//                  ...  },
+//             derefAliases    ENUMERATED {
+//                  neverDerefAliases       (0),
+//                  derefInSearching        (1),
+//                  derefFindingBaseObj     (2),
+//                  derefAlways             (3) },
+//             sizeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             timeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             typesOnly       BOOLEAN,
+//             filter          Filter,
+//             attributes      AttributeSelection }
+func (s SearchRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += s.attributes.write(bytes)
+	size += s.filter.write(bytes)
+	size += s.typesOnly.write(bytes)
+	size += s.timeLimit.write(bytes)
+	size += s.sizeLimit.write(bytes)
+	size += s.derefAliases.write(bytes)
+	size += s.scope.write(bytes)
+	size += s.baseObject.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagSearchRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchRequest ::= [APPLICATION 3] SEQUENCE {
+//             baseObject      LDAPDN,
+//             scope           ENUMERATED {
+//                  baseObject              (0),
+//                  singleLevel             (1),
+//                  wholeSubtree            (2),
+//                  ...  },
+//             derefAliases    ENUMERATED {
+//                  neverDerefAliases       (0),
+//                  derefInSearching        (1),
+//                  derefFindingBaseObj     (2),
+//                  derefAlways             (3) },
+//             sizeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             timeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             typesOnly       BOOLEAN,
+//             filter          Filter,
+//             attributes      AttributeSelection }
+func (s SearchRequest) size() (size int) {
+	size += s.baseObject.size()
+	size += s.scope.size()
+	size += s.derefAliases.size()
+	size += s.sizeLimit.size()
+	size += s.timeLimit.size()
+	size += s.typesOnly.size()
+	size += s.filter.size()
+	size += s.attributes.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(TagSearchRequest, size)
+	return
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) BaseObject() LDAPDN {
+	return s.baseObject
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) Scope() ENUMERATED {
+	return s.scope
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) DerefAliases() ENUMERATED {
+	return s.derefAliases
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) SizeLimit() INTEGER {
+	return s.sizeLimit
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) TimeLimit() INTEGER {
+	return s.timeLimit
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) TypesOnly() BOOLEAN {
+	return s.typesOnly
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) Attributes() AttributeSelection {
+	return s.attributes
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) Filter() Filter {
+	return s.filter
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) FilterString() string {
+	str, _ := s.decompileFilter(s.Filter())
+	return str
+}
+func (s *SearchRequest) decompileFilter(packet Filter) (ret string, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			err = errors.New("error decompiling filter")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	ret = "("
+	err = nil
+	childStr := ""
+
+	switch f := packet.(type) {
+	case FilterAnd:
+		ret += "&"
+		for _, child := range f {
+			childStr, err = s.decompileFilter(child)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			ret += childStr
+		}
+	case FilterOr:
+		ret += "|"
+		for _, child := range f {
+			childStr, err = s.decompileFilter(child)
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			ret += childStr
+		}
+	case FilterNot:
+		ret += "!"
+		childStr, err = s.decompileFilter(f.Filter)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		ret += childStr
+
+	case FilterSubstrings:
+		ret += string(f.Type_())
+		ret += "="
+		for _, fs := range f.Substrings() {
+			switch fsv := fs.(type) {
+			case SubstringInitial:
+				ret += string(fsv) + "*"
+			case SubstringAny:
+				ret += "*" + string(fsv) + "*"
+			case SubstringFinal:
+				ret += "*" + string(fsv)
+			}
+		}
+	case FilterEqualityMatch:
+		ret += string(f.AttributeDesc())
+		ret += "="
+		ret += string(f.AssertionValue())
+	case FilterGreaterOrEqual:
+		ret += string(f.AttributeDesc())
+		ret += ">="
+		ret += string(f.AssertionValue())
+	case FilterLessOrEqual:
+		ret += string(f.AttributeDesc())
+		ret += "<="
+		ret += string(f.AssertionValue())
+	case FilterPresent:
+		// if 0 == len(packet.Children) {
+		// 	ret += ber.DecodeString(packet.Data.Bytes())
+		// } else {
+		// 	ret += ber.DecodeString(packet.Children[0].Data.Bytes())
+		// }
+		ret += string(f)
+		ret += "=*"
+	case FilterApproxMatch:
+		ret += string(f.AttributeDesc())
+		ret += "~="
+		ret += string(f.AssertionValue())
+	}
+
+	ret += ")"
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/search_result_done.go
+++ b/goldap/search_result_done.go
@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        SearchResultDone ::= [APPLICATION 5] LDAPResult
+func readSearchResultDone(bytes *Bytes) (ret SearchResultDone, err error) {
+	var ldapresult LDAPResult
+	ldapresult, err = readTaggedLDAPResult(bytes, classApplication, TagSearchResultDone)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSearchResultDone:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ret = SearchResultDone(ldapresult)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchResultDone ::= [APPLICATION 5] LDAPResult
+func (s SearchResultDone) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPResult(s).writeTagged(bytes, classApplication, TagSearchResultDone)
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchResultDone ::= [APPLICATION 5] LDAPResult
+func (s SearchResultDone) size() int {
+	return LDAPResult(s).sizeTagged(TagSearchResultDone)
+}
+func (l *SearchResultDone) SetResultCode(code int) {
+	l.resultCode = ENUMERATED(code)
+}
--- a/goldap/search_result_entry.go
+++ b/goldap/search_result_entry.go
@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        SearchResultEntry ::= [APPLICATION 4] SEQUENCE {
+//             objectName      LDAPDN,
+//             attributes      PartialAttributeList }
+func readSearchResultEntry(bytes *Bytes) (searchresultentry SearchResultEntry, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagSearchResultEntry, searchresultentry.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSearchResultEntry:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (searchresultentry *SearchResultEntry) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	searchresultentry.objectName, err = readLDAPDN(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	searchresultentry.attributes, err = readPartialAttributeList(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchResultEntry ::= [APPLICATION 4] SEQUENCE {
+//             objectName      LDAPDN,
+//             attributes      PartialAttributeList }
+func (s SearchResultEntry) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += s.attributes.write(bytes)
+	size += s.objectName.write(bytes)
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagSearchResultEntry, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchResultEntry ::= [APPLICATION 4] SEQUENCE {
+//             objectName      LDAPDN,
+//             attributes      PartialAttributeList }
+func (s SearchResultEntry) size() (size int) {
+	size += s.objectName.size()
+	size += s.attributes.size()
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
+func (s *SearchResultEntry) SetObjectName(on string) {
+	s.objectName = LDAPDN(on)
+}
+func (s *SearchResultEntry) AddAttribute(name AttributeDescription, values ...AttributeValue) {
+	var ea = PartialAttribute{type_: name, vals: values}
+	s.attributes.add(ea)
+}
--- a/goldap/search_result_reference.go
+++ b/goldap/search_result_reference.go
@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        SearchResultReference ::= [APPLICATION 19] SEQUENCE
+//                                  SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+func readSearchResultReference(bytes *Bytes) (ret SearchResultReference, err error) {
+	err = bytes.ReadSubBytes(classApplication, TagSearchResultReference, ret.readComponents)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readSearchResultReference:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+func (s *SearchResultReference) readComponents(bytes *Bytes) (err error) {
+	for bytes.HasMoreData() {
+		var uri URI
+		uri, err = readURI(bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readComponents:\n%s", err.Error())}
+			return
+		}
+		*s = append(*s, uri)
+	}
+	if len(*s) == 0 {
+		err = LdapError{"readComponents: expecting at least one URI"}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchResultReference ::= [APPLICATION 19] SEQUENCE
+//                                  SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+func (s SearchResultReference) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	for i := len(s) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		size += s[i].write(bytes)
+	}
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isCompound, TagSearchResultReference, size)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchResultReference ::= [APPLICATION 19] SEQUENCE
+//                                  SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+func (s SearchResultReference) size() (size int) {
+	for _, uri := range s {
+		size += uri.size()
+	}
+	size += sizeTagAndLength(tagSequence, size)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/size_test.go
+++ b/goldap/size_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSizeLDAPMessage(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testData = getLDAPMessageTestData()
+	for i, test := range testData {
+		message, err := ReadLDAPMessage(&test.bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("#%d error at offset %d (%s): %s", i, test.bytes.offset, test.bytes.DumpCurrentBytes(), err)
+		}
+		size := message.size()
+		expected := len(test.bytes.bytes)
+		if size != expected {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: wrong size, GOT: %d, EXPECTED: %d", i, size, expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type tagAndLengthTestData struct {
+	tag          int
+	length       int
+	expectedSize int
+}
+
+func getSizeTagAndLengthTestData() (ret []tagAndLengthTestData) {
+	return []tagAndLengthTestData{
+		// Length between 0 and 127 are encoded on one byte
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       0,
+			expectedSize: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       127,
+			expectedSize: 2,
+		},
+		// Length between 128 and 255 are encoded on two bytes
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       128,
+			expectedSize: 3,
+		},
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       255,
+			expectedSize: 3,
+		},
+		// Length between 256 (2^8) and 65535 (2^16-1) are encoded on three bytes
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       256,
+			expectedSize: 4,
+		},
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       65535,
+			expectedSize: 4,
+		},
+		// Length between 65536 (2^16) and 16777215 (2^24-1) are encoded on four bytes
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       65536,
+			expectedSize: 5,
+		},
+		{
+			tag:          tagSequence,
+			length:       16777215,
+			expectedSize: 5,
+		},
+	}
+}
+func TestSizeTagAndLength(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range getSizeTagAndLengthTestData() {
+		size := sizeTagAndLength(test.tag, test.length)
+		if test.expectedSize != size {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: wrong size, GOT: %d, EXPECTED: %d", i, size, test.expectedSize)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
--- a/goldap/string.go
+++ b/goldap/string.go
@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func readTaggedLDAPString(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) (ldapstring LDAPString, err error) {
+	var octetstring OCTETSTRING
+	octetstring, err = readTaggedOCTETSTRING(bytes, class, tag)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readTaggedLDAPString:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	ldapstring = LDAPString(octetstring)
+	return
+}
+
+//        LDAPString ::= OCTET STRING -- UTF-8 encoded,
+//                                    -- [ISO10646] characters
+func readLDAPString(bytes *Bytes) (ldapstring LDAPString, err error) {
+	return readTaggedLDAPString(bytes, classUniversal, tagOctetString)
+}
+
+//        LDAPString ::= OCTET STRING -- UTF-8 encoded,
+//                                    -- [ISO10646] characters
+func (s LDAPString) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(s).write(bytes)
+}
+func (s LDAPString) writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(s).writeTagged(bytes, class, tag)
+}
+
+//        LDAPString ::= OCTET STRING -- UTF-8 encoded,
+//                                    -- [ISO10646] characters
+func (s LDAPString) size() int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(s).size()
+}
+func (s LDAPString) sizeTagged(tag int) int {
+	return OCTETSTRING(s).sizeTagged(tag)
+}
--- a/goldap/struct.go
+++ b/goldap/struct.go
@ -0,0 +1,739 @@
+package message
+
+type OCTETSTRING string
+type INTEGER int32 // In this RFC the max INTEGER value is 2^31 - 1, so int32 is enough
+type BOOLEAN bool
+type ENUMERATED int32
+
+//   This appendix is normative.
+//
+//        Lightweight-Directory-Access-Protocol-V3 {1 3 6 1 1 18}
+//        -- Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).  This version of
+//        -- this ASN.1 module is part of RFC 4511; see the RFC itself
+//        -- for full legal notices.
+//        DEFINITIONS
+//        IMPLICIT TAGS
+//        EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::=
+//
+//        BEGIN
+//
+//        LDAPMessage ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             messageID       MessageID,
+//             protocolOp      CHOICE {
+//                  bindRequest           BindRequest,
+//                  bindResponse          BindResponse,
+//                  unbindRequest         UnbindRequest,
+//                  searchRequest         SearchRequest,
+//                  searchResEntry        SearchResultEntry,
+//                  searchResDone         SearchResultDone,
+//                  searchResRef          SearchResultReference,
+//                  modifyRequest         ModifyRequest,
+//                  modifyResponse        ModifyResponse,
+//                  addRequest            AddRequest,
+//                  addResponse           AddResponse,
+//                  delRequest            DelRequest,
+//                  delResponse           DelResponse,
+//                  modDNRequest          ModifyDNRequest,
+//                  modDNResponse         ModifyDNResponse,
+//                  compareRequest        CompareRequest,
+//                  compareResponse       CompareResponse,
+//                  abandonRequest        AbandonRequest,
+//                  extendedReq           ExtendedRequest,
+//                  extendedResp          ExtendedResponse,
+//                  ...,
+//                  intermediateResponse  IntermediateResponse },
+//             controls       [0] Controls OPTIONAL }
+//
+type LDAPMessage struct {
+	messageID  MessageID
+	protocolOp ProtocolOp
+	controls   *Controls
+}
+
+const TagLDAPMessageControls = 0
+
+type ProtocolOp interface {
+	size() int
+	write(*Bytes) int
+}
+
+//        MessageID ::= INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt)
+//
+type MessageID INTEGER
+
+//        maxInt INTEGER ::= 2147483647 -- (2^^31 - 1) --
+const maxInt = INTEGER(2147483647)
+
+//
+//        LDAPString ::= OCTET STRING -- UTF-8 encoded,
+//                                    -- [ISO10646] characters
+type LDAPString OCTETSTRING
+
+//
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 54]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//        LDAPOID ::= OCTET STRING -- Constrained to <numericoid>
+//                                 -- [RFC4512]
+type LDAPOID OCTETSTRING
+
+//
+//        LDAPDN ::= LDAPString -- Constrained to <distinguishedName>
+//                              -- [RFC4514]
+type LDAPDN LDAPString
+
+//
+//        RelativeLDAPDN ::= LDAPString -- Constrained to <name-component>
+//                                      -- [RFC4514]
+type RelativeLDAPDN LDAPString
+
+//
+//        AttributeDescription ::= LDAPString
+//                                -- Constrained to <attributedescription>
+//                                -- [RFC4512]
+type AttributeDescription LDAPString
+
+//
+//        AttributeValue ::= OCTET STRING
+type AttributeValue OCTETSTRING
+
+//
+//        AttributeValueAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             attributeDesc   AttributeDescription,
+//             assertionValue  AssertionValue }
+type AttributeValueAssertion struct {
+	attributeDesc  AttributeDescription
+	assertionValue AssertionValue
+}
+
+//
+//        AssertionValue ::= OCTET STRING
+type AssertionValue OCTETSTRING
+
+//
+//        PartialAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type       AttributeDescription,
+//             vals       SET OF value AttributeValue }
+type PartialAttribute struct {
+	type_ AttributeDescription
+	vals  []AttributeValue
+}
+
+//
+//        Attribute ::= PartialAttribute(WITH COMPONENTS {
+//             ...,
+//             vals (SIZE(1..MAX))})
+type Attribute PartialAttribute
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleId ::= LDAPString
+type MatchingRuleId LDAPString
+
+//
+//        LDAPResult ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             resultCode         ENUMERATED {
+//                  success                      (0),
+//                  operationsError              (1),
+//                  protocolError                (2),
+//                  timeLimitExceeded            (3),
+//                  sizeLimitExceeded            (4),
+//                  compareFalse                 (5),
+//                  compareTrue                  (6),
+//                  authMethodNotSupported       (7),
+//                  strongerAuthRequired         (8),
+//                       -- 9 reserved --
+//                  referral                     (10),
+//                  adminLimitExceeded           (11),
+//                  unavailableCriticalExtension (12),
+//                  confidentialityRequired      (13),
+//                  saslBindInProgress           (14),
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 55]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//                  noSuchAttribute              (16),
+//                  undefinedAttributeType       (17),
+//                  inappropriateMatching        (18),
+//                  constraintViolation          (19),
+//                  attributeOrValueExists       (20),
+//                  invalidAttributeSyntax       (21),
+//                       -- 22-31 unused --
+//                  noSuchObject                 (32),
+//                  aliasProblem                 (33),
+//                  invalidDNSyntax              (34),
+//                       -- 35 reserved for undefined isLeaf --
+//                  aliasDereferencingProblem    (36),
+//                       -- 37-47 unused --
+//                  inappropriateAuthentication  (48),
+//                  invalidCredentials           (49),
+//                  insufficientAccessRights     (50),
+//                  busy                         (51),
+//                  unavailable                  (52),
+//                  unwillingToPerform           (53),
+//                  loopDetect                   (54),
+//                       -- 55-63 unused --
+//                  namingViolation              (64),
+//                  objectClassViolation         (65),
+//                  notAllowedOnNonLeaf          (66),
+//                  notAllowedOnRDN              (67),
+//                  entryAlreadyExists           (68),
+//                  objectClassModsProhibited    (69),
+//                       -- 70 reserved for CLDAP --
+//                  affectsMultipleDSAs          (71),
+//                       -- 72-79 unused --
+//                  other                        (80),
+//                  ...  },
+//             matchedDN          LDAPDN,
+//             diagnosticMessage  LDAPString,
+//             referral           [3] Referral OPTIONAL }
+//
+type LDAPResult struct {
+	resultCode        ENUMERATED
+	matchedDN         LDAPDN
+	diagnosticMessage LDAPString
+	referral          *Referral
+}
+
+const TagLDAPResultReferral = 3
+
+const ResultCodeSuccess = 0
+const ResultCodeOperationsError = 1
+const ResultCodeProtocolError = 2
+const ResultCodeTimeLimitExceeded = 3
+const ResultCodeSizeLimitExceeded = 4
+const ResultCodeCompareFalse = 5
+const ResultCodeCompareTrue = 6
+const ResultCodeAuthMethodNotSupported = 7
+const ResultCodeStrongerAuthRequired = 8
+const ResultCodeReferral = 10
+const ResultCodeAdminLimitExceeded = 11
+const ResultCodeUnavailableCriticalExtension = 12
+const ResultCodeConfidentialityRequired = 13
+const ResultCodeSaslBindInProgress = 14
+const ResultCodeNoSuchAttribute = 16
+const ResultCodeUndefinedAttributeType = 17
+const ResultCodeInappropriateMatching = 18
+const ResultCodeConstraintViolation = 19
+const ResultCodeAttributeOrValueExists = 20
+const ResultCodeInvalidAttributeSyntax = 21
+const ResultCodeNoSuchObject = 32
+const ResultCodeAliasProblem = 33
+const ResultCodeInvalidDNSyntax = 34
+const ResultCodeAliasDereferencingProblem = 36
+const ResultCodeInappropriateAuthentication = 48
+const ResultCodeInvalidCredentials = 49
+const ResultCodeInsufficientAccessRights = 50
+const ResultCodeBusy = 51
+const ResultCodeUnavailable = 52
+const ResultCodeUnwillingToPerform = 53
+const ResultCodeLoopDetect = 54
+const ResultCodeNamingViolation = 64
+const ResultCodeObjectClassViolation = 65
+const ResultCodeNotAllowedOnNonLeaf = 66
+const ResultCodeNotAllowedOnRDN = 67
+const ResultCodeEntryAlreadyExists = 68
+const ResultCodeObjectClassModsProhibited = 69
+const ResultCodeAffectsMultipleDSAs = 71
+const ResultCodeOther = 80
+
+var EnumeratedLDAPResultCode = map[ENUMERATED]string{
+	ResultCodeSuccess:                "success",
+	ResultCodeOperationsError:        "operationsError",
+	ResultCodeProtocolError:          "protocolError",
+	ResultCodeTimeLimitExceeded:      "timeLimitExceeded",
+	ResultCodeSizeLimitExceeded:      "sizeLimitExceeded",
+	ResultCodeCompareFalse:           "compareFalse",
+	ResultCodeCompareTrue:            "compareTrue",
+	ResultCodeAuthMethodNotSupported: "authMethodNotSupported",
+	ResultCodeStrongerAuthRequired:   "strongerAuthRequired",
+	//                       -- 9 reserved --
+	ResultCodeReferral:                     "referral",
+	ResultCodeAdminLimitExceeded:           "adminLimitExceeded",
+	ResultCodeUnavailableCriticalExtension: "unavailableCriticalExtension",
+	ResultCodeConfidentialityRequired:      "confidentialityRequired",
+	ResultCodeSaslBindInProgress:           "saslBindInProgress",
+	ResultCodeNoSuchAttribute:              "noSuchAttribute",
+	ResultCodeUndefinedAttributeType:       "undefinedAttributeType",
+	ResultCodeInappropriateMatching:        "inappropriateMatching",
+	ResultCodeConstraintViolation:          "constraintViolation",
+	ResultCodeAttributeOrValueExists:       "attributeOrValueExists",
+	ResultCodeInvalidAttributeSyntax:       "invalidAttributeSyntax",
+	//                       -- 22-31 unused --
+	ResultCodeNoSuchObject:    "noSuchObject",
+	ResultCodeAliasProblem:    "aliasProblem",
+	ResultCodeInvalidDNSyntax: "invalidDNSyntax",
+	//                       -- 35 reserved for undefined isLeaf --
+	ResultCodeAliasDereferencingProblem: "aliasDereferencingProblem",
+	//                       -- 37-47 unused --
+	ResultCodeInappropriateAuthentication: "inappropriateAuthentication",
+	ResultCodeInvalidCredentials:          "invalidCredentials",
+	ResultCodeInsufficientAccessRights:    "insufficientAccessRights",
+	ResultCodeBusy:                        "busy",
+	ResultCodeUnavailable:                 "unavailable",
+	ResultCodeUnwillingToPerform:          "unwillingToPerform",
+	ResultCodeLoopDetect:                  "loopDetect",
+	//                       -- 55-63 unused --
+	ResultCodeNamingViolation:           "namingViolation",
+	ResultCodeObjectClassViolation:      "objectClassViolation",
+	ResultCodeNotAllowedOnNonLeaf:       "notAllowedOnNonLeaf",
+	ResultCodeNotAllowedOnRDN:           "notAllowedOnRDN",
+	ResultCodeEntryAlreadyExists:        "entryAlreadyExists",
+	ResultCodeObjectClassModsProhibited: "objectClassModsProhibited",
+	//                       -- 70 reserved for CLDAP --
+	ResultCodeAffectsMultipleDSAs: "affectsMultipleDSAs",
+	//                       -- 72-79 unused --
+	ResultCodeOther: "other",
+}
+
+//        Referral ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+type Referral []URI
+
+//
+//        URI ::= LDAPString     -- limited to characters permitted in
+//                               -- URIs
+type URI LDAPString
+
+//
+//        Controls ::= SEQUENCE OF control Control
+type Controls []Control
+
+//
+//        Control ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             controlType             LDAPOID,
+//             criticality             BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
+//             controlValue            OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+type Control struct {
+	controlType  LDAPOID
+	criticality  BOOLEAN
+	controlValue *OCTETSTRING
+}
+
+//
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 56]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//        BindRequest ::= [APPLICATION 0] SEQUENCE {
+//             version                 INTEGER (1 ..  127),
+//             name                    LDAPDN,
+//             authentication          AuthenticationChoice }
+const TagBindRequest = 0
+const BindRequestVersionMin = 1
+const BindRequestVersionMax = 127
+
+type BindRequest struct {
+	version        INTEGER
+	name           LDAPDN
+	authentication AuthenticationChoice
+}
+
+//
+//        AuthenticationChoice ::= CHOICE {
+//             simple                  [0] OCTET STRING,
+//                                     -- 1 and 2 reserved
+//             sasl                    [3] SaslCredentials,
+//             ...  }
+const TagAuthenticationChoiceSimple = 0
+const TagAuthenticationChoiceSaslCredentials = 3
+
+type AuthenticationChoice interface {
+	sizeTagged(int) int
+}
+
+//
+//        SaslCredentials ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             mechanism               LDAPString,
+//             credentials             OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+type SaslCredentials struct {
+	mechanism   LDAPString
+	credentials *OCTETSTRING
+}
+
+//
+//        BindResponse ::= [APPLICATION 1] SEQUENCE {
+//             COMPONENTS OF LDAPResult,
+//             serverSaslCreds    [7] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+const TagBindResponse = 1
+const TagBindResponseServerSaslCreds = 7
+
+type BindResponse struct {
+	LDAPResult
+	serverSaslCreds *OCTETSTRING
+}
+
+//
+//        UnbindRequest ::= [APPLICATION 2] NULL
+const TagUnbindRequest = 2
+
+type UnbindRequest struct {
+}
+
+//
+//        SearchRequest ::= [APPLICATION 3] SEQUENCE {
+//             baseObject      LDAPDN,
+//             scope           ENUMERATED {
+//                  baseObject              (0),
+//                  singleLevel             (1),
+//                  wholeSubtree            (2),
+//                  ...  },
+//             derefAliases    ENUMERATED {
+//                  neverDerefAliases       (0),
+//                  derefInSearching        (1),
+//                  derefFindingBaseObj     (2),
+//                  derefAlways             (3) },
+//             sizeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             timeLimit       INTEGER (0 ..  maxInt),
+//             typesOnly       BOOLEAN,
+//             filter          Filter,
+//             attributes      AttributeSelection }
+const TagSearchRequest = 3
+
+type SearchRequest struct {
+	baseObject   LDAPDN
+	scope        ENUMERATED
+	derefAliases ENUMERATED
+	sizeLimit    INTEGER
+	timeLimit    INTEGER
+	typesOnly    BOOLEAN
+	filter       Filter
+	attributes   AttributeSelection
+}
+
+const SearchRequestScopeBaseObject = 0
+const SearchRequestSingleLevel = 1
+const SearchRequestHomeSubtree = 2
+
+var EnumeratedSearchRequestScope = map[ENUMERATED]string{
+	SearchRequestScopeBaseObject: "baseObject",
+	SearchRequestSingleLevel:     "singleLevel",
+	SearchRequestHomeSubtree:     "homeSubtree",
+}
+
+const SearchRequetDerefAliasesNeverDerefAliases = 0
+const SearchRequetDerefAliasesDerefInSearching = 1
+const SearchRequetDerefAliasesDerefFindingBaseObj = 2
+const SearchRequetDerefAliasesDerefAlways = 3
+
+var EnumeratedSearchRequestDerefAliases = map[ENUMERATED]string{
+	SearchRequetDerefAliasesNeverDerefAliases:   "neverDerefAliases",
+	SearchRequetDerefAliasesDerefInSearching:    "derefInSearching",
+	SearchRequetDerefAliasesDerefFindingBaseObj: "derefFindingBaseObj",
+	SearchRequetDerefAliasesDerefAlways:         "derefAlways",
+}
+
+//
+//        AttributeSelection ::= SEQUENCE OF selector LDAPString
+//                       -- The LDAPString is constrained to
+//                       -- <attributeSelector> in Section 4.5.1.8
+type AttributeSelection []LDAPString
+
+//
+//        Filter ::= CHOICE {
+//             and             [0] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+//             or              [1] SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF filter Filter,
+//             not             [2] Filter,
+//             equalityMatch   [3] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 57]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//             substrings      [4] SubstringFilter,
+//             greaterOrEqual  [5] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//             lessOrEqual     [6] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//             present         [7] AttributeDescription,
+//             approxMatch     [8] AttributeValueAssertion,
+//             extensibleMatch [9] MatchingRuleAssertion,
+//             ...  }
+const TagFilterAnd = 0
+const TagFilterOr = 1
+const TagFilterNot = 2
+const TagFilterEqualityMatch = 3
+const TagFilterSubstrings = 4
+const TagFilterGreaterOrEqual = 5
+const TagFilterLessOrEqual = 6
+const TagFilterPresent = 7
+const TagFilterApproxMatch = 8
+const TagFilterExtensibleMatch = 9
+
+type Filter interface {
+	size() int
+	write(*Bytes) int
+	getFilterTag() int
+}
+type FilterAnd []Filter
+type FilterOr []Filter
+type FilterNot struct {
+	Filter
+}
+type FilterEqualityMatch AttributeValueAssertion
+type FilterSubstrings SubstringFilter
+type FilterGreaterOrEqual AttributeValueAssertion
+type FilterLessOrEqual AttributeValueAssertion
+type FilterPresent AttributeDescription
+type FilterApproxMatch AttributeValueAssertion
+type FilterExtensibleMatch MatchingRuleAssertion
+
+//
+//        SubstringFilter ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             type           AttributeDescription,
+//             substrings     SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF substring CHOICE {
+//                  initial [0] AssertionValue,  -- can occur at most once
+//                  any     [1] AssertionValue,
+//                  final   [2] AssertionValue } -- can occur at most once
+//             }
+type SubstringFilter struct {
+	type_      AttributeDescription
+	substrings []Substring
+}
+
+type Substring interface{}
+
+const TagSubstringInitial = 0
+const TagSubstringAny = 1
+const TagSubstringFinal = 2
+
+type SubstringInitial AssertionValue
+type SubstringAny AssertionValue
+type SubstringFinal AssertionValue
+
+//
+//        MatchingRuleAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {
+//             matchingRule    [1] MatchingRuleId OPTIONAL,
+//             type            [2] AttributeDescription OPTIONAL,
+//             matchValue      [3] AssertionValue,
+//             dnAttributes    [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
+type MatchingRuleAssertion struct {
+	matchingRule *MatchingRuleId
+	type_        *AttributeDescription
+	matchValue   AssertionValue
+	dnAttributes BOOLEAN
+}
+
+const TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchingRule = 1
+const TagMatchingRuleAssertionType = 2
+const TagMatchingRuleAssertionMatchValue = 3
+const TagMatchingRuleAssertionDnAttributes = 4
+
+//
+//        SearchResultEntry ::= [APPLICATION 4] SEQUENCE {
+//             objectName      LDAPDN,
+//             attributes      PartialAttributeList }
+const TagSearchResultEntry = 4
+
+type SearchResultEntry struct {
+	objectName LDAPDN
+	attributes PartialAttributeList
+}
+
+//
+//        PartialAttributeList ::= SEQUENCE OF
+//                             partialAttribute PartialAttribute
+type PartialAttributeList []PartialAttribute
+
+//
+//        SearchResultReference ::= [APPLICATION 19] SEQUENCE
+//                                  SIZE (1..MAX) OF uri URI
+const TagSearchResultReference = 19
+
+type SearchResultReference []URI
+
+//
+//        SearchResultDone ::= [APPLICATION 5] LDAPResult
+const TagSearchResultDone = 5
+
+type SearchResultDone LDAPResult
+
+//
+//        ModifyRequest ::= [APPLICATION 6] SEQUENCE {
+//             object          LDAPDN,
+//             changes         SEQUENCE OF change SEQUENCE {
+//                  operation       ENUMERATED {
+//                       add     (0),
+//                       delete  (1),
+//                       replace (2),
+//                       ...  },
+//                  modification    PartialAttribute } }
+const TagModifyRequest = 6
+
+type ModifyRequest struct {
+	object  LDAPDN
+	changes []ModifyRequestChange
+}
+type ModifyRequestChange struct {
+	operation    ENUMERATED
+	modification PartialAttribute
+}
+
+const ModifyRequestChangeOperationAdd = 0
+const ModifyRequestChangeOperationDelete = 1
+const ModifyRequestChangeOperationReplace = 2
+
+var EnumeratedModifyRequestChangeOperation = map[ENUMERATED]string{
+	ModifyRequestChangeOperationAdd:     "add",
+	ModifyRequestChangeOperationDelete:  "delete",
+	ModifyRequestChangeOperationReplace: "replace",
+}
+
+//
+//        ModifyResponse ::= [APPLICATION 7] LDAPResult
+const TagModifyResponse = 7
+
+type ModifyResponse LDAPResult
+
+//
+//
+//
+//
+//
+//
+//Sermersheim                 Standards Track                    [Page 58]
+//
+//
+//RFC 4511                         LDAPv3                        June 2006
+//
+//
+//        AddRequest ::= [APPLICATION 8] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             attributes      AttributeList }
+const TagAddRequest = 8
+
+type AddRequest struct {
+	entry      LDAPDN
+	attributes AttributeList
+}
+
+//
+//        AttributeList ::= SEQUENCE OF attribute Attribute
+type AttributeList []Attribute
+
+//
+//        AddResponse ::= [APPLICATION 9] LDAPResult
+const TagAddResponse = 9
+
+type AddResponse LDAPResult
+
+//
+//        DelRequest ::= [APPLICATION 10] LDAPDN
+const TagDelRequest = 10
+
+type DelRequest LDAPDN
+
+//
+//        DelResponse ::= [APPLICATION 11] LDAPResult
+const TagDelResponse = 11
+
+type DelResponse LDAPResult
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNRequest ::= [APPLICATION 12] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             newrdn          RelativeLDAPDN,
+//             deleteoldrdn    BOOLEAN,
+//             newSuperior     [0] LDAPDN OPTIONAL }
+const TagModifyDNRequest = 12
+
+type ModifyDNRequest struct {
+	entry        LDAPDN
+	newrdn       RelativeLDAPDN
+	deleteoldrdn BOOLEAN
+	newSuperior  *LDAPDN
+}
+
+const TagModifyDNRequestNewSuperior = 0
+
+//
+//        ModifyDNResponse ::= [APPLICATION 13] LDAPResult
+const TagModifyDNResponse = 13
+
+type ModifyDNResponse LDAPResult
+
+//
+//        CompareRequest ::= [APPLICATION 14] SEQUENCE {
+//             entry           LDAPDN,
+//             ava             AttributeValueAssertion }
+const TagCompareRequest = 14
+
+type CompareRequest struct {
+	entry LDAPDN
+	ava   AttributeValueAssertion
+}
+
+//        CompareResponse ::= [APPLICATION 15] LDAPResult
+const TagCompareResponse = 15
+
+type CompareResponse LDAPResult
+
+//
+//        AbandonRequest ::= [APPLICATION 16] MessageID
+const TagAbandonRequest = 16
+
+type AbandonRequest MessageID
+
+//
+//        ExtendedRequest ::= [APPLICATION 23] SEQUENCE {
+//             requestName      [0] LDAPOID,
+//             requestValue     [1] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+const TagExtendedRequest = 23
+
+type ExtendedRequest struct {
+	requestName  LDAPOID
+	requestValue *OCTETSTRING
+}
+
+const TagExtendedRequestName = 0
+const TagExtendedRequestValue = 1
+
+//
+//        ExtendedResponse ::= [APPLICATION 24] SEQUENCE {
+//             COMPONENTS OF LDAPResult,
+//             responseName     [10] LDAPOID OPTIONAL,
+//             responseValue    [11] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+const TagExtendedResponse = 24
+
+type ExtendedResponse struct {
+	LDAPResult
+	responseName  *LDAPOID
+	responseValue *OCTETSTRING
+}
+
+const TagExtendedResponseName = 10
+const TagExtendedResponseValue = 11
+
+//
+//        IntermediateResponse ::= [APPLICATION 25] SEQUENCE {
+//             responseName     [0] LDAPOID OPTIONAL,
+//             responseValue    [1] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+const TagIntermediateResponse = 25
+
+type IntermediateResponse struct {
+	responseName  *LDAPOID
+	responseValue *OCTETSTRING
+}
+
+const TagIntermediateResponseName = 0
+const TagIntermediateResponseValue = 1
+
+//
+//        END
+//
--- a/goldap/struct_methods.go
+++ b/goldap/struct_methods.go
@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package message
+
+func NewLDAPMessageWithProtocolOp(po ProtocolOp) *LDAPMessage {
+	m := NewLDAPMessage()
+	m.protocolOp = po
+	return m
+}
--- a/goldap/unbind_request.go
+++ b/goldap/unbind_request.go
@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        UnbindRequest ::= [APPLICATION 2] NULL
+func readUnbindRequest(bytes *Bytes) (unbindrequest UnbindRequest, err error) {
+	var tagAndLength TagAndLength
+	tagAndLength, err = bytes.ParseTagAndLength()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readUnbindRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	err = tagAndLength.Expect(classApplication, TagUnbindRequest, isNotCompound)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readUnbindRequest:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	if tagAndLength.Length != 0 {
+		err = LdapError{"readUnbindRequest: expecting NULL"}
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        UnbindRequest ::= [APPLICATION 2] NULL
+func (u UnbindRequest) write(bytes *Bytes) (size int) {
+	size += bytes.WriteTagAndLength(classApplication, isNotCompound, TagUnbindRequest, 0)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        UnbindRequest ::= [APPLICATION 2] NULL
+func (u UnbindRequest) size() (size int) {
+	size = sizeTagAndLength(TagUnbindRequest, 0)
+	return
+}
--- a/goldap/uri.go
+++ b/goldap/uri.go
@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package message
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//
+//        URI ::= LDAPString     -- limited to characters permitted in
+//                               -- URIs
+func readURI(bytes *Bytes) (uri URI, err error) {
+	var ldapstring LDAPString
+	ldapstring, err = readLDAPString(bytes)
+	// @TODO: check permitted chars in URI
+	if err != nil {
+		err = LdapError{fmt.Sprintf("readURI:\n%s", err.Error())}
+		return
+	}
+	uri = URI(ldapstring)
+	return
+}
+
+//
+//        URI ::= LDAPString     -- limited to characters permitted in
+//                               -- URIs
+func (u URI) write(bytes *Bytes) int {
+	return LDAPString(u).write(bytes)
+}
+
+//
+//        URI ::= LDAPString     -- limited to characters permitted in
+//                               -- URIs
+func (u URI) size() int {
+	return LDAPString(u).size()
+}
--- a/goldap/write.go
+++ b/goldap/write.go
@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package message
+
+type Writable interface {
+	write(bytes *Bytes) int
+	writeTagged(bytes *Bytes, class int, tag int) int
+}
--- a/goldap/write_test.go
+++ b/goldap/write_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestWriteLDAPMessage(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var testData = getLDAPMessageTestData()
+	for i, test := range testData {
+		bytes, err := test.out.Write()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("#%d error at offset %d (%s): %s\nEXPECTED BYTES: %#v\nWRITTEN BYTES: %#v\n", i, test.bytes.offset, test.bytes.DumpCurrentBytes(), err, test.bytes.getBytes(), bytes.getBytes())
+		} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(bytes.getBytes(), test.bytes.getBytes()) {
+			t.Errorf("#%d:\nGOT:\n%#+v\nEXPECTED:\n%#+v", i, bytes.getBytes(), test.bytes.getBytes())
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/gomod2nix.toml
+++ b/gomod2nix.toml
@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+schema = 3
+
+[mod]
+  [mod."github.com/armon/circbuf"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e"
+    hash = "sha256-klQjllsJZqZ2KPNx1mZT9XP+UAJkuBhmTnZdNlAflEM="
+  [mod."github.com/armon/go-metrics"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da"
+    hash = "sha256-+zqX1hlJgc+IrXRzBQDMhR8GYQdc0Oj6PiIDfctgh44="
+  [mod."github.com/armon/go-radix"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310"
+    hash = "sha256-ZHU4pyBqHHRuQJuYr2K+LqeAnLX9peX07cmSYK+GDHk="
+  [mod."github.com/bgentry/speakeasy"]
+    version = "v0.1.0"
+    hash = "sha256-Gt1vj6CFovLnO6wX5u2O4UfecY9V2J9WGw1ez4HMrgk="
+  [mod."github.com/davecgh/go-spew"]
+    version = "v1.1.1"
+    hash = "sha256-nhzSUrE1fCkN0+RL04N4h8jWmRFPPPWbCuDc7Ss0akI="
+  [mod."github.com/fatih/color"]
+    version = "v1.7.0"
+    hash = "sha256-4In7ef7it7d+6oGUJ3pkD0V+lsL40hVtYdy2KD2ovn0="
+  [mod."github.com/google/btree"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c"
+    hash = "sha256-5gr0RMnlvrzCke3kwpkf92WvW3x5nnKZesoulyoYRC0="
+  [mod."github.com/google/uuid"]
+    version = "v1.1.1"
+    hash = "sha256-66PXC/RCPUyhS9PhkIPQFR3tbM2zZYDNPGXN7JJj3UE="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"]
+    version = "v1.3.0"
+    hash = "sha256-fMORNFAWK2GkRbBl/KzNHrvtCfwz/7P66HzDaE4GnuE="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk"]
+    version = "v0.3.0"
+    hash = "sha256-lF47JPGfmeGjpuQw9VSNs2Mi+G7FQLKrrHteX3iXfpU="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/errwrap"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-LGSLrefkABG1kH1i+GUWiD2/ggJxiZEJ+D2YNbhZjmo="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp"]
+    version = "v0.5.1"
+    hash = "sha256-c54zcHr9THj3MQk7hrDQcpjOcQi1MvXZ4Kpin6EbfR4="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-JmNxdGaJG63Ty/sVnPjqvTyA4/k5wkzZ/QvpMK2uduw="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack"]
+    version = "v0.5.3"
+    hash = "sha256-2OUYjD/Jt12TFBrtH0wRqg+lzRljDxSIhk2CqBLUczo="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-iXzjerl96o7QDiSwQjbak8R/t+YzZeoUqm59TCmy3gI="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-4NZJAT5/vocyto+dv6FmW4kFiYldmNvewowsYK/LiTI="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-orG+SHVsp5lgNRCErmhMLABVFQ3ZWfYIJ/4LTFzlvao="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-YRuq6oPMwAFVY7mvwpMDvZqGwNnb5CjBYyKI/x5mbCc="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"]
+    version = "v1.0.1"
+    hash = "sha256-s1wIvBu37z4U3qK9sdUR1CtbD39N6RwfX4HgDCpCa0s="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/go.net"]
+    version = "v0.0.1"
+    hash = "sha256-JKal3E+wPO+Hk838opKV4HHKB4O72Xy+77ncXlLkWRk="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"]
+    version = "v0.5.0"
+    hash = "sha256-Lo0UyOZQ89iK0Ui3Hfk5VkWqxEzLw6Lclq4EM8VlYoo="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/logutils"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-e8t8Dm8sp/PzKClN1TOmFcrTAWNh4mZHSW7cAjVx3Bw="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/mdns"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-ravx4tklQG43OEjPiJn68iJM9ODZ6hgU0idFCEOiJGM="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/memberlist"]
+    version = "v0.1.3"
+    hash = "sha256-IsxqevYulPt+2VGtlq068Jyq1YfIk4Ohh9TgakIGxnc="
+  [mod."github.com/hashicorp/serf"]
+    version = "v0.8.2"
+    hash = "sha256-diRxWOouFLTO75f2E9NlrKgie/qsT+gOOrrbf4tACHw="
+  [mod."github.com/jsimonetti/pwscheme"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20220125093853-4d9895f5db73"
+    hash = "sha256-YF3RKU/4CWvLPgGzUd7Hk/2+41OUFuRWZgzQuqcsKg0="
+  [mod."github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences"]
+    version = "v1.0.1"
+    hash = "sha256-Nwp+Cza9dIu3ogVGip6wyOjWwwaq+2hU3eYIe4R7kNE="
+  [mod."github.com/mattn/go-colorable"]
+    version = "v0.0.9"
+    hash = "sha256-fVPF8VxbdggLAZnaexMl6Id1WjXKImzVySxKfa+ukts="
+  [mod."github.com/mattn/go-isatty"]
+    version = "v0.0.3"
+    hash = "sha256-9ogEEd8/kl/dImldzdBmTFdepvB0dVXEzN4o8bEqhBs="
+  [mod."github.com/miekg/dns"]
+    version = "v1.0.14"
+    hash = "sha256-OeijUgBaEmDapclTxfvjIqrjh4qZu3+DQpHelGGI4aA="
+  [mod."github.com/mitchellh/cli"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-4nG7AhRcjTRCwUCdnaNaFrAKDxEEoiihaCA4lk+uM8U="
+  [mod."github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-eGmBNNTuDSMwicjTNgB54IEJuK1tgOLDJ3NHTpQCHzg="
+  [mod."github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-/Dpv/4i5xuK8hDH+q8YTdF6Jg6NNtfO4Wqig2JCWgrY="
+  [mod."github.com/mitchellh/gox"]
+    version = "v0.4.0"
+    hash = "sha256-GV3LYxzJt8YVbnSac2orlj2QR3MX/YIDrLkSkPhsjuA="
+  [mod."github.com/mitchellh/iochan"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-b5Tp7cw/e8mL++IjsebbmKWXtb9Hrzu4Fc6M4tZKFhU="
+  [mod."github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"]
+    version = "v1.1.2"
+    hash = "sha256-OU9HZYHtl0qaqMFd84w7snkkRuRY6UMSsfCnL5HYdw0="
+  [mod."github.com/pascaldekloe/goe"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c"
+    hash = "sha256-2KUjqrEC/BwkTZRxImazcI/C3H7QmXfNrlt8slwdDbc="
+  [mod."github.com/pkg/errors"]
+    version = "v0.8.1"
+    hash = "sha256-oe3iddfoLRwpC3ki5fifHf2ZFprtg99iNak50shiuDw="
+  [mod."github.com/pmezard/go-difflib"]
+    version = "v1.0.0"
+    hash = "sha256-/FtmHnaGjdvEIKAJtrUfEhV7EVo5A/eYrtdnUkuxLDA="
+  [mod."github.com/posener/complete"]
+    version = "v1.1.1"
+    hash = "sha256-heyPMSBzVlx7ZKgTyzl/xmUfZw3EZCcvGFGrRMIbIr8="
+  [mod."github.com/ryanuber/columnize"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20160712163229-9b3edd62028f"
+    hash = "sha256-RLUQcU6Z03upKe08v6rjn9/tkyrQsgmpdEmBtWaLQfk="
+  [mod."github.com/sean-/seed"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529"
+    hash = "sha256-RQQTjvf8Y91jP5FGOyEnGMFw7zCrcSnUU4eH2CXKkT4="
+  [mod."github.com/sirupsen/logrus"]
+    version = "v1.4.2"
+    hash = "sha256-3QzWUsapCmg3F7JqUuINT3/UG097uzLff6iCcCgQ43o="
+  [mod."github.com/stretchr/objx"]
+    version = "v0.1.1"
+    hash = "sha256-HdGVZCuy7VprC5W9UxGbDmXqsKADMjpEDht7ilGVLco="
+  [mod."github.com/stretchr/testify"]
+    version = "v1.3.0"
+    hash = "sha256-+mSebBNccNcxbY462iKTNTWmd5ZuUkUqFebccn3EtIA="
+  [mod."golang.org/x/crypto"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20200604202706-70a84ac30bf9"
+    hash = "sha256-I5ov2lV6ubB3H3pn6DFN1VPLyxeLfPUaOx2PJ9K1KH8="
+  [mod."golang.org/x/net"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3"
+    hash = "sha256-kwP+BDfPsZEeeceyg4H5LgdTDT8O8YWbkpCkpyuPJJo="
+  [mod."golang.org/x/sync"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4"
+    hash = "sha256-FUpv9bmGLDEjCxXdvR0CRDqOKRY0xrHRPzOsyQyvYK0="
+  [mod."golang.org/x/sys"]
+    version = "v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894"
+    hash = "sha256-YkQjSZaiVFxrmXYSKmqrGeIO3RZ95fc3dWyCaR+SosY="
+  [mod."golang.org/x/text"]
+    version = "v0.3.0"
+    hash = "sha256-0FFbaxF1ZuAQF3sCcA85e8MO6prFeHint36inija4NY="
--- a/ldapserver/client.go
+++ b/ldapserver/client.go
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"

-	ldap "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
+	ldap "bottin/goldap"
 )

 type UserState interface{}
@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ func (c *client) close() {
 }

 func (c *client) writeMessage(m *ldap.LDAPMessage) {
-	data, _ := m.Write()
+	data, err := m.Write()
+	if err != nil {
+		Logger.Errorf("bottin: unable to marshal response message: %v", err)
+	}

 	//Logger.Printf(">>> %d - %s - hex=%x", c.Numero, m.ProtocolOpName(), data.Bytes())
 	Logger.Tracef(">>> [%d] %#v", c.Numero, m)
--- a/ldapserver/constants.go
+++ b/ldapserver/constants.go
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package ldapserver

-import ldap "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
+import ldap "bottin/goldap"

 // LDAP Application Codes
 const (
--- a/ldapserver/message.go
+++ b/ldapserver/message.go
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package ldapserver
 import (
 	"fmt"

-	ldap "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
+	ldap "bottin/goldap"
 )

 type Message struct {
--- a/ldapserver/packet.go
+++ b/ldapserver/packet.go
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"

-	ldap "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
+	ldap "bottin/goldap"
 )

 type messagePacket struct {
--- a/ldapserver/responsemessage.go
+++ b/ldapserver/responsemessage.go
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package ldapserver

-import ldap "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
+import ldap "bottin/goldap"

 func NewBindResponse(resultCode int) ldap.BindResponse {
 	r := ldap.BindResponse{}
--- a/ldapserver/route.go
+++ b/ldapserver/route.go
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package ldapserver
 import (
 	"strings"

-	ldap "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
+	ldap "bottin/goldap"
 )

 // Constant to LDAP Request protocol Type names
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"

+	message "bottin/goldap"
 	ldap "bottin/ldapserver"

 	consul "github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
-	message "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )

@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ func (server *Server) init() error {
 		return err
 	}

-
 	admin_pass_str, environnement_variable_exist := os.LookupEnv("BOTTIN_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PW")
 	if !environnement_variable_exist {
 		admin_pass := make([]byte, 8)
@ -333,7 +332,11 @@ func (server *Server) init() error {
 		server.logger.Debug("BOTTIN_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PW environment variable is set, using it for admin's password")
 	}

-	admin_pass_hash := SSHAEncode([]byte(admin_pass_str))
+	admin_pass_hash, err := SSHAEncode(admin_pass_str)
+	if err != nil {
+		server.logger.Error("can't create admin password")
+		panic(err)
+	}

 	admin_dn := "cn=admin," + server.config.Suffix
 	admin_attributes := Entry{
@ -434,8 +437,8 @@ func (server *Server) handleBindInternal(state *State, r *message.BindRequest) (
 	}

 	for _, hash := range passwd {
-		valid := SSHAMatches(hash, []byte(r.AuthenticationSimple()))
-		if valid {
+		valid, err := SSHAMatches(hash, string(r.AuthenticationSimple()))
+		if valid && err == nil {
 			groups, err := server.getAttribute(string(r.Name()), ATTR_MEMBEROF)
 			if err != nil {
 				return ldap.LDAPResultOperationsError, err
@ -444,8 +447,32 @@ func (server *Server) handleBindInternal(state *State, r *message.BindRequest) (
 				user:   string(r.Name()),
 				groups: groups,
 			}
+
+			updatePasswordHash(string(r.AuthenticationSimple()), hash, server, string(r.Name()))
+
 			return ldap.LDAPResultSuccess, nil
+		} else {
+			return ldap.LDAPResultInvalidCredentials, fmt.Errorf("can't authenticate: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 	return ldap.LDAPResultInvalidCredentials, fmt.Errorf("No password match")
 }
+
+// Update the hash if it's not already SSHA512
+func updatePasswordHash(password string, currentHash string, server *Server, dn string) {
+	hashType, err := determineHashType(currentHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		server.logger.Errorf("can't determine hash type of password")
+		return
+	}
+	if hashType != SSHA512 {
+		reencodedPassword, err := SSHAEncode(password)
+		if err != nil {
+			server.logger.Errorf("can't encode password")
+			return
+		}
+		server.putAttributes(dn, Entry{
+			ATTR_USERPASSWORD: []string{reencodedPassword},
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/read.go
+++ b/read.go
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (

 	ldap "bottin/ldapserver"

-	message "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
+	message "bottin/goldap"
 )

 // Generic read utility functions ----------
@ -213,10 +213,11 @@ func (server *Server) handleSearchInternal(state *State, w ldap.ResponseWriter,
 				continue
 			}
 			// Send result
+			resultVals := []message.AttributeValue{}
 			for _, v := range val {
-				e.AddAttribute(message.AttributeDescription(attr),
-					message.AttributeValue(v))
+				resultVals = append(resultVals, message.AttributeValue(v))
 			}
+			e.AddAttribute(message.AttributeDescription(attr), resultVals...)
 		}
 		w.Write(e)
 	}
--- a/ssha.go
+++ b/ssha.go
@ -1,25 +1,79 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha1"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	//"github.com/jsimonetti/pwscheme/ssha"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/pwscheme/ssha256"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/pwscheme/ssha512"
 )

+const (
+	SSHA    = "{SSHA}"
+	SSHA256 = "{SSHA256}"
+	SSHA512 = "{SSHA512}"
+)
+
+// Encode encodes the string to ssha512
+func SSHAEncode(rawPassPhrase string) (string, error) {
+	return ssha512.Generate(rawPassPhrase, 16)
+}
+
+// Matches matches the encoded password and the raw password
+func SSHAMatches(encodedPassPhrase string, rawPassPhrase string) (bool, error) {
+	hashType, err := determineHashType(encodedPassPhrase)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.New("invalid password hash stored")
+	}
+
+	var is_ok bool
+	switch hashType {
+	case SSHA:
+		is_ok = LegacySSHAMatches(encodedPassPhrase, []byte(rawPassPhrase))
+		return is_ok, nil
+		//return ssha.Validate(rawPassPhrase, encodedPassPhrase)
+	case SSHA256:
+		return ssha256.Validate(rawPassPhrase, encodedPassPhrase)
+	case SSHA512:
+		return ssha512.Validate(rawPassPhrase, encodedPassPhrase)
+	}
+
+	return false, errors.New("no matching hash type found")
+}
+
+func determineHashType(hash string) (string, error) {
+	if len(hash) >= 7 && strings.ToUpper(string(hash[0:6])) == SSHA {
+		return SSHA, nil
+	}
+	if len(hash) >= 10 && strings.ToUpper(string(hash[0:9])) == SSHA256 {
+		return SSHA256, nil
+	}
+	if len(hash) >= 10 && strings.ToUpper(string(hash[0:9])) == SSHA512 {
+		return SSHA512, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("no valid hash found")
+}
+
+// --- legacy
+
 // Encode encodes the []byte of raw password
-func SSHAEncode(rawPassPhrase []byte) string {
-	hash := makeSSHAHash(rawPassPhrase, makeSalt())
+func LegacySSHAEncode(rawPassPhrase []byte) string {
+	hash := legacyMakeSSHAHash(rawPassPhrase, legacyMakeSalt())
 	b64 := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(hash)
 	return fmt.Sprintf("{ssha}%s", b64)
 }

 // Matches matches the encoded password and the raw password
-func SSHAMatches(encodedPassPhrase string, rawPassPhrase []byte) bool {
+func LegacySSHAMatches(encodedPassPhrase string, rawPassPhrase []byte) bool {
 	if !strings.EqualFold(encodedPassPhrase[:6], "{ssha}") {
 		return false
 	}
@ -30,7 +84,7 @@ func SSHAMatches(encodedPassPhrase string, rawPassPhrase []byte) bool {
 	}
 	salt := bhash[20:]

-	newssha := makeSSHAHash(rawPassPhrase, salt)
+	newssha := legacyMakeSSHAHash(rawPassPhrase, salt)

 	if bytes.Compare(newssha, bhash) != 0 {
 		return false
@ -39,7 +93,7 @@ func SSHAMatches(encodedPassPhrase string, rawPassPhrase []byte) bool {
 }

 // makeSalt make a 32 byte array containing random bytes.
-func makeSalt() []byte {
+func legacyMakeSalt() []byte {
 	sbytes := make([]byte, 32)
 	_, err := rand.Read(sbytes)
 	if err != nil {
@ -49,7 +103,7 @@ func makeSalt() []byte {
 }

 // makeSSHAHash make hasing using SHA-1 with salt. This is not the final output though. You need to append {SSHA} string with base64 of this hash.
-func makeSSHAHash(passphrase, salt []byte) []byte {
+func legacyMakeSSHAHash(passphrase, salt []byte) []byte {
 	sha := sha1.New()
 	sha.Write(passphrase)
 	sha.Write(salt)
--- a/test/bottin_test.go
+++ b/test/bottin_test.go
@ -147,14 +147,12 @@ func TestDeleteGroupsAfterAddedUsers(t *testing.T) {

 //Example of paralellism Test
 func TestPrincipal(t *testing.T) {
-
-	t.Run("A=1", TestAddThenDelete)
-	t.Run("A=2", TestModifyRequest)
+	t.Run("A=Add and delete", TestAddThenDelete)
+	t.Run("A=Modify", TestModifyRequest)
 	if !testing.Short() {
-		t.Run("B=1", TestConfirmAddAttributes)
-		t.Run("B=2", TestModifyRequestAndCheck)
-		t.Run("C=1", TestAddUserInGroup)
-		t.Run("C=2", TestDeleteGroupsAfterAddedUsers)
+		t.Run("B=Add attributes", TestConfirmAddAttributes)
+		t.Run("B=Modify and check", TestModifyRequestAndCheck)
+		t.Run("C=Add user in group", TestAddUserInGroup)
+		t.Run("C=Delete group", TestDeleteGroupsAfterAddedUsers)
 	}
-
 }
--- a/test/handler.go
+++ b/test/handler.go
@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ func PrintError(LDAPError error) {

 //Generate an unique name, which store in all_names
 func (inst *instance) GenerateName() (name string) {
-	alphabet := "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"
+	alphabet := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v",
+		"w", "x", "y", "z", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y",
+		"Z", "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "é", "è", "ê", "ë", "à", "@", "â", "ä", "û", "ü", "ù", "$", "£", "%", "ø", "€"}
 	length := R.Intn(maxlength_generateName) + minlength_generateName

 	//Check if this name not exist already
@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func (inst *instance) GenerateName() (name string) {
 	for only_one := true; only_one; _, only_one = allNames.cn[name] {
 		//Create the name
 		for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
-			name += string(alphabet[R.Intn(len(alphabet))])
+			name += alphabet[R.Intn(len(alphabet))]
 		}

 	}
@ -52,18 +54,6 @@ func (inst *instance) GenerateName() (name string) {
 	return
 }

-//Handler to around the bug with MessageId
-func (inst *instance) Reconnect() (err error) {
-	inst.logging.Close()
-	inst.logging, err = ldap.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", adresse, port))
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	err = inst.logging.Bind(bindusername, bindpassword)
-	//logging.Debug("Reconnect succesful")
-	return
-}
-
 //Transform attributes in map format to the struct attributes
 func MapAttToStruct(att map[string][]string) []attributes {
 	resultat := []attributes{}
@ -86,7 +76,7 @@ func Connect() (*ldap.Conn, error) {
 	if key, ok := os.LookupEnv("BOTTIN_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PW"); ok {
 		bindpassword = key
 	}
-
+	//l.Debug.Enable(true)
 	err = l.Bind(bindusername, bindpassword)
 	logging.Debug("Connection succesful")
 	return l, err
--- a/test/request.go
+++ b/test/request.go
@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ func (inst *instance) Add_Request(dn string, attributes map[string][]string) err

 	//Send the request
 	err := inst.logging.Add(req)
-	//@FIXME: Remove when you try to correct the bug MessageID
-	inst.Reconnect()
 	return err

 }
@ -36,8 +34,6 @@ func (inst *instance) Modify_Request(dn string, add_attributes, delete_attribute
 	}

 	err := inst.logging.Modify(modifyReq)
-	//@FIXME: Remove when you try to correct the bug MessageID
-	inst.Reconnect()
 	return err
 }

@ -45,8 +41,6 @@ func (inst *instance) Delete_Request(dn string) error {
 	del := ldap.NewDelRequest(dn, nil)

 	err := inst.logging.Del(del)
-	//@FIXME: Remove when you try to correct the bug MessageID
-	inst.Reconnect()
 	return err
 }

@ -61,7 +55,5 @@ func (inst *instance) Search_Request(dn, filter string, name_attributes []string

 	res, err := inst.logging.Search(searchReq)
 	logging.Debugf("Search Request made with: dn: %s, filter: %s, attributes: %s. \n", dn, filter, name_attributes)
-	//@FIXME: Remove when you try to correct the bug MessageID
-	inst.Reconnect()
 	return res, err
 }
--- a/test/runner.sh
+++ b/test/runner.sh
@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ echo $BOTTIN_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PW
 consul agent -dev > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 sleep 2
 cp test/config.json.test config.json
-./bottin > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+./bottin > /tmp/bottin.log 2>&1 &
 sleep 1
 ./test/test -test.v -test.failfast -test.short -test.run TestPrincipal
 ./test/test -test.v -test.failfast -test.run TestPrincipal/B=
+
+jobs
+kill %2
+kill %1
--- a/write.go
+++ b/write.go
@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import (

 	ldap "bottin/ldapserver"

+	message "bottin/goldap"
+
 	consul "github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
-	message "github.com/lor00x/goldap/message"
 )

 // Generic item modification function --------
@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func (server *Server) putAttributes(dn string, attrs Entry) error {

 	// Retreieve previously existing attributes, which we will use to delete
 	// entries with the wrong case
-	previous_pairs, _, err := server.kv.List(prefix + "/attribute=", &server.readOpts)
+	previous_pairs, _, err := server.kv.List(prefix+"/attribute=", &server.readOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@ -65,6 +66,24 @@ func (server *Server) putAttributes(dn string, attrs Entry) error {
 			}
 		}

+		// if the password is not yet hashed we hash it
+		if k == ATTR_USERPASSWORD {
+			tmpValues := []string{}
+			for _, pw := range values {
+				_, err := determineHashType(pw)
+				if err != nil {
+					encodedPassword, err := SSHAEncode(pw)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					tmpValues = append(tmpValues, encodedPassword)
+				} else {
+					tmpValues = append(tmpValues, pw)
+				}
+			}
+			values = tmpValues
+		}
+
 		// If we have zero values, delete associated k/v pair
 		// Otherwise, write new values
 		if len(values) == 0 {
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Quentin Dufour	a08be6b395	Patch ASN.1 BER encoding of integers and length + unit tests	2021-09-16 13:51:43 +02:00
Quentin Dufour	2a844bd559	Encoding errors must be logged	2021-09-16 13:47:09 +02:00
Quentin Dufour	2707dd77c5	Use vendored goldap	2021-09-16 13:46:18 +02:00
Quentin Dufour	477d7014ed	Vendor goldap	2021-09-16 13:41:01 +02:00
MrArmonius	a53641e773	Correct the function GenerateName All checks were successful continuous-integration/drone/pr Build is passing Details continuous-integration/drone/push Build is passing Details The problem was the encode in `name += string(alphabet[])` It takes only 1 byte but the characters like 'è','@' are encoding on several bytes (1 to 4 bytes). The better solution was to create a slice of string, like this we don't have problem about take only one byte instead of 2,3 or 4 bytes.	2021-07-26 15:36:45 +02:00