Question

I am having trouble understanding the basic concepts of ASN.1.

If a type is an OID, does the corresponding number get actually encoded in the binary data?

For instance in this definition:

id-ad-ocsp         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ad 1 }

Does the corresponding 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.48.1 get encoded in the binary exactly like this?

I am asking this because I am trying to understand a specific value I see in a DER file (a certificate), which is 04020500, and I am not sure how to interpret it.

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