Field slide attacks and how to avoid them.

Peter Gutmann pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz
Wed Sep 19 13:55:36 EDT 2001


Paul Crowley <paul at cluefactory.org.uk> writes:
>pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) writes:
>>"Kevin E. Fu" <fubob at MIT.EDU> writes:
>>>But XDR is so BORING compared to a REAL standard like ASN.1!
>>I can feel this sliding into a specification language debate, but I
>>have to put in a word to defend ASN.1 here.
>
>Those choosing data formats for crypto purposes might want to consider the
>simple and elegant format S-expression used by SPKI, described here:

And those who enjoy pain shouldn't forget X.12, EDIFACT, and HL7.

Peter.



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