[e-lang] Re: Protocol implementation errors

[Ben Laurie]

Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Jerrold Leichter <jerrold.leichter at smarts.com> writes:
>>I agree that ASN.1 is statically checkable, and that this is an important
>>property. However, ASN.1 is notoriously hard to parse, which leads to errors.
> 
> 
> ASN.1 has a *reputation* of being notoriously hard to parse, gained chiefly
> from some early bad experiences with OSI work (which would give anything a
> reputation of being hard to work with :-).  I've implemented, and I know of
> others who have implemented, extremely compact and portable ASN.1 libraries.

Do you really mean ASN.1 or do you mean DER/BER?

Cheers,

Ben.

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