Field slide attacks and how to avoid them.

[James Robertson]

At 03:55 20/09/2001, Peter Gutmann wrote:

>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.

Surely we should all be using some
sort of *XML* format! ;-)

J


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