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Re: Field slide attacks and how to avoid them.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Crowley)
Wed Sep 19 14:28:55 2001
To: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
Cc: bill.stewart@pobox.com, fubob@MIT.EDU,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com, kelsey.j@ix.netcom.com
From: Paul Crowley <paul@cluefactory.org.uk>
Date: 19 Sep 2001 18:49:30 +0100
In-Reply-To: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz's message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2001 05:19:22 +1200 (NZST)"
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pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) writes:
> "Kevin E. Fu" <fubob@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:
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~rivest/sexp.txt
[Moderator's note: I'm a big fan of that format. --Perry]
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