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Re: [Acme] ACME signature mechanics

Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> Wed, 17 December 2014 16:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Acme] ACME signature mechanics
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On 2014-12-17 17:05, Nico Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:07:16AM +0100, Anders Rundgren wrote:
>> FWIW, it seems that Python can do JCS with floating point data as the
>> (expected) exception:
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> JSON parsers are not required to preserve number form.

Correct.  That's hardly a problem since many real-world JSON-using applications
must anyway "emulate" missing JS number features like big decimals for money
and certificate serial numbers for PKI:
https://openkeystore.googlecode.com/svn/resources/trunk/docs/keygen2.html#Data_Types

Anders


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