Re: [DNSOP] Passive DNS - Common Output Format (draft-dulaunoy-kaplan-passive-dns-cof-01)

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Thu, 27 February 2014 17:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Passive DNS - Common Output Format (draft-dulaunoy-kaplan-passive-dns-cof-01)
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L. Aaron Kaplan <kaplan@cert.at> wrote:

> I agree. You probably meant
>
>    ws              = *(
>                        %x20 |              ; Space
>                        %x09                ; Horizontal tab
>                       )

Er yes, typo :-)

> > How are sensor_id octet strings encoded as JSON strings?
>
> Correct.

I need a bit more clarification than that :-) Section 3.5.1 of the -01
version of your draft says that a sensor_id is an opaque octet string,
which cannot safely be encoded as a JSON string because JSON strings have
to be valid UTF-8.

Tony.
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