Re: What ASN.1 got right

Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> Thu, 04 March 2021 17:15 UTC

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Subject: Re: What ASN.1 got right
To: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
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From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:15:36 -0800
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On 3/4/21 9:11 AM, Nico Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 09:04:27AM -0800, Michael Thomas wrote:
>> On 3/4/21 7:52 AM, Nico Williams wrote:
>> Um, why should we care about that? Nothing else cares about holding state.
> I explained in the text you didn't quote.  Did you somehow miss it?

You asserted it, yes.

Mike