RE: Query regarding BER/DER encoding of CMS data
"Jim Schaad" <jimsch@nwlink.com> Sun, 17 August 2003 15:09 UTC
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From: Jim Schaad <jimsch@nwlink.com>
To: 'Deepak' <deepak_vn@yahoo.com>, ietf-smime@imc.org
Subject: RE: Query regarding BER/DER encoding of CMS data
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:21:54 -0600
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DER is a legal encoding when BER is called for. BER is not required to be indefinite length encoding. jim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ietf-smime@mail.imc.org > [mailto:owner-ietf-smime@mail.imc.org] On Behalf Of Deepak > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:29 AM > To: ietf-smime@imc.org > Subject: Query regarding BER/DER encoding of CMS data > > > > Hi, > > When i go through the CMS RFC's its saying, all the > contenttype(SignedData,EnvelopedData) should be BER > encoded. But when i go thorugh the some of the ietf > examples, especially in EnvelopedData->RecipientInfo > is encoded by DER.(its starting with 31 82 ..). It > should be like sequence 30 80 .. ? > > Could you please explain why was it happend ? > > Thanks, > Deepak > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design > software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >