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Re: [TLS] TLS grammar checker?

mrex@sap.com (Martin Rex) Thu, 20 June 2013 23:49 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] TLS grammar checker?
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Salz, Rich wrote:
> 
> Many other IETF security standards use ASN1, the documentation is
> freely available, it is widely known and understood, and some tools
> are available.

ASN.1 ... is ... widely ... known ... and ... understood ?

I haven't met anyone who understands ASN.1 so far (which is different
from folks who believe they do or folks who use it to write poor specs).

-Martin

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