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Re: [TLS] Length of a variable-length vector: Could it be an odd multiple?

Jong-Shian Wu <js@crypto.tw> Wed, 13 January 2016 21:03 UTC

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From: Jong-Shian Wu <js@crypto.tw>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 05:02:53 +0800
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Length of a variable-length vector: Could it be an odd multiple?
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On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:53 AM, Benjamin Kaduk <bkaduk@akamai.com> wrote:
> It means "whole-number" as opposed to fractional, i.e., there should not
> be unused "junk bytes" at the end.
>
> -Ben

Ah, so that is not about even vs odd numbers at all.  Thank you very
much for the quick clarification!

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