Re: [TLS] TLS grammar checker?

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Tue, 18 June 2013 17:09 UTC

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On Jun 18, 2013, at 9:55 AM, "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> wrote:

>> (Having said that, I'd like to see it done.  The grammar used in the 
>> SSL/TLS RFCs is pretty confusing in places).
> 
> Any support for using a standard like, say, ASN.1 ?

No.