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I saw "ASN.1" in the draft and immediately thought "over-engineered".

• jbert 12y ago
  When bytes count (and they often don't, but in this case they probably do), what would be your preferred system? And what do you see as your favoured approach's main advantage(s) over ASN.1/BER?
  • dbrower 12y ago
    ASN.1/BER is a pain in the ass. I'd rather gzip json. Or poke chopsticks in my eyes. (creds: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1697 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1697)
    • 0x0 12y ago
      ^ What that guy said. ASN.1 parsers are super complicated and have been the cause of remote exploits more than once.
      • sitkack 12y ago
        I'd say that is by design.
    • lionet 12y ago
      MIBs are not ASN.1, actually.