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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/rfc

by 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.