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- From: tnixon@hayes.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: ASN.1 (X.409)
- Message-ID: <5801.2a6c2513@hayes.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 14:54:11 GMT
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- Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
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- > Does anyone here know anything about Abstract Syntax Notation 1, as
- > defined in CCITT X.409? What I'd like to know is how to encode an
- > integer which doesn't fit into a single byte (e.g. 12345): is it
- > 02 02 30 39, or is it 02 02 39 30 ?
-
- The first encoded byte is always the high-order byte, so it would be
- "02 02 30 39". If the high-order byte would be 00 or FF, it should
- be omitted to insure encoding in the smallest possible number of
- octets.
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