Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] ASN1.C and Packet-ACSE.c and Packet-pres.c

[Herbert Falk <herb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately, it was not clear in 0.10.3.  I have 5 dissectors ready to 
submit based upon an extended ASN1.C.  It does not appear that the BER 
module handles indefinite length either?

ronnie sahlberg wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ASN1.C is the old obsolete API to handle BER/DER encoded protocols.
> Please do not base any new dissectors on this,
>
> The new API for BER/DER encoded protocols is packet-ber and the
> asn2eth compilers.
> All new protocols should use packet-ber
>
>
> one by one  all existing dissectors using ans1.c  will be converted to
> packet-ber and then asn1.c will be removed
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:42:49 -0400, Herbert Falk <herb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > A little history:
> >
> > The ISO-9506 (MMS) protocol is an ASN1 BER encoded protocol that is
> > emerging for use within the electric utility industry as IEC 61850.  I
> >    
>
>
>  


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