Re: octet and ia5 strings

OK - cheers for the info David!

Simon

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> > What exactly are the definitions of octet string and IA5 string? (Or
> > alternatively does anyone
>
> Octet string:  unstructured binary data in 8 bit units (c.f. MIME
> application/octet-stream).
>
> IA5: the ITU-T designation for ISO 646, whose US, and I think
> reference version, is called ASCII.  There may be subtleties, e.g.
> allowing national variants, or particular new line representations.
> (NB, like ASCII, this will be a strictly 7 bit code.) (c.f. MIME type
> text/plain; charset=us-ascii)
>
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