[saag] Re: A simpler form of OID

Michael Richardson <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:00:31 -0400

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Viktor Dukhovni <[email protected]> wrote:
    > This is a base-128 encoding, only the termination signal is in the
    > low-order bit, so instead of non-final bytes having the high bit set,
    > they have the low bit set.  This perhaps makes for smaller numbers in
    > the encoding, that could be easier to remember.

yes. Potato, Potaetoe.
My point is that DER already has a way to encode such things, and I'd rather
re-use debugged code than invent something new.

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Michael Richardson <[email protected]>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide

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