Re:Can we compile the ASN.1 code of pkcs#7?

All,

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John Pawling, Principal Systems Engineer, [email protected]
J.G. Van Dyke & Associates, Inc., a Wang Global Company
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>From: "Robert W. Colestock" <[email protected]>
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>Cc: "John Pawling" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re:Can we compile the ASN.1 code of pkcs#7?
>Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:14:08 -0600
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>Gau:
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>I cannot find any reference in our PKCS-7 documents to a CLASS keyword.  I
>have enclosed our copy of the SNACC compiled PKCS-7 definitions that we use
>in the SMIME development.  The SNACC compiler does not support the newer ASN
>definitions, but it does seem to support all data types and encodings with a
>little modification to the ASN syntax (and sometimes a little help in code).
>If you send me your asn file, I may be able to help.
>
>These definitions came from the SMIME CMS-10 and ESS-09 specifications; they
>are backward compatible with the RSA PKCS7 definitions (you should be able
>to use these as is for any PKCS7 encode/decode operation).  There are a
>number of support definitions to complete the SNACC compiler if you are
>interested in using these specific files (all of the imported definitions
>properly compile under our VDA modified DER SNACC compiler for "C++", NOT
>"C").  If you want the other ASN definitions, please reply, I will send them
>to you.
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>Bob Colestock
>[email protected]
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>Attachment Converted: C:\PCE\ATTACH\sm_cms.asn
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>Attachment Converted: C:\PCE\ATTACH\sm_ess.asn
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