Re: asn2wrs conformance TYPE_ATTR problem

[Anders Broman <anders.broman () ericsson com>]

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From: wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org] On Behalf Of Risto Paasila
Sent: den 3 maj 2011 13:23
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Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] asn2wrs conformance TYPE_ATTR problem

> > Did I miss something? a arbitrary long field of binary data can not be FT_STRING.
> > /Anders
>
> The field that I initially had in question was:
>
>  correlationID [0] IMPLICIT OCTET STRING (SIZE(14))
>
> So it should be maximum 14 octets. Is that still arbitrary?
No, as the octet string has size constraints but still the hf field constructed for an OCTET STRING
Should be FT_BYTES as its Binary data, if a implementation chooses to put a string in that field you
Can override that by defining a .#ATTRIB (I think) but be aware that some other manufacturer/protocol implementer my 
put binary data in there and then the dissection would be wrong. Unless it's specified that even though the 
Asn1 spec is OCTET STRING a utf8 string should be put in that field.
Regards
Anders
> Thanks
> Risto.
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