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Abstract Syntax Notation
I’m in the process of writing a network client and server, in the process of research i came across asn1 notation.
How does asn1 notation help me program network services and what problems does it solve? Is it worth using? does it simplify network programming, or is it something i can do without? Are there alternatives?
I’m looking for tutorials on asn1, how and why i should implement it? Are you using it? If so, how are you using it.
You should not implement ASN.1, (unless that is explicitly your goal).
Rather, most ASN.1 users find a library and use the library.
(in my experience, any library that is good also costs serious money).
I would not use ASN.1 unless you need to. Interoperating with something that already specifies ASN.1 is a good reason to use it. (example: I think that Kerberos transactions are encoded in ASN.1) Otherwise, I’d look at any other format, such as XML or JSON.