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Re: Re(2): Comments on the Cryptographic Message Syntax

1997-11-20 17:36:20
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Jim Craigie TEL +44-1635-202124 wrote:

Phil is correct in all of the above.  However, given that the 
OSS ASN.1 Tools already supports BER, DER and PER, it will be 
very easy for us to support CER.  You can be certain that if 
CER is required by this or any other standard OSS will provide 
immediate support for it - before any implementor has a need.

Sounds fine. But it has been suggested that supporting CER might
be expensive. How much extra would CER support cost?

CER support would be made a base component of the OSS ASN.1 Tools and
would not affect its cost in any way.  This is no different from our
support for DER, PER, ASN.1:1994, etc., which we provide at no extra cost
to new or existing customers (i.e., customers who already have the OSS
ASN.1 Tools pay nothing for new features, and new features don't raise
the cost of the product).  As always, it is royalty-free.

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