jdev: ... and of course LDAP will solve any problem you might possibly have. allbery: No, no, LDAP just provides a framework in which ways to talk about the solutions of all the problems you might possibly have can be meaningfully discussed.
ASN.1 is, like, crack for telco system implementors (I believe that's where it originally came from). It's also both under- and over-specified, in curious ways. Every single time I've started looking at it, I have immediately had to apply the mental equivalent of bleach and a high-speed rotating brush.
The implementation Nortel and Lucent used was ASN1.1 for their CDPD boxes.
If you think the spec is insane, try dealing with the politics surrounding implementation of these boxes in a billing system. After dealing with that for a half hour, you're more than happy to deal with something FAR MORE SANE.
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Date: 2007-05-08 06:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-08 09:27 am (UTC)If you think the spec is insane, try dealing with the politics surrounding implementation of these boxes in a billing system. After dealing with that for a half hour, you're more than happy to deal with something FAR MORE SANE.