Re: Are ASN.1 modules code or specification?

To: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>
Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Are ASN.1 modules code or specification?
From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 07:04:45 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20200517174645.GC1550@argenau.bebt.de> (Andreas Metzler's message of "Sun, 17 May 2020 19:46:45 +0200")
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* Andreas Metzler:

> It is not uncommon to directly generate C source from ASN.1 modules.

Is that really true?  Are there high-quality free ASN.1 toolchains?

In my experience, the ASN.1 modules in RFCs are mostly used like the
packet layout diagrams, as an informal description, but I never had
much exposure to certain heavy ASN.1 users such as SNMP.

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