RFC 3641: Generic String Encoding Rules (GSER) for ASN.1 Types
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This document defines a set of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) encoding rules, called the Generic String Encoding Rules (GSER), that produce a human readable text encoding for values of any given ASN.1 data type.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC3641
- Published
- October 2003
- Authors
- S. Legg
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 16
- Also known as
- —
- Updated by:
- RFC 4792
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