- From: Carl Ellison <cme@jf.intel.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:31:17 -0700
- To: Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com>
- Cc: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 09:39 AM 5/10/00 -0400, Ken Goldman wrote: >Also new to the list. > >ASN.1 is hard to read because it is so compact while XML is easy to >read because it's verbose. > >For certificates, there is a big advantage to compactness, as they >often have to be stored on limited memory devices like smart cards. > >I'd like to see a size comparison. On a smart card, 100 bytes can be >very important. If it's size you care about, SPKI's S-expressions beat ASN.1 in all side-by-side comparisons we've done. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.0.2 iQA/AwUBORm5BMxqBGb+WvJAEQLxGwCgjclcqQ/IHs1womYsefkafOa5te4AnR33 XfgwBEsZRnu7orDcp8bpQ6R2 =UaPJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +--------------------------------------------------------+ |Carl Ellison Intel E: cme@jf.intel.com | |2111 NE 25th Ave M/S JF3-212 T: +1-503-264-2900 | |Hillsboro OR 97124 F: +1-503-264-6225 | |PGP Key ID: 0xFE5AF240 C: +1-503-819-6618 | | 1FDB 2770 08D7 8540 E157 AAB4 CC6A 0466 FE5A F240 | +--------------------------------------------------------+
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