Hi Salai,
Please find my comments below.
Regards,
Rahul
Hughes Software System
>Hi all,
>
>I have a doubt regarding Length octets in BER.
>My question is, How to specify length octets, if it's value is greater than
>'255'.
>Because we cannot specify it in a single octet.
>
>For Example,
>I want to specify a Length value as '302'.
>Can i specify it in two octets, in this case value will be 01 2E.
>
[Rahul] The Encoded String will be
[Rahul] T = some value
[Rahul] L = 84 01 2E
[Rahul] V = some value
[Rahul] This is actually Long Definite Form of encoding Lengths
[Rahul] which is used to encoded value octets between [0 - (256^126 -1)]
[Rahul] Beyond this Long Indefinite form is used.
>
>T = some value
>L = 01 2E
>V = some value
>
>while interpreting, the boundry between L and V is not very clear.
>My mistaken, there is a chance to read only '01' as length and 2E as value.
>
>how to avoid this ?
>
>It would be really helpful for me if somebady tells the answer.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-Salai.g
>www.icope.com
>
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