RE: iSCSI: CHAP_C Encoding

["Lakshmi Ramasubramanian" <nramas@windows.microsoft.com>]

In that case Section 11.1.4 should state that CHAP_C is a large binary
value (which'll then eliminate the use of Decimal encoding for CHAP_C).
Correct?

 -lakshmi

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Koning [mailto:pkoning@equallogic.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:01 PM
To: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
Cc: ips@ece.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: iSCSI: CHAP_C Encoding

>>>>> "Lakshmi" == Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
<nramas@windows.microsoft.com> writes:

 Lakshmi> Section 11.1.4 states that CHAP_C is a binary value, and
 Lakshmi> hence could be a regular binary value ( <= 64 bits) or a
 Lakshmi> large binary value ( > 64 bits) (Section 5.1 Text
 Lakshmi> Format). So CHAP_C can be encoded in decimal format
 Lakshmi> also. Right? (Decimal format is allowed only for regular
 Lakshmi> binary values).

No, because the length matters, and decimal numbers don't have a
length you can derive from the encoding.

       paul