If we want to do any other character set apart from ASCII or want to send binary data in the message then the only option I can see is a length field. I don't know enough about DBCS to work out how to do it using a delimiter. Any ideas? If a length field was to be used, a 4 chr ASCII hex value would allow for 65535 bytes. A known fixed header would be a good idea to identify the message from the outset. SELP 1234 <PRI>... 1234 is the length from 0000 to FFE3 (65507) But... Then it doesn't look anything like 3164 :-( If we were to send binary data using a delimiter, then there should be a recommended way of encoding it in the standard. Like BINARY01=laskdjlksdjalksdjlaksdjalskdj Where the 01 specifies the encoding method. 01=Base64 The binary field can be part of the message text, but actually mentioning it in the spec would be very helpful to avoid all sorts of other implementations. Andrew _______________________________________________ LogAnalysis mailing list LogAnalysisat_private http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/loganalysis
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