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From: kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: Size distribution of ASN.1 octet and bit strings
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Date: 13 Jun 89 03:14:09 GMT
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/ hpindda:comp.protocols.iso / auerbach@CSL.SRI.COM (Karl Auerbach) /  8:06 am  Jun 12, 1989 /
> What I am wondering is whether any of you out there have any
> practical measures of the distribution of octet and bit string sizes

nothing practical, just an okay guess  :-) ....  I believe octet
and bit string segmentation can begin occurring at 512 byte boundaries,
so if one was segmenting (or interoperating with someone that did)
one would like to avoid this costly segmentation business as much 
as possible.  So I'd place my bet on a max of 512 bytes or at least
a multiple thereof.  (how about looking at the protocols you want
to pass?)

			(no flames- it's JUST a guess!)
					kevin