Question re. rfc6929 - examples section 9.1

[Alan DeKok]

On Jul 9, 2020, at 7:42 AM, robert.stannard at bt.com wrote:
> I understand the example-1 fine - but my question is about example-2.
> 
> 2/
> a) in the sentence what does it mean TLV-Type of one (1) ?

  The attribute number is one.  See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8044#section-3.13 for a description of TLV-Type

> b) do the values in {} represent type-length-data ?

  They represent type + data.  The length is calculated automatically.

  The RFC includes C source code for the tool which parses the examples.  So that should help explain the format.

> c) f1 07 02 01 04 23 45
> does this represent
> f1=241 (=type),
> 07=length
> 02=extended-type, (as in the 2 in 241.2)
> 01=tlv-type?
> 04=length of tlv data ?

  Yes

> but 23 and 45 ? not sure

  It's just the data, i.e. the value.  It doesn't mean anything.

  Alan DeKok.