Question about the SET construct of ASN.1

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From: Jacob Palme DSV
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 08:41

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I have a question about the SET construct in ASN.1.

I know that the SET construct allows the agent which encodes in ASN.1
to put the elements in arbitrary order.

My question is: Does this mean that the order of the element
is totally insignificant, and that the construct might be unpacked
and packet with a different order of the elements during
transmission?

Or can one assume that the order in which the elements were coded
by the encoding agent will be preserved when the deconding agent
unpacks the ASN.1 structure?

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