Re: TLV query

It's a software design tool used by protocol designers to be able
to easily extend them.

Type Length Value refers to the structure of the data being sent.
The receiving side of the protocol "knows" that the first byte
(or word or whatever the protocol uses) defines the type of data,
  and if not interested in it (or not understood), it can skip it by
using the length that follows.

That is cool to enable old versions of a protocol to ignore new
types of data w/o breaking the whole protocol.

-Carlos

Routing Freak wrote:
> Hey guys i want to know what is actual definition of TLV
> and for what purpose it has been used and what does TLV actually contain
> can anyone explain me about TLV and pls share sum gud documents regarding
> this
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