Re: [Acme] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9115 (7336)

[Alice Russo <[e-mail]>]

Carsten,
Thanks for noting the missing backslashes within the email; the issue has been noted for the developer.

Looks like the errata report on the web is accurate (backslashes are intact):
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7336

Please let us know if you disagree.

Thanks,
Alice

> On Feb 6, 2023, at 3:45 PM, Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> This is hilarious — the errata reporting form apparently ate my double backslashes.
> 
> Here is the corrected Corrected Text:
> 
>  oid = text .regexp "([0-2])((\\.0)|(\\.[1-9][0-9]*))*”
> 
> And here is how I would write this, having been bitten by backslashes in RFCs before:
> 
>  oid = text .regexp "([0-2])(([.]0)|([.][1-9][0-9]*))*”
> 
> (Actually, I would write this:
> 
>  oid = text .regexp "[0-2]([.](0|([1-9][0-9]*)))*”
> 
> …but this is a style issue.)
> 
> Grüße, Carsten
> 
> 
>> On 2023-02-07, at 00:35, RFC Errata System <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 
>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9115,
>> "An Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) Profile for Generating Delegated Certificates".
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> You may review the report below and at:
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7336
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> Type: Technical
>> Reported by: Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]>
>> 
>> Section: Appendix A
>> 
>> Original Text
>> -------------
>>  oid = text .regexp "([0-2])((\.0)|(\.[1-9][0-9]*))*"
>> 
>> 
>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>>  oid = text .regexp "([0-2])((\.0)|(\.[1-9][0-9]*))*"
>> 
>> 
>> Notes
>> -----
>> Backslashes need to be doubled in CDDL strings (as they are done in Appendix B).
>> 
>> An alternative fix would be to replace \. by [.]
>> 
>> Note that the equivalent fix is not required for
>> 
>>  regtext = text .regexp "([^\*].*)|([\*][^\*].*)|([\*][\*].+)"
>> 
>> as the fact that the single backslashes have no effect is irrelevant here — the backslashes are not needed in the character classes [...].
>> As an editorial enhancement, the backslashes could be entirely removed from this line.
>> 
>> Instructions:
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>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> RFC9115 (draft-ietf-acme-star-delegation-09)
>> --------------------------------------
>> Title               : An Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) Profile for Generating Delegated Certificates
>> Publication Date    : September 2021
>> Author(s)           : Y. Sheffer, D. López, A. Pastor Perales, T. Fossati
>> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>> Source              : Automated Certificate Management Environment
>> Area                : Security
>> Stream              : IETF
>> Verifying Party     : IESG
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