[calsify] [Errata Verified] RFC5545 (5602)

RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> Tue, 16 January 2024 14:58 UTC

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Subject: [calsify] [Errata Verified] RFC5545 (5602)
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The following errata report has been verified for RFC5545,
"Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)". 

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5602

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Status: Verified
Type: Editorial

Reported by: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
Date Reported: 2019-01-15
Verified by: Francesca Palombini (IESG)

Section: 3.1.3

Original Text
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     ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain;ENCODING=BASE64;VALUE=BINARY:VGhlIH
      F1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wcyBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZy4


Corrected Text
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     ATTACH;FMTTYPE=text/plain;ENCODING=BASE64;VALUE=BINARY:VGhlIH
      F1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wcyBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZy4=


Notes
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The base64 text used in the example misses the base64 padding.  RFC 5545 appears to be using base64 according to RFC 4648 Section 4 with padding throughout, except for this example.  (The corrected text decodes to "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.")  Beyond temporary confusion in implementers, it is possible that this example will turn up in a test suite and ultimately cause unnecessarily lenient behavior of decoders ("soup"); it should be either clarified that this lenient behavior is not the intention or the behavior should be codified.

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RFC5545 (draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-10)
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Title               : Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)
Publication Date    : September 2009
Author(s)           : B. Desruisseaux, Ed.
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Calendaring and Scheduling Standards Simplification
Area                : Applications
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG

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