Re: [core] Benjamin Kaduk's Discuss on draft-ietf-core-stateless-06: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

[Klaus Hartke <[e-mail]>]

Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> > One question: Where did you see that "Len (extended)" is 0-4 bytes
> instead of 0-2 bytes as shown in the appendix?
>
> [...]
>
>    Length (Len):  4-bit unsigned integer.  A value between 0 and 12
>       inclusive indicates the length of the message in bytes, starting
>       with the first bit of the Options field.  Three values are
>       reserved for special constructs:
>
>       13:  An 8-bit unsigned integer (Extended Length) follows the
>          initial byte and indicates the length of options/payload
>          minus 13.
>
>       14:  A 16-bit unsigned integer (Extended Length) in network byte
>          order follows the initial byte and indicates the length of
>          options/payload minus 269.
>
>       15:  A 32-bit unsigned integer (Extended Length) in network byte
>          order follows the initial byte and indicates the length of
>          options/payload minus 65805.
>
>
> A "32-bit unsigned integer" would be 4 bytes, would it not?

You're absolutely right. Fixed!

Klaus