Re: [COSE] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8152 (5669)

[Benjamin Kaduk <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 10:26:49AM -0700, RFC Errata System wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8152,
> "CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)".
> 
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5669
> 
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Marco Tiloca <[e-mail]>
> 
> Section: 16.7
> 
> Original Text
> -------------
> Value:  This is the value used to identify the curve.  These values
>    MUST be unique.  The value can be a positive integer, a negative
>    integer, or a string.
> 
> Description:  This field contains a brief description of the curve.
> 
> References:  This contains a pointer to the public specification for
>    the curve if one exists.
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> Value:  This is the value used to identify the key type.  These values
>    MUST be unique.  The values are positive integers.
> 
> Description:  This field contains a brief description of the key type.
> 
> References:  This contains a pointer to the public specification for
>    the key type if one exists.
> 
> Notes
> -----
> This Registry is about Key Types, but the current text refers to curves.
> 
> The value identifying a key type can be only a positive integer.

This seems pretty straightforward, but I'm not entirely sure how to confirm
that the key types are always positive integers (with 0 reserved).

Thanks,

Ben