[dnsext] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4398 (2460)

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Subject: [dnsext] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4398 (2460)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC4398,
"Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS)".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4398&eid=2460

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Paul Freeman <paul@noc4.net>

Section: 2

Original Text
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2.  The CERT Resource Record



   The CERT resource record (RR) has the structure given below.  Its RR

   type code is 37.



                       1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1

   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   |             type              |             key tag           |

   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   |   algorithm   |                                               /

   +---------------+            certificate or CRL                 /

   /                                                               /

   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-|

Corrected Text
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2.  The CERT Resource Record



   The CERT resource record (RR) has the structure given below.  Its RR

   type code is 37.



                        1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3

    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1

   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   |             type              |             key tag           |

   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   |   algorithm   |                                               /

   +---------------+            certificate or CRL                 /

   /                                                               /

   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-|

Notes
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In Section 2 (The CERT Resource Record) the table describing the wire format of the CERT RR is misaligned in such a way that it could lead to technical ambiguity of field positions within the packet structure.

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RFC4398 (draft-ietf-dnsext-rfc2538bis-09)
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Title               : Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS)
Publication Date    : March 2006
Author(s)           : S. Josefsson
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : DNS Extensions
Area                : Internet
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG