[openpgp] Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9580 (8814)

Daniel Huigens <d.huigens@protonmail.com> Wed, 18 March 2026 19:04 UTC

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:04:27 +0000
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Subject: [openpgp] Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9580 (8814)
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Hi all,

This erratum looks correct to me.
Between the two given options for corrected text, I'd vote for the first one.

Best,
Daniel


On Sunday, March 8th, 2026 at 23:42, RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:

> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9580,
> "OpenPGP".
> 
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8814
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Daphne Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
> 
> Section: 5.6
> 
> Original Text
> -------------
> A ZLIB-compressed series of packets is compressed with raw ZLIB-style
> blocks [RFC1950].
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> A ZLIB-compressed series of packets is compressed using the ZLIB
> compressed data format [RFC1950].
> 
> or
> 
> A ZLIB-compressed series of packets is compressed with ZLIB-style
> blocks [RFC1950].
> 
> (Or other words to that effect — the intent is to remove the
> word "raw").
> 
> Notes
> -----
> In OpenPGP, only ZIP compression uses raw blocks. The ZLIB and BZip2 algorithms both have headers present. A ZLIB stream without headers would be noncompliant to RFC-1950, section 2.3 ("A compliant compressor must produce streams with correct CMF, FLG and ADLER32...").
> 
> The "raw" was not present in RFC-4880. I believe it came in via https://gitlab.com/openpgp-wg/rfc4880bis/-/commit/c326b8d4b946b2d51eb9885677e0521fb0ecf1a9
> 
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> --------------------------------------
> RFC9580 (draft-ietf-openpgp-crypto-refresh-13)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : OpenPGP
> Publication Date    : July 2024
> Author(s)           : P. Wouters, Ed., D. Huigens, J. Winter, Y. Niibe
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Open Specification for Pretty Good Privacy
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
>

[openpgp] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9580 (88… RFC Errata System
[openpgp] Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9580… Daniel Huigens
[openpgp] Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9580… Stephen Farrell