[pkix] [Errata Held for Document Update] RFC7030 (5108)

RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> Wed, 19 August 2020 20:00 UTC

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Subject: [pkix] [Errata Held for Document Update] RFC7030 (5108)
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The following errata report has been held for document update
for RFC7030, "Enrollment over Secure Transport".

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5108

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Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical

Reported by: Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com>
Date Reported: 2017-09-07
Held by: Roman Danyliw (IESG)

Section: 4.2.3, 4.4.2

Original Text
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OLD from s.4.2.3:

If the content-type is not set, the response data MUST be a plaintext
human-readable error message containing explanatory information
describing why the request was rejected (for example, indicating that
CSR attributes are incomplete).

OLD from s4.4.2:

If the content-type is not set, the response data MUST be a plaintext
human-readable error message.

Corrected Text
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NEW for s4.2.3:

If the content-type is not set, the response data must be a plaintext
human-readable error message containing explanatory information
describing why the request was rejected (for example, indicating that
CSR attributes are incomplete). Servers MAY use the "text/plain”
content-type [RFC2046] for human-readable errors.

NEW for s4.4.2:

If the content-type is not set, the response data must be a plaintext
human-readable error message. Servers MAY use the "text/plain”
content-type [RFC2046] for human-readable errors.

Notes
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The current text is somewhat unclear as to what content-type needs to be used for the human-readable error. There are many human-readable content-types, but "text/plain" seems to be the most sensible.

Note that the MUST was reduced to a must because no content-type is specified.

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RFC7030 (draft-ietf-pkix-est-09)
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Title : Enrollment over Secure Transport
Publication Date : October 2013
Author(s) : M. Pritikin, Ed., P. Yee, Ed., D. Harkins, Ed.
Category : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source : Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509)
Area : Security
Stream : IETF
Verifying Party : IESG

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