Re: [pkix] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC4055 (5325)

[Ryan Sleevi <[e-mail]>]

Indeed, I doubt any implementer will be confused - and only noticed it
while reading aloud the requirements to someone else and realizing it
sounded weird :)

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Russ Housley <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Yes, the correction is appropriate.  That said, I do not think an
> implementor will be confused, so I suggest a "Hold for Future Update"
>
> Russ
>
>
> > On Apr 13, 2018, at 12:40 PM, RFC Errata System <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > The following errata report has been submitted for RFC4055,
> > "Additional Algorithms and Identifiers for RSA Cryptography for use in
> the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate
> Revocation List (CRL) Profile".
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > You may review the report below and at:
> > http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5325
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > Type: Editorial
> > Reported by: Ryan Sleevi <[e-mail]>
> >
> > Section: 4055
> >
> > Original Text
> > -------------
> > If the keyUsage extension is present in a certificate conveys an RSA
> > public key with the id-RSAES-OAEP object identifier, then the
> > keyUsage extension MUST contain only the following values:
> >
> >
> > Corrected Text
> > --------------
> > If the keyUsage extension is present in a certificate that conveys an
> > RSA public key with the id-RSAES-OAEP object identifier, then the
> > keyUsage extension MUST contain only the following values:
> >
> >
> > Notes
> > -----
> > The certificate, rather than the keyUsage extension, conveys the
> id-RSAES-OAEP OID.
> >
> > This was likely a typo based on the wording of the previous paragraph,
> "When a certificate conveys an RSA public key". This aligns the language
> with the paragraph earlier in this section, "If the keyUsage extension is
> present in an end-entity certificate that conveys an RSA public key".
> >
> > Instructions:
> > -------------
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> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > RFC4055 (draft-ietf-pkix-rsa-pkalgs-03)
> > --------------------------------------
> > Title               : Additional Algorithms and Identifiers for RSA
> Cryptography for use in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure
> Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
> > Publication Date    : June 2005
> > Author(s)           : J. Schaad, B. Kaliski, R. Housley
> > Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> > Source              : Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509)
> > Area                : Security
> > Stream              : IETF
> > Verifying Party     : IESG
>
>