Re: [pkix] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5912 (6806)

I believe this is correct.  Please approve.

Russ

> On Jan 3, 2022, at 4:14 PM, RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> 
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5912,
> "New ASN.1 Modules for the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)".
> 
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6806
> 
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Carl Wallace <carl@redhoundsoftware.com>
> 
> Section: 6
> 
> Original Text
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>   pk-rsa PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
>    IDENTIFIER rsaEncryption
>    KEY RSAPublicKey
>    PARAMS TYPE NULL ARE absent
>    -- Private key format not in this module --
>    CERT-KEY-USAGE {digitalSignature, nonRepudiation,
>    keyEncipherment, dataEncipherment, keyCertSign, cRLSign}
>   }
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
>   pk-rsa PUBLIC-KEY ::= {
>    IDENTIFIER rsaEncryption
>    KEY RSAPublicKey
>    PARAMS TYPE NULL ARE required
>    -- Private key format not in this module --
>    CERT-KEY-USAGE {digitalSignature, nonRepudiation,
>    keyEncipherment, dataEncipherment, keyCertSign, cRLSign}
>   }
> 
> Notes
> -----
> Section 2.3.1 of RFC 3279 states "(t)he parameters field MUST have ASN.1 type NULL for this algorithm identifier."
> 
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> RFC5912 (draft-ietf-pkix-new-asn1-08)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : New ASN.1 Modules for the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)
> Publication Date    : June 2010
> Author(s)           : P. Hoffman, J. Schaad
> Category            : INFORMATIONAL
> Source              : Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509)
> Area                : Security
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
> 
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