Re: [rtcweb] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8832 (6411)

[Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>]

>From the point of view of "errata", though, the question is whether
this was an omission that would have been fixed if it had been caught
at the time of publication... or something that was not put in because
it was considered to be covered elsewhere, so not an "error" in the
RFC.

It seems the latter, not the former.

Barry

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:21 PM Victor Boivie <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> While I absolutely accept that rationale, Data Channel Establishment Protocol is layered on top of SCTP, and is not an SCTP extension (where I would definitely agree with what you're saying).
>
> While I can't see what the future brings, I could envision an evolution of RFC8832 being layered on top of e.g. QUIC or SRT, would the WebRTC project decide to change the underlying protocol from SCTP to something else in the future. That would be a separate RFC, though.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Victor
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 6:40 PM Ted Hardie <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> Since the Data Channel Establishment Protocol depends on SCTP, which requires Network Byte Order (RFC 4960, Section 3), I do not believe that this erratum is needed.  I recommend it be rejected.
>>
>> Just my personal opinion,
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:28 AM RFC Errata System <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>
>>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8832,
>>> "WebRTC Data Channel Establishment Protocol".
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> You may review the report below and at:
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6411
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> Type: Technical
>>> Reported by: Victor Boivie <[e-mail]>
>>>
>>> Section: 5
>>>
>>> Original Text
>>> -------------
>>> 5.  Message Formats
>>>
>>>    Every Data Channel Establishment Protocol message starts with a one
>>>    byte field called "Message Type" which indicates the type of the
>>>    message.  The corresponding values are managed by IANA (see
>>>    Section 8.2.1).
>>>
>>> Corrected Text
>>> --------------
>>> 5.  Message Formats
>>>
>>>    Every Data Channel Establishment Protocol message starts with a one
>>>    byte field called "Message Type" which indicates the type of the
>>>    message.  The corresponding values are managed by IANA (see
>>>    Section 8.2.1).
>>>
>>>    All integer fields in an Data Channel Establishment Protocol message
>>>    MUST be transmitted in network byte order, unless otherwise stated.
>>>
>>> Notes
>>> -----
>>> The byte order of integer fields in the protocol messages is not defined.
>>>
>>> Instructions:
>>> -------------
>>> This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please
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>>> rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party
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>>>
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> RFC8832 (draft-ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol-09)
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> Title               : WebRTC Data Channel Establishment Protocol
>>> Publication Date    : January 2021
>>> Author(s)           : R. Jesup, S. Loreto, M. Tüxen
>>> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>>> Source              : Real-Time Communication in WEB-browsers
>>> Area                : Applications and Real-Time
>>> Stream              : IETF
>>> Verifying Party     : IESG