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Re: [sidr] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6487 (3238)

Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> Mon, 04 June 2012 19:49 UTC

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Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:37:14 -0400
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
From: Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com>
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Subject: Re: [sidr] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6487 (3238)
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At 9:35 AM -0700 6/4/12, Randy Bush wrote:
>  >> while i agree that the change is correct, this is not an erratum, but an
>>>  actual change in semantics.
>>  The text that was there could not be acted upon by a CA or an RP
>>  requesting a cert. The cited field are in KU, not EKU, and were
>>  already described in the immediately preceding paragraph. So, this
>>  text, which is a MAY, just provides guidance (for a CA or RP re a cert
>>  request) consistent with what is already described earlier in this
>>  RFC.
>
>i do not intend to have a tantrum or even make a fuss.  i just think we
>need to be careful what we call errata.
>
>randy

No problem.  I submitted this as an errata at Sean Turner's suggestion.
He found the bug in the RFC and brought it to the attention of Geoff and me.

Steve

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