Re: [smime] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC3394 (3358)

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 19 September 2012 18:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [smime] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC3394 (3358)
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On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:41 AM, "Jim Schaad" <jimsch@augustcellars.com> wrote:

> As it stands I would say that this errata needs to be rejected.
> 
> 
> I accept the basic premise of the errata, that when you start step 3 the
> value of t might not be well defined, however
> 
> 1.  the value of s is well defined and therefore does not need to be
> redefined, and 
> 2. the value of t needs to be replaced with s in both locations that it
> occurs.

So, you have an alternate errata to propose?

--Paul Hoffman