[smime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC2631 (5480)

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Subject: [smime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC2631 (5480)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC2631,
"Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5480

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Charlie Zhuo <charlie.zhuo@ericsson.com>

Section: 2.1.1

Original Text
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h is any integer with 1 < h < p-1 such that h{(p-1)/q} mod p > 1
(g has order q mod p; i.e. g^q mod p = 1 if g!=1)

Corrected Text
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h is any integer with 1 < h < p-1 such that h^{(p-1)/q} mod p > 1
(g has order q mod p; i.e. g^q mod p = 1 if g!=1)

Notes
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the explanation of h misses exponentiation operation in formula.

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RFC2631 (draft-ietf-smime-x942-07)
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Title               : Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method
Publication Date    : June 1999
Author(s)           : E. Rescorla
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : S/MIME Mail Security
Area                : Security
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG