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

Dwayne Litzenberger <dlitz@dlitz.net> Thu, 20 September 2012 06:25 UTC

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From: Dwayne Litzenberger <dlitz@dlitz.net>
To: Jim Schaad <jimsch@augustcellars.com>
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Subject: Re: [smime] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC3394 (3358)
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Oh, good catch.  I saw R[t] but missed A[t].  Sorry about that.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 08:29:47PM -0700, Jim Schaad wrote:
>I would make it
>
>Corrected Text
>--------------
>   3) Output the results.
>
>       Set C[0] = A[s]
>       For i = 1 to n
>           C[i] = R[s][i]
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Hoffman [mailto:paul.hoffman@vpnc.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 11:11 AM
>> To: Jim Schaad
>> Cc: rhousley@rsasecurity.com; stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie; turners@ieca.com;
>> blaker@gmail.com; dlitz@dlitz.net; smime@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC3394 (3358)
>>
>> 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
>

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Dwayne C. Litzenberger <dlitz@dlitz.net>
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