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Re: [TLS] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC5246 (4750)

Benjamin Kaduk <bkaduk@akamai.com> Thu, 28 July 2016 14:59 UTC

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From: Benjamin Kaduk <bkaduk@akamai.com>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC5246 (4750)
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Jeff Hodges came up with a slightly different proposed rewording at
https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg19092.html the last
time this came up, which apparently was just a mail on the list and not
an erratum submission.

-Ben

On 07/26/2016 08:40 PM, RFC Errata System wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5246,
> "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2".
>
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5246&eid=4750
>
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Editorial
> Reported by: Adrien de Croy <adrien@qbik.com>
>
> Section: 4.3 Vectors
>
> Original Text
> -------------
> The length of
>    an encoded vector must be an even multiple of the length of a single
>    element (for example, a 17-byte vector of uint16 would be illegal).
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> The length of
>    an encoded vector must be a whole multiple of the length of a single
>    element (for example, a 17-byte vector of uint16 would be illegal).
>
> Notes
> -----
> Original text implies vectors can only contain even (0,2,4,6,8...) numbers of elements.  The example does not resolve this but indicates the intent is that parts of elements are not allowed. It is clear from other examples that odd numbers of elements are permitted.
>
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> --------------------------------------
> RFC5246 (draft-ietf-tls-rfc4346-bis-10)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
> Publication Date    : August 2008
> Author(s)           : T. Dierks, E. Rescorla
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Transport Layer Security
> Area                : Security
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
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