[TLS] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5246 (5352)

RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> Wed, 09 May 2018 16:17 UTC

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Subject: [TLS] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5246 (5352)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5246,
"The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5352

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Loic Etienne <loic.jonas.etienne@gmail.com>

Section: 6.2.3.3.

Original Text
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struct {
    opaque nonce_explicit[SecurityParameters.record_iv_length];
    aead-ciphered struct {
        opaque content[TLSCompressed.length];
    };
} GenericAEADCipher;

Corrected Text
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struct {
    opaque nonce_explicit[SecurityParameters.record_iv_length];
    aead-ciphered struct {
        opaque content[TLSCiphertext.length];
    };
} GenericAEADCipher;

Notes
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6.2.3.3. says: "The aead_output consists of the ciphertext output by the AEAD encryption operation. The length will generally be larger than TLSCompressed.length, [...]".

The definition is duplicated at A.1., and needs the same adjustment.

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RFC5246 (draft-ietf-tls-rfc4346-bis-10)
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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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