Re: [TLS] [Errata Verified] RFC8422 (5703)

Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz> Wed, 01 May 2019 17:14 UTC

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From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
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RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> writes:

>Section 7.2 of RFC 8017 describes the RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 encryption scheme.
>Section 8.2 of RFC 8017 describes the RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5 signature scheme. The
>original text contradicts the natural expectation and is probably wrong.

The original text is correct, TLS 1.2 (and earlier) use PKCS #1 v1.5.  Stating
that RSA-PSS should be used is wrong.

Peter.