Re: [tsvwg] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC9260 (7852)

[Randall Stewart <[e-mail]>]

Rebecca:


I do think this is an editorial change. It was always intended that you 
*always* verify the V-Tag *before* you

do anything else. So this is just a clarification in the spec IMO.


Best wishes

Randall Stewart

On 3/19/24 12:26 PM, Rebecca VanRheenen wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> We are unable to verify this erratum that the submitter marked as editorial, so we changed the Type to “Technical”. As Stream Approver, please review and set the Status and Type accordingly (see the definitions at https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata-definitions/).
>
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>> On Mar 15, 2024, at 9:47 AM, RFC Errata System <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9260,
>> "Stream Control Transmission Protocol".
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> You may review the report below and at:
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7852
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> Type: Editorial
>> Reported by: Michael Tüxen <[e-mail]>
>>
>> Section: 8.5.
>>
>> Original Text
>> -------------
>> When receiving an SCTP packet, the endpoint MUST ensure that the
>> value in the Verification Tag field of the received SCTP packet
>> matches its own tag.
>>
>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>> When receiving an SCTP packet, the endpoint MUST first ensure that the
>> value in the Verification Tag field of the received SCTP packet
>> matches its own tag before processing any chunks or changing its state.
>>
>> Notes
>> -----
>> State explicitly that the check of the verification tag needs to be done before any processing of the packet.
>>
>> Thanks to Jake Ginesin, Max von Hippel, and Cristina Nita-Rotaru for reporting issue and discussing it with me.
>>
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>> --------------------------------------
>> RFC9260 (draft-ietf-tsvwg-rfc4960-bis-19)
>> --------------------------------------
>> Title               : Stream Control Transmission Protocol
>> Publication Date    : June 2022
>> Author(s)           : R. Stewart, M. Tüxen, K. Nielsen
>> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>> Source              : Transport and Services Working Group
>> Stream              : IETF
>> Verifying Party     : IESG
>>