[dhcwg] [Errata Rejected] RFC1533 (8488)

The following errata report has been rejected for RFC1533,
"DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions".

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8488

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Status: Rejected
Type: Technical

Reported by: Jason Giberson <[email protected]>
Date Reported: 2025-06-13
Rejected by: Éric Vyncke (IESG)

Section: 3.18

Original Text
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3.18. Swap Server

   This specifies the IP address of the client's swap server.

   The code for this option is 16 and its length is 4.

    Code   Len    Swap Server Address
   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
   |  16 |  n  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |
   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

Corrected Text
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3.18. Swap Server

   This specifies the IP address of the client's swap server.

   The code for this option is 16 and its length is 4.

    Code   Len    Swap Server Address
   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
   |  16 |  4  |  a1 |  a2 |  a3 |  a4 |
   +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

Notes
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The length is static, not dynamic. The length in the diagram  should be 4, not n.
 --VERIFIER NOTES-- 
While the correct is valid, this RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 2132 and a errata 487 has already been filed against the same error in RFC 2132.
See also: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-iesg-processing-of-rfc-errata-for-the-ietf-stream-20210507/

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RFC1533 (no draft string recorded)
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Title               : DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
Publication Date    : October 1993
Author(s)           : S. Alexander, R. Droms
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Dynamic Host Configuration
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG

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