[openpgp] Re: [Errata Verified] RFC9580 (8465)

On 6/25/25 11:59 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> I'm not sure this should be marked as verified, because i don't think
> the section number corresponds to the cited text in question.
>
> I do believe that 5.5.3 could use an update, but the cited "Original
> Text" is not present in that section.
>
> RFC 9580 Section 5.5.3 is "Secret Key Packet Formats", and it describes
> in several locations the secret key format being algorithm-specific
> "multiprecision integers" or "MPIs".  However, it never mentions
> elliptic curves explicitly in the generic description.
>
> The prior section, 5.5.2 ("Public Key Packet Formats") simply uses the
> term "values" to describe the algorithm-specific parts of the key
> material, which is generic enough to cover both MPI and non-MPI
> representations.
>
> Section 5.5.3 should probably replace the use of "MPI" and related terms
> with "values".

Oops, indeed, apologies!

I did mean to cite the following incorrect/confusing section of text, 
for this errata entry:

 > "Secret MPI values can be encrypted using a passphrase. [..] The 
cipher for encrypting the MPIs is specified in the Secret Key packet."

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