[openpgp] Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9580 (881 4)

Stephen Farrell <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:52:37 +0000
Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.openpgp
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Hiya,

Anyone disagree? Let's say if nobody has in a week, we can ask our
AD to process this.

Cheers,
S.

PS: Given the change-over in ADs, and the ongoing IETF meeting,
there may be a little latency before the buttons are pushed.


On 18/03/2026 19:04, Daniel Huigens wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This erratum looks correct to me.
> Between the two given options for corrected text, I'd vote for the first one.
> 
> Best,
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On Sunday, March 8th, 2026 at 23:42, RFC Errata System <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9580,
>> "OpenPGP".
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> You may review the report below and at:
>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8814
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> Type: Technical
>> Reported by: Daphne Shaw <[email protected]>
>>
>> Section: 5.6
>>
>> Original Text
>> -------------
>> A ZLIB-compressed series of packets is compressed with raw ZLIB-style
>> blocks [RFC1950].
>>
>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>> A ZLIB-compressed series of packets is compressed using the ZLIB
>> compressed data format [RFC1950].
>>
>> or
>>
>> A ZLIB-compressed series of packets is compressed with ZLIB-style
>> blocks [RFC1950].
>>
>> (Or other words to that effect — the intent is to remove the
>> word "raw").
>>
>> Notes
>> -----
>> In OpenPGP, only ZIP compression uses raw blocks. The ZLIB and BZip2 algorithms both have headers present. A ZLIB stream without headers would be noncompliant to RFC-1950, section 2.3 ("A compliant compressor must produce streams with correct CMF, FLG and ADLER32...").
>>
>> The "raw" was not present in RFC-4880. I believe it came in via https://gitlab.com/openpgp-wg/rfc4880bis/-/commit/c326b8d4b946b2d51eb9885677e0521fb0ecf1a9
>>
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>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> RFC9580 (draft-ietf-openpgp-crypto-refresh-13)
>> --------------------------------------
>> Title               : OpenPGP
>> Publication Date    : July 2024
>> Author(s)           : P. Wouters, Ed., D. Huigens, J. Winter, Y. Niibe
>> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>> Source              : Open Specification for Pretty Good Privacy
>> Stream              : IETF
>> Verifying Party     : IESG
>>

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