Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4211 (4797)

Jim Schaad <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.x509
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I think this is an accept - marked as editorial.

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> Subject: [pkix] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4211 (4797)
> 
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC4211, "Internet
X.509
> Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF)".
> 
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4211&eid=4797
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Lijun Liao <[email protected]>
> 
> Section: 4.1
> 
> Original Text
> -------------
>    3.  The certificate subject places its name in the Certificate
>        Template structure along with the public key.  In this case the
>        poposkInput field is omitted from the POPOSigningKey structure.
>        The signature field is computed over the DER-encoded certificate
>        template structure.
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
>    3.  The certificate subject places its name in the Certificate
>        Template structure along with the public key.  In this case the
>        poposkInput field is omitted from the POPOSigningKey structure.
>        The signature field is computed over the DER-encoded value of
>        certReq
> 
> Notes
> -----
> The original text conflicts with the following text block (just several
lines later).
> 
> "   The fields of POPOSigningKeyInput have the following meaning:
> 
>       sender contains an authenticated identity that has been previously
>       established for the subject.
> 
>       publicKeyMAC contains a computed value that uses a shared secret
>       between the CA/RA and the certificate requestor.
> 
>       publicKey contains a copy of the public key from the certificate
>       template.  This MUST be exactly the same value as is contained in
>       the certificate template."
> 
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> RFC4211 (draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2511bis-08)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate
Request
> Message Format (CRMF)
> Publication Date    : September 2005
> Author(s)           : J. Schaad
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509)
> Area                : Security
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
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