Subject: Re: [Curdle] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC8410 (5707)

From: Jim Schaad <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 21:40:28 -0700

This errata is correct.  I would recommend as labeling it "Editorial" and "Hold for update" as, while it is not correctly DER encoded, a DER decode should still correctly decode it.   A BER decoder, which is what I would use because of the history of encoding errors will successfully decode it.

Jim

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> Subject: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC8410 (5707)
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> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8410, "Algorithm
> Identifiers for Ed25519, Ed448, X25519, and X448 for Use in the Internet X.509
> Public Key Infrastructure".
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5707
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> Type: Editorial
> Reported by: Lijun Liao <[email-masked]>
> 
> Section: 10.2
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> Original Text
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> Corrected Text
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> Notes
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> In the example certificate, the critical-field of extensions keyUsage and
> subjectKeyIdentifier are of default value 'false'. They should not be included
> according to DER encoding rule.
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> RFC8410 (draft-ietf-curdle-pkix-10)
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> Title               : Algorithm Identifiers for Ed25519, Ed448, X25519, and X448 for
> Use in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure
> Publication Date    : August 2018
> Author(s)           : S. Josefsson, J. Schaad
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : CURves, Deprecating and a Little more Encryption
> Area                : Security
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG