Subject: [kitten] Fwd: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5801 (2825)

From: Stephen Farrell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:38:38 +0100

Hi all,

Can you confirm that this is correct, or not?

Thanks,
S.

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Subject: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5801 (2825)
Date: Tue,  7 Jun 2011 20:58:20 -0700 (PDT)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5801,
"Using Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API)
Mechanisms in Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL): The GS2
Mechanism Family".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5801&eid=2825

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Thomas Maslen <[email-masked]>

Section: 5.1

Original Text
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The initiator-address-type and acceptor-address-type fields of the
GSS-CHANNEL-BINDINGS structure MUST be set to 0.

Corrected Text
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The initiator-address-type and acceptor-address-type fields of the
GSS-CHANNEL-BINDINGS structure MUST be set to 255 (GSS_C_AF_NULLADDR).

Notes
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See RFC 2744, section 3.11, last paragraph:  "[...] or omit addressing
information, specifying GSS_C_AF_NULLADDR as the address-types".

Appendix A of RFC 2744 specifies that the value of GSS_C_AF_NULLADDR is 255.

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RFC5801 (draft-ietf-sasl-gs2-20)
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Title               : Using Generic Security Service Application Program
Interface (GSS-API) Mechanisms in Simple Authentication and Security
Layer (SASL): The GS2 Mechanism Family
Publication Date    : July 2010
Author(s)           : S. Josefsson, N. Williams
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Simple Authentication and Security Layer
Area                : Security
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG