Subject: [TLS] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC5246 (4507)

From: RFC Errata System <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:53:43 -0700 (PDT)

The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5246,
"The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5246&eid=4507

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Type: Editorial
Reported by: Benjamin Kaduk <[email-masked]>

Section: 7.4.1.2

Original Text
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After sending the ClientHello message, the client waits for a
ServerHello message.  Any handshake message returned by the server,
except for a HelloRequest, is treated as a fatal error.

Corrected Text
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After sending the ClientHello message, the client waits for a
ServerHello message.  Any other handshake message returned by the
server, except for a HelloRequest, is treated as a fatal error.

Notes
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A ServerHello received after a ClientHello should not be treated as a fatal error.

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RFC5246 (draft-ietf-tls-rfc4346-bis-10)
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Title               : The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
Publication Date    : August 2008
Author(s)           : T. Dierks, E. Rescorla
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Transport Layer Security
Area                : Security
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG