This report is correct. The reference to the ASN.1 encoding
mechanisms document, which should be "ITU-X690-1997", was introduced
in draft-ietf-dkim-base-04 (which later became RFC 4871, which was
later replaced by RFC 6376), and the 660-vs-690 typo was in there at
the time. I guess no one checked the reference and found the error.
Barry, former DKIM working group chair
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 7:41 PM, RFC Errata System
<rfc-editor(_at_)rfc-editor(_dot_)org> wrote:
The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6376,
"DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures".
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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6376&eid=4287
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Type: Editorial
Reported by: Phil Griffin (via DCrocker) <phil(_at_)phillipgriffin(_dot_)com>
Section: 3.6.1
Original Text
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k= Key type (plain-text; OPTIONAL, default is "rsa"). Signers and
Verifiers MUST support the "rsa" key type. The "rsa" key type
indicates that an ASN.1 DER-encoded [ITU-X660-1997] RSAPublicKey
(see [RFC3447], Sections 3.1 and A.1.1) is being used in the "p="
tag. (Note: the "p=" tag further encodes the value using the
base64 algorithm.) Unrecognized key types MUST be ignored.
and
[ITU-X660-1997]
"Information Technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:
Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Canonical
Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules
(DER)", 1997.
Corrected Text
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{ not sure. take from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.690
or the like. /d }
Notes
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Phil's note: "The reference to X.660 should be to the DER standard, X.690. "
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RFC6376 (draft-ietf-dkim-rfc4871bis-15)
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Title : DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
Publication Date : September 2011
Author(s) : D. Crocker, Ed., T. Hansen, Ed., M. Kucherawy, Ed.
Category : DRAFT STANDARD
Source : Domain Keys Identified Mail
Area : Security
Stream : IETF
Verifying Party : IESG
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