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[smime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC4490 (1884)

2009-09-17 05:26:58

The following errata report has been submitted for RFC4490,
"Using the GOST 28147-89, GOST R 34.11-94, GOST R 34.10-94, and GOST R 
34.10-2001 Algorithms with Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=4490&eid=1884

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Alfred Hoenes <ah(_at_)TR-Sys(_dot_)de>

Section: 2.1, pg. 4

Original Text
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   When the Message Digest authenticated attribute is present, the
|  DigestedData digest contains a 32-byte digest in little-endian
   representation:


Corrected Text
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   When the Message Digest authenticated attribute is present, the
|  DigestedData digest contains a 32-byte digest in big-endian
   representation:


Notes
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Rationale:
- Contradiction to other parts of the document,
  which use "big-endian" == 'network byte order'
  as established in the Internet architecture.
- Please also note that the ASN.1 BER/DER encoding is
  based on the 'natural' byte order for left-to-right
  scripts -- otherwise the intrinsically variable-length
  representation used would be very complicated to deal
  with in processing.
- Intrduction of varying endian-ness is a likely source
  of implementation issues and, consequentially,
  interoperability problems.

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RFC4490 (draft-ietf-smime-gost-07)
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Title               : Using the GOST 28147-89, GOST R 34.11-94, GOST R 
34.10-94, and GOST R 34.10-2001 Algorithms with Cryptographic Message Syntax 
(CMS)
Publication Date    : May 2006
Author(s)           : S. Leontiev, Ed., G. Chudov, Ed.
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : S/MIME Mail Security
Area                : Security
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG
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