Wow, this has gone a very long time without anyone noticing. As far as I can
tell, it have not resulted in any implementation errors.
Russ
On Aug 27, 2018, at 4:55 AM, RFC Errata System
<rfc-editor(_at_)rfc-editor(_dot_)org> wrote:
The following errata report has been submitted for RFC2631,
"Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method".
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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5480
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Type: Technical
Reported by: Charlie Zhuo <charlie(_dot_)zhuo(_at_)ericsson(_dot_)com>
Section: 2.1.1
Original Text
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h is any integer with 1 < h < p-1 such that h{(p-1)/q} mod p > 1
(g has order q mod p; i.e. g^q mod p = 1 if g!=1)
Corrected Text
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h is any integer with 1 < h < p-1 such that h^{(p-1)/q} mod p > 1
(g has order q mod p; i.e. g^q mod p = 1 if g!=1)
Notes
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the explanation of h misses exponentiation operation in formula.
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RFC2631 (draft-ietf-smime-x942-07)
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Title : Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Method
Publication Date : June 1999
Author(s) : E. Rescorla
Category : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source : S/MIME Mail Security
Area : Security
Stream : IETF
Verifying Party : IESG
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