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RFC 4880, "OpenPGP Message Format", November 2007

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 5581

Source of RFC: openpgp (sec)

Errata ID: 2205
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Constantin Hagemeier
Date Reported: 2010-04-28
Rejected by: Sean Turner
Date Rejected: 2010-07-20

Section 5.1. says:

   The value "m" in the above formulas is derived from the session key
   as follows.  First, the session key is prefixed with a one-octet
   algorithm identifier that specifies the symmetric encryption
   algorithm used to encrypt the following Symmetrically Encrypted Data
   Packet.  Then a two-octet checksum is appended, which is equal to the
   sum of the preceding session key octets, not including the algorithm
   identifier, modulo 65536.  This value is then encoded as described in
   PKCS#1 block encoding EME-PKCS1-v1_5 in Section 7.2.1 of [RFC3447] to
   form the "m" value used in the formulas above.  See Section 13.1 of
   this document for notes on OpenPGP's use of PKCS#1.

It should say:

?

Notes:

That is how to derive m from the session key and the algorithm
identifier.
But how to derive the session key and the algorithm identifier from m?
--VERIFIER NOTES--
Not actionable. No actual erratum.

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