RFC Errata
RFC 4634, "US Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA and HMAC-SHA)", July 2006
Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 6234
Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUPArea Assignment: sec
Errata ID: 2416
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Alfred Hoenes
Date Reported: 2006-08-13
Held for Document Update by: Sean Turner
Date Held: 2010-08-06
Section 8.2.1 says:
The initial Description in the file, on page 24 of the RFC, says: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv * Description: * This file implements the Secure Hash Signature Standard * algorithms as defined in the National Institute of Standards * and Technology Federal Information Processing Standards * Publication (FIPS PUB) 180-1 published on April 17, 1995, 180-2 * published on August 1, 2002, and the FIPS PUB 180-2 Change * Notice published on February 28, 2004.
It should say:
It should say: * Description: |* This file implements the Secure Hash Algorithm SHA-1 * as defined in the National Institute of Standards * and Technology Federal Information Processing Standards * Publication (FIPS PUB) 180-1 published on April 17, 1995, 180-2 * published on August 1, 2002, and the FIPS PUB 180-2 Change * Notice published on February 28, 2004.
Notes:
See Errata 2415.
Also replace "algorithms" by "Algorithm SHA-1" to properly match
the description with the scope of the file.