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RFC 4186, "Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Subscriber Identity Modules (EAP-SIM)", January 2006

Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUP
Area Assignment: ops
See Also: RFC 4186 w/ inline errata

Errata ID: 171
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Alfred Hoenes
Date Reported: 2006-11-26
Verifier Name: Henry Haverinen
Date Verified: 2006-12-01

Section 8.1 says: 

   Length

         Indicates the length of this attribute in multiples of four
         bytes.  The maximum length of an attribute is 1024 bytes.  The
         length includes the Attribute Type and Length bytes.

It should say:

   Length

         Indicates the length of this attribute in multiples of four
         bytes.  The maximum length of an attribute is 1020 bytes.  The
         length includes the Attribute Type and Length bytes.

Notes:

As there is no offset defined, the maximum encoded Length value
of 255 corresponds to a total of 4*255 = 1020 octets.

Note:
Other protocols incorporate an offset of -1 in similar cases, e.g.,
when a TLV Length field comprises the length of the 'T' and 'L',
also removing the artificially designed-in error case (Length=0),
that otherwise must be checked for by all implementations!
Some people speak of bad protocol design when encountering
Length fields that do not indicate the true length of an object
value proper, which might be zero.

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