RFC 4880, "OpenPGP Message Format", November 2007

Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 9580

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 5581

Errata ID: 2241
Status: Rejected
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Constantin Hagemeier
Date Reported: 2010-04-28
Rejected by: Sean Turner
Date Rejected: 2010-07-20

Section 12.2. says:

   The fingerprint of a V3 key is formed by hashing the body (but not
   the two-octet length) of the MPIs that form the key material (public
   modulus n, followed by exponent e) with MD5.

It should say:

   The fingerprint of a V3 key is formed by hashing the concatenation
   of the bodies of the MPIs (MPI without two-octet length) that form
   the key material (public modulus n, followed by exponent e) with MD5.

Notes:

There are two bodies and one hash.

Changed to editorial.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
It could have been:

... by hashing the body (but not the two-octet length) of the two MPIs
^^^

But, it's clear from the parenthetical that there are two MPIs.

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