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: 2271
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: David Shaw
Date Reported: 2010-05-18
Verifier Name: Sean Turner
Date Verified: 2010-07-20

Section 6.5 says:

   Input data:  0x14FB9C03D97E
   Hex:     1   4    F   B    9   C     | 0   3    D   9    7   E
   8-bit:   00010100 11111011 10011100  | 00000011 11011001 11111110
   6-bit:   000101 001111 101110 011100 | 000000 111101 100111 111110
   Decimal: 5      15     46     28       0      61     37     62
   Output:  F      P      u      c        A      9      l      +

It should say:

   Input data:  0x14FB9C03D97E
   Hex:     1   4    F   B    9   C     | 0   3    D   9    7   E
   8-bit:   00010100 11111011 10011100  | 00000011 11011001 01111110
   6-bit:   000101 001111 101110 011100 | 000000 111101 100101 111110
   Decimal: 5      15     46     28       0      61     37     62
   Output:  F      P      u      c        A      9      l      +

Notes:

This example shows the conversion of 0x14FB9C03D97E into Radix-64. The problem is in the last byte, where '7E' is shown in binary as 11111110. That of course should be 01111110. The error is carried through in the 6-bit rendering of that data where the next-to-last 6-bit group 100111 should actually be 100101. The decimal rendering as well as the output (character) line is correct.

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