RFC Errata


Errata Search

 
Source of RFC  
Summary Table Full Records

RFC 2812, "Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol", April 2000

Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUP
Area Assignment: app
See Also: RFC 2812 w/ inline errata

Errata ID: 3783
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Diman Todorov
Date Reported: 2013-11-05
Verifier Name: Barry Leiba
Date Verified: 2013-11-05

Section 2.3.1 says:

chanstring = %x01-07 / %x08-09 / %x0B-0C / %x0E-1F / %x21-2B
chanstring =/ %x2D-39 / %x3B-FF

It should say:

chanstring = *49(%x01-06 / %x08-09 / %x0B-0C / %x0E-1F / %x21-2B /
             %x2D-39 / %x3B-FF)

Notes:

Unfortunately the text in 1.3 which elaborates the interpretation of this BNF rule is unclear as to whether it's permitted to have 0 chanstring characters. The total length of the "channel" construct is 50 characters, so no chanstring can ever be more than 49 characters... but not all 49 characters will always be available, depending upon how "channel" is constructed.

Note that errata 385 addresses the same rule but a different issue. Errata 385 has been taken into consideration in this correction.

Report New Errata



Advanced Search