RFC 6733, "Diameter Base Protocol", October 2012

Errata ID: 3805
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Lionel
Date Reported: 2013-11-18
Verifier Name: Benoit Claise
Date Verified: 2013-12-09

Section 3 says:

    Message Length

      The Message Length field is three octets and indicates the length
      of the Diameter message including the header fields and the padded
      AVPs.  Thus, the Message Length field is always a multiple of 4.

It should say:

    Message Length

      The Message Length field is three octets and indicates the number
      of octets of the Diameter message, including the header fields and
      the padded AVPs.  Thus, the Message Length field is always a 
      multiple of 4 octets.

Notes:

the actual text does not indicate the unit of length unit, which may lead to confusion and IOT issues, especially if someone considers bits instead of bytes.

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