RFC Errata
RFC 3110, "RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name System (DNS)", May 2001
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 6944
Source of RFC: dnsext (int)See Also: RFC 3110 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 4502
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Mikko Rantanen
Date Reported: 2015-10-14
Verifier Name: Brian Haberman
Date Verified: 2015-10-14
Section 4 says:
conservative choice would be 65537 (F4, the fourth fermat number).
It should say:
conservative choice would be 65537 (F4, the fifth Fermat number).
Notes:
Numbering of Fermat numbers starts from zero. F4 and 65537 agree, but F4 is fifth Fermat number in the series, not fourth.