RFC Errata
RFC 4303, "IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)", December 2005
Source of RFC: ipsec (sec)See Also: RFC 4303 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 4798
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Antonios Atlasis
Date Reported: 2016-09-09
Verifier Name: Paul Wouters
Date Verified: 2022-04-10
Section 2 says:
* If tunnel mode is being used, then the IPsec implementation can add Traffic Flow Confidentiality (TFC) padding (see Section 2.4) after the Payload Data and before the Padding (0-255 bytes) field.
It should say:
* If tunnel mode is being used, then the IPsec implementation can add Traffic Flow Confidentiality (TFC) padding (see Section 2.7) after the Payload Data and before the Padding (0-255 bytes) field.
Notes:
Section 2.4 refers to padding for Encryption. It is section 2.7 which refers to Traffic Flow Confidentiality (TFC) Padding