RFC 3414, "User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)", December 2002

Errata ID: 5073
Status: Rejected
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Fabio Costantini
Date Reported: 2017-07-26
Rejected by: Benoit Claise
Date Rejected: 2017-07-27

Section 1.5.1 says:

When an SNMP message contains a
   payload which expects a response (those messages that contain a
   Confirmed Class PDU [RFC3411]), then the receiver of such messages is
   authoritative.  When an SNMP message contains a payload which does
   not expect a response (those messages that contain an Unconfirmed
   Class PDU [RFC3411]), then the sender of such a message is
   authoritative.

It should say:

When an SNMP message contains a
   payload which expects a response (those messages that contain a
   Confirmed Class PDU [RFC3411]), then the receiver of such messages is
   authoritative.  When an SNMP message contains a payload which does
   not expect a response (those messages that contain an Unconfirmed
   Class PDU [RFC3411]), then the sender of such a message is
   non-authoritative.

Notes:

In both cases the receiver was classified as "authoritative".
--VERIFIER NOTES--
The initial text says it correctly: the sender of such a message is authoritative

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