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RFC 8017, "PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.2", November 2016

Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUP
See Also: RFC 8017 w/ inline errata

Errata ID: 5111
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Peter Wu
Date Reported: 2017-09-11
Verifier Name: Kathleen Moriarty
Date Verified: 2018-03-19

Section A.2.3 says:

   The object identifier id-RSASSA-PSS identifies the RSASSA-PSS
   encryption scheme.

It should say:

   The object identifier id-RSASSA-PSS identifies the RSASSA-PSS
   signature scheme.

Notes:

RSASSA-PSS is a signature scheme, it has no encrypt/decrypt operations.
This errata also applies to RFC 3447 (Section A.2.3)
Verified by Burt Kaliski

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