RFC 4616, "The PLAIN Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanism", August 2006

Errata ID: 6235
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Benjamin Kaduk
Date Reported: 2020-07-24
Verifier Name: Roman Danyliw
Date Verified: 2022-01-19

Section 1 says:

   The PLAIN mechanism should not be used without adequate data security
   protection as this mechanism affords no integrity or confidentiality
   protections itself.  The mechanism is intended to be used with data
   security protections provided by application-layer protocol,
   generally through its use of Transport Layer Security ([TLS])
   services.

It should say:

   The PLAIN mechanism should not be used without adequate data security
   protection as this mechanism affords no integrity or confidentiality
   protections itself.  The mechanism is intended to be used with data
   security protections provided by an application-layer protocol,
   generally through its use of Transport Layer Security ([TLS])
   services.

Notes:

Missing "an" in "an application-layer protocol".

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