RFC Errata
RFC 9711, "The Entity Attestation Token (EAT)", April 2025
Source of RFC: rats (sec)See Also: RFC 9711 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 8777
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT, PDF, HTML
Reported By: Steven Bellock
Date Reported: 2026-02-20
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2026-03-02
Section 4.3.1 says:
A 64-bit integer representation of the CBOR epoch-based time [RFC8949] used by this claim can represent a range of +/- 500 billion years, so the only point of a floating-point timestamp is to have precession greater than one second.
It should say:
A 64-bit integer representation of the CBOR epoch-based time [RFC8949] used by this claim can represent a range of +/- 500 billion years, so the only point of a floating-point timestamp is to have precision greater than one second.
Notes:
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