RFC Errata
Found 3 records.
Status: Verified (3)
RFC 9605, "Secure Frame (SFrame): Lightweight Authenticated Encryption for Real-Time Media", August 2024
Source of RFC: sframe (art)
Errata ID: 8321
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT, PDF, HTML
Reported By: Rich Logan
Date Reported: 2025-03-03
Verifier Name: Orie Steele
Date Verified: 2025-03-25
Section 4.4.3 says:
def encrypt(CTR, KID, metadata, plaintext): sframe_key, sframe_salt = key_store[KID] # encode_big_endian(x, n) produces an n-byte string encoding the # integer x in big-endian byte order. ctr = encode_big_endian(CTR, AEAD.Nn) nonce = xor(sframe_salt, CTR) # encode_sframe_header produces a byte string encoding the # provided KID and CTR values into an SFrame header. header = encode_sframe_header(CTR, KID) aad = header + metadata ciphertext = AEAD.Encrypt(sframe_key, nonce, aad, plaintext) return header + ciphertext
It should say:
def encrypt(CTR, KID, metadata, plaintext): sframe_key, sframe_salt = key_store[KID] # encode_big_endian(x, n) produces an n-byte string encoding the # integer x in big-endian byte order. ctr = encode_big_endian(CTR, AEAD.Nn) nonce = xor(sframe_salt, ctr) # encode_sframe_header produces a byte string encoding the # provided KID and CTR values into an SFrame header. header = encode_sframe_header(CTR, KID) aad = header + metadata ciphertext = AEAD.Encrypt(sframe_key, nonce, aad, plaintext) return header + ciphertext
Notes:
The formation of the nonce states to xor the sframe_salt with CTR, which is the original counter value, not the encoded big endian representation created on the line above, which I believe is the intention.
Errata ID: 8565
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT, HTML
Reported By: Richard Barnes
Date Reported: 2025-09-04
Verifier Name: Andy Newton
Date Verified: 2025-11-01
Section 4.5.1 says:
using the authenticated counter mode of AES
It should say:
using the unauthenticated counter mode of AES
Notes:
AES-CTR is not an authenticated encryption mode.
Errata ID: 8703
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT, PDF, HTML
Reported By: Aron Rosenberg
Date Reported: 2026-01-15
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Section C.2. says:
* auth_key: The encryption subkey produced by the derive_subkeys()
algorithm
It should say:
* auth_key: The authentication subkey produced by the derive_subkeys()
algorithm
Notes:
Copy/paste error on the description of the auth_key description string. It is the authentication subkey.
