RFC Errata
Found 11 records.
Status: Verified (6)
RFC 2516, "A Method for Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE)", February 1999
Source of RFC: LegacyArea Assignment: int
Errata ID: 5634
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Chris Fletcher
Date Reported: 2019-02-11
Verifier Name: Eric Vyncke
Date Verified: 2023-08-03
Section Appendix A says:
If there is data, and the first octet of the data is nonzero, then it MUST be a printable UTF-8 string which explains why the request was denied. This string MAY NOT be NULL terminated. (multiple occurrences of "MAY NOT")
It should say:
If there is data, and the first octet of the data is nonzero, then it MUST be a printable UTF-8 string which explains why the request was denied. This string MUST NOT be NULL terminated. (all occurrences of "MAY NOT" must be changed to "MUST NOT")
Notes:
The keyword "MAY NOT" does not exist in RFC 2119. It should be "MUST NOT".
Errata ID: 7746
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Christophe Deleuze
Date Reported: 2024-01-01
Verifier Name: Éric Vyncke
Date Verified: 2024-01-12
Section 7 says:
Field Check Sequence (FCS) Alternatives, Address-and-Control-Field-Compression (ACFC), Asynchronous-Control-Character-Map (ACCM)
It should say:
FCS-Alternatives, Address-and-Control-Field-Compression (ACFC), Async-Control-Character-Map (ACCM)
Notes:
The names used for the first and third options is not the offical one (as defined on https://www.iana.org/assignments/ppp-numbers/ppp-numbers.xhtml#ppp-numbers-4 and in rfc1570 and rfc1662, respectively). Moreover, if FCS really had to be "expanded", it should be Frame (rather than Field) Ckeck Sequence. This is from common knowledge, and from rfc1570 appendix A.
Errata ID: 4759
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Patrick Timmons
Date Reported: 2016-08-03
Verifier Name: Erik Kline
Date Verified: 2023-06-10
Section 1 says:
Concentrator. With this model, each host utilizes it's own PPP stack
It should say:
Concentrator. With this model, each host utilizes its own PPP stack
Notes:
Typo.
Errata ID: 4760
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Patrick Timmons
Date Reported: 2016-08-03
Verifier Name: Erik Kline
Date Verified: 2023-06-10
Section 4 says:
network byte order. It's value is defined below for Discovery
It should say:
network byte order. Its value is defined below for Discovery
Notes:
Typo.
Errata ID: 4761
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Patrick Timmons
Date Reported: 2016-08-03
Verifier Name: Erik Kline
Date Verified: 2023-06-10
Section 8 says:
of time, it SHOULD resend it's PADI packet and double the waiting
It should say:
of time, it SHOULD resend its PADI packet and double the waiting
Notes:
Typo.
Errata ID: 5788
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Bo Li
Date Reported: 2019-07-22
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2021-02-10
Section 7 says:
It is RECOMMENDED that the Access Concentrator ocassionally send Echo-Request packets to the Host to determine the state of the session. Otherwise, if the Host terminates a session without sending a Terminate-Request packet, the Access Concentrator will not be able to determine that the session has gone away.
It should say:
It is RECOMMENDED that the Access Concentrator occasionally send Echo-Request packets to the Host to determine the state of the session. Otherwise, if the Host terminates a session without sending a Terminate-Request packet, the Access Concentrator will not be able to determine that the session has gone away.
Notes:
Typo. The word "ocassionally" should be "occasionally".
Status: Held for Document Update (5)
RFC 2516, "A Method for Transmitting PPP Over Ethernet (PPPoE)", February 1999
Source of RFC: LegacyArea Assignment: int
Errata ID: 2546
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Igor Idziejczak
Date Reported: 2010-10-06
Held for Document Update by: Brian Haberman
Section 4 says:
The DESTINATION_ADDR field contains either a unicast Ethernet destination address, or the Ethernet broadcast address (0xffffffff).
It should say:
The DESTINATION_ADDR field contains either a unicast Ethernet destination address, or the Ethernet broadcast address (0xffffffffffff).
Notes:
the ethernet broadcast address is 48bit so in hex 0xffffffffffff
Errata ID: 5635
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Chris Fletcher
Date Reported: 2019-02-11
Held for Document Update by: Eric Vyncke
Date Held: 2021-01-28
Section Appendix A says:
If there is data, and the first octet of the data is nonzero, then it MUST be a printable UTF-8 string which explains the nature of the error. This string MAY NOT be NULL terminated.
It should say:
If there is data, and the first octet of the data is nonzero, then it MUST be a printable UTF-8 string which explains the nature of the error. This string MUST NOT be NULL terminated.
Notes:
Keyword "MAY NOT" should be "MUST NOT" to comply with RFC 2119.
-- Verifier note --
The use of "MAY NOT" is not covered by RFC 2219 but the text is nevertheless clear. See point 2 of https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/processing-rfc-errata/
Errata ID: 427
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Saravanan Kesavan
Date Reported: 2006-10-06
Held for Document Update by: Brian Haberman
Section 9 says:
Host MAC address using a key known only to the Access > Concentrator.
It should say:
Host MAC address using a key known only to the Access Concentrator.
Notes:
There is an unnecessary ">" symbol.
Errata ID: 789
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Saravanan Kesavan
Date Reported: 2006-10-06
Held for Document Update by: Brian Haberman
Section 9 says:
While the AC-Cookie is useful against some DOS attacks, it can not protect against all DOS attacks and an Access Concentrator MAY employ other means to protect resources. While the AC-Cookie is useful against some DOS attacks, it can not protect against all DOS attacks and an Access Concentrator MAY employ other means to protect resources.
It should say:
While the AC-Cookie is useful against some DOS attacks, it can not protect against all DOS attacks and an Access Concentrator MAY employ other means to protect resources.
Notes:
sentence is repeated.
Errata ID: 1333
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Praveen Bhamidipati
Date Reported: 2008-02-26
Held for Document Update by: Brian Haberman
Section 4 says:
The SOURCE_ADDR field MUST contains the Ethernet MAC address of the source device.
It should say:
The SOURCE_ADDR field MUST contain the Ethernet MAC address of the source device.
Notes:
The word "contains" should be "contain"