RFC Errata
Found 8 records.
Status: Verified (8)
RFC 3977, "Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)", October 2006
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 6048
Source of RFC: nntpext (app)
Errata ID: 1524
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2008-09-23
Verifier Name: Lisa Dusseault
Date Verified: 2009-11-23
Throughout the document, when it says:
If the argument is a message-id and no such article exists, a 430 response MUST be returned. If the argument is a number or is omitted and the currently selected newsgroup is invalid, a 412 response MUST be returned. If the argument is a number and that article does not exist in the currently selected newsgroup, a 423 response MUST be returned. If the argument is omitted and the current article number is invalid, a 420 response MUST be returned.
It should say:
If the argument is a message-id and no such article exists, a 430 response MUST be returned. If the argument is a number or is omitted, and the currently selected newsgroup is invalid, a 412 response MUST be returned. If the argument is a number and that article does not exist in the currently selected newsgroup, a 423 response MUST be returned. If the argument is omitted and the currently selected newsgroup is valid but the current article number is invalid, a 420 response MUST be returned.
Notes:
A comma should be added after "omitted" in the second sentence. The detail about the validity of the currently selected newsgroup should be added to the last sentence.
Note that this remark applies to sections 6.2.1.2 (ARTICLE), 8.3.2 (OVER) and 8.5.2 (HDR). In the case of OVER and HDR, although the wording is different (ranges are used instead of article numbers), the changes to apply remain the same.
Errata ID: 1525
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2008-09-24
Verifier Name: Lisa Dusseault
Date Verified: 2009-11-23
Section 3.2.1.1 says:
Example of an attempt to access a facility not available to this connection: [C] MODE READER [S] 200 Reader mode, posting permitted [C] IHAVE <i.am.an.article.you.will.want@example.com> [S] 500 Permission denied
It should say:
Example of an attempt to access a facility not available to this connection: [C] MODE READER [S] 200 Reader mode, posting permitted [C] IHAVE <i.am.an.article.you.will.want@example.com> [S] 502 Permission denied
Notes:
The response code is 502 in that case because IHAVE is a recognized
command. It is not available to this connection but may be available
from another connection.
Errata ID: 1932
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2009-10-25
Verifier Name: Lisa Dusseault
Date Verified: 2009-11-03
Section 9.4.3 says:
over-content = 1*6(TAB hdr-content) /
7(TAB hdr-content) *(TAB hdr-n-content)
It should say:
over-content = 7(TAB hdr-content) *(TAB hdr-n-content)
Notes:
Section 8.3.2 describes the OVER command and mentions that there are seven mandatory fields. Though trailing tabs MAY be omitted in OVER responses, it is impossible to have 1*6(TAB hdr-content) owing to the sixth and seventh fields being the metadata :bytes and :lines which are mandatory items (and MUST be computed by the news server).
Less than 7 entries cannot occur for news servers implementing OVER (which should not be confused with XOVER).
Errata ID: 2720
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2011-02-15
Verifier Name: Barry Leiba
Date Verified: 2012-05-12
Section 9.4.3 says:
This syntax defines the content of the various multi-line responses; more precisely, it defines the part of the response in the multi-line data block after any "dot-stuffing" has been undone. The numeric | portion of each non-terminal name indicates the response code that is followed by this data.
It should say:
This syntax defines the content of the various multi-line responses; more precisely, it defines the part of the response in the multi-line data block after any "dot-stuffing" has been undone. The numeric | portion of each non-terminal name indicates the response code of the | initial-response-line that is followed by this data.
Notes:
The last sentence in the RFC text is misleading; there may be (and in fact, in several cases — cf. Section 9.4.2, there indeed are) response-arguments between the response code and the data specified by the multi-line-response-content production.
First reported by Alfred Hönes.
Errata ID: 1533
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2008-10-01
Verifier Name: Lisa Dusseault
Date Verified: 2009-11-23
Section 5.3.3 says:
Example of use of the MODE READER command on a server that provides reading facilities: [C] CAPABILITIES [S] 101 Capability list: [S] VERSION 2 [S] READER [S] LIST ACTIVE NEWSGROUPS [S] . [C] MODE READER [S] 200 Reader mode, posting permitted [C] IHAVE <i.am.an.article.you.have@example.com> [S] 500 Permission denied [C] GROUP misc.test [S] 211 1234 3000234 3002322 misc.test
It should say:
Example of use of the MODE READER command on a server that provides reading facilities: [C] CAPABILITIES [S] 101 Capability list: [S] VERSION 2 [S] READER [S] LIST ACTIVE NEWSGROUPS [S] . [C] MODE READER [S] 200 Reader mode, posting permitted [C] IHAVE <i.am.an.article.you.have@example.com> [S] 500 Unknown command [C] GROUP misc.test [S] 211 1234 3000234 3002322 misc.test
Notes:
The response code 500 is sent because this server does not implement the IHAVE command at all. Therefore, IHAVE is not recognized.
Had the server known the command, it would have replied "502 Permission denied" (according to the result of CAPABILITIES, there is no possibility to authenticate or negotiate a TLS layer which could have provided the availability of the command).
Errata ID: 1929
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2009-10-24
Verifier Name: Lisa Dusseault
Date Verified: 2009-11-03
Section 9.2 says:
group-command = "GROUP" [WS newsgroup-name]
It should say:
group-command = "GROUP" WS newsgroup-name
Notes:
The ABNF syntax for the GROUP command makes its argument optional. However, that is not the case. Section 6.1.1 clearly shows that the argument (a newsgroup name) is mandatory.
Errata ID: 1930
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2009-10-24
Verifier Name: Lisa Dusseault
Date Verified: 2009-11-03
Section 7.6.1.2 says:
If the keyword is not recognised, or if an argument is specified and the keyword does not expect one, a 501 response code MUST BE returned. If the keyword is recognised but the server does not maintain the information, a 503 response code MUST BE returned.
It should say:
If the keyword is not recognised, or if an argument is specified and the keyword does not expect one, a 501 response code MUST be returned. If the keyword is recognised but the server does not maintain the information, a 503 response code MUST be returned.
Notes:
So as to be homogeneous with the rest of the document, lower-case letters should be used for the verb after "MUST".
Errata ID: 1931
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Julien Élie
Date Reported: 2009-10-24
Verifier Name: Lisa Dusseault
Date Verified: 2009-11-03
Section 6.1.1.3 says:
Example reselecting the currently selected newsgroup: [C] GROUP misc.test [S] 211 1234 234 567 misc.test [C] STAT 444 [S] 223 444 <123456@example.net> retrieved [C] GROUP misc.test [S] 211 1234 234 567 misc.test [C] STAT [S] 223 234 <different@example.net> retrieved
It should say:
Example reselecting the currently selected newsgroup: [C] GROUP misc.test [S] 211 123 234 567 misc.test [C] STAT 444 [S] 223 444 <123456@example.net> retrieved [C] GROUP misc.test [S] 211 123 234 567 misc.test [C] STAT [S] 223 234 <different@example.net> retrieved
Notes:
Section 6.1.1.2 mentions that "if the group is not empty, the estimate MUST be at least the actual number of articles available and MUST be no greater than one more than the difference between the reported low and high water marks".
The count 1234 is not correct because there are less than 567-234+1=334 articles in the newsgroup.