RFC Errata
Found 5 records.
Status: Verified (4)
RFC 791, "Internet Protocol", September 1981
Source of RFC: LegacyArea Assignment: int
Errata ID: 716
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Damien Mattei
Date Reported: 2007-01-03
Verifier Name: Ralph Droms
Date Verified: 2010-12-06
Section 3.1 says:
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|10001000|00000010| Stream ID |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
Type=136 Length=4
It should say:
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|10001000|00000100| Stream ID |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+
Type=136 Length=4
Rationale:
This number count the length which is 4 and not 2.
10 in binary is 2 in decimal, 100 in binary is 4 in decimal.
The option-length octet counts the option-type octet and the
option-length octet as well as the option-data octets.(see page 15)
The length is 4 for the Stream identifier option as we have 4 bytes and
it is well written in page 16 of RFC 791:
The following internet options are defined:
CLASS NUMBER LENGTH DESCRIPTION
----- ------ ------ -----------
0 0 - End of Option list. This option occupies only
1 octet; it has no length octet.
0 1 - No Operation. This option occupies only 1
octet; it has no length octet.
0 2 11 Security. Used to carry Security,
Compartmentation, User Group (TCC), and
Handling Restriction Codes compatible with DOD
requirements.
0 3 var. Loose Source Routing. Used to route the
internet datagram based on information
supplied by the source.
0 9 var. Strict Source Routing. Used to route the
internet datagram based on information
supplied by the source.
0 7 var. Record Route. Used to trace the route an
internet datagram takes.
0 8 4 Stream ID. Used to carry the stream
identifier.
2 4 var. Internet Timestamp.
Notes:
from pending
Errata ID: 579
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Pavel Uvarov
Date Reported: 2004-06-16
On page 21, it says:
The intitial contents of the route data area must be zero.
It should say:
The initial contents of the route data area must be zero.
Errata ID: 583
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Pavel Uvarov
Date Reported: 2004-06-16
On page 23, it says:
The intitial contents of the timestamp data area must be zero or internet address/zero pairs.
It should say:
The initial contents of the timestamp data area must be zero or internet address/zero pairs.
Notes:
Spelling error.
Errata ID: 5037
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Prabhu K Lokesh
Date Reported: 2017-06-10
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2017-06-12
Section GLOSSARY says:
NFB
The Number of Fragment Blocks in a the data portion of an
internet fragment. That is, the length of a portion of data
measured in 8 octet units.
It should say:
NFB
The Number of Fragment Blocks in the data portion of an
internet fragment. That is, the length of a portion of data
measured in 8-octet units.
Notes:
Extra article 'a' before the term 'data portion of an internet fragment'.
Status: Reported (1)
RFC 791, "Internet Protocol", September 1981
Source of RFC: LegacyArea Assignment: int
Errata ID: 5038
Status: Reported
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Prabhu K Lokesh
Date Reported: 2017-06-10
Section 3.1 says:
The option begins with the option type code. The second octet
is the option length which includes the option type code and the
length octet, the pointer octet, and length-3 octets of route
data.
It should say:
The option begins with the option type code. The second octet
is the option length, measured in octets, including the option
type code octet, the length octet, the pointer octet, and the
octets of route data.
Notes:
The way the second octet is defined, although readable to majority of the audience with no concern, will incorrectly equate to:
length = 'option type code octet' + 'length octet + 'pointer octet' + length - 3 octet of route data
So, what is the value of 'length' in 'length - 3'; when reader encounters 'length - 3', the term 'length' itself is not completely defined. Using the term 'length - 3' to define the term 'length' may not be very appropriate.
For better readability, we can simply write -
The second octet is the option length, measured in octets, including the option type code octet, the length octet, the pointer octet, and the octets of route data.
The same correction applies to the following sections -
3.1. Internet Header Format > Loose Source and Record Route
3.1. Internet Header Format > Strict Source and Record Route
3.1. Internet Header Format > Record Route