Subject: [Dime] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6733 (3805)

From: RFC Errata System <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:30:07 -0800 (PST)

The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6733,
"Diameter Base Protocol".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6733&eid=3805

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Lionel <[email-masked]>

Section: 3

Original Text
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    Message Length

      The Message Length field is three octets and indicates the length
      of the Diameter message including the header fields and the padded
      AVPs.  Thus, the Message Length field is always a multiple of 4.

Corrected Text
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    Message Length

      The Message Length field is three octets and indicates the number
      of octets of the Diameter message, including the header fields and
      the padded AVPs.  Thus, the Message Length field is always a 
      multiple of 4 octets.

Notes
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the actual text does not indicate the unit of length unit, which may lead to confusion and IOT issues, especially if someone considers bits instead of bytes.

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RFC6733 (draft-ietf-dime-rfc3588bis-33)
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Title               : Diameter Base Protocol
Publication Date    : October 2012
Author(s)           : V. Fajardo, Ed., J. Arkko, J. Loughney, G. Zorn, Ed.
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Diameter Maintenance and Extensions
Area                : Operations and Management
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG