[Errata Verified] RFC5890 (4695)

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Fri Oct 7 22:06:14 CEST 2016


The following errata report has been verified for RFC5890,
"Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework". 

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5890&eid=4695

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Status: Verified
Type: Editorial

Reported by: Juan Altmayer Pizzorno <juan at sparkpost.com>
Date Reported: 2016-05-17
Verified by: Alexey Melnikov (IESG)

Section: 2.3.2.1

Original Text
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expansion of the A-label form to a U-label may produce strings that are
much longer than the normal 63 octet DNS limit (potentially up to 252
characters)
^^^^^^^^^

Corrected Text
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expansion of the A-label form to a U-label may produce strings that are
much longer than the normal 63 octet DNS limit (potentially up to 252
octets)
^^^^^

Notes
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The sentence should have used "octets" instead of "characters".

A separate erratum was files for possible tightening of the upper bound in a future revision of this document.

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RFC5890 (draft-ietf-idnabis-defs-13)
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Title               : Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
Publication Date    : August 2010
Author(s)           : J. Klensin
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (Revised)
Area                : Applications
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG


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