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Subject:    [CFRG] [Errata Verified] RFC8439 (5989)
From:       RFC Errata System <rfc-editor () rfc-editor ! org>
Date:       2021-04-28 13:48:23
Message-ID: 20210428134823.263BFF40786 () rfc-editor ! org
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The following errata report has been verified for RFC8439,
"ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols". 

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5989

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Status: Verified
Type: Technical

Reported by: Lê Minh Đăng <dmle@amperecomputing.com>
Date Reported: 2020-02-26
Verified by: Stanislav Smyshlyaev (IRSG)

Section: 2.4.1

Original Text
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encrypted_message +=  block ^ key_stream
...
encrypted_message += (block^key_stream)[0..len(plaintext)%64]

Corrected Text
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encrypted_message |= block ^ key_stream
...
encrypted_message |= (block^key_stream)[0..len(plaintext)%64]

Notes
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The encrypted_message is the result of concatenation of blocks.
"|" and "|=" are used for concatenation elsewhere in the document, changing "+=" to \
"|=" will reduce ambiguity. 

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RFC8439 (draft-nir-cfrg-rfc7539bis-04)
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Title               : ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols
Publication Date    : June 2018
Author(s)           : Y. Nir, A. Langley
Category            : INFORMATIONAL
Source              : Crypto Forum Research Group
Area                : N/A
Stream              : IRTF
Verifying Party     : IRSG

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