RFC Errata
RFC 3779, "X.509 Extensions for IP Addresses and AS Identifiers", June 2004
Source of RFC: pkix (sec)See Also: RFC 3779 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 1886
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Charles Bobo
Date Reported: 2009-09-21
Verifier Name: Sean Turner
Date Verified: 2010-04-19
Section 2.1.1 says:
An IPv6 address is a 128-bit quantity that is written as eight hexadecimal numbers, each in the range 0 through ffff, separated by a semicolon (":"); 2001:0:200:3:0:0:0:1 is an example of an IPv6 address. IPv6 addresses frequently have adjacent fields whose value is 0. One such group of 0 fields may be abbreviated by two semicolons ("::").
It should say:
An IPv6 address is a 128-bit quantity that is written as eight hexadecimal numbers, each in the range 0 through ffff, separated by a colon (":"); 2001:0:200:3:0:0:0:1 is an example of an IPv6 address. IPv6 addresses frequently have adjacent fields whose value is 0. One such group of 0 fields may be abbreviated by two colons ("::").
Notes:
"semicolon" should be "colon"
Added reference to RFC4291.
Verifier: Forward reference to RFC4291 is inappropriate.