Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9729 (8807)

This erratum is correct. This was a mistake I made when we renamed the auth
scheme: I did a textual search-and-replace and forgot to change the hex.
David

On Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at 7:30 AM RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>
wrote:

> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9729,
> "The Concealed HTTP Authentication Scheme".
>
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8807
>
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Radowan Redoy <snf4za@virginia.edu>
>
> Section: 3.3
>
> Original Text
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> 48545450205369676E61747572652041757468656E7469636174696F6E
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> 4854545020436F6E6365616C65642041757468656E7469636174696F6E
>
> Notes
> -----
> The original hex in Figure 3 corresponds to "HTTP Signature
> Authentication", which is the wrong context string. Thus, it should be
> updated to the correct hex to reflect "HTTP Concealed Authentication" as
> specified in Section 3.3.
>
> Instructions:
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> RFC9729 (draft-ietf-httpbis-unprompted-auth-12)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : The Concealed HTTP Authentication Scheme
> Publication Date    : February 2025
> Author(s)           : D. Schinazi, D. Oliver, J. Hoyland
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : HTTP
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
>