[Pppext] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC2759 (1924)

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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC2759,
"Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions, Version 2".

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov at isode.com>

Section: 8.3

Original Text
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   NtPasswordHash(
   IN  0-to-256-unicode-char Password,
   OUT 16-octet              PasswordHash )
   {
      /*
       * Use the MD4 algorithm [5] to irreversibly hash Password
       * into PasswordHash.  Only the password is hashed without
       * including any terminating 0.
       */
   }

Corrected Text
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   NtPasswordHash(
   IN  0-to-256-unicode-char Password,
   OUT 16-octet              PasswordHash )
   {
      /*
       * Use the MD4 algorithm [5] to irreversibly hash Password
       * encoded in UTF-16-LE into PasswordHash.
       * Only the password is hashed without
       * including any terminating 0.
       */
   }

Notes
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Section 8.3 is silent on Unicode encoding used for passwords.
Section 9.2 seem to imply that the Unicode encoding used in UTF-16-LE.

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RFC2759 (draft-ietf-pppext-mschap-v2-04)
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Title               : Microsoft PPP CHAP Extensions, Version 2
Publication Date    : January 2000
Author(s)           : G. Zorn
Category            : INFORMATIONAL
Source              : Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions
Area                : Internet
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG