From: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:40:08 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: [doc/dbus-specification.xml] Explicitly specify lower-case hex must be used
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[doc/dbus-specification.xml] Explicitly specify lower-case hex must be used

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9486

When describing DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1, specify that lower-case hex encoding
must be used.
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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
index 286a86e39..b5866e539 100644
--- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml
+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
@@ -2078,6 +2078,11 @@
           Thus the security of DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 depends on a secure home 
           directory.
         </para>
+        <para>
+          Throughout this description, "hex encoding" must output the digits
+          from a to f in lower-case; the digits A to F must not be used
+          in the DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 mechanism.
+        </para>
         <para>
           Authentication proceeds as follows:
           <itemizedlist>