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The TCP Simple Authentication Option
draft-touch-tcpm-tcp-simple-auth-03

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual in tsv area)
Expired & archived
Authors Dr. Joseph D. Touch , Allison J. Mankin
Last updated 2015-10-14 (Latest revision 2007-07-09)
Replaced by draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-auth-opt
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Abstract

This document specifies a TCP Simple Authentication Option (TCP-SA) which is intended to replace the TCP MD5 Signature option of RFC-2385 (TCP/MD5). TCP-SA specifies the use of stronger HMAC-based hashes and provides more details on the association of security associations with TCP connections. TCP-SA assumes an external, out-of-band mechanism (manual or via a separate protocol) for session key establishment, parameter negotiation, and rekeying, replicating the separation of key management and key use as in the IPsec suite. The result is intended to be a simple modification to support current infrastructure uses of TCP/MD5, such as to protect BGP and LDP, to support a larger set of hashes with minimal other system and operational changes. TCP-SA requires no new option identifier, though it is intended to be mutually exclusive with TCP/MD5 on a given TCP connection. It can be used in the presence of NATs/NAPTs, and supports IPv6, and is fully compatible with requirements under development for an update to TCP/MD5.

Authors

Dr. Joseph D. Touch
Allison J. Mankin

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