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- Internet Protocol Security Protocol (ipsec)
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- Charter
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- Chair(s):
- Al Hoover <hoover@ans.net>
- Paul Lambert <paul_lambert@email.mot.com>
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- Security Area Director(s)
- Steve Crocker <crocker@tis.com>
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- Mailing lists:
- General Discussion:ipsec@ans.net
- To Subscribe: ipsec-request@ans.net
- Archive: ftp.ans.net:~/pub/archive/ipsec
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- Description of Working Group:
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- Rapid advances in communication technology have accentuated the need
- for security in the Internet. The IP Security Protocol Working Group
- (IPSEC) will develop mechanisms to protect client protocols of IP.
- A security protocol in the network layer will be developed to provide
- cryptographic security services that will flexibly support combinations
- of authentication, integrity, access control, and confidentiality. The
- protocol formats for the IP Security Protocol (IPSP) will be independent of
- the cryptographic algorithm. The preliminary goals will specifically
- pursue host-to-host security followed by subnet-to-subnet and host-to-
- subnet topologies.
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- Protocol and cryptographic techniques will also be developed to support
- the key management requirements of the network layer security. The key
- management will be specified as an application layer protocol that is
- independent of the lower layer security protocol. The protocol will
- initially support public key based techniques. Flexibility in the
- protocol will allow eventual support of Key Distribution Center (KDC -
- such as Kerberos) and manual distribution approaches.
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- Goals and Milestones:
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- Mar 93 Post as an Internet-Draft the IP Security Protocol.
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- Jul 93 Post as an Interenet-Draft the specification for Internet Key
- Management.
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- Nov 93 Report on Pilot Implementation of the IP Security Protocol. Update
- Protocol as needed.
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- Mar 94 Report on Pilot implementation of the Internet Key Management
- Protocol. Update Internet-Draft as needed.
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- Jul 94 Submit the IP Security Protocol to the IESG for consideration as a
- Proposed Standard.
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- Jul 94 Submit the Key Management Protocol to the IESG for consideration as a
- Proposed Standard.
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