RFC 6054

"Using Counter Modes with Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH) to Protect Group Traffic", November 2010

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6054.txt
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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

D. McGrew
B. Weis

Stream:

IETF

Source:

msec (sec)

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Abstract

Counter modes have been defined for block ciphers such as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Counter modes use a counter, which is typically assumed to be incremented by a single sender. This memo describes the use of counter modes when applied to the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH) in multiple-sender group applications. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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