[rfc-dist] RFC 4401 on A Pseudo-Random Function (PRF) API Extension for the Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API)

Mon Feb 13 18:10:57 PST 2006

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        RFC 4401

        Title:      A Pseudo-Random Function (PRF) API 
                    Extension for the Generic Security Service 
                    Application Program Interface (GSS-API) 
        Author:     N. Williams
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       February 2006
        Mailbox:    Nicolas.Williams at sun.com
        Pages:      8
        Characters: 15272
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-kitten-gssapi-prf-07.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4401.txt

This document defines a Pseudo-Random Function (PRF) extension to the
Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API)
for keying application protocols given an established GSS-API
security context.  The primary intended use of this function is to
key secure session layers that do not or cannot use GSS-API per-message
message integrity check (MIC) and wrap tokens for session
protection.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Kitten (GSS-API Next Generation)
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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