[rfc-dist] RFC 5056 on On the Use of Channel Bindings to Secure Channels

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        RFC 5056

        Title:      On the Use of Channel 
                    Bindings to Secure Channels 
        Author:     N. Williams
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       November 2007
        Mailbox:    Nicolas.Williams at sun.com
        Pages:      23
        Characters: 49995
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-williams-on-channel-binding-04.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5056.txt

The concept of channel binding allows applications to establish that
the two end-points of a secure channel at one network layer are the
same as at a higher layer by binding authentication at the higher
layer to the channel at the lower layer.  This allows applications to
delegate session protection to lower layers, which has various
performance benefits.

This document discusses and formalizes the concept of channel binding
to secure channels.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
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