[rfc-dist] RFC 5349 on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Support for Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)

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        RFC 5349

        Title:      Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Support 
                    for Public Key Cryptography for Initial 
                    Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT) 
        Author:     L. Zhu, K. Jaganathan,
                    K. Lauter
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       September 2008
        Mailbox:    lzhu at microsoft.com, 
                    karthikj at microsoft.com, 
                    klauter at microsoft.com
        Pages:      10
        Characters: 19706
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-zhu-pkinit-ecc-04.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5349.txt

This document describes the use of Elliptic Curve certificates,
Elliptic Curve signature schemes and Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman
(ECDH) key agreement within the framework of PKINIT -- the Kerberos
Version 5 extension that provides for the use of public key
cryptography.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.

This document is a product of the Kerberos WG Working Group of the IETF.


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