File formats:

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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

S. Fluhrer
P. Kampanakis
D. McGrew
V. Smyslov

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipsecme (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8784

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Abstract

The possibility of quantum computers poses a serious challenge to cryptographic algorithms deployed widely today. The Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) is one example of a cryptosystem that could be broken; someone storing VPN communications today could decrypt them at a later time when a quantum computer is available. It is anticipated that IKEv2 will be extended to support quantum-secure key exchange algorithms; however, that is not likely to happen in the near term. To address this problem before then, this document describes an extension of IKEv2 to allow it to be resistant to a quantum computer by using preshared keys.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.