[rfc-dist] RFC 4835 on Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)

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        RFC 4835

        Title:      Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements 
                    for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and 
                    Authentication Header (AH)
        Author:     V. Manral
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       April 2007
        Mailbox:    vishwas at ipinfusion.com
        Pages:      10
        Characters: 21492
        Obsoletes:  RFC4305
        See-Also:   

        I-D Tag:    draft-manral-ipsec-rfc4305-bis-errata-03.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4835.txt

The IPsec series of protocols makes use of various cryptographic
algorithms in order to provide security services.  The Encapsulating
Security Payload (ESP) and the Authentication Header (AH) provide two
mechanisms for protecting data being sent over an IPsec Security
Association (SA).  To ensure interoperability between disparate
implementations, it is necessary to specify a set of
mandatory-to-implement algorithms to ensure that there is at least one
algorithm that all implementations will have available.  This document 
defines the current set of mandatory-to-implement algorithms for ESP and 
AH as well as specifying algorithms that should be implemented because
they may be promoted to mandatory at some future time.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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