[rfc-dist] RFC 5201 on Host Identity Protocol

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        RFC 5201

        Title:      Host Identity Protocol 
        Author:     R. Moskowitz, P. Nikander,
                    P. Jokela, Ed., T. Henderson
        Status:     Experimental
        Date:       April 2008
        Mailbox:    rgm at icsalabs.com, 
                    pekka.nikander at nomadiclab.com, 
                    petri.jokela at nomadiclab.com,
                    thomas.r.henderson at boeing.com
        Pages:      104
        Characters: 240492
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-hip-base-10.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5201.txt

This memo specifies the details of the Host Identity Protocol (HIP).
HIP allows consenting hosts to securely establish and maintain shared
IP-layer state, allowing separation of the identifier and locator
roles of IP addresses, thereby enabling continuity of communications
across IP address changes.  HIP is based on a Sigma-compliant Diffie-
Hellman key exchange, using public key identifiers from a new Host
Identity namespace for mutual peer authentication.  The protocol is
designed to be resistant to denial-of-service (DoS) and man-in-the-
middle (MitM) attacks.  When used together with another suitable
security protocol, such as the Encapsulated Security Payload (ESP),
it provides integrity protection and optional encryption for upper-
layer protocols, such as TCP and UDP.  This memo defines an Experimental 
Protocol for the Internet community.

This document is a product of the Host Identity Protocol Working Group of the IETF.


EXPERIMENTAL: This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the
Internet community.  It does not specify an Internet standard of any
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