RFC 1704: On Internet Authentication
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes a spectrum of authentication technologies and provides suggestions to protocol developers on what kinds of authentication might be suitable for some kinds of protocols and applications used in the Internet. This document provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1704
- Published
- October 1994
- Authors
- N. Haller; R. Atkinson
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 17
- Also known as
- —
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