RFC 3686: Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Counter Mode With IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

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This document describes the use of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Counter Mode, with an explicit initialization vector, as an IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) confidentiality mechanism.

Document record

Document ID

RFC3686

Published

January 2004

Authors

R. Housley

Status

PROPOSED STANDARD

Stream

IETF

Area

sec

Pages

19

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• DOI: 10.17487/RFC3686

Topics

• AES
• Advanced Encryption Standard
• IPsec Internet Protocol Security
• ESP
• Encapsulating Security Payload
• authentication vector
• cipher block

Related documents

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• RFC 3664The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 Algorithm for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE)Obsoleted

  January 2004

• RFC 3565Use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Encryption Algorithm in Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)Current

  July 2003

• RFC 3537Wrapping a Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) key with a Triple-Data Encryption Standard (DES) Key or an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) KeyCurrent

  May 2003

• RFC 3948UDP Encapsulation of IPsec ESP PacketsCurrent

  January 2005

• RFC 3268Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Ciphersuites for Transport Layer Security (TLS)Obsoleted

  July 2002

• RFC 4106The Use of Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) in IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)Current

  June 2005

• RFC 4301Security Architecture for the Internet ProtocolUpdated

  December 2005

• RFC 4302IP Authentication HeaderCurrent

  December 2005

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• PROPOSED STANDARD
• 2004
• IETF stream
• sec area