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RFC 3740: The Multicast Group Security Architecture

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This document provides an overview and rationale of the multicast security architecture used to secure data packets of large multicast groups. The document begins by introducing a Multicast Security Reference Framework, and proceeds to identify the security services that may be part of a secure multicast solution. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC3740
Published
March 2004
Authors
T. Hardjono; B. Weis
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
26
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