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RFC 4808: Key Change Strategies for TCP-MD5

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The TCP-MD5 option is most commonly used to secure BGP sessions between routers. However, changing the long-term key is difficult, since the change needs to be synchronized between different organizations. We describe single-ended strategies that will permit (mostly) unsynchronized key changes. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC4808
Published
March 2007
Authors
S. Bellovin
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
Pages
8
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