RFC 4835: Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 7321.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 4302 — IP Authentication Header; RFC 4303 — IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP); RFC 8221 — Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements and Usage Guidance for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The IPsec series of protocols makes use of various cryptographic algorithms in order to provide security services. The Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and the Authentication Header (AH) provide two mechanisms for protecting data being sent over an IPsec Security Association (SA). To ensure interoperability between disparate implementations, it is necessary to specify a set of mandatory-to-implement algorithms to ensure that there is at least one algorithm that all implementations will have available. This document defines the current set of mandatory-to-implement algorithms for ESP and AH as well as specifying algorithms that should be implemented because they may be promoted to mandatory at some future time. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC4835
- Published
- April 2007
- Authors
- V. Manral
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 10
- Also known as
- —
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This document is one revision in a chain of 10 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
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Related documents
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- RFC 4303IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)Current
December 2005
- RFC 4302IP Authentication HeaderCurrent
December 2005
- RFC 2406IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)Obsoleted
November 1998
- RFC 2404The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AHCurrent
November 1998
- RFC 4301Security Architecture for the Internet ProtocolUpdated
December 2005
- RFC 2402IP Authentication HeaderObsoleted
November 1998
- RFC 1829The ESP DES-CBC TransformCurrent
August 1995
- RFC 1828IP Authentication using Keyed MD5Current
August 1995
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