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RFC 7349: LDP Hello Cryptographic Authentication

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This document introduces a new optional Cryptographic Authentication TLV that LDP can use to secure its Hello messages. It secures the Hello messages against spoofing attacks and some well-known attacks against the IP header. This document describes a mechanism to secure the LDP Hello messages using Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Secure Hash Standard family of algorithms.

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Document ID
RFC7349
Published
August 2014
Authors
L. Zheng; M. Chen; M. Bhatia
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
14
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