RFC 8133: The Security Evaluated Standardized Password-Authenticated Key Exchange (SESPAKE) Protocol
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This document describes the Security Evaluated Standardized Password- Authenticated Key Exchange (SESPAKE) protocol. The SESPAKE protocol provides password-authenticated key exchange for usage in systems for protection of sensitive information. The security proofs of the protocol were made for situations involving an active adversary in the channel, including man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks and attacks based on the impersonation of one of the subjects.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8133
- Published
- March 2017
- Authors
- S. Smyshlyaev; E. Alekseev; I. Oshkin; V. Popov
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- INDEPENDENT
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 51
- Also known as
- —
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