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RFC 8760: The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Digest Access Authentication Scheme

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This document updates RFC 3261 by modifying the Digest Access Authentication scheme used by the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to add support for more secure digest algorithms, e.g., SHA-256 and SHA-512/256, to replace the obsolete MD5 algorithm.

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Document ID
RFC8760
Published
March 2020
Authors
R. Shekh-Yusef
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
9
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RFC 3261

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