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RFC 8928: Address-Protected Neighbor Discovery for Low-Power and Lossy Networks

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This document updates the IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol defined in RFCs 6775 and 8505. The new extension is called Address-Protected Neighbor Discovery (AP-ND), and it protects the owner of an address against address theft and impersonation attacks in a Low-Power and Lossy Network (LLN). Nodes supporting this extension compute a cryptographic identifier (Crypto-ID), and use it with one or more of their Registered Addresses. The Crypto-ID identifies the owner of the Registered Address and can be used to provide proof of ownership of the Registered Addresses. Once an address is registered with the Crypto-ID and a proof of ownership is provided, only the owner of that address can modify the registration information, thereby enforcing Source Address Validation.

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Document ID
RFC8928
Published
November 2020
Authors
P. Thubert; B. Sarikaya; M. Sethi; R. Struik
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
29
Also known as
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Updates:
RFC 8505
Updated by:
RFC 9926, RFC 9927

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