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RFC 9145: Integrity Protection for the Network Service Header (NSH) and Encryption of Sensitive Context Headers

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This specification presents an optional method to add integrity protection directly to the Network Service Header (NSH) used for Service Function Chaining (SFC). Also, this specification allows for the encryption of sensitive metadata (MD) that is carried in the NSH.

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Document ID
RFC9145
Published
December 2021
Authors
M. Boucadair; T. Reddy.K; D. Wing
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
25
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