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RFC 9467: Relaxed Packet Counter Verification for Babel MAC Authentication

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This document relaxes the packet verification rules defined in "MAC Authentication for the Babel Routing Protocol" (RFC 8967) in order to make the protocol more robust in the presence of packet reordering. This document updates RFC 8967.

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Document ID
RFC9467
Published
January 2024
Authors
J. Chroboczek; T. Høiland-Jørgensen
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
8
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RFC 8967

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