I-D Action:draft-iab-auth-mech-07.txt

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	Title           : A Survey of Authentication Mechanisms
	Author(s)       : E. Rescorla, G. Lebovitz
	Filename        : draft-iab-auth-mech-07.txt
	Pages           : 60
	Date            : 2010-02-27

Authentication is a common security issue for the design of Internet
protocols.  A wide variety of authentication technologies are
available.  A common problem is knowing which technology to choose or
which of a variety of essentially similar implementations of a given
technique to choose.  This memo provides a survey of available
authentication mechanisms and guidance on selecting one for a given
protocol.

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