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	Title		: Guidelines for Cryptographic Key Management
	Author(s)	: S. Bellovin, R. Housley
	Filename	: draft-bellovin-mandate-keymgmt-03.txt
	Pages		: 8
	Date		: 2005-1-11

The question often arises of whether or not a given security system
   requires some form of automated key management, or whether manual
   keying is sufficient.  This memo proposes guidelines for making such
   decisions.  The presumption is that when symmetric cryptographic
   mechanisms are used in a protocol, then automated key management is
   generally but not always needed.  If manual keying is proposed, the
   burden of proving that automated key management is not required falls
   to the proposer.

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