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	Title		: SILC Key Exchange and Authentication Protocols
	Author(s)	: P. Riikonen
	Filename	: draft-riikonen-silc-ke-auth-00.txt
	Pages		: 20
	Date		: 28-Jun-00
	
This memo describes two protocols used in the Secure Internet Live
Conferencing (SILC) protocol specified in the Secure Internet Live
Conferencing, Protocol Specification internet-draft [SILC1].  The
SILC Key Exchange (SKE) protocol provides secure key exchange between
two parties resulting into shared secret key material.  The protocol
is based on Diffie Hellman key exchange algorithm and its functionality
is derived from several key exchange protocols.  SKE uses best parts
of the SSH2 Key Exchange protocol, Station-To-Station (STS) protocol
and the OAKLEY Key Determination protocol [OAKLEY].
The SILC Connection Authentication protocol provides user level
authentication used when creating connections in SILC network.  The
protocol is transparent to the authentication data which means that it
can be used to authenticate the user with, for example, passphrase
(pre-shared- secret) or public key (and certificate).

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