RFC 4754 on IKE and IKEv2 Authentication Using the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)

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        RFC 4754

        Title:      IKE and IKEv2 Authentication Using 
                    the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm 
                    (ECDSA) 
        Author:     D. Fu, J. Solinas
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       January 2007
        Mailbox:    defu@orion.ncsc.mil, 
                    jasolin@orion.ncsc.mil
        Pages:      15
        Characters: 27948
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipsec-ike-auth-ecdsa-06.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4754.txt

This document describes how the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature
Algorithm (ECDSA) may be used as the authentication method within
the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and Internet Key Exchange version 2
(IKEv2) protocols.  ECDSA may provide benefits including
computational efficiency, small signature sizes, and minimal
bandwidth compared to other available digital signature methods.
This document adds ECDSA capability to IKE and IKEv2 without
introducing any changes to existing IKE operation.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and 
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