RFC 4106 on The Use of Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) in IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

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        RFC 4106

        Title:      The Use of Galois/Counter Mode (GCM)
                    in IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
        Author(s):  J. Viega, D. McGrew
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       June 2005
        Mailbox:    viega@securesoftware.com, mcgrew@cisco.com
        Pages:      11
        Characters: 23399
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-aes-gcm-00.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4106.txt

This memo describes the use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
in Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) as an IPsec Encapsulating Security
Payload (ESP) mechanism to provide confidentiality and data origin
authentication.  This method can be efficiently implemented in
hardware for speeds of 10 gigabits per second and above, and is also
well-suited to software implementations.

This document is a product of the IP Security Protocol Working Group. 

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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