Protocol Action: RIP-II Cryptographic Authentication to Proposed Standard

The IESG <iesg-secretary@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Tue, 10 September 1996 15:34 UTC

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Subject: Protocol Action: RIP-II Cryptographic Authentication to Proposed Standard
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:29:55 -0400
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  The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "RIP-II Cryptographic
  Authentication" <draft-ietf-ripv2-md5-04.txt> as a Proposed Standard.
  This document is the product of the RIP Working Group. The
  IESG contact person is Joel Halpern.

Technical Summary

 RIP currently uses either no security, or just password security, to
 authenticate its routing exchanges with its neighbors. While this is
 sufficient for many situations, there are signficant cases where
 better peer authentication is required. This document defines a
 methodology and protocol extension to use secret passwords and MD5 to
 authenticate the routing exchange.

Working Group Summary

 While a consistent approach to peer authentication across all layers
 and protocols is desired and is not yet achieved, the working group
 felt that this document provide a sound mechanism for RIP
 authentication.

Protocol Quality

 The protocol has been reviewed by the Routing Area Director (Joel M.
 Halpern) and is sound. Implementations do exist.

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