Re: DNS and VPN

Bronislav Kavsan <bkavsan@ire-ma.com> Mon, 23 March 1998 21:46 UTC

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Kumar V. Vemuri wrote:

>   b. Recently, in the mailing list, there was a reference to the SKIX
>      (Symmetic Key Infrastructure Architecture) and X.17 in the context
>      of symmetric manual keying in IPSec. Could someone point me to
>      the appropriate IETF group that is working on this ?

It is actually X9.17, which is used by some products to manage distribution
of symmetric keys.
SKIX - is a name for ficticious IETF WG (like AKULA, or DOORAK, etc).
So, I suggested to start this WG to people who want to use manual keing for
commercial use and to use X9.17 as a starting point.

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