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Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM)
draft-housley-ccm-mode-02

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Document Type
This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 3610.
Authors Doug Whiting , Russ Housley , Niels Ferguson
Last updated 2022-01-28 (Latest revision 2003-02-21)
RFC stream Independent Submission
Intended RFC status Informational
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IESG IESG state Became RFC 3610 (Informational)
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Responsible AD Steven M. Bellovin
Send notices to <nicky.ferguson@bris.ac.uk>
draft-housley-ccm-mode-02
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        RFC 3610

        Title:      Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM)
        Author(s):  D. Whiting, R. Housley, N. Ferguson
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       September 2003
        Mailbox:    dwhiting@hifn.com, housley@vigilsec.com,
                    niels@macfergus.com
        Pages:      26
        Characters: 64509
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-housley-ccm-mode-02.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3610.txt

Counter with CBC-MAC (CCM) is a generic authenticated encryption block
cipher mode.  CCM is defined for use with 128-bit block ciphers, such
as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

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