The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 Algorithm for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE)
draft-ietf-ipsec-aes-xcbc-prf-01

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    RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, 
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 algorithm for 
         IKE' to Proposed Standard 

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'The AES-XCBC-PRF-128 algorithm for IKE '
   <draft-ietf-ipsec-aes-xcbc-prf-02.txt> as a Proposed Standard

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

The IESG contact persons are Russ Housley and Tim Polk.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-aes-xcbc-prf-02.txt

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

  Some implementations of IPsec may want to use a pseudo-random function
  derived from AES.  This document describes such an algorithm, called
  AES-XCBC-PRF-128.

Working Group Summary

  The IPsec Working Group came to consensus on this document.

Protocol Quality

  This document was reviewed by Russell Housley for the IESG.

RFC Editor Note