Technical Summary
This document is one of a series concerned with defining a
roadmap of protocol specification work for the use of modern
cryptographic mechanisms and algorithms for message
authentication in routing protocols. In particular, it defines
the framework for a key management protocol that may be used to
create and manage session keys for message authentication and
integrity.
Working Group Summary
The working group support publication of this document as an
informational document. If there is significant evolution in practice
based on experience with this, a revision may be published if that is
deemed useful for future reference.
Document Quality
As a guideline document for future work, there is not a machine
implementation. It is to be noted that some folks have been bypassing
the procedures in this document. It is hoped that approval of the
document will provide support for better inter-working-group cooperation
to make this process work well for all concerned.
Personnel
Joel Halpern is the Document Shepherd for this document.
Stewart Bryant is the Responsible Area Director.