Using Classic McEliece in the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)
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draft-smyslov-ipsecme-ikev2-mceliece-00
Network Working Group V. Smyslov
Internet-Draft ELVIS-PLUS
Intended status: Standards Track Y. Nir
Expires: 30 March 2026 Dell Technologies
26 September 2025
Using Classic McEliece in the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
(IKEv2)
draft-smyslov-ipsecme-ikev2-mceliece-00
Abstract
This document specifies how Classic McEliece Key Encapsulation
Mechanism (KEM) is used in IKEv2.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology and Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Classic McEliece KEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4. Using Classic McEliece in IKEv2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
2. Terminology and Notation
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
It is assumed that readers are familiar with the IKEv2 protocol
[RFC7296].
3. Classic McEliece KEM
4. Using Classic McEliece in IKEv2
5. Security Considerations
6. IANA Considerations
7. Acknowledgements
8. References
8.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
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[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC7296] Kaufman, C., Hoffman, P., Nir, Y., Eronen, P., and T.
Kivinen, "Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
(IKEv2)", STD 79, RFC 7296, DOI 10.17487/RFC7296, October
2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7296>.
[RFC7383] Smyslov, V., "Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
(IKEv2) Message Fragmentation", RFC 7383,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7383, November 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7383>.
[RFC9242] Smyslov, V., "Intermediate Exchange in the Internet Key
Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)", RFC 9242,
DOI 10.17487/RFC9242, May 2022,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9242>.
[RFC9370] Tjhai, CJ., Tomlinson, M., Bartlett, G., Fluhrer, S., Van
Geest, D., Garcia-Morchon, O., and V. Smyslov, "Multiple
Key Exchanges in the Internet Key Exchange Protocol
Version 2 (IKEv2)", RFC 9370, DOI 10.17487/RFC9370, May
2023, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9370>.
[I-D.josefsson-mceliece]
Josefsson, S., "Classic McEliece", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-josefsson-mceliece-03, 7 July 2025,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-josefsson-
mceliece-03>.
[I-D.nir-ipsecme-big-payload]
Nir, Y., "A Larger Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2)
Payload", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-nir-
ipsecme-big-payload-06, 14 September 2025,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-nir-ipsecme-
big-payload-06>.
8.2. Informative References
[RFC9329] Pauly, T. and V. Smyslov, "TCP Encapsulation of Internet
Key Exchange Protocol (IKE) and IPsec Packets", RFC 9329,
DOI 10.17487/RFC9329, November 2022,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9329>.
[I-D.smyslov-ipsecme-ikev2-reliable-transport]
Smyslov, V. and T. Reddy.K, "Separate Transports for IKE
and ESP", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-smyslov-
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ipsecme-ikev2-reliable-transport-04, 15 April 2025,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-smyslov-
ipsecme-ikev2-reliable-transport-04>.
Authors' Addresses
Valery Smyslov
ELVIS-PLUS
Russian Federation
Email: svan@elvis.ru
Yoav Nir
Dell Technologies
9 Andrei Sakharov St
Haifa 3190500
Israel
Email: ynir.ietf@gmail.com
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