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Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments (ACE): Overview of Existing Security Protocols
draft-tschofenig-ace-overview-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Hannes Tschofenig
Last updated 2014-08-18 (Latest revision 2014-02-14)
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Abstract

This document surveys existing three party authentication and authorization protocols for use with Internet of Things use cases. The discussed protocol frameworks are Kerberos, OAuth, ABFAB, and the certificate model. The aim is to understand whether any of the available standardized security protocols are re-usable for constrained environments. A future version of this document will provide a more detailed analysis against the requirements.

Authors

Hannes Tschofenig

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