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Requirements for Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) Schemes
RFC 8125

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2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['Password', 'Key Agreement', 'Password-Authenticated Key Agreement', 'Cryptographic Protocol']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Schmidt": changed name from "Joern-Marc Schmidt" to "J. Schmidt", cleared country (was "Germany"), changed order from "0" to "1"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2017-04-19
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8125, changed title to 'Requirements for Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) Schemes', changed abstract to 'Password-Authenticated …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8125, changed title to 'Requirements for Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) Schemes', changed abstract to 'Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) schemes are interactive protocols that allow the participants to authenticate each other and derive shared cryptographic keys using a (weaker) shared password.  This document reviews different types of PAKE schemes.  Furthermore, it presents requirements and gives recommendations to designers of new schemes.  It is a product of the Crypto Forum Research Group (CFRG).', changed standardization level to Informational, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2017-04-19, changed IRTF state to Published RFC)
2017-04-19
(System) RFC published