RFC 6506: Supporting Authentication Trailer for OSPFv3

Currently, OSPF for IPv6 (OSPFv3) uses IPsec as the only mechanism for authenticating protocol packets. This behavior is different from authentication…

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Outgoing relationships (11 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 5340: OSPF for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 2104: HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 4303: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Informative reference — RFC 4302: IP Authentication Header
Informative reference — RFC 6234: US Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA and SHA-based HMAC and HKDF)
Informative reference — RFC 5996: Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)
Informative reference — RFC 4552: Authentication/Confidentiality for OSPFv3
Informative reference — RFC 6039: Issues with Existing Cryptographic Protection Methods for Routing Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 5613: OSPF Link-Local Signaling

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by, Informatively referenced by — RFC 7166: Supporting Authentication Trailer for OSPFv3
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6845: OSPF Hybrid Broadcast and Point-to-Multipoint Interface Type
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7474: Security Extension for OSPFv2 When Using Manual Key Management
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7298: Babel Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) Cryptographic Authentication
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6992: Routing for IPv4-Embedded IPv6 Packets