RFC 9145: Integrity Protection for the Network Service Header (NSH) and Encryption of Sensitive Context Headers

This specification presents an optional method to add integrity protection directly to the Network Service Header (NSH) used for Service Function Chaining…

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Outgoing relationships (12 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 2104: HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
Normative reference — RFC 5116: An Interface and Algorithms for Authenticated Encryption
Normative reference — RFC 7665: Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 4868: Using HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-384, and HMAC-SHA-512 with IPsec
Normative reference — RFC 4107: Guidelines for Cryptographic Key Management
Normative reference — RFC 8300: Network Service Header (NSH)
Informative reference — RFC 8915: Network Time Security for the Network Time Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 8877: Guidelines for Defining Packet Timestamps
Informative reference — RFC 8459: Hierarchical Service Function Chaining (hSFC)
Informative reference — RFC 8633: Network Time Protocol Best Current Practices

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9263: Network Service Header (NSH) Metadata Type 2 Variable-Length Context Headers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9451: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Packet and Behavior in the Network Service Header (NSH)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9516: Active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Service Function Chaining (SFC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9946: The UDP Speed Test Protocol (UDPSTP) for One-Way IP Capacity Metric Measurement