Diffie-Helman USM Key Management Information Base and Textual Convention
RFC 2786, “Diffie-Helman USM Key Management Information Base and Textual Convention”, is an Experimental document published in March 2000 by M. St. Johns. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo defines an experimental portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols the Internet community. In particular, it defines a textual convention for doing Diffie-Helman key agreement key exchanges an set of objects which extend the usmUserTable to permit the use of DH key exchange in addition to the key change method. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
What “Experimental” means
Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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