RFC 3329 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2003

Security Mechanism Agreement for the Session Initiation Protocol

Overview

RFC 3329, “Security Mechanism Agreement for the Session Initiation Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2003 by J. Arkko, V. Torvinen, G. Camarillo, A. Niemi, T. Haukka. It has since been updated by RFC 8996. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines new functionality for negotiating the security mechanisms used between a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) user agent and its next-hop SIP entity. This new functionality supplements the existing methods of choosing security mechanisms between SIP entities.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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RFC 8996
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