RFC 6631 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2012

Password Authenticated Connection Establishment with the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2

Overview

RFC 6631, “Password Authenticated Connection Establishment with the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2”, is an Experimental document published in June 2012 by D. Kuegler, Y. Sheffer. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Internet Key Exchange protocol version 2 (IKEv2) does not allow secure peer authentication when using short credential strings, i.e., passwords. Several proposals have been made to integrate password-authentication protocols into IKE. This document provides an adaptation of Password Authenticated Connection Establishment (PACE) to the setting of IKEv2 and demonstrates the advantages of this integration. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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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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