RFC 7321 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2014

Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements and Usage Guidance for Encapsulating Security Payload and Authentication Header

Overview

RFC 7321, “Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements and Usage Guidance for Encapsulating Security Payload and Authentication Header”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2014 by D. McGrew, P. Hoffman. It obsoletes RFC 4835. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8221 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document updates the Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements for the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH). It also adds usage guidance to help in the selection of these algorithms.

ESP and AH protocols make use of various cryptographic algorithms to provide confidentiality and/or data origin authentication to protected data communications in the IP Security (IPsec) architecture. To ensure interoperability between disparate implementations, the IPsec standard specifies a set of mandatory-to- implement algorithms. This document specifies the current set of mandatory-to-implement algorithms for ESP and AH, specifies algorithms that should be implemented because they may be promoted to mandatory at some future time, and also recommends against the implementation of some obsolete algorithms. Usage guidance is also provided to help the user of ESP and AH best achieve their security goals through appropriate choices of cryptographic algorithms.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 4835
Obsoleted by
RFC 8221
Other RFCs from 2014

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