Subject: [Mip6] FW: I-D ACTION:draft-vidya-rfc4285-security-analysis-00.txt

From: "Narayanan, Vidya" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:32:46 -0800

All,
A number of people have asked about the security concerns with RFC4285.
This draft provides an analysis of that. Please send any comments to me.

Thanks,
Vidya

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> 	Title		: Security Analysis of RFC4285
> 	Author(s)	: V. Narayanan
> 	Filename	: draft-vidya-rfc4285-security-analysis-00.txt
> 	Pages		: 9
> 	Date		: 2006-12-19
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>   RFC4285 [1] provides a means of using pre-shared key (PSK) based or
>    AAA-based credentials for Mobile IPv6.  It is intended to provide a
>    light-weight security mechanism for MIP6 signaling.  However, the
>    protocol comes with a set of security issues that are worth looking
>    at.  This document presents a security analysis on the protocol.
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