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Protocol Action: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol to Proposed Standard


The IESG has approved the Internet-Drafts  as a Proposed Standards:

1. Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-arch-02.txt>
2. IP Authentication Header <draft-ietf-ipsec-auth-02.txt>
3. IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) <draft-ietf-ipsec-esp-01.txt>
4. IP Authentication using Keyed MD5 <draft-ietf-ipsec-ah-md5-03.txt>
5. The ESP DES-CBC Transform <draft-ietf-ipsec-esp-des-cbc-04.txt>


These documents are the product of the IP Security Protocol Working
Group. The IESG contact person is Jeffrey Schiller.

Technical Summary

  These documents specify mechanisms for providing Authentication,
  Integrity, and Confidentiality of data traveling at the IP (both IPv4
  and IPv6) layer. Although not intended as a replacement for security
  services at other layers of the protocol stack, this technology
  provides significant benefit to the many applications that today use
  the network with little or no security protection.


Working Group Summary

  After an extended period of discussion and debate, the Working Group
  has come to consensus around these five documents. More work remains
  to be done, including the development of an Internet key management
  protocol, which the working group is currently addressing. Although
  an automated key management protocol is not yet specified, the above
  documents do not require a specific mechanism, by design. As such
  they are implementable as they stand.

Protocol Quality

  Jeff Schiller reviewed these protocols for the IESG. The need for
  security services on the Internet is now well known and these
  protocols provide an effective and in many cases transparent solution
  for many of the Internet Security problems we are experiencing today.
  Several implementations are currently underway and there is high
  confidence that these protocols will operate properly.

Note: A formal response to the comments raised during the Last Call
      period will be forthcoming.