I-D ACTION:draft-bew-ipsec-signatures-00.txt

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	Title		: The Use of RSA Signatures within ESP and AH
	Author(s)	: B. Weis
	Filename	: draft-bew-ipsec-signatures-00.txt
	Pages		: 7
	Date		: 2002-10-28
	
This memo describes the use of the RSA Signature algorithm [RSA] as 
an authentication algorithm within the revised IPSEC Encapsulating 
Security Payload [ESP] and the revised IPSEC Authentication Header 
[AH]. The use of a digital signature algorithm such as RSA provides 
origin authentication, even when ESP and AH are used to secure group 
data flows. 
Further information on the other components necessary for ESP and AH 
implementations is provided by [ROADMAP].

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