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STREAMS Modulesauthmd5h(7M)


NAME

 authmd5h - HMAC-MD5 Authentication Algorithm Module for IPsec

SYNOPSIS

 
strmod/authmd5h

DESCRIPTION

 

This module implements the HMAC-MD5 authentication algorithm using the MD5 message-digest algorithm and the HMAC technique documented in RFC 2104. The authmd5h module has the following properties:

key size
128 bits
digest size
96 bits (truncated from 128)
authmd5h is used by both AH and ESP.

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWcsr (32-bit)
SUNWcarx (64-bit)
Interface StabilityEvolving

SEE ALSO

 

ipseckey(1M), attributes(5), pf_key(7P), ipsec(7P), ipsecah(7P), ipsecesp(7P)

Krawczyk, H., Ballare, M., and Canetti, R., RFC 2104, HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication, The Internet Society, 1997

Madsen, C. and Glenn, R., RFC 2403, The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH, The Internet Society, 1998.

Rivest, R., RFC 1321, The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, The Internet Society, 1992.


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 28 Mar 2001

 
      
      
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