Subject: [IPsec] RFC 8031 on Curve25519 and Curve448 for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) Key Agreement

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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 08:44:52 -0800 (PST)

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        RFC 8031

        Title:      Curve25519 and Curve448 for the 
                    Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 
                    (IKEv2) Key Agreement 
        Author:     Y. Nir, S. Josefsson
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       December 2016
        Mailbox:    [email-masked], 
                    [email-masked]
        Pages:      8
        Characters: 14969
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ipsecme-safecurves-05.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8031

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC8031

This document describes the use of Curve25519 and Curve448 for
ephemeral key exchange in the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version
2 (IKEv2).

This document is a product of the IP Security Maintenance and Extensions Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard.

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