rfc-4808

Key Change Strategies for TCP-MD5

S. Bellovin
date2007-03 streamIETF wgnon working group statusINFORMATIONAL pages8 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4808 doi10.17487/RFC4808
The TCP-MD5 option is most commonly used to secure BGP sessions between routers. However, changing the long-term key is difficult, since the change needs to be synchronized between different organizations. We describe single-ended strategies that will permit (mostly) unsynchronized key changes. This memo provides information for the Internet community.