Last Call: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol to Proposed Standard

[The IESG <iesg-secretary at ns.ietf.org>]

The IESG has received a request from the IP Security Protocol Working
Group to consider publication of the following Internet-Drafts as
Proposed Standards:

 o Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol 
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-arch-sec-04.txt>
 o IP Authentication Header
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-auth-header-05.xt>
 o The Use of HMAC-MD5-96 within ESP and AH 
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-auth-hmac-md5-96-03.txt>
 o The Use of HMAC-SHA-1-96 within ESP and AH 
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-auth-hmac-sha196-03.txt>
 o The ESP DES-CBC Cipher Algorithm With Explicit IV 
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-des-expiv-02.txt> 
 o IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-esp-v2-04.txt>
 o The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP 
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-ipsec-doi-08.txt> 
 o Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) 
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-09.txt> 
 o The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-oakley-07.txt>
 o The NULL Encryption Algorithm and Its Use With IPsec 
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-null-00.txt> 


The IESG will also consider publication of the following
Internet-Drafts as Informational RFCs:

 o IP Security Protocol Working Group to consider IP Security Document
   Roadmap
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-doc-roadmap-02.txt>
 o The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol
	<draft-ietf-ipsec-oakley-02.txt> 

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action.  Please send any comments to the 
iesg at ietf.org or ietf at ietf.org mailing lists by April 11, 1998.

Files can be obtained via:

ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-arch-sec-04.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-auth-header-05.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-auth-hmac-md5-96-03.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-auth-hmac-sha196-03.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-des-expiv-02.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-esp-v2-04.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-ipsec-doi-08.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-09.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-isakmp-oakley-07.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-ciph-null-00.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-doc-roadmap-02.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-oakley-02.txt