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| MPLS Working Group L. Andersson | MPLS Working Group L. Andersson | |||
| Internet-Draft Bronze Dragon Consulting | Internet-Draft Bronze Dragon Consulting | |||
| Intended status: Informational S. Bryant | Intended status: Informational S. Bryant | |||
| Expires: September 2, 2018 A. Malis | Expires: September 2, 2018 A. Malis | |||
| Huawei Technologies | Huawei Technologies | |||
| N. Leymann | N. Leymann | |||
| Deutshe Telekom | Deutsche Telekom | |||
| G. Swallow | G. Swallow | |||
| Independent | Independent | |||
| March 1, 2018 | March 1, 2018 | |||
| Deprecating MD5 for LDP | Deprecating MD5 for LDP | |||
| draft-nslag-mpls-deprecate-md5-01.txt | draft-nslag-mpls-deprecate-md5-02.txt | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| When the MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) was specified circa | When the MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) was specified circa | |||
| 1999, there were very strong requirements that LDP should use a | 1999, there were very strong requirements that LDP should use a | |||
| cryptographic hash function to sign LDP protocol messages. MD5 was | cryptographic hash function to sign LDP protocol messages. MD5 was | |||
| widely used at that time, and was the obvious choices. | widely used at that time, and was the obvious choices. | |||
| However, even when this decision was being taken there were concerns | However, even when this decision was being taken there were concerns | |||
| as to whether MD5 was a strong enough signing option. This | as to whether MD5 was a strong enough signing option. This | |||
| skipping to change at page 7, line 12 ¶ | skipping to change at page 7, line 12 ¶ | |||
| Email: loa@pi.nu | Email: loa@pi.nu | |||
| Stewart Bryant | Stewart Bryant | |||
| Huawei Technologies | Huawei Technologies | |||
| Email: stewart.bryant@gmail.com | Email: stewart.bryant@gmail.com | |||
| Andrew G. Malis | Andrew G. Malis | |||
| Huawei Technologies | Huawei Technologies | |||
| Email: stewart.bryant@gmail.com | Email: agmalis@gmail.com | |||
| Nicolai Leymanm | Nicolai Leymann | |||
| Deutshe Telekom | Deutsche Telekom | |||
| Email: N.Leymann@telekom.de | Email: N.Leymann@telekom.de | |||
| George Swallow | George Swallow | |||
| Independent | Independent | |||
| Email: swallow.ietf@gmail.com | Email: swallow.ietf@gmail.com | |||
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