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        RFC 2847

        Title:      LIPKEY - A Low Infrastructure Public Key Mechanism
                    Using SPKM
        Author(s):  M. Eisler
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       June 2000
        Mailbox:    mre@zambeel.com
        Pages:      22
        Characters: 50045
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-cat-lipkey-03.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2847.txt


This memorandum describes a method whereby one can use GSS-API
[RFC2078] to supply a secure channel between a client and server,
authenticating the client with a password, and a server with a public
key certificate.  As such, it is analogous to the common low
infrastructure usage of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol
[RFC2246].
 
The method leverages the existing Simple Public Key Mechanism (SPKM)
[RFC2025], and is specified as a separate GSS-API mechanism (LIPKEY)
layered above SPKM.

This document is a product of the Common Authentication Technology
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
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