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BCP 107
RFC 4107
Title: Guidelines for Cryptographic Key Management
Author(s): S. Bellovin, R. Housley
Status: Best Current Practice
Date: June 2005
Mailbox: bellovin@acm.org, housley@vigilsec.com
Pages: 7
Characters: 14752
SeeAlso: BCP 107
I-D Tag: draft-bellovin-mandate-keymgmt-03.txt
URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4107.txt
The question often arises of whether a given security system requires
some form of automated key management, or whether manual keying is
sufficient. This memo provides guidelines for making such decisions.
When symmetric cryptographic mechanisms are used in a protocol, the
presumption is that automated key management is generally but not
always needed. If manual keying is proposed, the burden of proving
that automated key management is not required falls to the proposer.
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