The IESG has approved the following document: - 'On the Use of Channel Bindings to Secure Channels ' <draft-williams-on-channel-binding-04.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Sam Hartman. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-williams-on-channel-binding-04.txt Technical Summary The concept of channel binding allows applications to establish that the two end-points of a secure channel at one network layer are the same as at a higher layer by binding authentication at the higher layer to the channel at the lower layer. This allows applications to delegate session protection to lower layers, which has various performance benefits. This document discusses and formalizes the concept of channel binding to secure channels. Working Group Summary This document is not the product of any working group, but has been reviewed on the saag list. The concept has become important to many working groups in the security area including kitten and btns. This concept is also important to groups outside the security area. Protocol Quality Sam Hartman reviewed this document for the IESG. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
