A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 5295 Title: Specification for the Derivation of Root Keys from an Extended Master Session Key (EMSK) Author: J. Salowey, L. Dondeti, V. Narayanan, M. Nakhjiri Status: Standards Track Date: August 2008 Mailbox: jsalowey@cisco.com, ldondeti@qualcomm.com, vidyan@qualcomm.com, madjid.nakhjiri@motorola.com Pages: 21 Characters: 45622 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-hokey-emsk-hierarchy-07.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5295.txt The Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) defined the Extended Master Session Key (EMSK) generation, but reserved it for unspecified future uses. This memo reserves the EMSK for the sole purpose of deriving root keys. Root keys are master keys that can be used for multiple purposes, identified by usage definitions. This document also specifies a mechanism for avoiding conflicts between root keys by deriving them in a manner that guarantees cryptographic separation. Finally, this document also defines one such root key usage: Domain-Specific Root Keys are root keys made available to and used within specific key management domains. [STANDARDS TRACK] This document is a product of the Handover Keying Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. STANDARDS TRACK: 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 Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team USC/Information Sciences Institute _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce