A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7630 Title: HMAC-SHA-2 Authentication Protocols in the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3 Author: J. Merkle, Ed., M. Lochter Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: October 2015 Mailbox: johannes.merkle@secunet.com, manfred.lochter@bsi.bund.de Pages: 14 Characters: 29324 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-opsawg-hmac-sha-2-usm-snmp-06.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7630 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7630 This memo specifies new HMAC-SHA-2 authentication protocols for the User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3 defined in RFC 3414. This document is a product of the Operations and Management Area Working Group Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. 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 Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) 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 https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://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 Association Management Solutions, LLC