RFC 6039: Issues with Existing Cryptographic Protection Methods for Routing Protocols

Routing protocols have been extended over time to use cryptographic mechanisms to ensure that data received from a neighboring router has not been modified in…

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Outgoing relationships (20 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Normative reference — RFC 5340: OSPF for IPv6
Normative reference — RFC 1195: Use of OSI IS-IS for routing in TCP/IP and dual environments
Normative reference — RFC 5304: IS-IS Cryptographic Authentication
Normative reference — RFC 5310: IS-IS Generic Cryptographic Authentication
Normative reference — RFC 4552: Authentication/Confidentiality for OSPFv3
Normative reference — RFC 2453: RIP Version 2
Normative reference — RFC 4822: RIPv2 Cryptographic Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 2104: HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 1321: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
Informative reference — RFC 5880: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
Informative reference — RFC 5925: The TCP Authentication Option
Informative reference — RFC 5881: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
Informative reference — RFC 5709: OSPFv2 HMAC-SHA Cryptographic Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 4270: Attacks on Cryptographic Hashes in Internet Protocols
Informative reference — RFC 2154: OSPF with Digital Signatures
Informative reference — RFC 1058: Routing Information Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5883: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multihop Paths
Informative reference — RFC 3562: Key Management Considerations for the TCP MD5 Signature Option
Informative reference — RFC 1388: RIP Version 2 Carrying Additional Information

Incoming relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7492: Analysis of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Security According to the Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design Guidelines
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6952: Analysis of BGP, LDP, PCEP, and MSDP Issues According to the Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design Guide
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7176: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) Use of IS-IS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7474: Security Extension for OSPFv2 When Using Manual Key Management
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7166: Supporting Authentication Trailer for OSPFv3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6518: Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design Guidelines
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6326: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) Use of IS-IS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6506: Supporting Authentication Trailer for OSPFv3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7298: Babel Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) Cryptographic Authentication
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7645: The Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocol (KARP) IS-IS Security Analysis