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RFC 8125
Requirements for Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) Schemes,April 2017
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- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Author:
- J. Schmidt
- Stream:
- IRTF
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8125
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Abstract
Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) schemes are interactiveprotocols that allow the participants to authenticate each other andderive shared cryptographic keys using a (weaker) shared password.This document reviews different types of PAKE schemes. Furthermore,it presents requirements and gives recommendations to designers ofnew schemes. It is a product of the Crypto Forum Research Group(CFRG).
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.