Network Time Protocol: TCP Services: Key Exchange
draft-stenn-ntp-tcp-services-keyexchange-00

Abstract

This document describes the Key Exchange commands that are included in the NTP TCP Services protocol, which is used to implement the Secure Network Time protocol.

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Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. Requirements Language
• 2. NTP TCP Services: Key Exchange
• 3. IANA Considerations
• 4. Security Considerations
• 5. Normative References
• Authors' Addresses

1. Introduction

The NTP Secure Network Time proposal relies on the secure pre-exchange of information to create and validate NTP MACs,

This secure pre-exchange is performed using NTP TCP Services.

This document describes that protocol.

1.1. Requirements Language

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

2. NTP TCP Services: Key Exchange

To perform the key exchange for Secure Network Time, one side opens a TCP connection to the other host, performs any initial handshake, and SHOULD issue a STARTTLS directive to create a secure channel between the two processes.

Once that has been done, ...

RFC 5705

RFC 7301

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3. IANA Considerations

TBD

4. Security Considerations

Additional information TBD

5. Normative References

Authors' Addresses