MIKEY, Multimedia Internet KEYing

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Description:

Protocol suite: TCP/IP.
Type:
MIME subtype:application/mikey.
SNMP MIBs:
Working groups: msec, Multicast Security.
Links:

MIKEY header:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 2425262728293031
Version Type MIKEY payload [] :::

Version. 8 bits.
Specifies the format of the MIKEY packet header.

Type. 8 bits.
Specifies the message type of the header.

ValueMessage typeDescription
0Pre-shared.Initiator's pre-shared key message.
1PSK verification message.Verification message of a pre-shared key message.
2Public key.Initiator's public-key transport message.
3PK verification message.Verification message of a public-key message.
4D-H init.Initiator's DH exchange message.
5D-H resp.Responder's DH exchange message.
6Error.Error message.
7
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255
  

MIKEY payload:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415
Payload V PRF function

Payload. 8 bits.
Specifies the MIKEY payload header.

ValuePayloadDescription
0Last payload. 
1KEMAC.Key data transport payload.
2PKE.Envelope data payload.
3DH.DH data payload.
4SIGN.Signature payload.
5T.Timestamp payload.
6ID.ID payload.
7CERT.Certificate payload.
8CHASH.Cert hash payload.
9V.Ver msg payload.
10SP.Security Policy payload.
11RAND.RAND payload.
12ERR.Error payload.
13
-
19
  
20Key data.Key data sub-payload.
21General Extension.General Extension payload.
22
-
255
  

V, Verification. 1 bit.
If set, this flag indicates that a verification message is expected. This flag only has meaning when it is set by the Initiator. This flag SHALL be ignored by the receiver in the DH method.

PRF function. 7 bits.
Indicates the PRF function to be used used for key derivation.

ValuePRF functionDescription
0MIKEY-1 

Glossary:


RFCs:

[RFC 3830] MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing.

[RFC 4442] Bootstrapping Timed Efficient Stream Loss-Tolerant Authentication (TESLA).


Publications:


Obsolete RFCs:


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