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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Digest Authentication Using Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA)

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Network Working Group                                           A. Niemi
Request for Comments: 3310                                         Nokia
Category: Informational                                         J. Arkko
                                                             V. Torvinen
                                                                Ericsson
                                                          September 2002


       Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Digest Authentication
              Using Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA)

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo specifies an Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) based
   one-time password generation mechanism for Hypertext Transfer
   Protocol (HTTP) Digest access authentication.  The HTTP
   Authentication Framework includes two authentication schemes: Basic
   and Digest.  Both schemes employ a shared secret based mechanism for
   access authentication.  The AKA mechanism performs user
   authentication and session key distribution in Universal Mobile
   Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks.  AKA is a challenge-
   response based mechanism that uses symmetric cryptography.



















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