The Oakley Key Determination Protocol is a
key-agreement protocol that allows authenticated parties to exchange keying material across an insecure connection using the
Diffie–Hellman key exchange
Diffie–Hellman key exchangeSynonyms of Diffie–Hellman key exchange include:
* Diffie–Hellman–Merkle key exchange
* Diffie–Hellman key agreement
* Diffie–Hellman key establishment
* Diffie–Hellman key negotiation
* Exponential key exc ...
algorithm. The protocol was proposed by Hilarie K. Orman in 1998, and formed the basis for the more widely used
Internet Key Exchange
In computing, Internet Key Exchange (IKE, sometimes IKEv1 or IKEv2, depending on version) is the protocol used to set up a security association (SA) in the IPsec protocol suite. IKE builds upon the Oakley protocol and ISAKMP.The Internet Key Exc ...
protocol.
The Oakley protocol has also been implemented in
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...
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ISAKMP daemon
Daimon or Daemon (Ancient Greek: , "god", "godlike", "power", "fate") originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit such as the daimons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy.
The wo ...
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References
External links
* The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol
* The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
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