This ITU-T Recommendation / International Standard specifies a protocol to be used by End Systems and Intermediate Systems in order to provide security services in the Network layer, which is defined by CCITT Rec. X.213 / ISO/IEC 8348, and ISO 8648. The protocol defined in this ITU-T Recommendation / International Standard is called the Network Layer Security Protocol (NLSP). This ITU-T Recommendation / International Standard specifies: (1) Support for the following security services defined in CCITT Rec. X.800 / ISO 7498-2: (
This is a local matter for the communicating systems. Furthermore, neither the choice nor the implementation of a specific security policy are within the scope of this ITU-T Recommendation / International Standard. The choice of a specific security policy, and hence the degree of protection that will be achieved, is left as a local matter among the systems that are using a single instance of secure communications. This ITU-T Recommendation / International Standard does not require that multiple instances of secure communications involving a single open system must use the same security protocol. Annex D provides the PICS proforma for the Network Layer Security Protocol in compliance with the relevant guidance given in ISO/IEC 9646-2
| SDO | CSA: Canadian Standards Association |
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| Publication Date | Jan. 1, 1997 |
| Language | en - English |
| Page Count | 122 |
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