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<reference anchor='RFC1826'>

<front>
<title>IP Authentication Header</title>
<author initials='R.' surname='Atkinson' fullname='Randall Atkinson'>
<organization>Naval Research Laboratory, Information Technology Division</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street />
<city>Washington</city>
<region>DC</region>
<code>20375-5320</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 202 767 2389</phone>
<facsimile>+1 202 404 8590</facsimile>
<email>atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil</email></address></author>
<date month='August' year='1995' />
<abstract>
<t>This document describes a mechanism for providing cryptographic authentication for IPv4 and IPv6 datagrams.  An Authentication Header (AH) is normally inserted after an IP header and before the other information being authenticated.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1826' />
</reference>
