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<title abbrev='PF_KEY'>PF_KEY Key Management API, Version 2</title>
<author initials='D.L.' surname='McDonald' fullname='Daniel L. McDonald'>
<organization>Sun Microsystems, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>901 San Antonio Road</street>
<street>MS UMPK17-202</street>
<street>Palo Alto</street>
<street>CA 94303</street></postal>
<phone>+1 650 786 6815</phone>
<email>danmcd@eng.sun.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='C.' surname='Metz' fullname='Craig Metz'>
<organization>(for Code 5544)</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>U.S. Naval Research Laboratory</street>
<street>4555 Overlook Ave. SW</street>
<street>Washington</street>
<street>DC 20375</street></postal>
<phone>(DSN) 754-8590</phone>
<email>cmetz@inner.net</email></address></author>
<author initials='B.G.' surname='Phan' fullname='Bao G. Phan'>
<organization>U. S. Naval Research Laboratory</organization>
<address>
<email>phan@itd.nrl.navy.mil</email></address></author>
<date month='July' year='1998' />
<area>Internet</area>
<area>Security</area>
<keyword>IP security protocol</keyword>
<keyword>application program interface</keyword>
<keyword>internet security association and key management protocol</keyword>
<keyword>key management</keyword>
<keyword>security</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   A generic key management API that can be used not only for IP
   Security  but also for other network
   security services is presented in this document.  Version 1 of this
   API was implemented inside 4.4-Lite BSD as part of the U. S. Naval
   Research Laboratory&apos;s freely distributable and usable IPv6 and IPsec
   implementation.  It is documented here for the benefit of
   others who might also adopt and use the API, thus providing increased
   portability of key management applications (e.g. a manual keying
   application, an ISAKMP daemon, a GKMP daemon , a
   Photuris daemon, or a SKIP certificate discovery protocol daemon).
</t></abstract></front>

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