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Verifiable Distributed Aggregation Functions
CCNx Content Object Chunking
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Deterministic Nonce-less Hybrid Public Key Encryption
File-Like ICN Collections (FLIC)
Usage Limits on AEAD Algorithms
Blind BBS Signatures
BBS per Verifier Linkability
The BBS Signature Scheme
BLS Signatures
Concrete Hybrid PQ/T Key Encapsulation Mechanisms
CPace, a balanced composable PAKE
Guidelines for Writing Cryptography Specifications
Hedged ECDSA and EdDSA Signatures
Fiat-Shamir Transformation
Hybrid PQ/T Key Encapsulation Mechanisms
Kemeleon Encodings
Longfellow ZK
Pairing-Friendly Curves
Partially Blind RSA Signatures
Implementation Guidance for the PKCS #1 RSA Cryptography Specification
Sigma Proofs for Linear Relations
Key Blinding for Signature Schemes
Internet Protocols and the Human Rights to Freedom of Association and Assembly
LEDBAT++: Congestion Control for Background Traffic
Pacing in Transport Protocols
Enabling ICN in 3GPP's 5G NextGen Core Architecture
CCNx Content Versioning
Design Considerations for Applying ICN to IoT
Internet Protocol Tunneling over Content Centric Mobile Networks
Reflexive Forwarding for CCNx and NDN Protocols
Research Challenges in Coupling Artificial Intelligence and Network Management
A Framework for LLM-Assisted Network Management with Human-in-the-Loop
Network Digital Twin (NDT): Concepts and Reference Architecture
Considerations for Performing Safe Measurement on the Internet
Network-Based Website Fingerprinting
Guidance on RESTful Design for Internet of Things Systems
A Taxonomy of operational security considerations for manufacturer installed keys and Trust Anchors
Elliptic Curves for Security
XChaCha: eXtended-nonce ChaCha and AEAD_XChaCha20_Poly1305
Hybrid Public Key Encryption
BLS Signature Scheme
Properties of AEAD algorithms
Additional Parameter sets for HSS/LMS Hash-Based Signatures
CPace, a balanced composable PAKE
Deterministic Nonce-less Hybrid Public Key Encryption
Public Key Exchange
The ristretto255 Group
The Transition from Classical to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Advice on Writing an Internet Draft Amenable to Security Analysis
Properties of AEAD Algorithms
The AEGIS Family of Authenticated Encryption Algorithms
Argon2 Memory-Hard Function for Password Hashing and Proof-of-Work Applications
Augmented Password-Authenticated Key Exchange (AugPAKE)
ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols
Ciphers in Use in the Internet
Elliptic Curves for Security
The CWC-AES Dual-Use Mode
Dragonfly Key Exchange
Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
Requirements on Fast Message Authentication Codes
Two-Round Threshold Schnorr Signatures with FROST
AES-GCM-SIV: Nonce Misuse-Resistant Authenticated Encryption
Hashing to Elliptic Curves
Hybrid Public Key Encryption
Integer Counter Mode
KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE
Key Derivation Functions and their Uses
The OCB Authenticated-Encryption Algorithm
The OPAQUE Augmented PAKE Protocol
Requirements for Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) Schemes
Randomness Improvements for Security Protocols
Re-keying Mechanisms for Symmetric Keys
Strengthening Digital Signatures via Randomized Hashing
The ristretto255 Group
The ristretto255 and decaf448 Groups
RSA Blind Signatures
SPAKE2, a Password-Authenticated Key Exchange
The Truncated Multi-Modular Hash Function (TMMH), Version Two
The Universal Security Transform
Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions (OPRFs) using Prime-Order Groups
Verifiable Random Functions (VRFs)
Security Guidelines for Cryptographic Algorithms in the W3C Web Cryptography API
XChaCha: eXtended-nonce ChaCha and AEAD_XChaCha20_Poly1305
XMSS: eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme
ZSS Short Signature Scheme for Supersingular and BN Curves
ZSS Short Signature Scheme for BN Curves
The memory-hard Argon2 password hash function
The OPAQUE Asymmetric PAKE Protocol
SPAKE2, a PAKE
The BBS Signature Scheme
Deterministic ECDSA and EdDSA Signatures with Additional Randomness
Leighton-Micali Hash-Based Signatures
ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF protocols
ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols
Interactive Sigma Proofs
Verifiable Distributed Aggregation Functions
Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions (OPRFs) using Prime-Order Groups
KangarooTwelve
Usage Limits on AEAD Algorithms
Pairing-Friendly Curves
The OCB Authenticated-Encryption Algorithm
ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols
Dragonfly Key Exchange
Elliptic Curves for Security
Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
Requirements for Password-Authenticated Key Agreement (PAKE) Schemes
XMSS: eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme
ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols
AES-GCM-SIV: Nonce Misuse-Resistant Authenticated Encryption
Leighton-Micali Hash-Based Signatures
Re-keying Mechanisms for Symmetric Keys
Randomness Improvements for Security Protocols
Argon2 Memory-Hard Function for Password Hashing and Proof-of-Work Applications
Hybrid Public Key Encryption
Hashing to Elliptic Curves
Verifiable Random Functions (VRFs)
SPAKE2, a Password-Authenticated Key Exchange
RSA Blind Signatures
The ristretto255 and decaf448 Groups
Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions (OPRFs) Using Prime-Order Groups
The Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold (FROST) Protocol for Two-Round Schnorr Signatures
Properties of Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) Algorithms
The OPAQUE Augmented Password-Authenticated Key Exchange (aPAKE) Protocol
Additional Parameter Sets for HSS/LMS Hash-Based Signatures
KangarooTwelve and TurboSHAKE
Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures
Operational Practices for Digital Autonomy and Meaningful Connectivity through Circular Management of User and Network Devices
Alternative Network Deployments. Taxonomy and characterization
Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures
Anonymity, Human Rights and Internet Protocols
Guidelines for Human Rights Protocol and Architecture Considerations
Intimate Partner Violence Digital Considerations
Notes on networking standards and politics
Research into Human Rights Protocol Considerations
Freedom of Association on the Internet
On the Politics of Standards
Research into Human Rights Protocol Considerations
Research into Human Rights Protocol Considerations
Guidelines for Human Rights Protocol and Architecture Considerations
Congestion Control in the RFC Series
MulTFRC: TFRC with weighted fairness
rLEDBAT: receiver-driven Low Extra Delay Background Transport for TCP
Safe increase of the TCP's Initial Window Using Initial Spreading
Common TCP Evaluation Suite
Open Research Issues in Internet Congestion Control
Congestion Control in the RFC Series
Open Research Issues in Internet Congestion Control
rLEDBAT: Receiver-Driven Low Extra Delay Background Transport for TCP
ICN Challenges for Metaverse Platform Interoperability
CCNinfo: Discovering Content and Network Information in Content-Centric Networks
Alternative Delta Time Encoding for CCNx Using Compact Floating-Point Arithmetic
Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) Messages in TLV Format
Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) Semantics
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Research Challenges
Deployment Considerations for Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
Research Directions for Using Information-Centric Networking (ICN) in Disaster Scenarios
Information-Centric Networking: Evaluation and Security Considerations
Experimental Scenarios of Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Integration in 4G Mobile Networks
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Adaptation to Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (LoWPANs)
ICN Ping Protocol Specification
ICN Traceroute Protocol Specification
MAP-Me : Managing Anchorless Mobility in Content Centric Networking
Design Considerations for Name Resolution Service in Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
Architectural Considerations of Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Using a Name Resolution Service
Path Steering in CCNx and NDN
Information-Centric Networking: Baseline Scenarios
Information-Centric Networking (ICN): Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data Networking (NDN) Terminology
Adaptive Video Streaming over Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
ICN Research Challenges
CCNx Content Object Chunking
Path Steering in CCNx and NDN
Considerations in the Development of a QoS Architecture for CCNx-Like Information-Centric Networking Protocols
Information-Centric Networking: Baseline Scenarios
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Research Challenges
Adaptive Video Streaming over Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
Information-Centric Networking: Evaluation and Security Considerations
Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) Semantics
Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) Messages in TLV Format
Deployment Considerations for Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
Information-Centric Networking (ICN): Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data Networking (NDN) Terminology
Research Directions for Using Information-Centric Networking (ICN) in Disaster Scenarios
Considerations in the Development of a QoS Architecture for CCNx-Like Information-Centric Networking Protocols
Design Considerations for Name Resolution Service in Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Adaptation to Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (LoWPANs)
Architectural Considerations of Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Using a Name Resolution Service
Experimental Scenarios of Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Integration in 4G Mobile Networks
CCNinfo: Discovering Content and Network Information in Content-Centric Networks
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Traceroute Protocol Specification
Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Ping Protocol Specification
Alternative Delta Time Encoding for Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) Using Compact Floating-Point Arithmetic
Path Steering in Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data Networking (NDN)
Intent-Based Networking - Concepts and Overview
Considerations of network/system for AI services
General Gap Analysis for Autonomic Networking
Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design Goals
Autonomic Networking Use Case for Distributed Detection of Service Level Agreement (SLA) Violations
Subtree Retrieval MIB
Challenges and Opportunities in Management for Green Networking
Intent-Based Networking - Concepts and Definitions
Intent Classification
Use Cases and Practices for Intent-Based Networking
Extending IP Flow-Based Network Monitoring with Location Information
Operation-Types for SMIv2
Using XML to Exchange SMI Definitions
SMIng Internet Core Modules
SMIng Core Modules
SNMP Payload Compression
GetRange Operation for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Traffic Measurements and Trace Exchange Formats
SNMP Protocol Operations for Invoking Operations
Use Cases and Practices for Intent-Based Networking
Intent Classification
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Traffic Measurements and Trace Exchange Formats
Autonomic Networking: Definitions and Design Goals
General Gap Analysis for Autonomic Networking
Autonomic Networking Use Case for Distributed Detection of Service Level Agreement (SLA) Violations
Intent-Based Networking - Concepts and Definitions
Intent Classification
Challenges and Opportunities in Management for Green Networking
Path Aware Networking: A Bestiary of Roads Not Taken
A Vocabulary of Path Properties
A Vocabulary of Path Properties
Current Open Questions in Path-Aware Networking
Path Aware Networking: Obstacles to Deployment (A Bestiary of Roads Not Taken)
Open Questions in Path Aware Networking
Path Aware Networking: Obstacles to Deployment (A Bestiary of Roads Not Taken)
Current Open Questions in Path-Aware Networking
A Vocabulary of Path Properties
On the Generation of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
A Survey of Worldwide Censorship Techniques
A Survey of Worldwide Censorship Techniques
IP Address Privacy Considerations
On the Generation of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
Personal Information Tagging for Logs
Guidelines for Performing Safe Measurement on the Internet
Personal Information Tagging for Logs
Unfortunate History of Transient Numeric Identifiers
On the Generation of Transient Numeric Identifiers
A Survey of Worldwide Censorship Techniques
Architectural Principles for a Quantum Internet
A Multiplane Architecture Proposal for the Quantum Internet
Application Scenarios for the Quantum Internet
Architectural Principles for a Quantum Internet
Application Scenarios for the Quantum Internet
Analysing Internet Standards Data
Amplification Attacks Using the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
IoT Edge Challenges and Functions
Internet of Things (IoT) Security: State of the Art and Challenges
Terminology and processes for initial security setup of IoT devices
Terminology and processes for initial security setup of IoT devices
RESTful Design for Internet of Things Systems
Internet of Things (IoT) Security: State of the Art and Challenges
Internet of Things (IoT) Edge Challenges and Functions