- Host Identity Protocol
The Host Identity Protocol (HIP) provides a method of separating the end-point identifier and locator roles of
IP address es. It introduces a new Host Identity (HI) name space, based onpublic key s. The public keys are typically, but not necessarily, self-generated.HIP is being specified in the
IETF 's HIPworking group . An IRTF HIP [http://irtf.org/charter?gtype=rg&group=hiprg research group] looks at the broader impacts of HIP.The working group is chartered to produce
RFC s on the "Experimental" track,but it is understood that their quality and securityproperties should match the standards track requirements. The mainpurpose for producing Experimental documents instead of standardstrack ones are the unknown effects that the mechanisms may have onapplications and on the Internet in the large.List of implementations
* [http://hip4inter.net HIP for BSD Project ]
* [http://infrahip.hiit.fi/ HIP for Linux ]
* [http://www.openhip.org/ OpenHIP ]External links
* [http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/hip-charter.html IETF working group ]
* [http://www.openhip.org/wiki/ IRTF research group ]
* [http://infrahip.hiit.fi/index.php?index=how How HIP works] - from InfraHIP site
* RFC 4423: Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Architecture (early "informational" snapshot)
* RFC 5205 - Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Domain Name System (DNS) Extension
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