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FTP Security Extensions

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Network Working Group                                        M. Horowitz
Request for Comments: 2228                              Cygnus Solutions
Updates: 959                                                     S. Lunt
Category: Standards Track                                       Bellcore
                                                            October 1997

                        FTP Security Extensions

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1997).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document defines extensions to the FTP specification STD 9, RFC
   959, "FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP)" (October 1985).  These extensions
   provide strong authentication, integrity, and confidentiality on both
   the control and data channels with the introduction of new optional
   commands, replies, and file transfer encodings.

   The following new optional commands are introduced in this
   specification:

      AUTH (Authentication/Security Mechanism),
      ADAT (Authentication/Security Data),
      PROT (Data Channel Protection Level),
      PBSZ (Protection Buffer Size),
      CCC (Clear Command Channel),
      MIC (Integrity Protected Command),
      CONF (Confidentiality Protected Command), and
      ENC (Privacy Protected Command).

   A new class of reply types (6yz) is also introduced for protected
   replies.

   None of the above commands are required to be implemented, but
   interdependencies exist.  These dependencies are documented with the
   commands.

   Note that this specification is compatible with STD 9, RFC 959.



Horowitz & Lunt             Standards Track
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