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RFC 9986: Meticulous Keyed ISAAC for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Optimized Authentication

Experimental

A. DeKok
M. Jethanandani
S. Agarwal
A. Mishra
J. Haas

June 2026
IETF publication
Routing Area

RFC 9985: Optimizing Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Authentication

Experimental

M. Jethanandani
A. Mishra
J. Haas
A. Saxena
M. Bhatia

June 2026
IETF publication
Routing Area

RFC 9958: Post-Quantum Cryptography for Engineers

Informational

A. Banerjee
T. Reddy.K
D. Schoinianakis
T. Hollebeek
M. Ounsworth

June 2026
IETF publication
Security Area

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