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AUTHENTIFICATION HEADER [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

An Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) protocol that guarantees the integrity and authenticity of data.

CONT

Authentication Header (AH) is a member of the IPsec protocol suite. AH guarantees connectionless integrity and data origin authentication of IP [Internet Protocol] packets. Further, it can optionally protect against replay attacks by using the sliding window technique and discarding old packets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Protocole IP [protocole Internet] de la suite IPsec [Internet Protocol Security], assurant l'intégrité des données transférées.

CONT

Le protocole AH [...] permet de garantir l'authenticité des paquets échangés en leur inscrivant une somme de contrôle (de l'en-tête IP jusqu'à la fin du paquet) chiffrée.

OBS

AH; protocole AH : L'acronyme AH provient du terme anglais «Authentication Header».

Spanish

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