ANSI/IEEE 802.1AE:2006
Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Security

Standard No.

ANSI/IEEE 802.1AE:2006

Release Date

2006

Published By

American National Standards Institute （ANSI)

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ANSI/IEEE 802.1AE:2006

Scope

Specifies how all or part of a network can be secured transparently to peer protocol entities that use the MAC Service provided by IEEE 802 LANs to communicate. MAC security (MACsec) provides connectionless user data confidentiality, frame data integrity, and data origin authenticity.

ANSI/IEEE 802.1AE:2006 history

• 2006 ANSI/IEEE 802.1AE:2006 Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Security