6. IANA Considerations
6. IANA Considerations
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has defined the "AEAD Registry" described below. An algorithm designer MAY register an algorithm in order to facilitate its use. Additions to the AEAD Registry require that a specification be documented in an RFC or another permanent and readily available reference, in sufficient detail that interoperability between independent implementations is possible. Each entry in the registry contains the following elements:
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a short name, such as "AEAD_AES_128_GCM", that starts with the string "AEAD",
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a positive number, and
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a reference to a specification that completely defines an AEAD algorithm and provides test cases that can be used to verify the correctness of an implementation.
Requests to add an entry to the registry MUST include the name and the reference. The number is assigned by IANA. These number assignments SHOULD use the smallest available positive number. Submitters SHOULD have their requests reviewed by the IRTF Crypto Forum Research Group (CFRG) at [email protected]. Interested applicants that are unfamiliar with IANA processes should visit http://www.iana.org.
The numbers between 32,768 (binary 1000000000000000) and 65,535 (binary 1111111111111111) inclusive, will not be assigned by IANA, and are reserved for private use; no attempt will be made to prevent multiple sites from using the same value in different (and incompatible) ways [RFC2434].
IANA has added the following entries to the AEAD Registry:
| Name | Reference | Numeric Identifier |
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| AEAD_AES_128_GCM | Section 5.1 | 1 |
| AEAD_AES_256_GCM | Section 5.2 | 2 |
| AEAD_AES_128_CCM | Section 5.3 | 3 |
| AEAD_AES_256_CCM | Section 5.4 | 4 |
An IANA registration of an AEAD does not constitute an endorsement of that algorithm or its security.