Media Access Control Security

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Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

MACsec

NIST IR 8459, NIST SP 800-77 Rev. 1

Definitions:

Provides interoperable cryptographically- based security for Ethernet. The set of security services offered includes access control, connectionless integrity, data origin authentication, detection and rejection of replays (a form of partial sequence integrity) and confidentiality (via encryption).
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2022 under media access control security

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