RFC 5906
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RFC 5906 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Network Time Protocol (NTP) authentication using Autokey public key cryptography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 5906 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9690818 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 5906 Context triple: [RFC 5905, relatedTo, RFC 5906]
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RFC 6066
RFC 6066 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Transport Layer Security (TLS) extensions, including the widely used Server Name Indication (SNI) extension.
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B.
RFC 5996
RFC 5996 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2) for establishing secure IPsec connections.
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C.
RFC 6096
RFC 6096 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that refines and updates the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) specification originally defined in RFC 4960.
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D.
RFC 6409
RFC 6409 is an Internet standards document that originally defined the Message Submission protocol for email (port 587), later superseded by RFC 8314.
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E.
RFC 6156
RFC 6156 is an Internet standard that extends the TURN protocol to support IPv6 and NAT traversal for IPv6/IPv4 environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 5906 Target entity description: RFC 5906 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Network Time Protocol (NTP) authentication using Autokey public key cryptography.
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A.
RFC 6066
RFC 6066 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Transport Layer Security (TLS) extensions, including the widely used Server Name Indication (SNI) extension.
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B.
RFC 5996
RFC 5996 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2) for establishing secure IPsec connections.
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C.
RFC 6096
RFC 6096 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards document that refines and updates the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) specification originally defined in RFC 4960.
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D.
RFC 6409
RFC 6409 is an Internet standards document that originally defined the Message Submission protocol for email (port 587), later superseded by RFC 8314.
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E.
RFC 6156
RFC 6156 is an Internet standard that extends the TURN protocol to support IPv6 and NAT traversal for IPv6/IPv4 environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IETF Request for Comments
ⓘ
technical standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
NTPv4 Autokey Specification
ⓘ
linked to:
NTP Autokey
|
| addresses |
man-in-the-middle attacks on NTP
ⓘ
replay attacks on NTP ⓘ spoofing attacks on NTP ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
broadcast NTP associations
ⓘ
multicast NTP associations ⓘ unicast NTP associations ⓘ |
| area |
Internet
ⓘ
linked to:
the internet
|
| authenticationMechanism | Autokey ⓘ |
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| defines |
Autokey key management procedures
ⓘ
Autokey protocol for NTP ⓘ Autokey security model ⓘ NTP Autokey message formats ⓘ NTP Autokey state machine ⓘ certificate-based identity schemes for NTP ⓘ cookie-based replay protection for NTP ⓘ group keying for NTP associations ⓘ public-key based NTP association authentication ⓘ |
| definesProtocolMechanismFor | Network Time Protocol ⓘ |
| focusesOn | NTP authentication ⓘ |
| format | text ⓘ |
| identifier | RFC 5906 ⓘ |
| intendedFor | secure time synchronization over IP networks ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | later NTP security mechanisms such as NTS (Network Time Security) ⓘ |
| protocolFamily |
Internet Protocol Suite
ⓘ
linked to:
TCP/IP
|
| publishedBy | Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
key management
ⓘ
security ⓘ time synchronization ⓘ |
| series |
Request for Comments
ⓘ
linked to:
RFCs
|
| specifiesVersionOf | NTP version 4 ⓘ |
| standardsBody | IETF NTP Working Group ⓘ |
| status | Proposed Standard ⓘ |
| stream |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| title |
Network Time Protocol Version 4: Autokey Specification
ⓘ
linked to:
NTP Autokey
|
| topic |
network security
ⓘ
public key infrastructure ⓘ time protocols ⓘ |
| updates | NTP authentication mechanisms ⓘ |
| uses |
X.509-like certificate structures
ⓘ
digital signatures ⓘ hash functions ⓘ |
| usesCryptographyType | public key cryptography ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RFC 5906 Description of subject: RFC 5906 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies Network Time Protocol (NTP) authentication using Autokey public key cryptography.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.