Status of this Memo This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

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Status of this Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

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Abstract:This work describes the Group Security Association (GSA) Management model and protocol as developed in the Secure Multicast Group (SMuG) in the IETF. The background reasoning from the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol perspective is explained, together with the notion of Security Associations (SA) in the unicast case. This serves as a basis for a requirements for Group SA for multicast. Finally, the definition and construction of a GSA is described.