This standard 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(R) LANs to communicate. MAC security (MACsec) provides connectionless user data confidentiality, frame data integrity, and data origin authenticity.
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- C/LAN/MAN - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
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- Adoption of
- 802.1AEbn-2011
- History
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- Published:
- 2013-12-06
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- IEEE Computer Society
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- C/LAN/MAN - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
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