Photuris (protocol)

For the genus of fireflies, see Photuris.

In computer networking, Photuris is a session key management protocol defined in RFC 2522.

Photuris is the Latin name of a genus of fireflies native to North America that mimic the signals of other firefly species. The name was chosen as a reference to the (classified) FIREFLY key exchange protocol developed by the National Security Agency and used in the STU-III secure telephone, which is believed to operate by similar principles.

See also

• FIREFLY

External links

• RFC 2522
• Test implementation of Photuris