What is DH-CHAP?

DH-CHAP (Diffie Hellman - Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol) is a forthcoming Internet Standard for the authentication of devices connecting to a Fibre Channel switch.

DH-CHAP is a secure key-exchange authentication protocol that supports both switch-to-switch and host-to-switch authentication.

DH-CHAP supports MD-5 and SHA-1 algorithm-based authentication.

• What is LUN masking?
• What is SAN zoning?
• What are hard and soft zoning?
• What is port zoning?
• What is WWN zoning?
• What is a World Wide Name (WWN)?
• What are the classes of attacks against SANs?
• What are some attacks against FCP?
• What is FCAP (Fibre Channel Authentication Protocol)?
• What is FCPAP (Fibre Channel Password Authentication Protocol)?
• What is SLAP (Switch Link Authentication Protocol)?
• What is FC-SP (Fibre Channel - Security Protocol)?
• What is ESP over Fibre Channel
• What is DH-CHAP
• How are iSCSI, iFCP and FCIP secured over IP networks?