SECURING FIBRE CHANNEL FABRICS - Brocade

Appendix B: Standards Bodies and Other OrganizationsANSI T11The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the voice of USstandards and its conformity assessment system and was formally recognizedas such in 1970.T11 is the ANSI technical committee defining the Fibre Channel protocolsand physical layer. Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) definedmethods of authorizing, authentication, and encrypting Fibre Channelinterfaces for a fabric. To claim compliance with FC-SP, devices need tosupport authentication via Diffie Hellman-Challenge Handshake AuthenticationProtocol (DH-CHAP). DH-CHAP is a mutual authenticationbetween end devices and switches. Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling2 (FC-FS-2) defined the structure of the Fibre Channel frame thatconveys the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) header as defined inRequest for Comments (RFC) 4303. For more information on T11.For more information, visit the ANSI T11 website at:http://www.t11.org/index.htmlSNIAThe Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profitorganization which was incorporated in 1997, and although it is notdirectly involved in the development of standards, it acts as a catalystfor the development of storage solution specifications, the developmentof storage solution specifications and technologies, globalstandards, and storage education. It is composed of individuals representingmember companies that work together to further advance thestorage industry.For more information, visit the SNIA website at:http://www.snia.org/homeSNIA also has various technical work groups and forums addressingspecific areas of storage. The Storage Security Industry Forum specificallyfocuses on issues concerned with storage security. This forumhas created several valuable documents with the help of variousindustry contributors.For more information, visit the SSIF website at:http://www.snia.org/forums/ssifThe technical work groups support the SNIA mission by delivering informationand standards that accelerate the adoption of storagenetworking.204 Securing Fibre Channel Fabrics