Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Security

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 is specified in this standard. AC security (MACsec) provides connectionless user data confidentiality, data frame integrity, and data origin authenticity. (The PDF of this standard is available at no cost compliments of the IEEE GET program at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page/series?id…)