The invention related to method for providing connection security for the
transmission between communicating parties in a telecommunication
network, the method comprising the steps of: exchanging security
parameters between communicating parties, providing connection security
for messages based on these security parameters, and transmitting said
messages between communicating parties. It is characteristic for the
method according to the invention that it further comprises the steps of:
reaching agreement between communicating parties on an interval for
recalculation of the security parameters, monitoring of the interval for
recalculation by the communicating parties, recalculating the security
parameters at the agreed interval, and providing connection security for
messages based on the latest recalculated security parameters.