Export (0) Print Expand All  IPSec Architecture  By Naganand
Doraswamy and Dan Harkins  Chapter 4 of IPSec – The New Security
Standard for the Internet, Intranets and Virtual Private
Networks (Prentice Hall)  On This Page  The IPSec Roadmap IPSec
Implementation IPSec Modes Security Associations SA Management
This chapter discusses the IPSec architecture in detail. This
includes various components of IPSec, how they interact with
each other, the protocols in the IPSec family, and the modes in
which they operate.  The IPSec working group at the IETF has
defined 12 RFCs (Request for Comments). The RFCs define various
aspects of IPSec - architecture, key management, base protocols,
and the mandatory transforms to implement for the base
protocols. This chapter concentrates mostly on the architecture.
The base protocols and the key management protocols are
discussed in greater detail in other chapters.  The IPSec
Roadmap  The IPSec protocols include - AH, ESP, IKE,
ISAKMP/Oakley, and transforms. In order to under