File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 4306, RFC 4718

Obsoleted by:

RFC 7296

Updated by:

RFC 5998, RFC 6989

Authors:

C. Kaufman
P. Hoffman
Y. Nir
P. Eronen

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipsecme (sec)

Cite this RFC: TXT  |  XML  |   BibTeX

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5996

Discuss this RFC: Send questions or comments to the mailing list ipsec@ietf.org

Other actions: View Errata  |  Submit Errata  |  Find IPR Disclosures from the IETF  |  View History of RFC 5996

Abstract

This document describes version 2 of the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol. IKE is a component of IPsec used for performing mutual authentication and establishing and maintaining Security Associations (SAs). This document replaces and updates RFC 4306, and includes all of the clarifications from RFC 4718. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.