RFC 2406
IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP), November 1998
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 1827
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 4303, RFC 4305
- Authors:
- S. Kent
R. Atkinson - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- ipsec (sec)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2406
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Abstract
The Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) header is designed to provide a mix of security services in IPv4 and IPv6. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.