File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 9329

Authors:

T. Pauly
S. Touati
R. Mantha

Stream:

IETF

Source:

ipsecme (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8229

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Abstract

This document describes a method to transport Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE) and IPsec packets over a TCP connection for traversing network middleboxes that may block IKE negotiation over UDP. This method, referred to as "TCP encapsulation", involves sending both IKE packets for Security Association establishment and Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets over a TCP connection. This method is intended to be used as a fallback option when IKE cannot be negotiated over UDP.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.