RFC 4306 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2005

Internet Key Exchange Protocol

Overview

RFC 4306, “Internet Key Exchange Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in December 2005 by C. Kaufman. It obsoletes RFC 2407, RFC 2408, RFC 2409. It has since been updated by RFC 5282. It has been obsoleted by RFC 5996 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

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 version of the IKE specification combines the contents of what were previously separate documents, including Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP, RFC 2408), IKE (RFC 2409), the Internet Domain of Interpretation (DOI, RFC 2407), Network Address Translation (NAT) Traversal, Legacy authentication, and remote address acquisition.

Version 2 of IKE does not interoperate with version 1, but it has enough of the header format in common that both versions can unambiguously run over the same UDP port. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2407 RFC 2408 RFC 2409
Obsoleted by
RFC 5996
Updated by
RFC 5282
Other RFCs from 2005

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