RFC 4307 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2005

Cryptographic Algorithms for Use in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2

Overview

RFC 4307, “Cryptographic Algorithms for Use in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2”, is a Proposed Standard document published in December 2005 by J. Schiller. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8247 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The IPsec series of protocols makes use of various cryptographic algorithms in order to provide security services. The Internet Key Exchange (IKE (RFC 2409) and IKEv2) provide a mechanism to negotiate which algorithms should be used in any given association. However, to ensure interoperability between disparate implementations, it is necessary to specify a set of mandatory-to-implement algorithms to ensure that there is at least one algorithm that all implementations will have available. This document defines the current set of algorithms that are mandatory to implement as part of IKEv2, as well as algorithms that should be implemented because they may be promoted to mandatory at some future time. [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.

Read this RFC

The canonical text of RFC 4307 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.

Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 8247
Other RFCs from 2005

Who Is Online

In total there are 74 users online: 0 registered, 69 guests and 5 bots.

Most users ever online was 1,226 on 13 Jun 2026, 3:56 am.

Bots: AhrefsBot Applebot Other Bot Other Crawler SemrushBot

Users active in the past 15 minutes. Total registered members: 354