Auto-Discovery VPN Problem Statement and Requirements
RFC 7018, “Auto-Discovery VPN Problem Statement and Requirements”, is an Informational document published in September 2013 by V. Manral, S. Hanna. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes the problem of enabling a large number of systems to communicate directly using IPsec to protect the traffic between them. It then expands on the requirements for such a solution.
Manual configuration of all possible tunnels is too cumbersome in many such cases. In other cases, the IP addresses of endpoints change, or the endpoints may be behind NAT gateways, making static configuration impossible. The Auto-Discovery VPN solution will address these requirements.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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