RFC 7296 · INTERNET STANDARD · 2014

Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2

Overview

RFC 7296, “Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2”, is an Internet Standard document published in October 2014 by C. Kaufman, P. Hoffman, Y. Nir, P. Eronen, T. Kivinen. It obsoletes RFC 5996. It has since been updated by RFC 7427, RFC 7670, RFC 8247, RFC 8983, RFC 9370, RFC 9827. 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 document obsoletes RFC 5996, and includes all of the errata for it. It advances IKEv2 to be an Internet Standard.

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What “Internet Standard” means

A mature, widely-implemented specification that has completed the full IETF standards process — the highest maturity level on the standards track.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 5996
Other RFCs from 2014

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