Protocolo
utilizado en el marco de IPsec para autenticar entidades, así como para
establecer y gestionar asociaciones de seguridad.
(I) An Internet IPsec
protocol [R2408] to negotiate, establish, modify, and delete security
associations, and to exchange key generation and authentication data,
independent of the details of any specific key generation technique, key
establishment protocol, encryption algorithm, or authentication mechanism. [RFC4949:2007]
A set of specifications
defined in RFC 2408 and used in close conjunction with IPSec. Defines the
procedures for authenticating, creating and managing security associations,
generating keys, and using digital certificates when establishing VPN
connections.
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