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ObsoletedPROPOSED STANDARDIETF stream

RFC 2406: IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4303, RFC 4305.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 4302 — IP Authentication Header; RFC 4303 — IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP); RFC 8221 — Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements and Usage Guidance for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH)

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

The Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) header is designed to provide a mix of security services in IPv4 and IPv6. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2406
Published
November 1998
Authors
S. Kent; R. Atkinson
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
22
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1827
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4303, RFC 4305

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 10 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1826 (1995)
  2. RFC 1827 (1995)
  3. RFC 2402 (1998)
  4. RFC 2406 (1998)
  5. RFC 4302 (2005)
  6. RFC 4303 (2005)
  7. RFC 4305 (2005)
  8. RFC 4835 (2007)
  9. RFC 7321 (2014)
  10. RFC 8221 (2017) ✓

Read the full history of Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation Requirements and Usage Guidance for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH) →

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2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

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