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RFC 2409: The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4306.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 7296 — Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)

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

This memo describes a hybrid protocol. The purpose is to negotiate, and provide authenticated keying material for, security associations in a protected manner. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2409
Published
November 1998
Authors
D. Harkins; D. Carrel
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
41
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4306
Updated by:
RFC 4109

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 7 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2407 (1998)
  2. RFC 2408 (1998)
  3. RFC 2409 (1998)
  4. RFC 4306 (2005)
  5. RFC 4718 (2006)
  6. RFC 5996 (2010)
  7. RFC 7296 (2014) ✓

Read the full history of Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) →

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

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