IPSec Protocols

Secured IP (Internet Protocol), typically uses UDP (User Diagram Protocol) rather than TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) like how it was used for IP (Internet Protocol) to bypass Networking/Firewall

It sends additional Headers and Trailers contains Authentication and encryption information and what to do with them.

IPSec is a group of protocol that perform in Network Layer. Some of them includes:

Mode

  • Tunnel: Encrypt everything all data goes through
  • Transport: Only encrypt the current packet