Demystifying the IPsec Puzzle

  • 4h 32m
  • Sheila Frankel
  • Artech House
  • 2001

Now that the Internet has blossomed into the "Information Superhighway," with its traffic and drivers becoming increasingly diverse, security has emerged as a primary concern. Demystifying the IPsec Puzzle offers a global, integrated approach to providing Internet security at the network layer. This one-of-a-kind resource...

  • Delivers a detailed presentation of the revolutionary IPsec technology used today to create virtual private networks and, in the near future, to protect the infrastructure of the Internet itself.
  • Addresses IPsec's major aspects and components to help professionals evaluate and compare features of different implementations.
  • Offers a detailed understanding of this cutting-edge technology from the inside, which helps practitioners more effectively troubleshoot problems with specific products.
  • Collects all the current knowledge of IPsec and describes it in a clear manner, based on standards documents, discussion list archives, and practitioners' lore.

About the Author

Sheila Frankel is a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She holds a B.A. in mathematics from Yeshiva University and an M.S. in computer science from New York University.

In this Book

  • Demystifying the IPsec Puzzle
  • Introduction
  • The First Puzzle Piece: The Authentication Header
  • The Second Puzzle Piece: The Encapsulating Security Payload
  • The Third Puzzle Piece: The Cryptographic Algorithms
  • The Fourth Puzzle Piece: The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
  • The Fifth Puzzle Piece: IKE and the Road Warrior
  • The Sixth Puzzle Piece: IKE Frills and Add-Ons
  • The Glue: PF_KEY
  • The Missing Puzzle Piece: Policy Setting and Enforcement
  • The Framework: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • The Unsolved Puzzle: Secure IP Multicast
  • The Whole Puzzle: Is IPsec the Correct Solution?
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