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TCP Encapsulation of IKE and IPsec Packets
RFC 8229

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2018-04-09
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Errata tag)
2017-08-12
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8229, changed abstract to 'This document describes a method to transport Internet Key Exchange Protocol …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8229, changed abstract to 'This document describes a method to transport Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE) and IPsec packets over a TCP connection for traversing network middleboxes that may block IKE negotiation over UDP.  This method, referred to as "TCP encapsulation", involves sending both IKE packets for Security Association establishment and Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets over a TCP connection.  This method is intended to be used as a fallback option when IKE cannot be negotiated over UDP.', changed pages to 25, changed standardization level to Proposed Standard, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2017-08-12, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2017-08-12
(System) RFC published