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BCP 146
RFC 5406
Title: Guidelines for Specifying the Use
of IPsec Version 2
Author: S. Bellovin
Status: Best Current Practice
Date: February 2009
Mailbox: bellovin@acm.org
Pages: 13
Characters: 30393
See Also: BCP0146
I-D Tag: draft-bellovin-useipsec-10.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5406.txt
The Security Considerations sections of many Internet Drafts say, in
effect, "just use IPsec". While this is sometimes correct, more
often it will leave users without real, interoperable security
mechanisms. This memo offers some guidance on when IPsec Version 2
should and should not be specified. This document specifies an Internet
Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests
discussion and suggestions for improvements.
BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
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