Network+ Exam
IPSEC
October 29, 2025
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IPSEC
provides authentication encry[ton of packets to create an encrypted communicaion path between computers.
Confiadentiality - encryyption
Integretity - hashing
auth a - verification
anty replay - sequence numbers.
main mode - conducts two three way exchanges.
1 agree which algorithim wwill be used
2 diffie helman exchange to generate shared key material to make the two keys
3 verify the identy of the others by looking at encrypted form of ip address
agressive mode - fewer exhcnaes, resulter in fewer packets and faster initial connection vs main mode.
use phase 2 key
1 pc1 sends traffic to pc 2
1 router 1 and router 2 negodiate security
3 IKE phase 2 tunnel
4 tunnel is established
5 ipsec tunnel is torn down
Transport mode - useses packet origional pen header used for client to site vpns. when using a client to site use transport mode no aded packet.
site to site - use tunneling mode - encapsulates the entire packet. increases size of the packet.
AH - authenticatio header provides connectionless intregrity preventing replay attacks.
ESP - encapsulationg security payload. - provides intregrity of the payload,
in transport use AH to profived intregiryt for tcp header and esp to encrypt it
in tunneling mode you can use both.