Chapter 12. IPsec Overview

Exam Topic List

This chapter covers the following topics that you need to master for the CCNP ISCW exam:

  • IPsecInternet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a suite of protocols that can provide data confidentiality, data integrity, and data origin authentication to IP packets.

  • Internet Key Exchange (IKE)A framework used to exchange security parameters and authentication keys between IPsec endpoints.

  • Encryption AlgorithmsMathematical algorithms (and the associated keys) used to make data unreadable to everyone except those who have the proper keying material.

  • Public Key InfrastructureA hierarchical framework for managing the security attributes for devices that engage in secure communications across a network.

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