[vpn] FW: IPSEc and IKE documentation ?

[Tina Bird]

Alan --

You might want to take a look at

http://kubarb.phsx.ukans.edu/~tbird/vpn/ipsec_troubleshooting.pdf

These are my notes on *duh* how to figure out what's
going wrong with an IPsec connection, and it includes
a bit of background information on how connections
get built.  My students say it's one of the most
helpful parts of my VPN class.

I am one of the most graphically challenged people on
the planet, so it doesn't have many pictures, but 
there are a couple.

My other favorite reference on IPsec is

http://www.timestep.com/doctypes/technewbridgenote/ipsec/index.jhtml

With all the financial contortions Timestep's been
through in the last four years, I'm delighted this
is still on line.  Again, there aren't tons of
pictures -- maybe you can figure it out and create
the first good ones! -- but it's a >wonderful<
introduction.

HTH - tbird

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Trevillion, Alan wrote:

> I have tried reading the RFC's but the explanation seemed to skip what was
> actually happening when 2 IPSec devices try to setup an IKE and IPSec SA. I
> just wondered if there were any diagrams that showed process flows. The
> RFC's I found seem to overcomplicate and just refer to other legal
> documentation. As you can guess this subject is relatively new to me.
> 
> Alan
> 


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