%% You should probably cite draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev2-reliable-transport instead of this I-D. @techreport{smyslov-ipsecme-ikev2-reliable-transport-04, number = {draft-smyslov-ipsecme-ikev2-reliable-transport-04}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-smyslov-ipsecme-ikev2-reliable-transport/04/}, author = {Valery Smyslov and Tirumaleswar Reddy.K}, title = {{Separate Transports for IKE and ESP}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 2025, month = apr, day = 15, abstract = {The Internet Key Exchange protocol version 2 (IKEv2) can operate either over unreliable (UDP) transport or over reliable (TCP) transport. If TCP is used, then IPsec tunnels created by IKEv2 also use TCP. This document specifies how to decouple IKEv2 and IPsec transports so that IKEv2 can operate over TCP, while IPsec tunnels use unreliable transport. This feature allows IKEv2 to effectively exchange large blobs of data (e.g., when post-quantum algorithms are employed) while avoiding performance problems that arise when IPsec uses TCP.}, }