@misc{rfc4303, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 4303, howpublished = {RFC 4303}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC4303}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4303}, author = {Stephen Kent}, title = {{IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)}}, pagetotal = 44, year = 2005, month = dec, abstract = {This document describes an updated version of the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) protocol, which is designed to provide a mix of security services in IPv4 and IPv6. ESP is used to provide confidentiality, data origin authentication, connectionless integrity, an anti-replay service (a form of partial sequence integrity), and limited traffic flow confidentiality. This document obsoletes RFC 2406 (November 1998). {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }