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IPsec

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A standard for securing internet protocol communications by encrypting and authenticating individual packets. It can make use of multiple different encryption algorithms andprovides for the negotiation of a common algorithm for use between two hosts. It operates at the network layer.

Its support has been mandated in IPv6.

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