IP Security

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Suite of protocols for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications at the network layer, layer 3 of the OSI model by authenticating and/or encrypting each IP packet in a data stream. IPsec also includes protocols for cryptographic key establishment.

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Senses

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A set of protocols developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to support the secure exchange of packets

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Entity Type

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Information Class

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Variants

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acronym: IPSec
plural: IP Securities
possessive: IP Security's
pluralpossessive: IP Securities'

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