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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
There's an encryption standard built into IPv6? (See me pretend I have any idea what the IP systems actually *do*. Most of my understanding of IPv4 is derived from XKCD's map.) |
Sort of. Very roughly, IPSec is to IP connection as SSL is to TCP connections, and since TCP run on top of IP, it can secure more of the data.
IPSec works with IPv4 but was designed for IPv6. It was mandatory for IPv6 for many years but it seems to have been changed to recommended December last year which is very interesting given the acrimony between the standard developers and government agencies.
Note: it's been a while since I looked at this.