Editing Internet Key Exchange (section)

==History==
The [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] (IETF) originally defined IKE in November 1998 in a series of publications ([[Request for Comments]]) known as RFC 2407, RFC 2408 and RFC 2409:

* {{IETF RFC|2407}} defined the Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP.<ref>{{Cite IETF |rfc= 2407 |title= The Internet IP Security Domain of Interpretation for ISAKMP }}</ref>
* {{IETF RFC|2408}} defined the Internet Security Association and [[Key management|Key Management]] Protocol (ISAKMP). <ref>{{Cite IETF |rfc= 2408 |title= Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) }}</ref>
* {{IETF RFC|2409}} defined the Internet Key Exchange (IKE). <ref>{{Cite IETF |rfc= 2409 |title= The Internet Key Exchange (IKE) |author= D. Harkins }}</ref>

{{IETF RFC|4306}} updated IKE to version two (IKEv2) in December 2005.<ref>{{Cite IETF |rfc= 4306 |title= Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol |author= C. Kaufman (Microsoft) |date= December 2005 }}</ref> {{IETF RFC|4718}} clarified some open details in October 2006.<ref>{{Cite IETF |rfc= 4718 |title= IKEv2 Clarifications and Implementation Guidelines |first1=P. |last1=Eronen |first2=P. |last2=Hoffman |date= October 2006 }}</ref> {{IETF RFC|5996}} combined these two documents plus additional clarifications into the updated IKEv2,<ref>{{Cite IETF |rfc= 5996 |title= Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) Protocol |first1=C. |last1=Kaufman |first2=P. |last2=Hoffman |first3=Y. |last3=Nir |first4=P. |last4=Eronen |date= September 2010 }}</ref> published in September 2010. A later update upgraded the document from Proposed Standard to [[Internet Standard]],  published as {{IETF RFC|7296}} in October 2014.

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