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Networking security related reference materials

SSL REFERENCE MATERIAL:
IPSEC REFERENCE MATERIAL: 
TERMINOLOGY:
  • Authentication Header (AH): IP protocol that provides connectionless integrity and data origin authentication for IP datagrams and to provide protection against replay attacks.
  • Certificate Authority (CA)
  • Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP): IP protocol that provides confidentiality, data origin authentication, connectionless integrity, an anti-replay service (a form of partial sequence integrity), and limited traffic flow confidentiality.
  • Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • Security Association (SA): provides the bundle of algorithms and data that provide the parameters necessary to operate the Authentication Heaer (AH) and/or Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) operations.
  • Security Association Database (SAD)
  • Security Parameter Index (SPI)
  • Security Policy (SP)
  • Security Policy Database (SPD)
  • Transport mode:  Only the payload of the IP packet is encrypted; headers are unencrypted
  • Tunnel mode: The entire IP packet is encrypted.