Overview of the KAME stack


The IPsec stack of the KAME project is designed to work with both IPv4 and IPv6:
It was initially designed for IPv6
The IPsec code is compliant with the following RFCs:
For "old" IPsec: from RFC1825 to RFC1829
For "new" IPsec: from RFC2401 to RFC2406 and RFC2451
The IPcomp protocol is implemented:
RFC2393: IP Payload Compression Protocol
The key management daemon (racoon) follows the IKE specifications:
RFC2407 to RFC2409
The IPsec stack is implemented directly into the kernel of the operating system while the IKE daemon is implemented into userland