IPsec - Internet Protocol Security

pcapkit.protocols.internet.ipsec contains IPsec only, which is a base class for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) protocol family *, eg. AH and ESP †.

class pcapkit.protocols.internet.ipsec.IPsec(file=None, length=None, **kwargs)

Bases: Internet[PT], Generic[PT]

Abstract base class for IPsec protocol family.

• Authentication Header (AH) [RFC 4302]

• Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) [RFC 4303]

Parameters

• *args (Any) – Arbitrary positional arguments.

• **kwargs (Any) – Arbitrary keyword arguments.

Return type

Protocol[PT]

classmethod id()

Index ID of the protocol.

Returns

Index ID of the protocol.

Return type

tuple[Literal[“AH”], Literal[“ESP”]]

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*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec

†

ESP class is currently NOT implemented.