{"draft":"draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev2-redirect-13","doc_id":"RFC5685","title":"Redirect Mechanism for the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)","authors":["V. Devarapalli","K. Weniger"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"15","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IP Security Maintenance and Extensions","abstract":"The Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2) is a protocol\r\nfor setting up Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnels from a remote\r\nlocation to a gateway so that the VPN client can access services in\r\nthe network behind the gateway.  This document defines an IKEv2\r\nextension that allows an overloaded VPN gateway or a VPN gateway that\r\nis being shut down for maintenance to redirect the VPN client to\r\nattach to another gateway.  The proposed mechanism can also be used\r\nin Mobile IPv6 to enable the home agent to redirect the mobile node\r\nto another home agent.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"November 2009","keywords":["[--------]","IKEv2 Redirect","REDIRECT","REDIRECTED_FROM","anycast redirect","home agent redirect","VPN gateway direct"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5685","errata_url":null}