{"draft":"draft-ietf-ipsecme-g-ikev2-23","doc_id":"RFC9838","title":"Group Key Management Using the Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2)","authors":["V. Smyslov","B. Weis"],"format":["HTML","TEXT","PDF","XML"],"page_count":"66","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IP Security Maintenance and Extensions","abstract":"This document presents an extension to the Internet Key Exchange\r\nProtocol Version 2 (IKEv2) for the purpose of group key management.\r\nThe protocol is in conformance with the Multicast Security (MSEC)\r\nGroup Key Management architecture, which contains two components:\r\nmember registration and group rekeying. Both components are required\r\nfor a Group Controller\/Key Server (GCKS) to provide authorized Group\r\nMembers (GMs) with IPsec Group Security Associations (GSAs). The GMs\r\nthen exchange IP multicast or other group traffic as IPsec packets. \r\n\r\nThis document obsoletes RFC 6407.","pub_date":"November 2025","keywords":[],"obsoletes":["RFC6407"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC9838","errata_url":null}