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The TCP/IP Guide  9  TCP/IP Lower-Layer (Interface, Internet and Transport) Protocols (OSI Layers 2, 3 and 4)       9  TCP/IP Internet Layer (OSI Network Layer) Protocols            9  Internet Protocol (IP/IPv4, IPng/IPv6) and IP-Related Protocols (IP NAT, IPSec, Mobile IP)                 9  IP Security (IPSec) Protocols

IPSec Architectures and Implementation Methods 1 2 3 4 IPSec Security Associations and the Security Association Database (SAD); Security Policies and the Security Policy Database (SPD); Selectors; the Security Parameter Index (SPI)

Transport Mode

As its name suggests, in transport mode, the protocol protects the message passed down to IP from the transport layer. The message is processed by AH/ESP and the appropriate header(s) added in front of the transport (UDP or TCP) header. The IP header is then added in front of that by IP.

Another way of looking at this is as follows. Normally the transport layer packages data for transmission and sends it to IP. From IP's perspective, this transport layer message is the payload of the IP datagram. When IPSec is used in transport mode, the IPSec header is applied only over this IP payload, not the IP header. The AH and/or ESP headers appears between the original, single IP header and the IP payload. This is illustrated in Figure 119.

Figure 119: IPSec Transport Mode Operation

When IPSec operates in transport mode, it is integrated with IP and used to transport the upper layer (TCP/UDP) message directly. After processing, the datagram has just one IP header that contains the AH and/or ESP IPSec headers. Contrast to Figure 120.

IPSec Architectures and Implementation Methods 1 2 3 4 IPSec Security Associations and the Security Association Database (SAD); Security Policies and the Security Policy Database (SPD); Selectors; the Security Parameter Index (SPI)

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