Microsoft KB Archive/257750

= Windows 2000 Does Not Provide Manual Security Association and Key Management =

Article ID: 257750

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q257750





SYMPTOMS
Administrators may use the IP Security Policies on Local Machine snap-in to manage IP Security (IPSec) security associations (SAs) and keys. However, Windows 2000 does not provide a command-line utility that permits an administrator to perform these tasks manually.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
IPSec is defined by Request for Comment (RFC) 2401. The following text is an excerpt from RFC 2401, section 4.6 (SA and Key Management):

IPsec mandates support for both manual and automated SA and cryptographic key management.

Additional query words: oakley

Keywords: kbipsec kbprb KB257750

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