1 Introduction

The Group Policy: IP Security (IPsec) Protocol Extension is layered on top of the Group Policy: Core Protocol (as specified in [MS-GPOL]). The transmitted configuration data enables centralized (common) configuration of the IPsec component on multiple client systems to provide basic traffic filtering, data integrity, and optionally, data encryption for IP traffic.

Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative.