Tsanangudzo: IPsec inyanzvi yehutaneti yekushandisa kuchengetedzwa kwehutachiona muIndaneti Protocol (IP) networking. IPsec network protocols support encryption and authentication. IPsec inonyanya kushandiswa mune zvinonzi "tunnel mode" ne Virtual Private Network (VPN) . Zvisinei, IPsec inotsigirawo "kutakura nzira" yehutano hwakananga pakati pemakombiyuta maviri.
Nenyanzvi, IPsec inoshanda pane network network (Layer 3) yemuenzaniso weOSI . IPsec inotsigirwa mu Microsoft Windows (Win2000 uye itsvaer versions) pamwe nemhando dzakawanda dze Linux / Unix.