Ma'anar: IPsec ita ce hanyar fasaha don aiwatar da tsarin tsaro a Intanet ɗin Intanet (IP) . IPsec network protocols goyon bayan boye-boye da kuma gaskatãwa. IPsec shine mafi yawan amfani dashi a yanayin da ake kira "yanayin rami" tare da Cibiyar Sadarwar Kasuwanci (VPN) . Duk da haka, IPsec yana goyan bayan "yanayin sufuri" don haɗin kai tsaye tsakanin kwakwalwa biyu.
Aikin fasaha, ayyukan IPsec a Layer cibiyar sadarwa (Layer 3) na tsarin OSI . IPsec tana goyan bayan Microsoft Windows (Win2000 da sabon sabbin) da kuma mafi yawan siffofin Linux / Unix.