The IPSec Tunnel

Christopher Leveston
3 min readDec 23, 2023

A Visual Overview of the IPSec Tunnel

a digital tunnel, where data is being traversed — ar 16:9 — v 6.0

As we all know, the internet is a very dangerous place. Networks are being attacked constantly, and communications are always being intercepted by hackers from around the globe. Attacks from all over can cause trouble when trying to communicate with sites from around the world. You’ll never know who is listening in on your communication between networks.

digital warriors fighting off computer viruses and enemies, photorealistic, with swords and shields, trying to cross a digital path — ar 7:8 — v 6.0

The attacks are coming from everywhere over the internet, and if you’re trying to send your army on a mission to carry very sensitive data across this vast ocean of threats without any protection in place, you are bound to lose both them and the data you’ve given them.

digital warriors fighting off computer viruses and enemies, photorealistic, with swords and shields, trying to cross a digital path — ar 16:9 — v 6.0

Luckily, there is a solution to passing your precious data across one network to another through this dangerous place we call, “The Internet”. This solution starts at your firewall!

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Christopher Leveston

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