Incazelo: IPsec iyinqubo yezobuchwepheshe yokusebenzisa izici zokuphepha ku- Inthanethi Protocol (IP) . Amaprosoft ase-IPsec asekela ukubethela nokuqinisekiswa. I-IPsec isetshenziselwa kakhulu kwi-solar mode "okuthiwa" nge- Virtual Private Network (VPN) . Nokho, i-IPsec ibuye isekele "imodi yokuthutha" yokuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwama-computer amabili.
Ngokusemthethweni, imisebenzi ye-IPsec kulayini wenethiwekhi (Isendlalelo 3) se- OSI model . IPsec isekelwa ku-Microsoft Windows (Win2000 kanye nezinguqulo ezintsha) kanye namafomu amaningi e-Linux / Unix.