IKEv2 protocol guide and checker status
Learn how IKEv2 works and see transparent checker availability. No live endpoint is claimed until the centralized data gate passes.
Learn how IKEv2 works and see transparent checker availability. No live endpoint is claimed until the centralized data gate passes.
Only checks newer than 72 hours are eligible. A row requires a real protocol tunnel, successful HTTPS traffic and a public exit IP different from the checker’s direct IP. Reachable ports and source-reported status are excluded.
Search indexing paused: zero usable rows seven days. The gate requires at least 10 unique endpoints, 3 independent sources and 7 qualifying days in the last 14. The page remains available with noindex,follow while evidence accumulates.
A full-tunnel checker and complete publishable client configurations are not connected for this protocol yet. Server cards and check history will become available when verified configurations exist.
Use /api/v1/servers?protocol=ikev2&status=online to retrieve the same fresh, downloadable and full-tunnel-verified rows without scraping this table. The response includes stable public IDs, transport metadata, the observed exit IP, checker timings and the current config download URL.
Open the IKEv2 API guide or read the complete API v1 documentation.
IKEv2 authenticates peers and negotiates IPsec security associations. IPsec then protects the data traffic. NAT traversal commonly moves encapsulated traffic to UDP 4500. The authentication method and certificate trust chain must match what the server offers.
IKEv2 requires credentials or certificates and a separate strongSwan checker; an open UDP port is not proof of a working VPN.
Connection material is quarantined and never printed in tables or logs. A download is returned only for a fresh full-tunnel result whose exact URI is still present in an allowlisted public source permitted by the publication policy.
Unknown public infrastructure may observe or manipulate traffic. Do not use community endpoints for banking, work accounts, private source code or other sensitive activity. Read the public endpoint risk guide.
Read the complete IKEv2 protocol, configuration and troubleshooting guide.