A security association lifetime of less than four hours (14400 seconds) is used for IPsec connections.
Topic
Security association lifetimes
Applicable to
all
History
Priority
should
Mar 2022
A security association lifetime of less than four hours (14400 seconds) is used for IPsec connections.
Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and recommendations throughout the publication to clarify content without changing intent. This included a review from the Guidelines for System Hardening chapter through to the Guidelines for Data Transfers chapter.
2015
Agencies should use a security association lifetime of less than four hours, or 14400 seconds.
2010
Agencies should use a security association lifetime of less than four hours or 14400 seconds.
2008
Agencies should use a security association lifetime of less than four hours or 14400 seconds.