Concepts & Examples

ScreenOS Reference Guide

Volume 5:
Virtual Private Networks

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About This Volume vii
Document Conventions................................................................................. viii
Web User Interface Conventions ........................................................... viii
Command Line Interface Conventions ................................................... viii
Naming Conventions and Character Types .............................................. ix
Illustration Conventions ............................................................................ x
Requesting Technical Support .......................................................................... x
Self-Help Online Tools and Resources....................................................... xi
Opening a Case with JTAC ........................................................................ xi
Document Feedback ....................................................................................... xi

Chapter 1 Internet Protocol Security 1

Introduction to Virtual Private Networks .......................................................... 2
IPsec Concepts................................................................................................. 3
Modes........................................................................................................ 4
Transport Mode .................................................................................. 4
Tunnel Mode ....................................................................................... 4
Protocols ................................................................................................... 5
Authentication Header ........................................................................ 6
Encapsulating Security Payload........................................................... 6
Key Management ...................................................................................... 7
Manual Key ......................................................................................... 7
AutoKey IKE........................................................................................ 7
Key Protection .................................................................................... 8
Security Associations ................................................................................. 8
Tunnel Negotiation........................................................................................... 9
Phase 1...................................................................................................... 9
Main and Aggressive Modes .............................................................. 10
Diffie-Hellman Exchange................................................................... 11
Phase 2.................................................................................................... 11
Perfect Forward Secrecy ................................................................... 12
Replay Protection.............................................................................. 12
IKE and IPsec Packets .................................................................................... 13
IKE Packets ............................................................................................. 13
IPsec Packets........................................................................................... 16
IKE Version 2........................................................................................... 18
Initial Exchanges............................................................................... 18
CREATE_CHILD_SA Exchange .......................................................... 20
Informational Exchanges .................................................................. 20
Enabling IKEv2 on a Security Device ....................................................... 20
Example: Configuring an IKEv2 Gateway .......................................... 21
Authentication Using Extensible Authentication Protocol .................. 25
IKEv2 EAP Passthrough ........................................................................... 26

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Example............................................................................................ 26

Chapter 2 Public Key Cryptography 29

Introduction to Public Key Cryptography ....................................................... 30
Signing a Certificate................................................................................. 30
Verifying a Digital Signature .................................................................... 30
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm ................................................ 31
Public Key Infrastructure................................................................................ 33
Certificates and CRLs ..................................................................................... 35
Requesting a Certificate Manually............................................................ 37
Loading Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists ............................... 39
Configuring CRL Settings ......................................................................... 40
Obtaining a Local Certificate Automatically ............................................. 41
Automatic Certificate Renewal.................................................................44
Key-Pair Generation................................................................................. 45
Online Certificate Status Protocol................................................................... 45
Specifying a Certificate Revocation Check Method .................................. 46
Viewing Status Check Attributes .............................................................. 47
Specifying an Online Certificate Status Protocol Responder URL ............. 47
Removing Status Check Attributes........................................................... 47
Self-Signed Certificates................................................................................... 48
Certificate Validation ............................................................................... 49
Manually Creating Self-Signed Certificates ............................................... 50
Setting an Admin-Defined Self-Signed Certificate .................................... 51
Certificate Auto-Generation...................................................................... 55
Deleting Self-Signed Certificates .............................................................. 56

Chapter 3 Virtual Private Network Guidelines 59

Cryptographic Options ................................................................................... 60
Site-to-Site Cryptographic Options ........................................................... 60
Dialup VPN Options................................................................................. 67
Cryptographic Policy ......................................................................... 74
Route-Based and Policy-Based Tunnels .......................................................... 75
Packet Flow: Site-to-Site VPN ......................................................................... 76
Tunnel Configuration Guidelines .................................................................... 82
Route-Based Virtual Private Network Security Considerations ........................ 84
Null Route................................................................................................ 84
Dialup or Leased Line .............................................................................. 86
VPN Failover to Leased Line or Null Route............................................... 87
Decoy Tunnel Interface ........................................................................... 89
Virtual Router for Tunnel Interfaces......................................................... 90
Reroute to Another Tunnel ...................................................................... 90

Chapter 4 Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks 91

Site-to-Site VPN Configurations ...................................................................... 92
Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE ............................................. 98
Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE ...........................................107
Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer .........................................113
Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer.........................................121
Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key.............................................130
Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key.............................................136
Dynamic IKE Gateways Using FQDN ...........................................................141
Aliases ...................................................................................................142

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Setting AutoKey IKE Peer with FQDN ....................................................143

VPN Sites with Overlapping Addresses.........................................................152
Transparent Mode VPN ................................................................................163
Transport Mode IPsec VPN...........................................................................169
GW-1 Configuration ...............................................................................170
GW-2 Configuration ...............................................................................171

Chapter 5 Dialup Virtual Private Networks 173

Dialup ..........................................................................................................174
Policy-Based Dialup VPN, AutoKey IKE..................................................174
Route-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer................................................180
Policy-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer ...............................................187
Bidirectional Policies for Dialup VPN Users............................................192
Group IKE ID................................................................................................197
Group IKE ID with Certificates ...............................................................197
Wildcard and Container ASN1-DN IKE ID Types....................................199
Creating a Group IKE ID (Certificates) ....................................................201
Setting a Group IKE ID with Preshared Keys..........................................206
Shared IKE ID ..............................................................................................212

Chapter 6 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol 219

Introduction to L2TP ....................................................................................219
Packet Encapsulation and Decapsulation .....................................................222
Encapsulation ........................................................................................222
Decapsulation........................................................................................223
Setting L2TP Parameters ..............................................................................225
L2TP and L2TP-over-IPsec............................................................................227
Configuring L2TP...................................................................................227
Configuring L2TP-over-IPsec..................................................................232
Configuring an IPsec Tunnel to Secure Management Traffic ..................239
Bidirectional L2TP-over-IPsec ................................................................241

Chapter 7 Advanced Virtual Private Network Features 247

NAT-Traversal ..............................................................................................248
Probing for NAT.....................................................................................249
Traversing a NAT Device .......................................................................251
UDP Checksum......................................................................................253
Keepalive Packets..................................................................................253
Initiator/Responder Symmetry ..............................................................253
Enabling NAT-Traversal .........................................................................255
Using IKE IDs with NAT-Traversal..........................................................256
VPN Monitoring ...........................................................................................258
Rekey and Optimization Options...........................................................259
Source Interface and Destination Address .............................................260
Policy Considerations ............................................................................261
Configuring the VPN Monitoring Feature ...............................................261
SNMP VPN Monitoring Objects and Traps .............................................269
Multiple Tunnels per Tunnel Interface ..........................................................271
Route-to-Tunnel Mapping ......................................................................271
Remote Peers Addresses ......................................................................273
Manual and Automatic Table Entries .....................................................274
Manual Table Entries.......................................................................274
Automatic Table Entries ..................................................................274

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Setting VPNs on a Tunnel Interface to Overlapping Subnets............276

Binding Automatic Route and NHTB Table Entries ..........................294
Using OSPF for Automatic Route Table Entries ...............................306
Redundant VPN Gateways............................................................................307
VPN Groups ...........................................................................................308
Monitoring Mechanisms ........................................................................309
IKE Heartbeats ................................................................................310
Dead Peer Detection .......................................................................310
IKE Recovery Procedure..................................................................311
TCP SYN-Flag Checking .........................................................................313
Creating Redundant VPN Gateways.................................................314
Creating Back-to-Back VPNs .........................................................................320
Creating Hub-and-Spoke VPNs .....................................................................327

Chapter 8 AutoConnect-Virtual Private Networks 337

Overview .....................................................................................................337
How It Works...............................................................................................337
NHRP Messages.....................................................................................338
AC-VPN Tunnel Initiation .......................................................................339
Configuring AC-VPN ..............................................................................340
Network Address Translation ..........................................................340
Configuration on the Hub................................................................340
Configuration on Each Spoke ..........................................................341
Example ................................................................................................342

Index..........................................................................................................................IX-I

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Volume 5: Virtual Private Networks describes virtual private network (VPN) concepts
and ScreenOS VPN-specific features.

This volume contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1, Internet Protocol Security, provides background information about

IPsec, presents a flow sequence for Phase 1 in IKE negotiations in aggressive
and main modes, and concludes with information about IKE and IPsec packet
encapsulation.

Chapter 2, Public Key Cryptography, provides an introduction to public key

cryptography, certificate use, and certificate revocation list (CRL) use within the
context of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

Chapter 3, Virtual Private Network Guidelines, offers some useful information

to help in the selection of the available VPN options. It also presents a packet
flow chart to demystify VPN packet processing.

Chapter 4, Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks, provides extensive examples

of VPN configurations connecting two private networks.

Chapter 5, Dialup Virtual Private Networks, provides extensive examples of

client-to-LAN communication using AutoKey IKE. It also details group IKE ID
and shared IKE ID configurations.

Chapter 6, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, explains Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

(L2TP) and provides configuration examples for L2TP and L2TP-over-IPsec.

Chapter 7, Advanced Virtual Private Network Features, contains information

and examples for the more advanced VPN configurations, such as
NAT-Traversal, VPN monitoring, binding multiple tunnels to a single tunnel
interface, and hub-and-spoke and back-to-back tunnel designs.

Chapter 8, AutoConnect-Virtual Private Networks, describes how ScreenOS

uses Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP) messages to enable security devices
to set up AutoConnect VPNs as needed. The chapter provides an example of a
typical scenario in which AC-VPN might be used.

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Document Conventions
This document uses the conventions described in the following sections:

Web User Interface Conventions on page viii

Command Line Interface Conventions on page viii

Naming Conventions and Character Types on page ix

Illustration Conventions on page x

Web User Interface Conventions

The Web user interface (WebUI) contains a navigational path and configuration
settings. To enter configuration settings, begin by clicking a menu item in the
navigation tree on the left side of the screen. As you proceed, your navigation path
appears at the top of the screen, with each page separated by angle brackets.

The following example shows the WebUI path and parameters for defining an
address:

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: addr_1

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.5/32
Zone: Untrust

To open Online Help for configuration settings, click the question mark (?) in the
upper left of the screen.

The navigation tree also provides a Help > Config Guide configuration page to help
you configure security policies and Internet Protocol Security (IPSec). Select an
option from the list, and follow the instructions on the page. Click the ? character in
the upper left for Online Help on the Config Guide.

Command Line Interface Conventions

The following conventions are used to present the syntax of command line
interface (CLI) commands in text and examples.

In text, commands are in boldface type and variables are in italic type.

In examples:

Variables are in italic type.

Anything inside [square brackets] is optional.

Anything inside {braces } is required.

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If there is more than one choice, each choice is separated by a pipe ( | ). For
example, the following command means set the management options for the
ethernet1, the ethernet2, or the ethernet3 interface:

set interface { ethernet1 | ethernet2 | ethernet3 } manage

NOTE: When entering a keyword, you only have to type enough letters to identify the
word uniquely. Typing set adm u whee j12fmt54 will enter the command set
admin user wheezer j12fmt54. However, all the commands documented in this
guide are presented in their entirety.

Naming Conventions and Character Types

ScreenOS employs the following conventions regarding the names of objectssuch
as addresses, admin users, auth servers, IKE gateways, virtual systems, VPN
tunnels, and zonesdefined in ScreenOS configurations:

If a name string includes one or more spaces, the entire string must be
enclosed within double quotes; for example:

set address trust local LAN 10.1.1.0/24

Any leading spaces or trailing text within a set of double quotes are trimmed;
for example, local LAN becomes local LAN.

Multiple consecutive spaces are treated as a single space.

Name strings are case-sensitive, although many CLI keywords are

case-insensitive. For example, local LAN is different from local lan.

ScreenOS supports the following character types:

Single-byte character sets (SBCS) and multiple-byte character sets (MBCS).

Examples of SBCS are ASCII, European, and Hebrew. Examples of MBCSalso
referred to as double-byte character sets (DBCS)are Chinese, Korean, and
Japanese.

ASCII characters from 32 (0x20 in hexadecimals) to 255 (0xff), except double

quotes ( ), which have special significance as an indicator of the beginning or
end of a name string that includes spaces.

NOTE: A console connection only supports SBCS. The WebUI supports both SBCS and
MBCS, depending on the character sets that your browser supports.

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Illustration Conventions
Figure 1 shows the basic set of images used in illustrations throughout this volume.

Figure 1: Images in Illustrations

Autonomous System Local Area Network (LAN)
or with a Single Subnet
Virtual Routing Domain or
Security Zone

Dynamic IP (DIP) Pool

Internet

Policy Engine
Security Zone Interfaces:
White = Protected Zone Interface
(example = Trust Zone)
Black = Outside Zone Interface
(example = Untrust Zone)
Generic Network Device

Tunnel Interface

Server

VPN Tunnel

Router

Juniper Networks
Switch Security Devices

Hub

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Self-Help Online Tools and Resources

For quick and easy problem resolution, Juniper Networks has designed an online
self-service portal called the Customer Support Center (CSC) that provides you with
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Chapter 1
Internet Protocol Security

This chapter introduces elements of Internet Protocol security (IPsec) and describes
how they relate to virtual private network (VPN) tunneling. This chapter contains
the following sections:

Introduction to Virtual Private Networks on page 2

IPsec Concepts on page 3

Modes on page 4

Protocols on page 5

Key Management on page 7

Security Associations on page 8

Tunnel Negotiation on page 9

Phase 1 on page 9

Phase 2 on page 11

IKE and IPsec Packets on page 13

IKE Packets on page 13

IPsec Packets on page 16

IKE Version 2 on page 18

Enabling IKEv2 on a Security Device on page 20

IKEv2 EAP Passthrough on page 26

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Introduction to Virtual Private Networks

A virtual private network (VPN) provides a means for securely communicating
between remote computers across a public wide area network (WAN), such as the
Internet.

A VPN connection can link two local area networks (LANs) or a remote dialup user
and a LAN. The traffic that flows between these two points passes through shared
resources such as routers, switches, and other network equipment that make up the
public WAN. To secure VPN communication while passing through the WAN, the
two participants create an IP security (IPsec) tunnel.

NOTE: The term tunnel does not denote either transport or tunnel mode (see Modes on
page 4). It refers to the IPsec connection.

An IPsec tunnel consists of a pair of unidirectional Security Associations (SAs)one

at each end of the tunnelthat specify the security parameter index (SPI),
destination IP address, and security protocol (Authentication Header or
Encapsulating Security Payload) employed.

For more information about SPIs, see Security Associations on page 8. For more
information about IPsec security protocols, see Protocols on page 5.

Through the SA, an IPsec tunnel can provide the following security functions:

Privacy (through encryption)

Content integrity (through data authentication)

Sender authentication andif using certificatesnonrepudiation (through data

origin authentication)

The security functions you employ depend on your needs. If you only need to
authenticate the IP packet source and content integrity, you can authenticate the
packet without applying any encryption. On the other hand, if you are only
concerned with preserving privacy, you can encrypt the packet without applying
any authentication mechanisms. Optionally, you can both encrypt and authenticate
the packet. Most network security designers choose to encrypt, authenticate, and
replay-protect their VPN traffic.

ScreenOS supports IPsec technology for creating VPN tunnels with two kinds of key
creation mechanisms:

Manual Key

AutoKey IKE with a preshared key or a certificate

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IPsec Concepts
IP security (IPsec) is a suite of related protocols for cryptographically securing
communications at the IP Packet Layer. IPsec consists of two modes and two main
protocols:

Transport and tunnel modes

The Authentication Header (AH) protocol for authentication and the

Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) protocol for encryption (and
authentication)

IPsec also provides methods for the manual and automatic negotiation of Security
Associations (SAs) and key distribution, all the attributes for which are gathered in a
Domain of Interpretation (DOI). Refer to RFC 2407 and RFC 2408.

Figure 2: IPsec Architecture

Transport Mode Tunnel Mode
Note: ScreenOS does
not support transport
mode with AH.

AH Protocol ESP Protocol

Authentication Algorithm Encryption Algorithm

(MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2) (DES, 3DES)

Domain of Interpretation
(DOI)

SA and Key Management

(Manual and Automatic)

NOTE: The IPsec Domain of Interpretation (DOI) is a document containing definitions for
all the security parameters required for the successful negotiation of a VPN
tunnelessentially, all the attributes required for SA and IKE negotiations.

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Modes
IPsec operates in one of two modestransport or tunnel. When both ends of the
tunnel are hosts, you can use either mode. When at least one of the endpoints of a
tunnel is a security gateway, such as a router or firewall, you must use tunnel mode.
Juniper Networks security devices always operate in tunnel mode for IPsec tunnels
and transport mode for L2TP-over-IPsec tunnels.

Transport Mode
The original IP packet is not encapsulated within another IP packet, as shown in
Figure 3. The entire packet can be authenticated (with AH), the payload can be
encrypted (with ESP), and the original header remains in plaintext as it is sent
across the WAN.

Figure 3: Transport Modes

IP Packets
Transport Mode--AH
Original AH Payload

Authenticated

Transport Mode--ESP
Original ESP Payload

Encrypted
Authenticated

Tunnel Mode
The entire original IP packetpayload and headeris encapsulated within another
IP payload and a new header is prepended to it, as shown in Figure 4. The entire
original packet can be encrypted, authenticated, or both. With AH, the AH and new
headers are also authenticated. With ESP, the ESP header can also be authenticated.

Figure 4: Tunnel Modes

IP Packets
The original packet is encapsulated.
Tunnel Mode--AH New AH Original
Header Header Header Payload

Authenticated

Tunnel Mode--ESP New ESP Original

Header Header Header Payload

Encrypted
Authenticated

In a site-to-site VPN, the source and destination addresses used in the new header
are the IP addresses of the outgoing interface (in NAT or route mode) or the VLAN1
IP address (in transparent mode); the source and destination addresses of the
encapsulated packets are the addresses of the ultimate endpoints of the connection.

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Figure 5: Site-to-Site VPN in Tunnel Mode

Device A Device B
Tunnel Gateway Tunnel Gateway

Internet

LAN LAN
Tunnel

1 2
B
A
A B Payload 1 2 A B Payload A B Payload

The original packet is encapsulated.

In a dialup VPN, there is no tunnel gateway on the VPN dialup client end of the
tunnel; the tunnel extends directly to the client itself. In this case, on packets sent
from the dialup client, both the new header and the encapsulated original header
have the same IP address: that of the clients computer.

NOTE: Some VPN clients such as the NetScreen-Remote allow you to define a virtual
inner IP address. In such cases, the virtual inner IP address is the source IP
address in the original packet header of traffic originating from the client, and the
IP address that the ISP dynamically assigns the dialup client is the source IP
address in the outer header.

Figure 6: Dialup VPN in Tunnel Mode

Device B
Tunnel Gateway
Internet
VPN Dialup Client
LAN
Tunnel
A=1
2 B

A B Payload 1 2 A B Payload A B Payload

The original packet is encapsulated.

Protocols
IPsec uses two protocols to secure communications at the IP Layer:

Authentication Header (AH)A security protocol for authenticating the source

of an IP packet and verifying the integrity of its content

Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)A security protocol for encrypting the

entire IP packet (and authenticating its content)

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Authentication Header
The Authentication Header (AH) protocol is used to verify the authenticity and
integrity of the content and origin of a packet. You can authenticate the packet by
the checksum calculated through a Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
using a secret key and the MD5, SHA-1 or SHA-2 hash functions.

Message Digest version 5 (MD5)Algorithm that produces a 128-bit hash (also

called a digital signature or message digest) from a message of arbitrary length
and a 16-byte key. The resulting hash is used, like a fingerprint of the input, to
verify content and source authenticity and integrity.

Secure Hash Algorithm-1 (SHA-1)Algorithm that produces a 160-bit hash

from a message of arbitrary length and a 20-byte key. It is generally regarded as
more secure than MD5 because of the larger hashes it produces. Because the
computational processing is done in the ASIC, the performance cost is
negligible.

Secure Hash Algorithm-2 (SHA-2)Set of four algorithms named after their

message digest length (in bits)SHA2-224, SHA2-256, SHA2-384, and
SHA2-512. These algorithms are generally regarded as more secure than SHA-1
because of the larger hashes they produce. This release of ScreenOS supports
the SHA2-256 hash algorithm. The SHA2-256 algorithm produces a 256-bit
hash from a message of arbitrary length and a 32-byte key.

NOTE: For more information about the MD5, SHA-1, and SHA2-256 hashing algorithms,
refer to the following RFCs: (MD5) 1321, 2403; (SHA-1) 2404; (SHA2-256) 4753,
4868. For information about HMAC, refer to RFC 2104.

Encapsulating Security Payload

The Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) protocol provides a means for ensuring
privacy (encryption) and source authentication and content integrity
(authentication). ESP in tunnel mode encapsulates the entire IP packet (header and
payload) and then appends a new IP header to the now-encrypted packet. This new
IP header contains the destination address needed to route the protected data
through the network.

With ESP, you can both encrypt and authenticate, encrypt only, or authenticate
only. For encryption, you can choose one of the following encryption algorithms:

Data Encryption Standard (DES)A cryptographic block algorithm with a

56-bit key.

Triple DES (3DES)A more powerful version of DES in which the original DES
algorithm is applied in three rounds, using a 168-bit key. DES provides a
significant performance savings but is considered unacceptable for many
classified or sensitive material transfers.

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)An emerging encryption standard

which, when adopted by Internet infrastructures worldwide, will offer greater
interoperability with other network security devices. ScreenOS supports AES
with 128-bit, 192-bit, and 256-bit keys.

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For authentication, you can use the MD5, SHA-1 or SHA2-256 algorithms.

NOTE: Even though it is possible to select NULL for authentication, it has been
demonstrated that IPsec might be vulnerable to attack under such circumstances.
Therefore, it is inadvisable to select NULL for authentication.

Key Management
Key distribution and management are critical to using VPNs successfully. IPsec
supports both manual and automatic key-distribution methods.

Manual Key
With manual key encryption, administrators at both ends of a tunnel configure all
the security parameters. This is a viable technique for small, static networks where
the distribution, maintenance, and tracking of keys are not difficult. However, safely
distributing manual-key configurations across great distances poses security issues.
Aside from passing a key face-to-face, you cannot be completely sure that the key
has not been compromised while in transit. Also, whenever you want to change the
key, you are faced with the same security issues as when you initially distributed it.

AutoKey IKE
When you need to create and manage numerous tunnels, you need a method that
does not require you to manually configure every element. IPsec supports the
automated generation and negotiation of keys and security associations using the
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol. ScreenOS refers to such automated tunnel
negotiation as AutoKey IKE and supports AutoKey IKE with preshared keys and
AutoKey IKE with certificates.

AutoKey IKE with Preshared Keys

With AutoKey IKE which uses preshared keys to authenticate the participants in an
IKE session, each side must configure and securely exchange the preshared key in
advance. In this regard, the issue of secure key distribution is the same as that with
manual keys. However, once distributed, an autokey, unlike a manual key, can
automatically change its keys at predetermined intervals using the IKE protocol.
Frequently changing keys greatly improves security, and automatically doing so
greatly reduces key-management responsibilities. However, changing keys increases
traffic overhead; therefore, doing so too often can reduce data transmission
efficiency.

NOTE: A preshared key is a key for both encryption and decryption, which both
participants must possess before initiating communication.

AutoKey IKE with Certificates

When using certificates to authenticate the participants during an AutoKey IKE
negotiation, each side generates a public/private key pair (see Public Key
Cryptography on page 29) and acquires a certificate (see Certificates and CRLs
on page 35). As long as the issuing certificate authority (CA) is trusted by both sides,
the participants can retrieve the peers public key and verify the peers signature.
There is no need to keep track of the keys and SAs; IKE does so automatically.

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NOTE: For examples of both Manual Key and AutoKey IKE tunnels, see Site-to-Site
Virtual Private Networks on page 91.

Key Protection
Juniper Networks security devices protect VPN-persistent private keys against
unauthorized access and modification. By enabling the key protection feature, the
security device encrypts VPN persistent private keys, checks integrity of the key
whenever the key is used, and destroys the key memory with different key patterns
in the system.

The following types of VPN private keys are encrypted:

PKI private keys (DSA/RSA/ECDSA)

IKE preshared keys and preshared key seeds

VPN manual keys (keys generated from passwords)

All VPN manual keys and keys generated from passwords are encrypted from
plaintext to encrypted text using a master key (a hard-coded key). The same master
key is used to decrypt the encrypted key back to plaintext. You cannot access the
master key if you are accessing the system through any management interface. The
AES (128-bit) encryption algorithm is used to encrypt the keys. The security device
uses the single-parity-bit Error Detection Code (EDC) algorithm to detect key errors.

Enabling Key Protection

You can enable key protection through the WebUI or the CLI. The key protection
feature is disabled by default.

WebUI
Configuration > Admin > Management: Select Enable Key Protection, then click
Apply.

CLI
set key protection enable
save

Security Associations
A security association (SA) is a unidirectional agreement between the VPN
participants regarding the methods and parameters to use in securing a
communication channel. Full bidirectional communication requires at least two
SAs, one for each direction.

An SA groups together the following components for securing communications:

Security algorithms and keys

Protocol mode (transport or tunnel)

Key-management method (manual key or AutoKey IKE)

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SA lifetime

For outbound VPN traffic, the policy invokes the SA associated with the VPN tunnel.
For inbound traffic, the security device looks up the SA by using the following
triplet:

Destination IP

Security protocol (AH or ESP)

Security parameter index (SPI) value

Tunnel Negotiation
For a manual key IPsec tunnel, because all of the security association (SA)
parameters have been previously defined, there is no need to negotiate which SAs
to use. In essence, the tunnel has already been established. When traffic matches a
policy using that manual key tunnel or when a route involves the tunnel, the
security device simply encrypts and authenticates the data, as you determined, and
forwards it to the destination gateway.

To establish an AutoKey IKE IPsec tunnel, two phases of negotiations are required:

In Phase 1, the participants establish a secure channel in which to negotiate the

IPsec SAs.

In Phase 2, the participants negotiate the IPsec SAs for encrypting and
authenticating the ensuing exchanges of user data.

NOTE: Juniper Networks security devices support the newer version of the IKE protocol
known as IKEv2. For more information about IKEv2 and how security devices
establish security associations (SAs) using the IKEv2 protocol, see IKE Version 2
on page 18.

Phase 1
Phase 1 of an AutoKey IKE tunnel negotiation consists of the exchange of proposals
for how to authenticate and secure the channel. The exchange can be in one of two
modes: aggressive or main. Using either mode, the participants exchange proposals
for acceptable security services such as:

Encryption algorithms (DES and 3DES) and authentication algorithms (MD5,

SHA-1 or SHA2-256). For more information about these algorithms, see
Protocols on page 5.

A Diffie-Hellman group (see Diffie-Hellman Exchange on page 11).

Preshared key or RSA/DSA certificates (see AutoKey IKE on page 7).

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A successful Phase 1 negotiation concludes when both ends of the tunnel agree to
accept at least one set of the Phase 1 security parameters proposed and then
process them. Juniper Networks security devices support up to four proposals for
Phase 1 negotiations, allowing you to define how restrictive a range of security
parameters for key negotiation you will accept.

The predefined Phase 1 proposals that ScreenOS provides are as follows:

Standard: pre-g2-aes128-sha and pre-g2-3des-sha

Compatible: pre-g2-3des-sha, pre-g2-3des-md5, pre-g2-des-sha, and

pre-g2-des-md5

Basic: pre-g1-des-sha and pre-g1-des-md5

You can also define custom Phase 1 proposals.

Main and Aggressive Modes

Phase 1 can take place in either main or aggressive mode. The two modes are
described below.

Main mode: The initiator and recipient send three two-way exchanges (six
messages total) to accomplish the following services:

First exchange (messages 1 and 2): Propose and accept the encryption and
authentication algorithms.

Second exchange (messages 3 and 4): Execute a DH exchange, and the initiator
and recipient each provide a pseudo-random number.

Third exchange (messages 5 and 6): Send and verify their identities.

The information transmitted in the third exchange of messages is protected by the

encryption algorithm established in the first two exchanges. Thus, the participants
identities are not transmitted in the clear.

Aggressive mode: The initiator and recipient accomplish the same objectives, but
only in two exchanges, with a total of three messages:

First message: The initiator proposes the SA, initiates a DH exchange, and
sends a pseudo-random number and its IKE identity.

Second message: The recipient accepts the SA; authenticates the initiator; and
sends a pseudo-random number, its IKE identity, and, if using certificates, the
recipients certificate.

Third message: The initiator authenticates the recipient, confirms the exchange,
and, if using certificates, sends the initiators certificate.

Because the participants identities are exchanged in the clear (in the first two
messages), aggressive mode does not provide identity protection.

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NOTE: When a dialup VPN user negotiates an AutoKey IKE tunnel with a preshared key,
aggressive mode must be used. Note also that a dialup VPN user can use an email
address, a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), or an IP address as its IKE ID. A
dynamic peer can use either an email address or FQDN, but not an IP address.

Diffie-Hellman Exchange
A Diffie-Hellman (DH) exchange allows the participants to produce a shared secret
value. The strength of the technique is that it allows the participants to create the
secret value over an unsecured medium without passing the secret value through
the wire. ScreenOS supports DH groups 1, 2, 5, and 14 for IKEv1 and IKEv2. The
size of the prime modulus used in each groups calculation differs as follows:

DH group 1: 768 bit

DH group 2: 1024 bit

DH group 5: 1536 bit

DH group 14: 2048 bit

NOTE: The strength of DH group 1 security has depreciated, and we do not recommend
its use.

The larger the modulus, the more secure the generated key is considered to be;
however, the larger the modulus, the longer the key-generation process takes.
Because the modulus for each DH group is a different size, the participants must
agree to use the same group.

NOTE: If you configure multiple (up to four) proposals for Phase 1 negotiations, you can
use different DH groups in all proposals. The same guideline applies to multiple
proposals for Phase 2 negotiations.

Phase 2
After the participants have established a secure and authenticated channel, they
proceed through Phase 2, in which they negotiate the SAs to secure the data to be
transmitted through the IPsec tunnel.

Like the process for Phase 1, the participants exchange proposals to determine
which security parameters to employ in the SA. A Phase 2 proposal also includes a
security protocoleither Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) or Authentication
Header (AH)and selected encryption and authentication algorithms. The proposal
can also specify a DH group, if Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) is desired.

Regardless of the mode used in Phase 1, Phase 2 always operates in quick mode
and involves the exchange of three messages.

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Juniper Networks security devices support up to four proposals for Phase 2

negotiations, allowing you to define how restrictive a range of tunnel parameters
you will accept. ScreenOS also provides a replay protection feature. Use of this
feature does not require negotiation because packets are always sent with sequence
numbers. You simply have the option of checking or not checking the sequence
numbers. (For more information about replay protection, see Replay Protection
on page 12.)

The predefined Phase 2 proposals that ScreenOS provides are as follows:

Standard: g2-esp-3des-sha and g2-esp-aes128-sha

Compatible: nopfs-esp-3des-sha, nopfs-esp-3des-md5, nopfs-esp-des-sha, and

nopfs-esp-des-md5

Basic: nopfs-esp-des-sha and nopfs-esp-des-md5

You can also define custom Phase 2 proposals.

In Phase 2, the peers also exchange proxy IDs. A proxy ID is a three-part tuple
consisting of local IP addressremote IP addressservice. The proxy ID for both
peers must match, which means that the service specified in the proxy ID for both
peers must be the same, and the local IP address specified for one peer must be the
same as the remote IP address specified for the other peer.

NOTE: Phase 2 negotiations for IPv6 support Netscreen Redundancy Protocol (NSRP).

The CREATE_CHILD_SA exchange in an IKEv2 exchange corresponds to the Phase 2

negotiations in IKEv1. For more information, see Initial Exchanges on page 18.

Perfect Forward Secrecy

Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) is a method for deriving Phase 2 keys independent
from and unrelated to the preceding keys. Alternatively, the Phase 1 proposal
creates the key (the SKEYID_d key) from which all Phase 2 keys are derived. The
SKEYID_d key can generate Phase 2 keys with a minimum of CPU processing.
Unfortunately, if an unauthorized party gains access to the SKEYID_d key, all your
encryption keys are compromised.

PFS addresses this security risk by forcing a new Diffie-Hellman key exchange to
occur for each Phase 2 tunnel. Using PFS is thus more secure, although the rekeying
procedure in Phase 2 might take slightly longer with PFS enabled.

Replay Protection
A replay attack occurs when somebody intercepts a series of packets and uses them
later either to flood the system, causing a denial of service (DoS), or to gain entry to
the trusted network. The replay-protection feature enables security devices to check
every IPsec packet to see if it has been received previously. If packets arrive outside
a specified sequence range, the security device rejects them.

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IKE and IPsec Packets

An IPsec VPN tunnel consists of two major elements:

Tunnel Setup: The peers first establish security associations (SAs), which define
the parameters for securing traffic between themselves. The admins at each
end can define the SAs manually, or the SAs can be defined dynamically
through IKE Phase 1 and Phase 2 negotiations. Phase 1 can occur in either
main or aggressive mode. Phase 2 always occurs in quick mode.

Applied Security: IPsec protects traffic sent between the two tunnel endpoints
by using the security parameters defined in the SAs that the peers agreed to
during the tunnel setup. IPsec can be applied in one of two modestransport
or tunnel. Both modes support the two IPsec protocolsEncapsulating Security
Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header (AH).

For an explanation of the packet processing that occurs during the IKE and IPsec
stages of a VPN tunnel, see IKE Packets on page 13 and IPsec Packets on
page 16. These sections show the packet headers for IKE and IPsec, respectively.

IKE Packets
When a clear-text packet arrives at the security device that requires tunneling and
no active Phase 2 SA exists for that tunnel, the security device begins IKE
negotiations (and drops the packet). The source and destination addresses in the IP
packet header are those of the local and remote IKE gateways, respectively. In the
IP packet payload, there is a UDP segment encapsulating an Internet Security
Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP), or IKE, packet. The format for
IKE packets is the same for Phase 1 and Phase 2.

NOTE: When the initial IP packet is dropped, the source host resends it. Typically, by the
time the second packet reaches the security device, IKE negotiations are complete
and the security device protects itand all subsequent packets in the
sessionwith IPsec before forwarding it.

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Figure 7: IKE Packet for Phases 1 and 2

IP UDP ISAKMP
Header Header Header Payload

Note: ISAKMP is the packet format that IKE uses.

IP Header
Header
Version Type of Service Total Packet Length (in Bytes)
Length
Identification 0 D M Fragment Offset

Time to Live (TTL) Protocol (17 for UDP) Header Checksum

Source Address (Local Peers Gateway)

Destination Address (Remote Peers Gateway)

IP Options (if any) Padding

IP Payload

UDP Header

Source Port (500 for IKE) Destination Port (500 for IKE)

Length Checksum

UDP Payload

ISAKMP Header (for IKE)

Initiators Cookie

Responders Cookie
(0000 for the first packet)

Next Payload Maj Ver Min Ver Exchange Type Flags

Message ID
Message Length

ISAKMP Payload

The Next Payload field contains a number indicating one of the following payload
types:

0002SA Negotiation Payload: contains a definition for a Phase 1 or Phase 2

SA.

0004Proposal Payload: can be a Phase 1 or Phase 2 proposal.

0008Transform Payload: the transform payload gets encapsulated in a

proposal payload which gets encapsulated in an SA payload.

0010Key Exchange (KE) Payload: contains information necessary to perform

a key exchange, such as a Diffie-Hellman public value.

0020Identification (IDx) Payload.

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In Phase 1, IDii indicates the initiator ID, and IDir indicates the responder
ID.

In Phase 2, IDui indicates the user initiator, and IDur indicates the user
responder.

The IDs are IKE ID types such as FQDN, U-FQDN, IP address, and
ASN.1_DN.

0040Certificate (CERT) Payload.

0080Certificate Request (CERT_REQ) Payload.

0100Hash (HASH) Payload: contains the digest output of a particular hash

function.

0200Signature (SIG) Payload: contains a digital signature.

0400Nonce (Nx) Payload: contains some pseudo-random information

necessary for the exchange).

0800Notify Payload.

1000ISAKMP Delete Payload.

2000Vendor ID (VID) Payload: can be included anywhere in Phase 1

negotiations. ScreenOS uses it to mark support for Network Address
Translation-Traversal (NAT-T).

Each ISAKMP payload begins with the same generic header, as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8: Generic ISAKMP Payload Header

Next Header Reserved Payload Length (in bytes)

Payload

There can be multiple ISAKMP payloads chained together, with each subsequent
payload type indicated by the value in the Next Header field. A value of 0000
indicates the last ISAKMP payload. See Figure 9 on page 16 for an example.

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Figure 9: ISAKMP Header with Generic ISAKMP Payloads

Initiators SPI

Responders SPI (0000 for the first packet)

Next Payload ISAKMP
Maj Ver Min Ver Exchange Type Flags Header
(0002 for SA)
Message ID

Total Message Length

Next Header Reserved SA Payload Length
(0004 for Proposal) SA
Payload
SA Payload
Next Header
(0008 for Transform) Reserved Proposal Payload Length
Proposal
Payload
Proposal Payload
Next Header Reserved Transform Payload Length
(0000 for End) Transform
Payload
Transform Payload

IPsec Packets
After IKE negotiations complete and the two IKE gateways have established Phase 1
and Phase 2 security associations (SAs), the security device applies IPsec protection
to subsequent clear-text IP packets that hosts behind one IKE gateway send to hosts
behind the other gateway (assuming that policies permit the traffic). If the Phase 2
SA specifies the Encapsulating Security Protocol (ESP) in tunnel mode, the packet
looks like the one shown below. The security device adds two additional headers to
the original packet that the initiating host sends.

NOTE: For information about ESP, see Encapsulating Security Payload on page 6. For
information about tunnel mode, see Tunnel Mode on page 4.

Figure 10: IPsec PacketEncapsulating Security Payload in Tunnel Mode

IPsec Packet
Sent by IKE Gateway Original Packet
Sent by Initiating Host
IP2 ESP IP1 TCP
Header Header Header Header Payload

The local gateway adds

these headers to the packet.

As shown in Figure 10, the packet that the initiating host constructs includes the
payload, the TCP header, and the inner IP header (IP1).

The outer IP header (IP2), which the security device adds, contains the IP address of
the remote gateway as the destination IP address and the IP address of the local
security device as the source IP address. The security device also adds an ESP
header between the outer and inner IP headers. The ESP header contains
information that allows the remote peer to properly process the packet when it
receives it. This is illustrated in Figure 11 on page 17.

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Figure 11: Outer IP Header (IP2) and ESP Header

Outer IP Header (IP2)

Version Header Type of Service Total Packet Length (in Bytes)

Identification 0 D M Fragment Offset

Time to Live (TTL) Protocol (50 for ESP) Header Checksum

Source Address (Local Peers Gateway)

Destination Address (Remote Peers Gateway)

IP Options (if any) Padding

Payload

ESP Header

Remote Peers Security Parameters Index (SPI)*

Sequence Number*

Initialization Vector* (IV) - First 8 octets of data field Authenticated

Payload Data** (variable)
Encrypted
Padding** (0-255 bytes) Padding Length** Next Header (4 for IP)**

Authentication Data (variable)

* = Authenticated sections of the packet

** = Encrypted sections of the packet

The Next Header field indicates the type of data in the payload field. In tunnel
mode, this value is 4, indicating IP-in-IP. If ESP is applied in transport mode, this
value indicates a Transport Layer protocol such as 6 for TCP or 17 for UDP.

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Figure 12: Inner IP Header (IP1) and TCP Header

Inner IP Header (IP1)

Version Header Type of Service Total Packet Length (in Bytes)

Length
Identification 0 D M Fragment Offset

Time to Live (TTL) Protocol (6 for TCP) Header Checksum

Source Address (Initiating Host)

Destination Address (Receiving Host)

IP Options (if any) Padding

Payload

TCP Header

Source Port Destination Port

Sequence Number

Acknowledgement Number

Header U A P R S F
Length Reserved R C S S Y I Window Size
G K H T N N

Checksum Urgent Pointer

Padding
Options (if any) Padding

Data

IKE Version 2
Juniper Networks security devices support a newer version of the Internet Key
Exchange protocol (IKE), known as IKE version 2 (IKEv2). IKEv2 brings together
various aspects of exchanging keys between IPsec endpoints, such as NAT-T,
extended authentication (xauth), and ISAKMP configuration, into a single protocol
and preserves most of the features of the earlier version, including identity hiding,
PFS, two phases of establishing SAs, and cryptographic negotiation.

IKEv2 performs mutual authentication between two IPsec endpoints and

establishes an IKE SA known as IKE_SA, in which the IPsec endpoints share secret
information to establish SAs for Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) protocol,
Authentication Header (AH), and a set of cryptographic algorithms to be used to
protect IKE traffic. The SAs for ESP or AH that get set up through the IKE_SA are
called CHILD_SAs.

IKEv2 supports three types of exchanges: initial, CREATE_CHILD_SA, and

informational. Conceptually, IKEv2 IKE_SA and CHILD_SA are equivalent to IKEv1
Phase 1 SA and Phase 2 SA, respectively.

Initial Exchanges
The IPsec endpoints start an IKEv2 SA through an initial exchange. This consists of
two exchanges: IKE_SA_INIT and IKE_AUTH.

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IKE_SA_INIT Exchange
An IKE_SA_INIT exchange negotiates security suites, establishes the IKE_SA, and
generates the SKEYSEED from which all keys are derived for the IKE_SA. Separate
keys are computed for each direction. The initiator sends the following:

HDRInitiators IKE header. The header contains the security parameter

indexes (SPIs), version, and flags.

SAi1Cryptographic algorithms the initiator supports for the IKE_SA.

KEiInitiators Diffie-Hellman value

NiInitiators nonce

The responder sends the response to the initiator request with the following:

HDRResponders header

SAr1Cryptographic algorithms the responder supports for the IKE_SA.

KErResponders Diffie-Hellman value

NrResponders nonce

[CERTREQ][Optional] Certificate request

IKE_AUTH Exchange
The IKE_AUTH exchange authenticates IKE endpoints and establishes the
CHILD_SA. This exchange consists of a single request/response pair. The initiator
starts using the new CHILD_SA immediately after receiving the responder's
response; similarly, the responder starts using the new CHILD_SA immediately after
sending the response to the initiator.

All messages following the initial exchange are cryptographically protected using
the cryptographic algorithms and keys negotiated in the first two messages of the
key exchange. These subsequent messages use the syntax of the encrypted
payload. During the IKE_AUTH exchange, the endpoints exchange the following:

HDRInitiators header

IDiInitiators ID

[CERT][Optional] Certificate

[CERTREQ][Optional] Certificate Request

IDrResponders ID

AUTHAuthenticates the previous message and the initiators identity

SAi2Initiators SA

TSiInitiators traffic selector

TSrResponders traffic selector

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The responder sends the following response:

HDRResponders header

IDrInitiators ID

[CERT][Optional] Certificate

AUTHAuthenticates the previous message and the initiators identity

SAr2Responder's SA

TSiInitiators traffic selector

TSrResponders traffic selector

Of these messages, except the Header, all other payload are encrypted with the
secret key generated by the endpoints.

CREATE_CHILD_SA Exchange
After the IPsec endpoints complete the initial exchanges, either endpoint can
initiate the CREATE_CHILD_SA. This exchange rekeys a CHILD_SA or IKE_SA. This
exchange consists of a single request/response pair and was referred to as a Phase 2
exchange in IKEv1.

All messages following the initial exchange are cryptographically protected using
the cryptographic algorithms and keys negotiated in the first two messages of the
IKE.

Informational Exchanges
IKEv2 uses informational exchanges to send and receive control messages,
including dead peer detection (DPD).

Enabling IKEv2 on a Security Device

You can configure an existing IKEv1 gateway to support IKEv2. Such a converted
gateway configuration functions only with IKEv2 peers, not IKEv1. When you
configure your security device to support IKEv2, you should note the following
differences between IKEv1 and IKEv2:

Unlike IKEv1, where the IPsec endpoints negotiate the Diffie-Hellman (DH)
group before agreeing on the DH group number, the IKEv2 initiator sends the
DH group number in the first message of the IKE_INIT_SA exchange. If the
initiator has multiple DH group proposals in its SA payload, the DH group that
the initiator sends may not match the DH group the responder expects. In such
cases, the responder notifies the initiator with the expected DH group number.
The initiator responds to this message with the correct DH group number and
restarts the IKE_INIT_SA exchange.

The two endpoints in an IKEv2 SA do not negotiate the IKE_SA and CHILD_SA
lifetimes; each endpoint can have its own lifetime. The endpoint with the
shorter lifetime will rekey before the current IKE_SA or CHILD_SA expires (by
default, 10 seconds earlier for IKE_SA and 60 seconds earlier for CHILD_SA), as
long as the connection between the endpoints still needs this IKE_SA or

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CHILD_SA. A CHILD_SA is considered no longer needed when there has been

no traffic since the last rekey or the SA has timed out. An IKE_SA is no longer
needed when all its CHILD_SAs are no longer needed.

Authentication methods between the two negotiating IKE peers can be

different; the endpoints do not negotiate the authentication methods.

All CHILD_SAs close if their parent IKE_SA is closed.

The two endpoints maintain only one IKE_SA; all other exchanges are carried
out through CHILD_SAs.

Example: Configuring an IKEv2 Gateway

In the example shown in Figure 13, you create two VPN tunnels that use IKEv2 for
automatic generation and negotiation of keys and security associations (SAs). These
tunnels provide a secure connection between the two devices - Device B and Device
A. A policy-based VPN is configured on Device A, while a route-based VPN is
configured on Device B. For the Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify
standard and basic predefined proposals, respectively, on both the devices.

Figure 13: IKEv2 Gateway Connecting Two Security Devices

Trust:10.10.0.1/16 Untrust: 201.23.0.3/24

Tunnel.10
Ethernet3/1 Ethernet3/2

External Router

Internet
LAN LAN
Device A Device B

External Router
Ethernet0/1
Ethernet0/2
Tunnel.10

Untrust: 201.12.0.1/24 Trust: 10.30.0.3/16

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WebUI (Device A)
1. Configuring the IKEv2 Gateway
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: Device B

Version:
IKEv2: (select)
Remote Gateway:
Static IP Address: (select), IPv4 Address/Hostname: 201.23.0.3

> Advanced: Enter the following, then click Return to set the advanced
options and return to the basic configuration page:

IKEv2 Auth Method: Enable

Self: rsa-sig
Peer: preshare
Preshared Key: GsbBPO0MNXYgXGsOetCXf8qaR8n5AUVlLQ==
Outgoing interface: ethernet3/2
Security Level:
Predefined: (select, Standard)
Preferred Certificate (optional)
Local cert: CN=but CN=nsisg2000.netscreen.com.CN=rsa-key.CN
Peer CA: OU=Secure Server Certification Authority.O=RSA
Peer Type: X509-SIG
2. Configuring the VPN
VPNs > Autokey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click Advanced:

VPN Name: Device B

Remote Gateway: (select)
Predefined: (select), Device B

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to set
the advanced options and return to the basic configuration page:

Security Level
Predefined: (select, Basic)
3. Configuring the Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > Configuration: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Virtual Router name: untrust-vr

IP Address / Netmask: 10.30.0.3/16
Next Hop: Gateway (select)
Interface: ethernet3/2
4. Creating Policies
Policy > Policies (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Source Address:
New Address: 10.30.0.3/16
Destination Address:
New address: 10.10.0.1/16
Service: (select), Any

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Action: (select), Tunnel

Tunnel: (select), Device B

Policy > Policies (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Source Address:
New Address: 10.10.0.1/16
Destination Address:
New address: 10.30.0.3/16
Service: (select), Any
Action: (select), Tunnel
Tunnel: (select), Device B

WebUI (Device B)
1. Configuring the IKEv2 Gateway
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: Device A

Version:
IKEv2: (select)
Remote Gateway:
Static IP Address: (select), IPv4 Address/Hostname: 201.12.0.1

> Advanced: Enter the following, then click Return to set the advanced
options and return to the basic configuration page:

IKEv2 Auth Method: Enable

Self: preshare
Peer: rsa-sig
Preshared Key: 3to5BAFpNn3thBsncQCmBYF5ThnQVfMlEQ==
Outgoing interface: ethernet0/2
Security Level:
Predefined: (select, Standard)
Preferred Certificate (optional)
Local cert: None
Peer CA: CN=netscreen.OU=qa
Peer Type: X509-SIG
2. Configuring the Tunnel Interface
Network > Interfaces > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.10

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet0/2 (trust-vr)
3. Configuring the VPN and Proxy-ID
VPNs > Autokey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click Advanced:

VPN Name: Device A

Remote Gateway: (select)
Predefined: (select), Device A

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to set
the advanced options and return to the basic configuration page:

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Security Level
Predefined: (select, Basic)
Bind to: Tunnel Interface (select): Select tunnel.10, Untrust-Tun from the
drop-down list

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.30.0.0/16
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.10.0.0/16
Service: ANY
4. Configuring the Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > Configuration: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Virtual Router name: trust-vr

IP Address / Netmask: 10.10.0.1/16
Next Hop: Gateway (select)
Interface: tunnel.10

CLI (Device A)
1. Configuring Addresses
set address trust 10.10.0.1 10.10.0.1/16
set address untrust 10.30.0.3 10.30.0.3/16
2. Configuring the IKEv2 Gateway
set ike gateway ikev2 "Device B" address 201.23.0.3 outgoing-interface
"ethernet3/2" preshare "GsbBPO0MNXYgXGsOetCXf8qaR8n5AUVILQ=="
proposal "standard"
set ike gateway ikev2 "Device B" auth-method self rsa-sig peer preshare
set ike gateway ikev2 "Device B" cert my-cert-hash
361A26F4CDE8696D10FF1C767D00AD8CCC3BF4CE
set ike gateway ikev2 "Device B" cert peer-ca-hash
0E9290B27AA8BAF65D3C9229AFE8F31DB953B2DA

NOTE: The local and peer certificates are generated by the device. The certificates will not
work if you copy this part to the device.

3. Setting the IKE_SA Soft Lifetime

set ike ikev2 ike-sa-soft-lifetime 60
4. Configuring the VPN
set vpn "Device B" gateway "Device B" no-replay tunnel idletime 0 proposal
"basic"
5. Configuring the Route
set route 10.30.0.3/16 interface ethernet3/2
6. Configuring Policies
set policy id 4 from untrust to trust 10.30.0.3 10.10.0.1 any tunnel vpn
"Device B" id 0x1 pair-policy 3
set policy id 3 from trust to untrust 10.10.0.1 10.30.0.3 any tunnel vpn
"Device B" id 0x1 pair-policy 4

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CLI (Device B)
1. Configuring the IKEv2 Gateway
set ike gateway ikev2 "Device A" address 201.12.0.1 outgoing-interface
"ethernet0/2" preshare "3to5BAFpNn3thBsncQCmBYF5ThnQVfMlEQ=="
proposal "standard"
set ike gateway ikev2 "Device A" auth-method self preshare peer rsa-sig
set ike gateway ikev2 "Device A" cert peer-ca-hash
5BA819E4775F1DBAB039C48A0DAE21583DC5A916
2. Configuring the VPN
set vpn "Device A" gateway "Device A" no-replay tunnel idletime 0 proposal
"basic"
3. Binding the VPN to a Tunnel
set vpn "Device A" id 0x2 bind interface tunnel.10
4. Creating a VPN Proxy Configuration
set vpn "Device A" proxy-id local-ip 10.30.0.0/16 remote-ip 10.10.0.0/16 any
5. Configuring the Route
set route 10.10.0.1/16 interface tunnel.10
6. Setting Policy Permit
set policy id 4 from untrust to trust 10.30.0.3 10.10.0.1 any permit
set policy id 3 from trust to untrust 10.10.0.1 10.30.0.3 any permit

Authentication Using Extensible Authentication Protocol

In addition to supporting authentication using public key signatures and shared
secrets, IKEv2 supports authentication using Extensible Authentication Protocol
(EAP). By using EAP, IKEv2 can leverage existing authentication infrastructure and
credential databases, because EAP allows users to choose a method suitable for
existing credentials and provides an easy means of separation of the IKEv2
responder (VPN gateway) from the RADIUS server that acts as the EAP
authentication endpoint.

Juniper Networks security devices support authentication using EAP in the following
ways:

Security device as the VPN gatewayWhen the security device acts as the
VPN gateway, it provides only EAP passthrough and supports a RADIUS server
as the authentication server. In this implementation, the security device
supports EAP-Message Digest 5 (EAP-MD5), EAP-Transport Layer Security
(EAP-TLS), EAP-Tunneled TLS (EAP-TTLS), and EAP-Protected EAP (EAP-PEAP)
passthrough. The security device neither times out for the connections nor
provides accounting support.

Security device as the VPN clientWhen the security device acts as the VPN
client, it supports only the EAP-MD5 supplicant (client) functionality for IKEv2.

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IKEv2 EAP Passthrough

When you enable a Juniper Networks security device to use EAP to authenticate a
client with a RADIUS authentication server, the security device acts as a proxy
(authenticator) and passes the EAP messages between the client (supplicant) and
the RADIUS (authentication) server. During EAP exchanges, the security device
decapsulates the EAP messages in IKEv2 messages from the peer, encapsulates
them into RADIUS messages, and sends them to the RADIUS server.

When the RADIUS server responds to the authentication requests, the security
device decapsulates the EAP messages, encapsulates them into IKEv2 messages,
and sends them to the peer. After the RADIUS server has authenticated the client, if
there is a shared secret generated during the exchange, the security device extracts
the shared secret from the RADIUS Access-Accept message and uses it to generate
the AUTH payload. In this way, the security device passes the EAP messages
between a client and an authentication server.

Example
The following example explains the steps involved in setting up IKEv2 EAP
authentication for an authenticator and a supplicant.

Figure 14: Setting Up IKEv2 EAP Authentication

RADIUS

PKI

2.2.2.1

Authenticator (M)

20.20.20.1

PC 1 1.1.1.1 Supplicant 10.10.10.1 PC 2

Internet HA
10.10.10.2
1.1.1.100 Authenticator (B) 2.2.2.100

20.20.20.2

You can set up the IKEv2 EAP using the WebUI or the CLI.

WebUI (Authenticator)
1. Setting Up Auth-Server
Select Configuration > Auth > Auth Servers > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Name: rad1
Auth-server IP address: 10.155.43.201
RADIUS secret: netscreen
Account Type: IKEv2EAP (check)

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2. Setting Up IKE
Select VPN >AutoKey Advanced >Gateway >New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Gateway Name: v2-gw3

Version: IKEv2 (select)
IP address of the remote gateway: 10.10.10.1

> Click Advanced. Configure the following advanced setting, then click
Return to return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Phase1 Proposal (select): rsa-g2-3des-sha

Select VPN >AutoKey Advanced >Gateway >EAP: Perform the following

actions:

IKEv2 EAP authentication: (check)

Authenticator: (select)
Auth-server name: rad1
Send-id-Req: (check)

Select VPN >AutoKey Advanced > Gateway >Edit: Perform the following
actions, then click OK:

edit on the gateway (select)

> Click Advanced. Configure the following advanced settings, then click
Return to return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

IKEv2 Auth: (check)

self: rsa-sig
peer:eap
Outgoing interface: loopback.3
Local cert: my-cert 1

CLI (Authenticator)
1. Auth-Server Configuration
set auth-server "rad1" server-name "10.155.43.201"
set auth-server "rad1" account-type eap-ikev2
set auth-server "rad1" radius secret netscreen
2. IKE Configuration
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" dialup "Peer2" outgoing-interface "loopback.3"
preshare abcd1234 proposal "rsa-g2-3des-sha"
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" cert my-cert 1
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" cert peer-ca all
set ike gateway ikev2 v2-gw3 eap authenticator passthrough rad1 send-id-req
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" auth-method self rsa-sig peer eap
set vpn "v2-vpn3" gateway "v2-gw3" no-replay tunnel idletime 0 proposal
"g2-esp-3des-sha"

WebUI (Supplicant)
1. Setting Up IKE
Select VPN > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway>New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

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Gateway Name: v2-gw3

Version: IKEv2 (select)
IP address of the remote gateway: 20.20.20.1

> Click Advanced. Configure the following advanced setting, then click
Return to return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Phase1 Proposal (select): rsa-g2-3des-sha

Select VPN >AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > Edit: Perform the following
actions, then click OK:

Gateway: (select)

> Click Advanced. Configure the following advanced setting, then click
Return to return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

IKEv2 Auth: (check)

self: eap
peer: rsa-sig
Outgoing interface: loopback.3
Local cert: my-cert 1

CLI (Supplicant)
IKE Configuration
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" address 203.203.203.1 local-id
"[email protected]" outgoing-interface "loopback.3" preshare abcd1234
proposal "rsa-g2-3des-sha"
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" cert my-cert 1
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" cert peer-ca all
set ike gateway ikev2 v2-gw3 eap supplicant md5 username test1 password abcd1
set ike gateway ikev2 "v2-gw3" auth-method self eap peer rsa-sig
set vpn v2-vpn3 gateway v2-gw3 no-replay tunnel idleitem 0 proposal
g2-esp-3des-sha

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Public Key Cryptography

This chapter provides an introduction to public key cryptography and the use of
certificates and certificate revocation lists (CRLs) within the context of Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI). This chapter includes the following topics:

Introduction to Public Key Cryptography on page 30

Signing a Certificate on page 30

Verifying a Digital Signature on page 30

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm on page 31

Public Key Infrastructure on page 33

Certificates and CRLs on page 35

Loading Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists on page 39

Configuring CRL Settings on page 40

Obtaining a Local Certificate Automatically on page 41

Automatic Certificate Renewal on page 44

Online Certificate Status Protocol on page 45

Key-Pair Generation on page 45

Specifying a Certificate Revocation Check Method on page 46

Specifying an Online Certificate Status Protocol Responder URL on

page 47

Self-Signed Certificates on page 48

Removing Status Check Attributes on page 47

Manually Creating Self-Signed Certificates on page 50

Setting an Admin-Defined Self-Signed Certificate on page 51

Deleting Self-Signed Certificates on page 56

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Introduction to Public Key Cryptography

In public key cryptography, a public/private key pair is used to encrypt and decrypt
data. Data encrypted with a public key, which the owner makes available to the
public, can only be decrypted with the corresponding private key, which the owner
keeps secret and protected. For example, if Alice wants to send Bob an encrypted
message, Alice can encrypt it with Bobs public key and send it to him. Bob then
decrypts the message with his private key.

The reverse is also useful; that is, encrypting data with a private key and decrypting
it with the corresponding public key. This is known as creating a digital signature.
For example, if Alice wants to present her identity as the sender of a message, she
can encrypt the message with her private key and send the message to Bob. Bob
then decrypts the message with Alices public key, thus verifying that Alice is indeed
the sender.

Public/private key pairs also play an important role in the use of digital certificates.
The procedure for signing a certificate (by a CA) and then verifying the signature (by
the recipient) works as shown in the following subsections.

Signing a Certificate
1. The certificate authority (CA) that issues a certificate hashes the certificate by
using a hash algorithm (MD5, SHA-1 or SHA2-256) to generate a digest.

2. The CA then signs the certificate by encrypting the digest with its private key.
The result is a digital signature.

3. The CA then sends the digitally signed certificate to the person who requested
it.

Verifying a Digital Signature

1. When the recipient gets the certificate, the recipient also generates another
digest by applying the same hash algorithm (MD5, SHA-1 or SHA2-256) on the
certificate file.

2. The recipient uses the CAs public key to decrypt the digital signature.

3. The recipient compares the decrypted digest with the digest just generated. If
the two match, the recipient can confirm the integrity of the CAs signature and,
by extension, the integrity of the accompanying certificate.

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Figure 15: Digital Signature Verification

Sender (CA)

1. Using either the MD5, SHA-1 or SHA2-256 hash algorithm, the Digest A
CA makes digest A from the certificate. Cert
Hash Algorithm
2. Using the its private key, the CA encrypts digest A. The result is (MD5, SHA-1 or
digest B, the digital signature.
SHA2-256)
3. The CA sends the digitally signed certificate to the person who
requested it. Digest B

CAs Private Key

Recipient

1. Using either MD5, SHA-1 or SHA2-256, the recipient makes digest Digest A Cert
A from the certificate.
Compare Hash Algorithm
2. Using the CAs public key, the recipient decrypts digest B. (MD5, SHA-1 or
SHA2-256)
3. The recipient compares digest A with digest B. If they match, the
recipient knows that the certificate has not been tampered with.
Digest B

CAs Private Key

The procedure for digitally signing messages sent between two participants in an
IKE session works very similarly, with the following differences:

Instead of making a digest from the CA certificate, the sender makes it from the
data in the IP packet payload.

Instead of using the CAs public/private key pair, the participants use the
senders public/private key pair.

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

Juniper Networks security devices use Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) to generate
the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) key pair.

In addition to RSA and DSA, you can also generate an ECDSA public/private key pair
using ECDSA. The public key size of an ECDSA key is smaller than a DSA public key.
The performance speed of an ECDSA key, at higher security levels, is faster than
DSA or RSA. For information about ECDSA, see RFCs 3279 and 4754.

Like DSA and RSA certificates, you can use IKEv1 with ECDSA-based certificates
(see RFC 2409). You can use three different ECDSA signatures with IKEv1. Each of
these signatures uses a particular elliptic curve group and hash function (see RFC
4753).

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Digital Signature Algorithm Elliptic Curve Group Hash Function

ECDSA-256 256-bit SHA-256
ECDSA-384 384-bit SHA-384
ECDSA-512 512-bit SHA-512

The current version of ScreenOS uses the SHA2-256 hashing algorithm and
supports the secp256r1 parameter type of elliptic curve only.

To generate an ECDSA public/private key pair:

exec pki ecdsa new-key secp256r1

The ECDSA key length is defined in the elliptic curve domain parameter string
secp256r1. The curve domain parameters conform to ANSI X9.62-1998
specifications.

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Public Key Infrastructure

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) refers to the hierarchical structure of trust required
for the successful implementation of public key cryptography. To verify the
trustworthiness of a certificate, you must be able to track a path of certified CAs
from the one issuing your local certificate back to a root authority of a CA domain.

Figure 16: PKI Hierarchy of TrustCA Domain

The root-level CA validates subordinate CAs.

Subordinate CAs validate

local certificates and other
CAs.

Local certificates contain

the users public key.

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If certificates are used solely within an organization, that organization can have its
own CA domain within which a company CA issues and validates certificates
among its employees. If that organization later wants its employees to be able to
exchange their certificates with those from another CA domain (for example, with
employees at another organization that also has its own CA domain), the two CAs
can develop cross-certification; that is, they can agree to trust the authority of each
other. In this case, the PKI structure does not extend vertically but does extend
horizontally.

Figure 17: Cross-Certification

CA Domain A CA Domain B

Cross-certification

Users in CA domain A can use their certificates and key pairs with users
in CA domain B because the CAs have cross-certified each other.

For convenience and practicality, the PKI must be transparently managed and
implemented. Toward this goal, ScreenOS does the following:

1. Generates a public/private key pair when you create a certificate request.

2. Supplies that public key as part of the certificate request in the form of a text
file for transmission to a Certificate Authority (CA) for certificate enrollment
(PKCS10 file).

3. Supports loading the local certificate, the CA certificate, and the certificate
revocation list (SubinterfaceCRL) into the unit.

NOTE: The Certificate Authority usually provides a CRL. Although you can load a CRL into
the security device, you cannot view it once loaded.

You can also specify an interval for refreshing the CRL online. For more
information about CRLs, see Certificates and CRLs on page 35.

4. Provides certificate delivery when establishing an IPsec tunnel.

5. Supports certificate path validation upward through eight levels of CA

authorities in the PKI hierarchy.

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6. Supports the PKCS #7 cryptographic standard, which means the security device
can accept X.509 certificates and CRLs packaged within a PKCS #7 envelope.
PKCS #7 support allows you to submit multiple X.509 certificates within a
single PKI request. You can now configure PKI to validate all the submitted
certificates from the issuing CA at one time.

NOTE: ScreenOS supports a PKCS #7 file size of up to 7 Kilobytes.

7. Supports online CRL retrieval through LDAP or HTTP.

Certificates and CRLs

A digital certificate is an electronic means for verifying your identity through the
word of a trusted third party, known as a Certificate Authority (CA). The CA server
you use can be owned and operated by an independent CA or by your own
organization, in which case you become your own CA. If you use an independent
CA, you must contact them for the addresses of their CA and CRL servers (for
obtaining certificates and certificate revocation lists) and for the information they
require when submitting personal certificate requests. When you are your own CA,
you determine this information yourself.

NOTE: ScreenOS supports the following CAs: Baltimore, Entrust, Microsoft, Netscape, RSA
Keon, and Verisign.

ScreenOS contains a CA certificate for authenticating downloads from the

antivirus (AV) pattern file server and the Deep Inspection (DI) attack object
database server. For more information about the AV pattern file server, see
Antivirus Scanning on page 4-64. For more information about the DI attack
object database server, see Attack Object Database Server on page 4-126.

To use a digital certificate to authenticate your identity when establishing a secure

VPN connection, you must first do the following:

Generate a key in the security device, send it to a CA to obtain a personal

certificate (also known as a local certificate), and load the certificate in the
security device.

Obtain a CA certificate for the CA that issued the personal certificate (basically
verifying the identity of the CA verifying you), and load the CA certificate in the
security device. You can perform this task manually, or you can perform this
task automatically using Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP).

If the certificate does not contain a certificate distribution point (CDP)

extension, and you cannot automatically retrieve the CRL through LDAP or
HTTP, you can retrieve a CRL manually and load that in the security device.

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During the course of business, there are several events that make it necessary to
revoke a certificate. You might wish to revoke a certificate if you suspect that it has
been compromised or when a certificate holder leaves a company. Managing
certificate revocations and validation can be accomplished locally (which is a
limited solution) or by referencing a CAs CRL, which you can automatically access
online at daily, weekly, or monthly intervals or at the default interval set by the CA.

To obtain a signed digital certificate using the manual method, you must complete
several tasks in the following order:

1. Generate a public/private key pair.

2. Fill out the certificate request.

3. Submit your request to your CA of choice.

4. After you receive your signed certificate, you must load it into the security
device along with the CA certificate.

You now have the following items for the following uses:

A local certificate for the security device, to authenticate your identity with each
tunnel connection

A CA Certificate (their public key), to be used to verify the peers certificate

If the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) was included with the CA certificate, a
CRL to identify invalid certificates

NOTE: A CRL might accompany a CA certificate and be stored in the ScreenOS database.
Alternatively, the CA certificate might contain the CRL URL (either LDAP or HTTP)
for a CRL that is stored in the CAs database. If the CRL is unobtainable by either
method, you can manually enter a CRL URL in the security device, as explained in
Configuring CRL Settings on page 40.

When you receive these files (the certificate files typically have the extension .cer,
and the CRL typically has the extension .crl), load them into your security device
using the procedure described in Requesting a Certificate Manually on page 37.

NOTE: If you are planning to use email to submit a PKCS10 file to obtain your certificates,
you must properly configure your ScreenOS settings so that you can send email to
your system administrator. You have to set your primary and secondary DNS
servers and specify the SMTP server and email address settings.

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Requesting a Certificate Manually

When you request a certificate, the security device generates a key pair. The public
key becomes incorporated in the request itself and, eventually, in the digitally
signed local certificate you receive from the CA.

In the following example, the security administrator is making a certificate request

for Michael Zhang in the Development department at Juniper Networks in
Sunnyvale, California. The certificate is going to be used for a security device at IP
address 10.10.5.44. The administrator instructs the security device to send the
request through email to the security administrator at [email protected]. The
security administrator then copies and pastes the request in the certificate request
text field at the CAs certificate enrollment site. After the enrollment process is
complete, the CA usually sends the certificates through email back to the security
administrator.

NOTE: A special certificate identity string, called domain-component, is available only

through the CLI. Devices can use this value in certificates for IPsec logon to VPN
gateways. For example, the device could use this as a Group IKE ID, accepting
ASN1_DN type IKE identities containing "DC=Engineering, DC=NewYork".

Before generating a certificate request, make sure that you have set the system
clock and assigned a hostname and domain name to the security device. (If the
security device is in an NSRP cluster, replace the hostname with a cluster name.
For more information, see Creating an NSRP Cluster on page 11-31.)

WebUI
1. Certificate Generation
Objects > Certificates > New: Enter the following, then click Generate:

Name: Michael Zhang

Phone: 408-730-6000
Unit/Department: Development
Organization: Juniper Networks
County/Locality: Sunnyvale
State: CA
Country: US
E-mail: [email protected]
IP Address: 10.10.5.44
Write to file: (select)
RSA: (select)
Create new key pair of 1024 length: (select)

The device generates a PKCS #10 file and prompts you to send the file through
email, save the file to disk, or automatically enroll through the Simple
Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP).

Select the E-mail to option, type [email protected], then click OK.

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NOTE: Some CAs do not support an email address in a certificate. If you do not include an
email address in the local certificate request, you cannot use an email address as
the local IKE ID when configuring the security device as a dynamic peer. Instead,
you can use a fully qualified domain name (if it is in the local certificate), or you
can leave the local ID field empty. By default the security device sends its
hostname.domainname. If you do not specify a local ID for a dynamic peer, enter
the hostname.domainname of that peer on the device at the other end of the IPsec
tunnel in the peer ID field.

The value 1024 indicates the bit length of the key pair. If you are using the
certificate for SSL (see Secure Sockets Layer on page 3-8), be sure to use a bit
length that your browser also supports.

Using the email address assumes that you have already configured the IP address
for your SMTP server: set admin mail server-name { ip_addr | dom_name }.

2. Certificate Request
The security administrator opens the file and copies its contents, taking care to
copy the entire text but not any blank spaces before or after the text. (Start at
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----, and end at -----END CERTIFICATE
REQUEST-----.)

The security administrator then follows the certificate request directions at the
CAs website, pasting the PKCS #10 file in the appropriate field when required.

3. Certificate Retrieval
When the security administrator receives the certificate from the CA through
email, the administrator forwards it to you. Copy it to a text file, and save it to
your workstation (to be loaded to the security device later through the WebUI)
or to a TFTP server (to be loaded later through the CLI).

CLI
1. Certificate Generation
set pki x509 dn country-name US
set pki x509 dn email [email protected]
set pki x509 dn ip 10.10.5.44
set pki x509 dn local-name Santa Clara
set pki x509 dn name Michael Zhang
set pki x509 dn org-name Juniper Networks
set pki x509 dn org-unit-name Development
set pki x509 phone 408-730-6000
set pki x509 dn state-name CA
set pki x509 default send-to [email protected]
exec pki rsa new-key 1024

NOTE: Using the email address assumes that you have already configured the IP address
for your SMTP server: set admin mail server-name { ip_addr | dom_name }.

The certificate request is sent through email to [email protected].

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2. Certificate Request
The security administrator opens the file and copies its contents, taking care to
copy the entire text but not any blank spaces before or after the text. (Start at
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----, and end at -----END CERTIFICATE
REQUEST-----.)

The security administrator then follows the certificate request directions at the
CAs website, pasting the PKCS #10 file in the appropriate field when required.

3. Certificate Retrieval
When the security administrator receives the certificate from the CA through
email, the administrator forwards it to you. Copy it to a text file, and save it to
your workstation (to be loaded to the security device later through the WebUI)
or to a TFTP server (to be loaded later through the CLI).

Loading Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists

The CA returns the following three files to you for loading onto the security device:

A CA certificate, which contains the CAs public key

A local certificate that identifies your local machine (your public key)

A CRL, which lists any certificates revoked by the CA

For the WebUI example, you have downloaded the files to a directory named
C:\certs\ns on the administrators workstation. For the CLI example, you have
downloaded the TFTP root directory on a TFTP server with IP address 198.168.1.5.

NOTE: Juniper Networks security devices (including virtual systems) configured with
ScreenOS 2.5 or later support loading multiple local certificates from different
CAs.

This example illustrates how to load two certificate files named auth.cer (CA
certificate) and local.cer (your public key), along with the CRL file named
distrust.crl.

WebUI
1. Objects > Certificates: Select Load Cert, then click Browse.

2. Navigate to the C:\certs directory, select auth.cer, then click Open.

The directory path and filename (C:\certs\ns\auth.cer) appear in the File Browse
field.

3. Click Load.

The auth.cer certificate file loads.

4. Objects > Certificates: Select Load Cert, then click Browse.

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5. Navigate to the C:\certs directory, select local.cer, then click Open.

The directory path and filename (C:\certs\ns\local.cer) appear in the File Browse
field.

6. Click Load.

The auth.cer certificate file loads.

7. Objects > Certificates: Select Load CRL, then click Browse.

8. Navigate to the C:\certs directory, select distrust.crl, then click Open.

9. Click Load.

The distrust.crl CRL file loads.

CLI
exec pki x509 tftp 198.168.1.5 cert-name auth.cer
exec pki x509 tftp 198.168.1.5 cert-name local.cer
exec pki x509 tftp 198.168.1.5 crl-name distrust.crl

Configuring CRL Settings

In Phase 1 negotiations, participants check the CRL list to see if certificates received
during an IKE exchange are still valid. If a CRL is not loaded in the ScreenOS
database, the security device tries to retrieve the CRL through the LDAP or HTTP
CRL location defined within the certificate itself. If there is no URL defined in the
certificate, the security device uses the URL of the server that you define for that CA
certificate. If you do not have the CA certificate loaded in the device (for example,
an intermediate CA of the certificate chain received during IKE exchange), you
cannot resolve the CRL server URL for that CA. In this case, you can specify the CRL
server URL in the Default Cert Validation Settings section of the WebUI (see the next
page). A CRL server URL entered here is used only when the CA certificate is not
present in the device. There is no pre-defined default URL.

NOTE: The CRL distribution point extension (.cdp) in an X509 certificate can be either an
HTTP URL or an LDAP URL.

With ScreenOS 2.5 and later, you can disable the checking of a CRLs digital
signature when you load the CRL. However, disabling CRL certificate checking
compromises the security of your device.

In this example, you first configure the Entrust CA server to check the CRL daily by
connecting to the LDAP server at 2.2.2.121 and locating the CRL file. You then
configure default certificate-validation settings to use the companys LDAP server at
10.1.1.200, also checking the CRL every day.

NOTE: The index (IDX) number for the Entrust CA certificate is 1. To view a list of the IDX
numbers for all the CA certificates loaded on a security device, use the following
CLI command: get pki x509 list ca-cert.

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WebUI
Objects > Certificates (Show: CA) > Server Settings (for NetScreen): Enter the
following, then click OK:

X509 Cert_Path Validation Level: Full

CRL Settings:
URL Address: ldap:///CN=Entrust,CN=en2001,CN=PublicKeyServices,
CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=EN2001,DC=com?CertificateRevocati
onList?base?objectclass=CRLDistributionPoint
LDAP Server: 2.2.2.121
Refresh Frequency: Daily

Objects > Certificates > Default Cert Validation Settings: Enter the following,
then click OK:

X509 Certificate Path Validation Level: Full

Certificate Revocation Settings:
Check Method: CRL
URL Address:
ldap:///CN=NetScreen,CN=safecert,CN=PublicKeyServices,
CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=SAFECERT,DC=com?CertificateRevoc
ationList?base?objectclass=CRLDistributionPoint
LDAP Server: 10.1.1.200

CLI
set pki authority 1 cert-path full
set pki authority 1 cert-status crl url ldap:///CN=Entrust,CN=en2001,
CN=PublicKeyServices,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=EN2000,DC=com?
CertificateRevocationList?base?objectclass=CRLDistributionPoint
set pki authority 1 cert-status crl server-name 2.2.2.121
set pki authority 1 cert-status crl refresh daily
set pki authority default cert-path full
set pki authority default cert-status crl url ldap:///CN=NetScreen,
CN=safecert,CN=PublicKeyServices,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=SAFE
CERT,
DC=com?CertificateRevocationList?base?objectclass=CRLDistributionPoint
set pki authority default cert-status crl server-name 10.1.1.200
set pki authority default cert-status crl refresh daily
save

Obtaining a Local Certificate Automatically

To use a digital certificate to authenticate your identity when establishing a secure
VPN connection, you must first do the following:

Obtain a certificate authority (CA) certificate from which you intend to obtain a
personal certificate, and then load the CA certificate in the security device.

Obtain a local certificate (also known as a personal certificate) from the CA

whose CA certificate you have previously loaded, and then load the local
certificate in the security device. You can perform this task manually, or
automatically using Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP).

Because the manual method of requesting local certificates has steps requiring you
to copy information from one certificate to another, it can be a somewhat lengthy
process. To bypass these steps, you can use the automatic method.

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Note that, before using SCEP, you must perform the following tasks:

Configure and enable DNS. (See Domain Name System Support on

page 2-219.)

Set the system clock. (See System Clock on page 2-256.)

Assign a hostname and domain name to the security device. (If the security
device is in an NSRP cluster, replace the hostname with a cluster name. For
more information, see Creating an NSRP Cluster on page 11-31.)

In this example, you use the automatic method to request a local certificate. You use
SCEP with the Verisign CA. You set the following CA settings:

Full certificate path validation

RA CGI: http://ipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe

NOTE: The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard way for a Web server to pass a
user request to an application program and to receive data back. CGI is part of the
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). You must specify an RA CGI path even if the
RA does not exist. If the RA does not exist, use the value specified for the CA CGI.

CA CGI: http://ipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe

Automatic integrity confirmation of CA certificates

CA ID, which identifies a SCEP server, where Verisign SCEP server uses a
domain name, such as juniper.net or a domain set up by Verisign for your
company

Challenge password

Automatic certificate polling every 30 minutes (the default is no polling)

You then generate an RSA key pair, specifying a key length of 1024 bits, and initiate
the SCEP operation to request a local certificate from the Verisign CA with the above
CA settings.

When using the WebUI, you refer to CA certificates by name. When using the CLI,
you refer to CA certificates by index (IDX) number. In this example, the IDX number
for the Verisign CA is 1. To see the IDX numbers for CA certificates, use the
following command: get pki x509 list ca-cert. The output displays an IDX number
and an ID number for each certificate. Note the IDX number and use that when
referencing the CA certificate in commands.

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WebUI
1. CA Server Settings
Objects > Certificates > Show CA > Server Settings (for Verisign): Enter the
following, then click OK:

X509 certificate path validation level: Full

SCEP Settings:
RA CGI: http://ipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe
CA CGI: http://ipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin/pkiclient.exe

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic CA Server Settings configuration page:

Polling Interval: 30
Certificate Authentication: Auto
Certificate Renew: 14
2. Local Certificate Request
Objects > Certificates > New: Enter the following, then click Generate:

Name: Michael Zhang

Phone: 408-730-6000
Unit/Department: Development
Organization: Juniper Networks
County/Locality: Sunnyvale
State: CA
Country: US
Email: [email protected]
IP Address: 10.10.5.44
Key Pair Information
RSA: (select)
Create new key pair of 1024 length.

NOTE: The value 1024 indicates the bit length of the key pair. If you are using the
certificate for SSL, be sure to use a bit length that your browser also supports.

Issue the get pki x509 pkcs CLI command to have the security device generate
a PKCS #10 file and then, do one of the following:

Send the PKCS #10 certificate request file to an email address

Save it to disk

Automatically enroll by sending the file to a CA that supports the Simple

Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP)

3. Automatic Enrollment
Select the Automatically enroll to option, select the Existing CA server
settings option, then select Verisign from the drop-down list.

Contact Verisign to inform them of your certificate request. They must

authorize the certificate request before you can download the certificate.

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CLI
1. CA Server Settings
set pki authority 1 cert-path full
set pki authority 1 scep ca-cgi http://ipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin
/pkiclient.exe
set pki authority 1 scep ra-cgi http://ipsec.verisign.com/cgi-bin
/pkiclient.exe
set pki authority 1 scep polling-int 30
set pki authority 1 scep renew-start 14

NOTE: The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard way for a Web server to pass a
user request to an application program and to receive data back. CGI is part of the
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

You must specify an RA CGI path even if the RA does not exist. If the RA does not
exist, use the value specified for the CA CGI.

2. Local Certificate Request

set pki x509 dn country-name US
set pki x509 dn email [email protected]
set pki x509 dn ip 10.10.5.44
set pki x509 dn local-name Santa Clara
set pki x509 dn name Michael Zhang
set pki x509 dn org-name Juniper Networks
set pki x509 dn org-unit-name Development
set pki x509 phone 408-730-6000
set pki x509 dn state-name CA
exec pki rsa new 1024
3. Automatic Enrollment
exec pki x509 scep 1

If this is the first certificate request from this CA, a prompt appears presenting a
fingerprint value for the CA certificate. You must contact the CA to confirm that this
is the correct CA certificate.

Contact Verisign to inform them of your certificate request. They must authorize the
certificate request before you can download the certificate.

Automatic Certificate Renewal

You can enable the security device to automatically renew certificates it acquired
through Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP). This feature saves you from
having to remember to renew certificates on the security device before they expire,
and, by the same token, helps maintain valid certificates at all times.

This feature is disabled by default. You can configure the security device to
automatically send out a request to renew a certificate before it expires. You can set
the time when you want the security device to send out the certificate renewal
request in number of days and minutes before the expiration date. By setting
different times for each certificate, you prevent the security device from having to
renew all certificates at the same time.

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For this feature to work, the security device must be able to reach the SCEP server,
and the certificate must be present on the security device during the renewal
process. Furthermore, for this feature to work, you must also ensure that the CA
issuing the certificate can do the following:

Support automatic approval of certificate requests.

Return the same DN (Domain Name). In other words, the CA cannot modify the
subject name and SubjectAltName extension in the new certificate.

You can enable and disable the automatic SCEP certificate-renewal feature for all
SCEP certificates or for individual certificates.

Key-Pair Generation
A security device holds pregenerated keys in memory. The number of pregenerated
keys depends on the device model. During normal operation, the security device
can manage to have enough keys available to renew certificates by generating a
new key every time it uses one. The process of generating a key usually goes
unnoticed as the device has time to generate a new key before one is needed. In the
event that the security device renews a great number of certificates at once, thus
using up keys rapidly, it might run out of pregenerated keys and have to generate
them promptly for each new request. In this case, the generation of keys might
affect the performance of the security device, especially in a high-availability (HA)
environment where the performance of the security device might slow down for a
number of minutes.

The number of pregenerated key pairs on a security device depends on the model.
For more information, refer to the datasheet for your Juniper Networks security
product.

Online Certificate Status Protocol

When a security device performs an operation that uses a certificate, it is usually
important to verify the validity of that certificate. Certificates might have become
invalid through expiration or revocation. The default way to check the status of
certificates is to use certificate revocation lists (CRLs). The Online Certificate Status
Protocol (OCSP) is an alternative way to check the status of certificates. OCSP can
provide additional information about certificates and provide status checks in a
more timely manner.

When a security device uses OCSP, it is referred to as the OCSP client (or requester).
This client sends a verification request to a server device called the OCSP responder.
ScreenOS supports RSA Keon and Verisign as OCSP responders. The clients request
contains the identity of the certificate to check. Before the security device can
perform any OCSP operation, you must configure it to recognize the location of the
OCSP responder.

NOTE: We have also successfully tested with the Valicert OCSP responder during an
extensive evaluation in the past.

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After receiving the request, the OCSP responder confirms that the status
information for the certificate is available, then returns the current status to the
security device. The response of the OCSP responder contains the certificates
revocation status, the name of the responder, and the validity interval of the
response. Unless the response is an error message, the responder signs the
response using the responders private key. The security device verifies the validity
of the responders signature by using the certificate of the responder. The certificate
of the responder may either be embedded in the OCSP response, or stored locally
and specified in the OCSP configuration. If the certificate is stored locally, use the
following command to specify the locally stored certificate:

set pki authority id_num1 cert-status ocsp cert-verify id id_num2

id_num1 identifies the CA certificate that issued the certificate being verified,
and id_num2 identifies the locally stored certificate the device uses to verify the
signature on the OCSP response.

If the certificate of the responder is not embedded in the OCSP response or stored
locally, then the security device verifies the signature by using the CA certificate that
issued the certificate in question.

You can use CLI commands to configure a security device for OCSP. Most of these
commands use an identification number to associate the revocation reference URL
with the CA certificate. You can obtain this ID number using the following CLI
command:

get pki x509 list ca-cert

NOTE: The security device dynamically assigns the ID number to the CA certificate when
you list the CA certificates. This number might change after you modify the
certificate store.

Specifying a Certificate Revocation Check Method

To specify the revocation check method (CRL, OCSP, or none) for a certificate of a
particular CA, use the following CLI syntax:

set pki authority id_num cert-status revocation-check { CRL | OCSP | none }

where id_num is the identification number for the certificate.

The following example specifies OCSP revocation checking:

set pki authority 3 cert-status revocation-check ocsp

The ID number 3 identifies the certificate of the CA.

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Viewing Status Check Attributes

To display the status check attributes for a particular CA, use the following CLI
syntax:

get pki authority id_num cert-status

where id_num is the identification number for the certificate issued by the CA.

To display the status check attributes for the CA that issued certificate 7:

get pki authority 7 cert-status

Specifying an Online Certificate Status Protocol Responder URL

To specify the URL string of an OCSP responder for a particular certificate, use the
following CLI syntax:

set pki authority id_num cert-status ocsp url url_str

To specify the URL string of an OCSP responder (http:\\192.168.10.10) for the CA

with certificate at index 5, use the following CLI syntax:

set pki authority 5 cert-status ocsp url http:\\192.168.10.10

To remove the URL (http:\\192.168.2.1) of a CRL server for a certificate 5:

unset pki authority 5 cert-status ocsp url http:\\192.168.2.1

Removing Status Check Attributes

To remove all certificate status check attributes for a CA that issued a particular
certificate, use the following syntax:

unset pki authority id_num cert-status

To remove all revocation attributes related to certificate 1:

unset pki authority 1 cert-status

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Self-Signed Certificates
A self-signed certificate is a certificate that is signed by and issued to the same
entity; that is, the issuer and the subject of the certificate are the same. For
example, the CA certificates of all root certificate authorities (CAs) are self-signed.

A security device automatically generates a self-signed certificate when powering

upif there is no certificate already configured for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL),
which is the case when you first power it up. The security device that creates an
auto-generated self-signed certificate is the only device that uses it. The device
never exports this certificate outside itself. Even if the security device is in a
NetScreen Redundancy Protocol (NSRP) cluster, it does not include the
auto-generated self-signed certificate with other types of certificates when
synchronizing PKI objects among other members in the cluster. (NSRP members do
exchange manually generated self-signed certificates. For information about
manually generating self-signed certificates, see Manually Creating Self-Signed
Certificates on page 50.)

Although you cannot export an auto-generated self-signed certificate, you can copy
its subject name and fingerprint. You can then deliver this to a remote admin who
can later use the subject name and fingerprint to verify the self-signed certificate
received during SSL negotiations. Checking the subject name and fingerprint is an
important precaution against man-in-the-middle attacks in which someone
intercepts an SSL connection attempt and pretends to be the targeted security
device by responding with his own self-signed certificate. (For more information
about verifying a self-signed certificate, see Certificate Validation on page 49.)

You can use a self-signed certificate when making a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
connection to the security device. When you manage the device through the WebUI,
SSL can provide authentication and encryption to secure your administrative traffic.
You can even configure a security device to redirect an administrative connection
attempt using HTTP (default port 80) to SSL (default port 443).

NOTE: For more information about SSL, including the HTTP-to-SSL redirect mechanism,
see Secure Sockets Layer on page 3-8.

By default, the security device makes the auto-generated self-signed certificate

available for use with SSL negotiations. It is the default SSL certificate. If you later
install a CA-signed certificate or you configure the security device to generate
another self-signed certificate, you can use one of these other certificates for SSL. If
you delete the auto-generated self-signed certificate and do not assign another
certificate for SSL use, the security device automatically generates another
self-signed certificate the next time the device reboots.

NOTE: To learn how to create another self-signed certificate, see Manually Creating
Self-Signed Certificates on page 50. To learn how to delete an auto-generated
self-signed certificate, see Deleting Self-Signed Certificates on page 56.

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Certificate Validation
During an SSL handshake, the security device authenticates itself by sending a
certificate to the SSL client. When the security device sends a self-signed certificate,
the SSL client cannot validate it by checking the issuing CAs signature because no
CA issued it. When the security device presents a self-signed certificate for use in
establishing an SSL session, the browser on the admins computer tries to validate it
with a CA certificate in its CA store. When it fails to find such an authority, the
browser displays a message such as that shown in Figure 18, prompting the admin
to accept or refuse the certificate.

Figure 18: Security Alerts for Self-Signed Certificates

If this is the first time connecting to the security device after its initial bootup, the
system clock might be inaccurate. Consequently, the validity period on the
certificate might also be inaccurate. Even if you set the system clock and then
regenerate a self-signed certificate, the browser can never find an authenticating
CA, so the administrator must be prepared to see one of the above messages each
time the security device uses a self-signed certificate for an SSL connection.

Without recourse to the certificate validation of an impartial third-party CA, the

administrator logging in through SSL might wonder if the received self-signed
certificate is indeed from the security device to which he is attempting to connect.
(After all, the certificate might be from an interloper using a man-in-the-middle
attack in an attempt to masquerade as the security device.) The admin can validate
the certificate by using the subject name and fingerprint of the self-signed
certificate. You can deliver the subject name and fingerprint to the admin so that
the admin can validate the self-signed certificate when the security device later
provides it to authenticate itself.

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To see the subject name and fingerprint of an auto-generated self-signed certificate,

use the following command:

device-> get pki x509 cert system

...
CN=0043022002000186,CN=system generated,CN=self-signed,
...
finger print (md5) <e801eae4 56699fbc 324e38f2 4cfa5d47>
finger print (sha) <0113f5ec 6bd6d32b 4ef6ead9 f809eead 3a71435b>

NOTE: You cannot view the details of an auto-generated self-signed certificate through the
WebUI.

After viewing the subject name and fingerprint, you can copy and deliver them
(using a secure out-of-band method of your choice) to the admin that is later going
to connect to the security device through SSL. When the admins SSL client receives
the certificate from the security device during the SSL handshake, the admin can
compare the subject name and fingerprint in the received certificate with those that
received earlier out-of-band. If they match, the admin knows that the certificate is
authentic. Because there is no trusted third-party CA authority to authenticate the
certificate, wIthout the subject name and fingerprint to compare, the remote admin
cannot know for sure if the certificate is genuine.

Manually Creating Self-Signed Certificates

The security device automatically generates a self-signed certificate when you first
power up the device so that it can support SSL for the initial connection. However,
you might want to generate a different self-signed certificate from the one that the
security device automatically generates. The following are some possible reasons
for replacing the auto-generated self-signed certificate with an admin-defined
self-signed certificate:

The auto-generated self-signed certificate uses a fixed key size of 1024 bits.
Your needs might require a larger or smaller key size, which you can control
when generating your own self-signed key.

You might want to use a certificate with a different subject name from the one
that is automatically created.

You might have a need for multiple self-signed certificates. On security devices
that support virtual systems, the root system can share the auto-generated
self-signed certificate with all the virtual systems. However, vsys administrators
might prefer to generate their own self-signed certificates and then require their
administrators to check the subject name and fingerprint of these specific
certificates instead of the attributes of a shared certificate.

NOTE: Unlike an auto-generated self-signed certificate, which never passes outside the
device in which it is created, a manually generated self-signed certificate is
included with other certificates when a security device in an NSRP cluster
synchronizes PKI objects with other members in the cluster.

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Although you can configure various components of a self-signed certificatesuch

as the distinguished name (DN) fields, the subject alternative name, and the key
sizethe following common name (CN) elements always appear at the end of the
DN:

CN = dev_serial_num, CN = NetScreen self-signed

Although the primary intended use of a self-signed certificate is to provide

immediate out-of-the-box support for making a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
connection to a security device, you can potentially use this certificate as you would
any other CA-signed certificate. The uses for a self-signed certificate can include the
following:

Making a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection to protect administrative traffic

to a security device

Securing traffic between Network and Security Manager (NSM) and a security
device

Authenticating IKE peers when establishing VPN tunnels

NOTE: For the current ScreenOS release, we support self-signed certificates only for use
with SSL.

Setting an Admin-Defined Self-Signed Certificate

In this example, you define the following components of a self-signed certificate for
use with SSL:

Distinguished Name/Subject Name:

Name: 4ssl

Organization: jnpr

FQDN: www.juniper.net

Key type and length: RSA, 1024 bits

After defining it, you generate the certificate and view it. You can then copy the
subject name and fingerprint (also referred to as a thumbprint) for distribution to
other admins logging in through SSL to manage the security device.

When an admin attempts to log in using SSL, the security device sends him this
certificate. The admin can open the certificate and compare the subject name and
fingerprint in the certificate with the information received previously. If they match,
the admin knows that the certificate is authentic.

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WebUI
1. Define the Certificate Attributes
Objects > Certificates > New: Enter the following, then click Generate:

Certificate Subject Information:

Name: 4ssl
Organization: jnpr
FQDN: www.juniper.net
Key Pair Information:
RSA: (select)
Create new key pair of 1024 length.
2. Generate the Self-Signed Certificate
After the security device completes the key generation it composes a certificate
request. Click Generate Self-Signed Cert.

3. View the Self-Signed Certificate

Objects > Certificates > Show Local: Click Detail for the certificate that you just
created.

The Certificate Details page appears, as shown in Figure 19.

Figure 19: Certificate Details

You can copy the subject name and fingerprint from this page and communicate it
to other administrators who intend to use SSL when managing the security device.
When they initiate an SSL connection, they can then use this information to ensure
that the certificate they receive is indeed from the security device.

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CLI
1. Define the Certificate Attributes
set pki x509 dn name 4ssl
set pki x509 dn org-name jnpr
set pki x509 cert-fqdn www.juniper.net
save
2. Generate the Self-Signed Certificate
To generate a public/private key pair, which the Juniper Networks security device
uses in its certificate request, enter the following command:

exec pki rsa new-key 1024

After the security device generates a key pair, it composes the following certificate
request:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

MIIB0jCCATsCAQAwZTENMAsGA1UEChMESk5QUjEZMBcGA1UEAxMQMDA0MzAyMj
Aw
MjAwMDE4NjEQMA4GA1UEAxMHcnNhLWtleTEYMBYGA1UEAxMPd3d3Lmp1bmlwZ
XIu
bmV0MQ0wCwYDVQQDEwQ1c3NsMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQK
BgQDP
aAtelkL4HxQmO1w1jv9NMmrWnzdVYnGrKrXnw2MaB3xEgouWrlymEkZetA2ouKeA
D24SL0h1YvJ7Sd9PvkhwHOnvP1zkOCWA84TgvxBzcAyeBnS1UpSwcC0admX0Da6
T
80EUuGrmUWodddRFUc8o5d2VGTUOM7WgcFDZRSGQGwIDAQABoC0wKwYJKoZIh
vcN
AQkOMR4wHDAaBgNVHREEEzARgg93d3cuanVuaXBlci5uZXQwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEF
BQADgYEAgvDXI4H905y/2+k4omo9Y4XQrgq44Rj3jqXAYYMgQBd0Q8HoyL5NE3+i
QUkiYjMTWO2wIWzEr4u/tdAISEVTu03achZa3zIkUtn8sD/VYKhFlyPCBVvMiaHd
FzIHUgBuMrr+awowJDG6wARhR75w7pORXy7+aAmvIjew8YRre9s=
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

To learn the ID number for the key pair, use the following command:

get pki x509 list key-pair

Getting OTHER PKI OBJECT ...

IDX ID num X509 Certificate Subject Distinguish Name
========================================================
0000 176095259
CN=4ssl,CN=www.juniper.net,CN=rsa-key,CN=0043022002000186,
O=jnpr,
========================================================

To generate the self-signed certificate, enter the following command, referencing

the key-pair ID number that you learned from the output of the previous command:

exec pki x509 self-signed-cert key-pair 176095259

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3. View the Self-Signed Certificate

To view the self-signed certificate that you have just created, enter the following
command:

get pki x509 list local-cert

Getting LOCAL CERT ...

IDX ID num X509 Certificate Subject Distinguish Name
========================================================
0000 176095261 LOCAL CERT friendly name <29>
LOCAL CERT friendly name <29>
CN=self-signed,CN=4ssl,CN=www.juniper.net,CN=rsa-key,CN=004302200200
0186,
O=jnpr,
Expire on 10-19-2009 17:20, Issued By:
CN=self-signed,CN=4ssl,CN=www.juniper.net,CN=rsa-key,CN=004302200200
0186,
O=jnpr,
========================================================

To view the certificate in more detail, enter the following command using the ID
number of the certificate:

get pki x509 cert 176095261

-0001 176095261 LOCAL CERT friendly name <29>

CN=self-signed,CN=4ssl,CN=www.juniper.net,CN=rsa-key,CN=0043022002
000186,
O=jnpr,
Expire on 10-19-2009 17:20, Issued By:
CN=self-signed,CN=4ssl,CN=www.juniper.net,CN=rsa-key,CN=004302200200
0186,
O=jnpr,
Serial Number: <9d1c03365a5caa172ace4f82bb5ec9da>
subject alt name extension:
email(1): (empty)
fqdn(2): (www.juniper.net)
ipaddr(7): (empty)
no renew
finger print (md5) <be9e0280 02bdd9d1 175caf23 6345198e>
finger print (sha) <87e0eee0 c06f9bac 9098bd02 0e631c1b 26e37e0e>
subject name hash: <d82be8ae 4e71a576 2e3f06fc a98319a3 5c8c6c27>
use count: <1>
flag <00000000>

You can copy the subject name and fingerprint from this output and communicate
it to other administrators who intend to use SSL when managing the security
device. When they initiate an SSL connection, they can then use this information to
ensure that the certificate they receive is indeed from the security device.

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Certificate Auto-Generation
The first time the security device powers up, it automatically generates a self-signed
certificate. The primary purpose of this certificate is to support SSL immediately
after the initial bootup of a security device. To see this certificate, use the following
CLI command:

get pki x509 cert system

CN=0010062001000021,CN=system generated,CN=self-signed,
Expire on 08- 3-2014 16:19, Issued By:
CN=0010062001000021,CN=system generated,CN=self-signed,
Serial Number: <c927f2044ee0cf8dc931cdb1fc363119>
finger print (md5) <fd591375 83798574 88b3e698 62890b5d>
finger print (sha) <40a1bda8 dcd628fe e9deaee1 92a2783c 817e26d9>
subject name hash: <0324d38d 52f814fe 647aba3a 86eda7d4 a7834581>

By default, the security device automatically generates a self-signed certificate

during the bootup process if the following conditions are met:

No automatically generated self-signed certificate exists on the device.

No certificate has been assigned for use with SSL.

You can use the following command to see if a certificate is already configured for
SSL:

get ssl
web SSL enable.
web SSL port number(443).
web SSL cert: Default - System Self-Signed Cert.
web SSL cipher(RC4_MD5).

In the above output, you can see that SSL is using the automatically generated
(System) self-signed certificate.

Figure 20 shows the decision path for certificate generation that the security device
takes when booting up.

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Figure 20: Decision Path for Certificate Auto-Generation

Bootup Process
Starts

Auto-gen
self-signed Yes
cert exists

Yes

Do not automatically
Cert for SSL generate a self-signed
exists Yes certificate.

No

Automatically generate a
self-signed certificate.

If you delete the automatically generated self-signed certificate, assign another

certificate for use with SSL, and then reset the device, the security device does not
regenerate another self-signed certificate during the bootup process. If you next
change the SSL configuration so that no certificate is assigned to it and then reset
the device, the security device does automatically regenerate a new self-signed
certificate during the next bootup process.

Deleting Self-Signed Certificates

You can delete a self-signed certificate that is automatically or manually generated
as you can with any type of certificate. Perhaps you obtain a CA-signed certificate
that you prefer to use for SSL instead of a self-signed certificate. For whatever
reason, to delete the auto-generated self-signed certificate, use the following CLI
command:

delete pki object-id system

To delete an admin-configured self-signed certificate, use the following command,

where id_num is the ID number of the certificate that you want to delete:

delete pki object-id id_num

If you delete the auto-generated self-signed certificate and then later want the
security device to generate another one, do the following:

Assign no other certificate for SSL (You can use the following command: unset
ssl cert).

Reset the security device.

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The security device can redirect HTTP traffic (default port 80) sent to the device
itself to SSL (default port 443). Therefore, to ensure that a certificate is available for
SSL, during the bootup process, the security device always checks if an
auto-generated self-signed certificate exists or if another certificate has been
assigned for SSL to use. If there is no auto-generated self-signed certificate and no
other certificate is assigned for SSL use, the security device automatically generates
a self-signed certificate.

NOTE: You can only delete an automatically generated self-signed certificate through the
CLI.

To learn the ID number for a certificate, use the following command: get pki x509
list local-cert.

For information about the redirection of HTTP traffic to SSL, see Redirecting
HTTP to SSL on page 3-11.

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Virtual Private Network Guidelines

ScreenOS offers a variety of cryptographic options for configuring a virtual private

network (VPN) tunnel. Even when you are configuring a simple tunnel, you must
make choices. The goals of the first half of this chapter are to first summarize all the
choices for a basic site-to-site VPN and a basic dialup VPN and to then present one
or more reasons for choosing one option or another.

The second half of the chapter explores the difference between policy-based and
route-based VPN tunnels. It also examines the packet flow for a route-based and
policy-based site-to-site AutoKey IKE VPN tunnel to see the outbound and inbound
processing stages that a packet undergoes. The chapter concludes with some VPN
configuration tips to keep in mind when configuring a tunnel.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Cryptographic Options on page 60

Site-to-Site Cryptographic Options on page 60

Dialup VPN Options on page 67

Route-Based and Policy-Based Tunnels on page 75

Packet Flow: Site-to-Site VPN on page 76

Tunnel Configuration Guidelines on page 82

Route-Based Virtual Private Network Security Considerations on page 84

Null Route on page 84

Dialup or Leased Line on page 86

VPN Failover to Leased Line or Null Route on page 5-87

Decoy Tunnel Interface on page 89

Virtual Router for Tunnel Interfaces on page 90

Reroute to Another Tunnel on page 90

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Cryptographic Options
When configuring a virtual private network ( VPN), you must make many decisions
about the cryptography you want to use. Questions arise about which
Diffie-Hellman (DH) group is the right one to choose, which encryption algorithm
provides the best balance between security and performance, and so on. This
section presents all the cryptographic options required to configure a basic
site-to-site VPN tunnel and a basic dialup VPN tunnel and explains one or more
benefits about each one to help you make your decisions.

The first decision that you must make is whether the tunnel is for a site-to-site VPN
tunnel (between two security devices) or whether it is for a dialup VPN (from the
NetScreen-Remote VPN client to a security device). Although this is a networking
decision, the distinction between the two types of tunnels affects some
cryptographic options. Therefore, the options are presented in two different figures:

Site-to-Site Cryptographic Options explains Figure 21, Cryptographic

Options for a Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel, on page 61.

Dialup VPN Options explains Figure 22, Cryptographic Options for a Dialup
VPN Tunnel, on page 68.

After you decide whether you are going to configure a site-to-site tunnel or a dialup
tunnel, you can refer to either Figure 21 on page 61 or Figure 22 on page 68 for
guidance. Each figure presents the cryptographic choices that you must make while
configuring the tunnel. Following each figure are reasons for choosing each option
that appears in the figure.

NOTE: Examples for configuring both kinds of tunnels are in Chapter 4, Site-to-Site
Virtual Private Networks, and Chapter 5, Dialup Virtual Private Networks.

Site-to-Site Cryptographic Options

When configuring a basic site-to-site VPN tunnel, you must choose among the
cryptographic options shown in Figure 21. Advantages for each option follow the
figure.

NOTE: Figure 21 on page 61 shows recommended options in boldface. For background

information about the different IPsec options, see Internet Protocol Security on
page 5-1.

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Figure 21: Cryptographic Options for a Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel

1. Key Method: Manual Key or AutoKey IKE?
AutoKey IKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manual Key?

2. Mode:
Aggressive or Main?

6. IKE Diffie-Hellman 13. IPsec Protocol:

3. Authentication Type: ESP . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . AH?
Certificates or Preshared Key? Group: 1 or 2 or 5 or 14?

14. Mode:
4. Certificate Type: 7. IKE Encryption and Tunnel or Transport
RSA or DSA? Authentication Algorithms:
AES or DES or 3DES 15. ESP Options:
5. Bit Length: and
512 or 768 Encrypt or Encrypt/Auth or
MD5 or SHA-1 or SHA2-256?
or 1024 or 2048?
16. Encrypt Algorithms: 17. Auth Algorithms:
AES or DES or 3DES? MD5 or SHA-1 or
8. Local IKE ID: 9. Remote IKE ID: SHA2-256?
10. Anti-Replay
IP Address or U-FQDN IP Address or U-FQDN Checking:
or FQDN or ASN1-DN? or FQDN or ASN1-DN?
11. Perfect Forward Secrecy:
Yes or No?

12. IPsec Diffie-Hellman Group:

1 or 2 or 5?

Phase 1--IKE Gateway Phase 2--VPN Tunnel

1. Key Method: Manual Key or AutoKey IKE?

AutoKey IKE
Recommended

Provides automatic key renewal and key freshness, thereby increasing security

Manual Key
Useful for debugging IKE problems

Eliminates IKE negotiation delays when establishing a tunnel

2. Mode: Aggressive or Main?

Aggressive
Required when the IP address of one of the IPsec peers is dynamically assigned and
a preshared key is used

Main
Recommended

Provides identity protection

Can be used when the dialup user has a static IP address or if certificates are
used for authentication

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3. Authentication Type: Preshared Key or Certificates?

Certificates
Recommended

Greater security than provided by preshared keys because you can validate
certificates with a certificate authority (CA) (For more information, see Public
Key Cryptography on page 5-29.)

Preshared Key
Easier to use and faster to set up because it does not require a Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI)

4. Certificate Type: RSA or DSA?

This depends on the CA from whom you get your certificates. There is no advantage
of one certificate type over the other.

5. Bit Length: 512 or 768 or 1024 or 2048?

512
Incurs the least processing overhead

768
Provides more security than 512 bits

Incurs less processing overhead than 1024 and 2048 bits

1024
Recommended

Provides more security than 512 and 768 bits

Incurs less processing overhead than 2048 bits

2048
Provides the most security

6. IKE Diffie-Hellman Group: 1 or 2 or 5 or 14?

Diffie-Hellman Group 1
Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 2, 5 and 14

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 2
Recommended

Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 5 and 14

Provides more security than DH group 1

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 5
Provides more security that DH groups 1 and 2

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Incurs less processing overhead than DH group 14

Diffie-Hellman Group 14
Provides the most security

7. IKE Encrypt and Auth Algorithms: AES or DES or 3DES and MD5 or SHA-1 or
SHA2-256?
AES
Recommended

Cryptographically stronger than DES and 3DES if key lengths are all equal

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Approved encryption algorithm for Federal Information Processing Standards

(FIPS) and Common Criteria EAL4 standards

DES
Incurs less processing overhead than 3DES and AES

Useful when the remote peer does not support AES

3DES
Provides more cryptographic security than DES

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

MD5
Incurs less processing overhead than SHA-1 and SHA2-256

SHA-1
Recommended

Provides more cryptographic security than MD5

Incurs less processing overhead than SHA2-256

The only authentication algorithm that FIPS accepts

SHA2-256
Provides more cryptographic security than SHA-1

8. Local IKE ID: IP Address (Default) or U-FQDN or FQDN or ASN1-DN?

IP Address
Recommended

Can only be used if the local security device has a static IP address

Default IKE ID when using a preshared key for authentication

Can be used with a certificate if the IP address appears in the SubjectAltName

field

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U-FQDN
User-Fully Qualified Domain Name (U-FQDNan email address): Can be used with
a preshared key or a certificate if the U-FQDN appears in the SubjectAltName field

FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN): Can be used with a preshared key or a
certificate if the FQDN appears in the SubjectAltName field

Useful for VPN gateways that have dynamic IP addresses

Default IKE ID when using RSA or DSA certificates for authentication

ASN1-DN
Can be used only with certificates

Useful if the CA does not support the SubjectAltName field in the certificates it
issues

9. Remote IKE ID: IP Address (Default) or U-FQDN or FQDN or ASN1-DN?

IP Address
Recommended

Does not require you to enter a remote IKE ID for a peer at a static IP address
when using preshared keys for authentication and the peer is a security device

Can be used for a device with a static IP address

Can be used with a preshared key or a certificate if the IP address appears in

the SubjectAltName field

U-FQDN
User-Fully Qualified Domain Name (U-FQDNan email address): Can be used with
a preshared key or a certificate if the U-FQDN appears in the SubjectAltName field

FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN): Can be used with a preshared key or a
certificate if the FQDN appears in the SubjectAltName field

Useful for VPN gateways that have dynamic IP addresses

Does not require you to enter a remote IKE ID when using certificates for
authentication and the peer is a security device

ASN1-DN
Can be used only with certificates

Useful if the CA does not support the SubjectAltName field in the certificates it
issues

10. Anti-Replay Checking: No or Yes?

Yes
Recommended

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Enables the recipient to check sequence numbers in packet headers to prevent

denial of service (DoS) attacks caused when a malefactor resends intercepted
IPsec packets

No
Disabling this might resolve compatibility issues with third-party peers

11. Perfect Forward Secrecy: No or Yes?

Yes
Recommended

Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS): Provides increased security because the peers
perform a second DH exchange to produce the key used for IPsec
encryption/decryption

No
Provides faster tunnel setup

Incurs less processing during Phase 2 IPsec negotiations

12. IPsec Diffie-Hellman Group: 1 or 2 or 5 or 14?

Diffie-Hellman Group 1
Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 2, 5 and 14

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 2
Recommended

Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 5 and 14

Provides more security than DH group 1

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 5
Provides more security that DH groups 1 and 2

Incurs less processing overhead than DH group 14

Diffie-Hellman Group 14
Provides the most security

13. IPsec Protocol: ESP or AH?

ESP
Recommended

Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP): Can provide both confidentiality through

encryption and encapsulation of the original IP packet and integrity through
authentication

Can provide either encryption alone or authentication alone

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AH
Authentication Header (AH): Provides authentication of the entire IP packet,
including the IPsec header and outer IP header

14. Mode: Tunnel or Transport?

Tunnel
Recommended

Conceals the original IP header, thereby increasing privacy

Transport
Required for L2TP-over-IPsec tunnel support

15. ESP Options: Encrypt or Encrypt/Auth or Auth?

Encrypt
Provides faster performance and incurs less processing overhead than using
encrypt/auth

Useful when you require confidentiality but do not require authentication

Encrypt/Auth
Recommended

Useful when you want confidentiality and authentication

Auth
Useful when you want authentication but do not require confidentiality. Perhaps
when the information is not secret, but it is important to establish that the
information truly comes from the person who claims to send it and that nobody
tampered with the content while in transit.

16. Encrypt Algorithms: AES or DES or 3DES?

AES
Recommended

Cryptographically stronger than DES and 3DES if key lengths are all equal

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Approved encryption algorithm for FIPS and Common Criteria EAL4 standards

DES
Incurs less processing overhead than 3DES and AES

Useful when the remote peer does not support AES

3DES
Provides more cryptographic security than DES

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

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17. Auth Algorithms: MD5 or SHA-1 or SHA2-256?

MD5
Incurs less processing overhead than SHA-1

SHA-1
Recommended

Provides more cryptographic security than MD5

SHA2-256
Provides more cryptographic security than SHA-1

Using the recommended options from the previous list, a generic site-to-site VPN
configuration between two security devices with static IP addresses would consist
of the following components:

AutoKey IKE Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) = yes

Main mode Phase 2 DH group 2

1024-bit certificates (RSA or DSA) Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

Phase 1 DH group 2 Tunnel mode

Encryption = AES Encryption/Authentication

Authentication = SHA-1 Encryption = AES

IKE ID = IP address (default) Authentication = SHA-1

Anti-replay protection = yes

Dialup VPN Options

When configuring a basic dialup VPN tunnel, you must choose among the
cryptographic options shown in Figure 22. Advantages for each option follow the
figure.

NOTE: Figure 22 shows recommended options in boldface. For background information

about the different IPsec options, see Internet Protocol Security on page 5-1.

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Figure 22: Cryptographic Options for a Dialup VPN Tunnel

Key Method = AutoKey IKE

1. Mode:
Aggressive or Main?

2. Authentication Type: 5. IKE Diffie-Hellman 12. IPsec Protocol:

Certificates or Preshared Key? Group: 1 or 2 or 5 or 14? ESP . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . AH?

3. Certificate Type: 13. Mode:

RSA or DSA? Tunnel or Transport
6. IKE Encryption and
Authentication Algorithms: 14. ESP Options:
4. Bit Length: AES or DES or 3DES
512 or 768 Encrypt or Encrypt/Auth or Auth?
and
or 1024 or 2048? MD5 or SHA-1 or SHA2-256?
15. Encrypt Algorithms: 16. Auth Algorithms:
AES or DES or 3DES? MD5 or SHA-1 or
7. Local IKE ID: 8. Remote IKE ID: SHA2-256?
IP Address (Default) or IP Address (Default) or 9. Anti-Replay Checking: Yes
U-FQDN or FQDN or ASN1-DN? U-FQDN or FQDN or ASN1-DN? or No?

10. Perfect Forward Secrecy:

Yes or No?

11. IPsec Diffie-Hellman Group:

1 or 2 or 5?

Phase 1--IKE Gateway Phase 2--VPN Tunnel

1. Mode: Aggressive or Main?

Aggressive
Recommended

Required when the IP address of one of the IPsec peers is dynamically assigned
and a preshared key is used

Can be used with either certificates or preshared keys for authentication

Main
Provides identity protection

2. Authentication Type: Preshared Key or Certificates?

Certificates
Recommended

Greater security than provided by preshared keys because you can validate
certificates with a certificate authority (CA) (For more information, see Public
Key Cryptography on page 5-29.)

Preshared Key
Easier to use and faster to set up because it does not require a Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI)

3. Certificate Type: RSA or DSA?

This depends on the CA from whom you get your certificates. There is no advantage
of one certificate type over the other.

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4. Bit Length: 512 or 768 or 1024 or 2048?

512
Incurs the least processing overhead

768
Provides more security than 512 bits

Incurs less processing overhead than 1024 and 2048 bits

1024
Recommended

Provides more security than 512 and 768 bits

Incurs less processing overhead than 2048 bits

2048
Provides the most security

5. IKE Diffie-Hellman Group: 1 or 2 or 5 or 14?

Diffie-Hellman Group 1
Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 2, 5 and 14

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 2
Recommended

Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 5 and 14

Provides more security than DH group 1

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 5
Incurs less processing overhead than DH group 14

Provides more security than DH groups 1 and 2

Diffie-Hellman Group 14
Provides the most security

6. IKE Encrypt and Auth Algorithms: AES or DES or 3DES and MD5 or SHA-1 or
SHA2-256?
AES
Recommended

Cryptographically stronger than DES and 3DES if key lengths are all equal

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Approved encryption algorithm for FIPS and Common Criteria EAL4 standards

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DES
Incurs less processing overhead than 3DES and AES

Useful when the remote peer does not support AES

3DES
Provides more cryptographic security than DES

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

MD5
Incurs less processing overhead than SHA-1 and SHA2-256

SHA-1
Recommended

Provides more cryptographic security than MD5

Incurs less processing overhead than SHA2-256

SHA2-256
Provides more cryptographic security than SHA-1

7. Local IKE ID: IP Address (Default) or U-FQDN or FQDN or ASN1-DN?

IP Address (Default)
Does not require you to enter an IKE ID for a device with a static IP address

Can be used for a device with a static IP address

Can be used with a preshared key or a certificate if the IP address appears in

the SubjectAltName field

U-FQDN
Recommended

User-Fully Qualified Domain Name (U-FQDNan email address): Can be used

with a preshared key or a certificate if the U-FQDN appears in the
SubjectAltName field

FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN): Can be used with a preshared key or a
certificate if the FQDN appears in the SubjectAltName field

Useful for VPN gateways that have dynamic IP addresses

ASN1-DN
Can be used only with certificates

Useful if the CA does not support the SubjectAltName field in the certificates it
issues

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8. Remote IKE ID: IP Address (Default) or U-FQDN or FQDN or ASN1-DN?

IP Address (Default)
Does not require you to enter an IKE ID for a device with a static IP address

Can be used for a device with a static IP address

Can be used with a preshared key or a certificate if the IP address appears in

the SubjectAltName field

U-FQDN
Recommended

User-Fully Qualified Domain Name (U-FQDNan email address): Can be used

with a preshared key or a certificate if the U-FQDN appears in the
SubjectAltName field

FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN): Can be used with a preshared key or a
certificate if the FQDN appears in the SubjectAltName field

Useful for VPN gateways that have dynamic IP addresses

ASN1-DN
Can be used only with certificates

Useful if the CA does not support the SubjectAltName field in the certificates it
issues

9. Anti-Replay Checking: No or Yes?

Yes
Recommended

Enables the recipient to check sequence numbers in packet headers to prevent

denial of service (DoS) attacks caused when a malefactor resends intercepted
IPsec packets

No
Disabling this might resolve compatibility issues with third-party peers

10. Perfect Forward Secrecy: No or Yes?

Yes
Recommended

Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS): Provides increased security because the peers
perform a second DH exchange to produce the key used for IPsec
encryption/decryption

No
Provides faster tunnel setup

Incurs less processing during Phase 2 IPsec negotiations

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11. IPsec Diffie-Hellman Group: 1 or 2 or 5 or 14?

Diffie-Hellman Group 1
Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 2, 5 and 14

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 2
Recommended

Incurs less processing overhead than DH groups 5 and 14

Provides more security than DH group 1

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Diffie-Hellman Group 5
Provides more security than DH groups 1 and 2

Incurs less processing overhead than DH group 14

Diffie-Hellman Group 14
Provides the most security

12. IPsec Protocol: ESP or AH?

ESP
Recommended

Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP): Can provide both confidentiality through

encryption and encapsulation of the original IP packet and integrity through
authentication

Can provide either encryption alone or authentication alone

AH
Authentication Header (AH): Provides authentication of the entire IP packet,
including the IPsec header and outer IP header.

13. Mode: Tunnel or Transport?

Tunnel
Recommended

Conceals the original IP header, thereby increasing privacy

Transport
Required for L2TP-over-IPsec tunnel support

14. ESP Options: Encrypt or Encrypt/Auth or Auth?

Encrypt
Provides faster performance and incurs less processing overhead than using
encrypt/auth

Useful when you require confidentiality but do not require authentication

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Encrypt/Auth
Recommended

Useful when you want confidentiality and authentication

Auth
Useful when you want authentication but do not require confidentiality. Perhaps
when the information is not secret, but it is important to establish that the
information truly comes from the person who claims to send it and that nobody
tampered with the content while in transit.

15. Encrypt Algorithms: AES or DES or 3DES?

AES
Recommended

Cryptographically stronger than DES and 3DES if key lengths are all equal

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

Approved encryption algorithm for FIPS and Common Criteria EAL4 standards

DES
Incurs less processing overhead than 3DES and AES

Useful when the remote peer does not support AES

3DES
Provides more cryptographic security than DES

Processing acceleration provided in Juniper Networks security hardware

16. Auth Algorithms: MD5 or SHA-1 or SHA2-256?

MD5
Incurs less processing overhead than SHA-1 and SHA2-256

SHA-1
Recommended

Incurs less processing overhead than SHA2-256

Provides more cryptographic security than MD5

SHA2-256
Provides more cryptographic security than the MD5 and SHA-1

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Using the recommended options from the above list, a generic dialup VPN
configuration between two security devices with static IP addresses would consist
of the following components:

Aggressive mode Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) = yes

1024-bit certificates (RSA or DSA) Phase 2 DH group 2

Phase 1 DH group 2 Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

Encryption = AES Tunnel mode

Authentication = SHA-1 Encryption/Authentication

IKE ID = U-FQDN (email address) Encryption = AES

Anti-replay protection = yes Authentication = SHA-1

Cryptographic Policy
A root admin user or a read-write admin user with a cryptographic role can
configure a cryptographic policy on the security device. For information on role
attributes, see Role Attributes on page 3-38.

To create a cryptographic policy:

set crypto-policy

You then configure all cryptographic attributes for the policy, such as encryption
and authentication algorithms, authentication method, mode of operation,
Diffie-Hellman (DH) Group, and Phase 1 and Phase 2 security associations (SA)
lifetime values.

To set the attributes for a new cryptographic policy:

set crypto-policy
set encrypt-alg aes256
set auth-alg sha2-256
set dh group2
set auth-method rsa-sig
set mode aggressive
set p1-sa-lifetime upper-threshold days 1
set p2-sa-lifetime upper-threshold days 1
save

NOTE: You must use the CLI to configure a cryptographic policy.

To make all cryptographic-related configurations conform to the new cryptographic

policy, you must restart the security device.

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Route-Based and Policy-Based Tunnels

The configuration of a security device for VPN support is particularly flexible. You
can create route-based and policy-based VPN tunnels. Additionally, each type of
tunnel can use Manual Key or AutoKey IKE to manage the keys used for encryption
and authentication.

With policy-based VPN tunnels, a tunnel is treated as an object (or a building block)
that together with source, destination, service, and action, comprises a policy that
permits VPN traffic. (Actually, the VPN policy action is tunnel, but the action permit
is implied, if unstated). In a policy-based VPN configuration, a policy specifically
references a VPN tunnel by name.

With route-based VPNs, the policy does not specifically reference a VPN tunnel.
Instead, the policy references a destination address. When the security device does
a route lookup to find the interface through which it must send traffic to reach that
address, it finds a route through a tunnel interface, which is bound to a specific VPN
tunnel.

NOTE: Typically, a tunnel interface is bound to a single tunnel. You can also bind a tunnel
interface to multiple tunnels. For more information, see Multiple Tunnels per
Tunnel Interface on page 5-271.

Thus, with a policy-based VPN tunnel, you can consider a tunnel as an element in
the construction of a policy. With a route-based VPN tunnel, you can consider a
tunnel as a means for delivering traffic, and the policy as a method for either
permitting or denying the delivery of that traffic.

The number of policy-based VPN tunnels that you can create is limited by the
number of policies that the device supports. The number of route-based VPN
tunnels that you create is limited by the number of route entries or the number of
tunnel interfaces that the device supportswhichever number is lower.

A route-based VPN tunnel configuration is a good choice when you want to

conserve tunnel resources while setting granular restrictions on VPN traffic.
Although you can create numerous policies referencing the same VPN tunnel, each
policy creates an individual IPsec security association (SA) with the remote peer,
each of which counts as an individual VPN tunnel. With a route-based approach to
VPNs, the regulation of traffic is not coupled to the means of its delivery. You can
configure dozens of policies to regulate traffic flowing through a single VPN tunnel
between two sites, and there is just one IPsec SA at work. Also, a route-based VPN
configuration allows you to create policies referencing a destination reached
through a VPN tunnel in which the action is deny, unlike a policy-based VPN
configuration, in whichas stated earlierthe action must be tunnel, implying
permit.

Another advantage that route-based VPNs offer is the exchange of dynamic routing
information through VPN tunnels. You can enable an instance of a dynamic routing
protocol, such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), on a tunnel interface that is bound
to a VPN tunnel. The local routing instance exchanges routing information through
the tunnel with a neighbor enabled on a tunnel interface bound to the other end.

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When a tunnel does not connect large networks running dynamic routing protocols
and you do not need to conserve tunnels or define various policies to filter traffic
through the tunnel, a policy-based tunnel makes sense. Also, because there is no
network beyond a dialup VPN client, policy-based VPN tunnels can be a good
choice for dialup VPN configurations.

That said, when the dialup client supports a virtual internal IP addresswhich the
NetScreen-Remote doesthere are also compelling reasons for using a route-based
VPN configuration. A route-based dialup VPN tunnel offers the following benefits:

You can bind its tunnel interface to any zone to require or not require policy
enforcement.

You can define routes to force traffic through the tunnel, unlike a policy-based
VPN configuration.

A route-based VPN tunnel simplifies the addition of a spoke to a hub-and-spoke

configuration (see Creating Hub-and-Spoke VPNs on page 5-327).

You can adjust the proxy ID to accept any IP address from the dialup VPN client
by configuring the remote clients address as 255.255.255.255/32.

You can define one or more Mapped IP (MIP) addresses on the tunnel interface.

NOTE: For an example of a route-based VPN configuration for a dialup client, see
Route-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer on page 5-180.

Packet Flow: Site-to-Site VPN

To better understand how the various components comprising the creation of an
IPsec tunnel work in relation to each other, this section looks at the processing of a
packet flow through a tunnelboth when a security device sends outbound VPN
traffic and when it receives inbound VPN traffic. The processing for a route-based
VPN is presented, followed by an addendum noting the two places in the flow that
differ for a policy-based VPN.

A company based in Tokyo has just opened a branch office in Paris and needs to
connect the two sites through an IPsec tunnel. The tunnel uses AutoKey IKE, the
ESP protocol, AES for encryption, SHA-1 for authentication using a preshared key,
and has anti-replay checking enabled. The security devices protecting each site are
in NAT mode, and all the zones are in the trust-vr routing domain. The addresses
are as shown in Figure 23 on page 77.

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Figure 23: Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel

Trust Zone Tokyo Untrust Zone

Office

tunnel.1, 10.1.2.1/24
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24
ethernet1
10.1.1.1/24 External Router: 1.1.1.250
10.1.1.5
Internet Paris
Tokyo
LAN VPN1 LAN

10.2.2.5
External Router: 2.2.2.250
ethernet1
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3, 2.2.2.2/24 10.2.2.1/24

tunnel.2, 10.2.1.1/24

Paris
Untrust Zone Office Trust Zone

The path of a packet coming from 10.1.1.5/32 in the Tokyo LAN and going to
10.2.2.5/32 in the Paris LAN through an IPsec tunnel proceeds as described in the
following subsections.

Tokyo (Initiator)
1. The host at 10.1.1.5 sends a packet destined for 10.2.2.5 to 10.1.1.1, which is
the IP address ethernet1 and is the default gateway configured in the TCP/IP
settings of host.

2. The packet arrives at ethernet1, which is bound to the Trust zone.

3. If you have enabled SCREEN options such as IP spoof detection for the Trust
zone, the security device activates the SCREEN module at this point. SCREEN
checking can produce one of the following three results:

If a SCREEN mechanism detects anomalous behavior for which it is

configured to block the packet, the security device drops the packet and
makes an entry in the event log.

If a SCREEN mechanism detects anomalous behavior for which it is

configured to record the event but not block the packet, the security device
records the event in the SCREEN counters list for ethernet1 and proceeds to
the next step.

If the SCREEN mechanisms detect no anomalous behavior, the security

device proceeds to the next step.

If you have not enabled any SCREEN options for the Trust zone, the security
device immediately proceeds to the next step.

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4. The session module performs a session lookup, attempting to match the packet
with an existing session.

If the packet does not match an existing session, the security device performs
First Packet Processing, a procedure involving the remaining steps.

If the packet matches an existing session, the security device performs Fast
Processing, using the information available from the existing session entry to
process the packet. Fast Processing bypasses the route and policy lookups
because the information generated by the bypassed steps has already been
obtained during the processing of the first packet in the session.

5. The address-mapping module checks if a Mapped IP (MIP) configuration uses

the destination IP address 10.2.2.5. Because 10.2.2.5 is not used in a MIP
configuration, the security device proceeds to the next step. (For information
about packet processing when MIPs, VIPs, or destination address translation
[NAT-dst] is involved, see Packet Flow for NAT-Dst on page 8 -29.)

6. To determine the destination zone, the route module does a route lookup for
10.2.2.5. (The route module uses the ingress interface to determine which
virtual router to use for the route lookup.) It finds a route entry directing traffic
to 10.2.2.5 through the tunnel.1 interface bound to a VPN tunnel named
vpn1. The tunnel interface is in the Untrust zone. By determining the ingress
and egress interfaces, the security device has thereby determined the source
and destination zones and can now do a policy lookup.

7. The policy engine does a policy lookup between the Trust and Untrust zones (as
determined by the corresponding ingress and egress interfaces). The action
specified in the policy matching the source address and zone, destination
address and zone, and service is permit.

8. The IPsec module checks if an active Phase 2 security association (SA) exists
with the remote peer. The Phase 2 SA check can produce either of the following
results:

If the IPsec module discovers an active Phase 2 SA with that peer, it

proceeds to step 10.

If the IPsec module does not discover an active Phase 2 SA with that peer, it
drops the packet and triggers the IKE module.

9. The IKE module checks if an active Phase 1 SA exists with the remote peer. The
Phase 1 SA check can produce either of the following results:

If the IKE module discovers an active Phase 1 SA with the peer, it uses this
SA to negotiate a Phase 2 SA.

If the IKE module does not discover an active Phase 1 SA with that peer, it
begins Phase 1 negotiations in main mode, and then Phase 2 negotiations.

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10. The IPsec module puts an ESP header and then an outer IP header on the
packet. Using the address specified as the outgoing interface, it puts 1.1.1.1 as
the source IP address in the outer header. Using the address specified for
remote gateway, it puts 2.2.2.2 as the destination IP address in the outer
header. Next, it encrypts the packet from the payload to the next header field in
the original IP header. Then, it authenticates the packet from the ESP trailer to
the ESP header.

11. The security device sends the encrypted and authenticated packet destined for
2.2.2.2 through the outgoing interface (ethernet3) to the external router at
1.1.1.250.

Paris (Recipient)
1. The packet arrives at 2.2.2.2, which is the IP address of ethernet3, an interface
bound to the Untrust zone.

2. Using the SPI, destination IP address, and IPsec protocol contained in the outer
packet header, the IPsec module attempts to locate an active Phase 2 SA with
the initiating peer along with the keys to authenticate and decrypt the packet.
The Phase 2 SA check can produce one of the following three results:

If the IPsec module discovers an active Phase 2 SA with the peer, it

proceeds to step 4.

If the IPsec module does not discover an active Phase 2 SA with the peer
but it can match an inactive Phase 2 SA using the source IP address but not
the SPI, it drops the packet, makes an event log entry, and sends a
notification that it received a bad SPI to the initiating peer.

If the IPsec module does not discover an active Phase 2 SA with that peer, it
drops the packet and triggers the IKE module.

3. The IKE module checks if an active Phase 1 SA exists with the remote peer. The
Phase 1 SA check can produce either of the following results:

If the IKE module discovers an active Phase 1 SA with the peer, it uses this
SA to negotiate a Phase 2 SA.

If the IKE module does not discover an active Phase 1 SA with that peer, it
begins Phase 1 negotiations in main mode, and then Phase 2 negotiations.

4. The IPsec module performs an anti-replay check. This check can produce one
of two results:

If the packet fails the anti-replay check, because it detects a sequence

number that the security device has already received, the security device
drops the packet.

If the packet passes the anti-replay check, the security device proceeds to
the next step.

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5. The IPsec module attempts to authenticate the packet. The authentication

check can produce one of two results:

If the packet fails the authentication check, the security device drops the
packet.

If the packet passes the authentication check, the security device proceeds
to the next step.

6. Using the Phase 2 SA and keys, the IPsec module decrypts the packet,
uncovering its original source address (10.1.1.5) and its ultimate destination
(10.2.2.5). It learns that the packet came through vpn1, which is bound to
tunnel.1. From this point forward, the security device treats the packet as if its
ingress interface is tunnel.1 instead of ethernet3. It also adjusts the anti-replay
sliding window at this point.

7. If you have enabled SCREEN options for the Untrust zone, the security device
activates the SCREEN module at this point. SCREEN checking can produce one
of the following three results:

If a SCREEN mechanism detects anomalous behavior for which it is

configured to block the packet, the security device drops the packet and
makes an entry in the event log.

If a SCREEN mechanism detects anomalous behavior for which it is

configured to record the event but not block the packet, the security device
records the event in the SCREEN counters list for ethernet3 and proceeds to
the next step.

If the SCREEN mechanisms detect no anomalous behavior, the security

device proceeds to the next step.

8. The session module performs a session lookup, attempting to match the packet
with an existing session. It then either performs First Packet Processing or Fast
Processing.

If the packet matches an existing session, the security device performs Fast
Processing, using the information available from the existing session entry to
process the packet. Fast Processing bypasses all but the last two steps
(encrypting the packet and forwarding it) because the information generated by
the bypassed steps has already been obtained during the processing of the first
packet in the session.

9. The address-mapping module checks if a Mapped IP (MIP) or Virtual IP (VIP)

configuration uses the destination IP address 10.2.2.5. Because 10.2.2.5 is not
used in a MIP or VIP configuration, the security device proceeds to the next
step.

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10. The route module first uses the ingress interface to determine the virtual router
to use for the route lookup; in this case, the trust-vr. It then performs a route
lookup for 10.2.2.5 in the trust-vr and discovers that it is accessed through
ethernet1. By determining the ingress interface (tunnel.1) and the egress
interface (ethernet1), the security device can thereby determine the source and
destination zones. The tunnel.1 interface is bound to the Untrust zone, and
ethernet1 is bound to the Trust zone. The security device can now do a policy
lookup.

11. The policy engine checks its policy list from the Untrust zone to the Trust zone
and finds a policy that grants access.

12. The security device forwards the packet through ethernet1 to its destination at
10.2.2.5.

Addendum: Policy-Based VPN

The packet flow for a policy-based VPN configuration differs from that of a
route-based VPN configuration at two points: the route lookup and the policy
lookup.

Tokyo (Initiator)
The first stages of the outbound packet flow are the same for both route-based and
policy-based VPN configurations until the route lookup and subsequent policy
lookup occur:

Route Lookup: To determine the destination zone, the route module does a
route lookup for 10.2.2.5. Not finding an entry for that specific address, the
route module resolves it to a route through ethernet3, which is bound to the
Untrust zone. By determining the ingress and egress interfaces, the security
device has thereby determined the source and destination zones, and can now
perform a policy lookup.

Policy Lookup: The policy engine does a policy lookup between the Trust and
Untrust zones. The lookup matches the source address and zone, destination
address and zone, and service and finds a policy that references a VPN tunnel
named vpn1.

The security device then forwards the packet through ethernet1 to its destination at
10.2.2.5.

Paris (Recipient)
Most stages of the inbound packet flow on the recipients end are the same for both
route-based and policy-based VPN configurations except that the tunnel is not
bound to a tunnel interface, but to a tunnel zone. The security device learns that the
packet came through vpn1, which is bound to the Untrust-Tun tunnel zone, whose
carrier zone is the Untrust zone. Unlike route-based VPNs, the security device
considers ethernet3 to be the ingress interface of the decrypted packetnot
tunnel.1.

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The flow changes after packet decryption is complete. At this point, the route and
policy lookups differ:

Route Lookup: The route module performs a route lookup for 10.2.2.5 and
discovers that it is accessed through ethernet1, which is bound to the Trust
zone. By learning that the Untrust zone is the source zone (because vpn1 is
bound to the Untrust-Tun tunnel zone, whose carrier zone is the Untrust zone)
and by determining the destination zone based on the egress interface
(ethernet1 is bound to the Trust zone), the security device can now check for a
policy from the Untrust to the Trust zones that references vpn1.

Policy Lookup: The policy engine checks its policy list from the Untrust zone to
the Trust zone and finds a policy that references a VPN tunnel named vpn1 and
that grants access to 10.2.2.5.

The security device then forwards the packet to its destination.

Tunnel Configuration Guidelines

This section offers some guidelines for configuring VPN tunnels. When configuring
an IPsec VPN tunnel, you might want to consider the following:

ScreenOS supports up to four proposals for Phase 1 negotiations and up to four

proposals for Phase 2 negotiations. A peer must be configured to accept at least
one Phase 1 proposal and one Phase 2 proposal proffered by the other peer. For
information about Phase 1 and Phase 2 IKE negotiations, see Tunnel
Negotiation on page 5-9.

If you want to use certificates for authentication and there is more than one
local certificate loaded on the security device, you must specify which
certificate you want each VPN tunnel configuration to use. For more
information about certificates, see Public Key Cryptography on page 5-29.

For a basic policy-based VPN:

Use user-defined addresses in the policy, not the pre-defined address Any.

The addresses and service specified in policies configured at both ends of

the VPN must match.

Use symmetric policies for bidirectional VPN traffic.

The proxy ID for both peers must match, which means that the service
specified in the proxy ID for both peers is the same, and the local IP address
specified for one peer is the same as the remote IP address specified for the
other peer.

NOTE: The proxy ID is a three-part tuple consisting of local IP addressremote IP

addressservice.

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For a route-based VPN configuration, the proxy ID is user-configurable.

For a policy-based VPN configuration, the security deviceby

defaultderives the proxy ID from the source address, destination address,
and service specified in the policy that references that VPN tunnel in the
policy list. You can also define a proxy ID for a policy-based VPN that
supersedes the derived proxy ID.

The simplest way to ensure that the proxy IDs match is to use 0.0.0.0/0 for the local
address, 0.0.0.0/0 for the remote address, and any for the service. Instead of
using the proxy ID for access control, you use policies to control the traffic to and
from the VPN. For examples of VPN configurations with user-configurable proxy
IDs, see the route-based VPN examples in Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks on
page 5-91.

NOTE: When the remote address is the virtual internal address of a dialup VPN client, use
255.255.255.255/32 for the remote IP address /netmask in the proxy ID.

As long as the peers proxy ID settings match, it does not matter if one peer
defines a route-based VPN and the other defines a policy-based VPN. If peer-1
uses a policy-based VPN configuration and peer-2 uses a route-based VPN
configuration, then peer-2 must define a proxy ID that matches the proxy ID
derived from peer-1s policy. If peer-1 performs Source Network Address
Translation (NAT-src) using a DIP pool, use the address and netmask for the DIP
pool as the remote address in peer-2s proxy ID. For example:

When the DIP Pool Is: Use This in the Proxy ID:
1.1.1.8 1.1.1.8 1.1.1.8/32
1.1.1.20 1.1.1.50 1.1.1.20/26
1.1.1.100 1.1.1.200 1.1.1.100/25
1.1.1.0 1.1.1.255 1.1.1.0/24

For more information about proxy IDs when used with NAT-src and NAT-dst, see
VPN Sites with Overlapping Addresses on page 5-152.

NOTE: Peer-1 can also define a proxy ID that matches peer-2s proxy ID. Peer-1s
user-defined proxy ID supersedes the proxy ID that the security device derives
from the policy components.

Because proxy IDs support either a single service or all services, the service in a
proxy ID derived from a policy-based VPN referencing a service group is
considered as any.

When both peers have static IP addresses, they can each use the default IKE ID,
which is their IP addresses. When a peer or dialup user has a dynamically
assigned IP address, that peer or user must use another type of IKE ID. An
FQDN is a good choice for a dynamic peer and a U-FQDN (email address) is a
good choice for a dialup user. You can use both FQDN and U-FQDN IKE ID
types with preshared keys and certificates (if the FQDN or U-FQDN appears in

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the SubjectAltName field in the certificate). If you use certificates, the dynamic
peer or dialup user can also use all or part of the ASN1-DN as the IKE ID.

Route-Based Virtual Private Network Security Considerations

Although route changes do not affect policy-based VPNs, route-based VPNs are a
different matter. The security device can route packets through a route-based VPN
tunnel with a combination of static routes and dynamic routing protocols. As long
as no route change occurs, the security device consistently encrypts and forwards
packets destined for tunnel interfaces bound to route-based VPN tunnels.

However, when using VPN monitoring with a route-based VPN tunnel configuration,
the state of a tunnel might change from up to down. When this occurs, all route
table entries referencing the tunnel interface bound to that tunnel change to
inactive. Then, when the security device does a route lookup for traffic originally
intended to be encrypted and sent through a tunnel bound to that tunnel interface,
it bypasses the route referencing the tunnel interface and searches for a route with
the next longest match. The route that it finds might be the default route. Using this
route, the security device would then send the traffic unencrypted (that is, in clear
or plain text) out through a non-tunnel interface to the public WAN.

To avoid rerouting traffic originally intended for a VPN tunnel to the public WAN in
clear text, you can configure the security device to reroute such traffic to another
tunnel, reroute it to a leased line, or just drop it, by using one of the following
work-arounds:

Null Route on page 5-84 (drops traffic when the route to the tunnel interface
becomes inactive)

Dialup or Leased Line on page 5-86 (reroutes traffic to an alternate secure

path when the route to the tunnel interface becomes inactive)

Decoy Tunnel Interface on page 5-89 (drops traffic when the route to the
tunnel interface becomes inactive)

Virtual Router for Tunnel Interfaces on page 5-90 (drops traffic when the
route to the tunnel interface becomes inactive)

Reroute to Another Tunnel on page 5-90 (reroutes traffic to an alternate VPN

tunnel when the route to the tunnel interface becomes inactive)

Null Route
If the state of a VPN tunnel changes to down, the security device changes any
route referencing that tunnel interface to inactive. If the route to the tunnel
interface becomes unavailable and the next choice is the default route (for
example), then the security device uses the default route to forward the traffic
originally intended for the VPN tunnel. To avoid sending traffic in plain text out to
the public WAN when a route change occurs, you can make use of a null route. A
null route targets the same destination address as the route through the tunnel
interface, but it instead points the traffic to the Null interface. The Null interface is a
logical interface that drops traffic sent to it. You give the null route a higher metric
(farther from zero) than the route using the tunnel interface so that the null route is
less preferred.

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NOTE: Releases prior to ScreenOS 5.1.0 do not support a null interface. However, you can
use a decoy tunnel interface to accomplish the same objective. For information,
see Decoy Tunnel Interface on page 5-89.

For example, if you create a static route through tunnel.1 to a remote LAN with the
IP address 10.2.2.0/24, it automatically receives the default value of 1 for its metric:

set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1

get route

Dest-Routes for <trust-vr> (4 entries)

ID IP-Prefix Interface Gateway P Pref Mtr Vsys

* 3 0.0.0.0/0 eth3 1.1.1.250 S 20 1 Root
* 2 1.1.1.0/24 eth3 0.0.0.0 C 0 0 Root
* 1 10.1.1.0/24 eth1 0.0.0.0 C 0 0 Root
* 4 10.2.2.0/24 tun.1 0.0.0.0 S 20 1 Root

In the above routing table, an asterisk ( * ) indicates that a route is active, S

indicates a static route, and C indicates a connected route.

In the routing table above, the security device has two routes to reach any address
in the 10.2.2.0/24 subnet. The first choice is route #4 because it has the longest
match with that address. The second choice is the default route (0.0.0.0/0).

If you then add another route to 10.2.2.0/24 through the Null interface and give it a
value greater than 1, that route becomes the second routing choice to any address
in the 10.2.2.0/24 subnet. If the route to 10.2.2.0/24 through tunnel.1 becomes
inactive, then the security device uses the route to the Null interface. The security
device forwards traffic for 10.2.2.0/24 to that interface, and then drops it.

set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface null metric 10

get route

Dest-Routes for <trust-vr> (5 entries)

ID IP-Prefix Interface Gateway P Pref Mtr Vsys

* 3 0.0.0.0/0 eth3 1.1.1.250 S 20 1 Root
* 2 1.1.1.0/24 eth3 0.0.0.0 C 0 0 Root
* 1 10.1.1.0/24 eth1 0.0.0.0 C 0 0 Root
4 10.2.2.0/24 tun.1 0.0.0.0 S 20 1 Root
* 5 10.2.2.0/24 null 0.0.0.0 S 20 10 Root

In the routing table above, the route to 10.2.2.0/24 through tunnel.1 is inactive
(indicated by the absence of an asterisk in the far left column). Therefore, the
security device searches for the next route that has the longest match to the
destination address, and it finds route #5. (The next choice after route #5 is the

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default route with ID #3.) The security device then forwards traffic for 10.2.2.0/24 to
the null interface, which drops the traffic. As a result, if the route using tunnel.1
becomes inactive, the security device drops traffic for 10.2.2.0/24 rather than using
route #3 to forward it out ethernet3 as clear text to the router at 1.1.1.250.

Dialup or Leased Line

If you do not want to drop traffic to a remote peer when the tunnel to that peer
becomes inactive, you can add an alternate route to that peer that flows over a
dialup or leased line. This alternate route uses the same destination IP address as
that in the route through the VPN tunnel, but it has a different egress interface and
a less-preferred metric. If the route through the VPN tunnel becomes inactive, then
the security device reroutes traffic to the remote peer through the dialup or leased
line.

When using a dialup or leased line as the next-choice route, there is still the
possibility that both the first- and second-choice routes can become inactive at the
same time. Then the security device resorts to the third choice, which might be the
default route. In anticipation of such a situation, you can make the dialup or leased
line route the second choice and the null route the third choice (see Null Route on
page 5-84). Figure 24 shows how these options for handling a routing failover can
work together.

Figure 24: Routing Failover Alternatives for VPN Traffic

First Choice: A VPN tunnel to

the remote peer. Local
Security
ethernet1 10.1.1.1/24 Device
Trust Zone Untrust Zone
ethernet3 1.1.1.1/24
Local
LAN tunnel.1 Internet Remote VPN Peer
Remote LAN
VPN Tunnel
Second Choice: A static route over a
dialup or leased line to the VPN peer. Its ethernet4
metric is greater than that of the route 1.2.2.1/24
using the VPN tunnel. This routing option Dialup or
forwards the traffic in clear text over the Null Lease Line
protected line to the peer. Interface

Drop
Third Choice: A null route with a metric Traffic
greater than that of the dialup or leased
line. This option drops the traffic.

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VPN Failover to Leased Line or Null Route

In this example, you want traffic from the branch office behind Device A to reach
the corporate network behind Device B over a secure VPN connection. If the tunnel
fails, you then want traffic to flow over a leased line to the corporate office. If both
the VPN tunnel and the leased line fail, you want Device A to drop the traffic rather
than send it out onto the Internet in cleartext.

You create three routes on Device A to reach 10.2.2.0/24 and assign each a different
metric:

Preferred Routeuse tunnel.1, which is bound to vpn1 (metric = 1)

Secondary Routeuse ethernet4 and the gateway at 1.2.2.5 to use the leased
line (metric = 2)

Tertiary Routeuse the null interface to drop traffic (metric = 10)

When you create the preferred route, you use the default metric for a static route,
which is 1. You assign a metric of 2 to the secondary route; that is, the backup route
over the leased line (shown in Figure 25 on page 87). The metric is less than that of
the preferred route through the VPN tunnel. The security device does not use the
secondary route unless the preferred route through the VPN tunnel fails.

Finally, you add a NULL route with a metric of 10. If the preferred route fails and
then the secondary route fails, the security device drops all packets. All the security
zones are in the trust-vr routing domain.

NOTE: This example shows only the configuration for four routesthree for the failovers
plus the default routeon Device A.

Figure 25: Routing Failover to a Leased Line and Then to a Null Route

Traffic flows from the branch to

the corporate office.
Route Preferences:
1. tunnel.1 -> vpn1
2. ethernet4 -> leased line
3. null interface -> drop ethernet3 Gateway ethernet3
1.1.1.1/24 1.1.1.250 2.2.2.2/24
tunnel.1 tunnel.1

Device A Internet Device B

LAN LAN
10.1.1.0/24 10.2.2.0/24
vpn1

Leased Line (Back-Up Route)

NULL Route
Gateway: 1.2.2.5/24
ethernet4 ethernet4
1.2.2.1/24 2.3.3.2/24

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WebUI (Device A)
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following and
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following and
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet4
Gateway IP Address: 1.2.2.5
Metric: 2

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following and
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

CLI (Device A)
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface ethernet4 gateway 1.2.2.5 metric
2
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface null metric 10
save

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You can verify that the new routes are present by executing the get route
command.

device-C-> get route

IPv4 Dest-Routes for <untrust-vr> (0 entries)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H: Host C: Connected S: Static A: Auto-Exported
I: Imported R: RIP P: Permanent D: Auto-Discovered
iB: IBGP eB: EBGP O: OSPF E1: OSPF external type 1
E2: OSPF external type 2

IPv4 Dest-Routes for <trust-vr> (7 entries)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID IP-Prefix Interface Gateway P Pref Mtr Vsys
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 8 0.0.0.0/0 eth1/1 10.100.37.1 S 20 1 Root
* 7 1.1.1.1/32 eth1/2 0.0.0.0 H 0 0 Root
* 3 192.168.1.1/32 mgt 0.0.0.0 H 0 0 Root
* 2 192.168.1.0/24 mgt 0.0.0.0 C 0 0 Root
* 4 10.100.37.0/24 eth1/1 0.0.0.0 C 0 0 Root
* 5 10.100.37.170/32 eth1/1 0.0.0.0 H 0 0 Root
* 6 1.1.1.0/24 eth1/2 0.0.0.0 C 0 0 Root

The route table entry with ID 5 directs traffic for 10.2.2.0/24 to tunnel.1 and then
through the VPN tunnel. It is the preferred route for traffic to reach the 10.2.2.0
network. If that tunnel fails, the next best route is route entry 6 over a leased line
through a gateway at 1.2.2.5. If the connection for route entry 6 fails, route entry 7
becomes the next best route, and the security device directs traffic for 10.2.2.0/24
to the null interface, which then drops it.

Decoy Tunnel Interface

Instead of failing over traffic from a VPN tunnel to a null interface (and then
dropping it), you can use a nonfunctioning tunnel interface to accomplish the same
objective.

NOTE: Releases prior to ScreenOS 5.1.0 do not support a null interface (see Null Route
on page 5-84). However, you can use a decoy tunnel interface to accomplish the
same objective.

To set up a decoy tunnel interface, do the following:

1. Create a second tunnel interface, but do not bind it to a VPN tunnel. Instead,
bind it to a tunnel zone that is in the same virtual routing domain as the first
tunnel interface.

NOTE: If a tunnel interface is bound to a tunnel zone, its status is always up.

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2. Define a second route to the same destination using this second tunnel
interface, and assign it a higher metric (farther from zero) than the preferred
route.

If the state of the functioning tunnel interface changes from up to down and the
route table entry referencing that interface becomes inactive, all subsequent
route lookups find this second route to the nonfunctioning tunnel interface. The
security device forwards traffic to the second tunnel interface and because it is
not bound to a VPN tunnel, the device drops the traffic.

Virtual Router for Tunnel Interfaces

To avoid the case where the route through a VPN tunnel becomes deactivated and
then fails over traffic originally intended to pass through the tunnel to the default
route, you can create a special virtual routing domain exclusively for VPN traffic. To
set this up, take the following steps:

1. Create a separate virtual router to use for all routes pointing to tunnel interfaces
and name it, for example, VR-VPN.

2. Create a security zonenamed, for example, VPN zoneand bind it to

VR-VPN.

3. Bind all tunnel interfaces to the VPN zone, and also put all addresses for remote
sites that you want to reach through VPN tunnels in this zone.

4. Configure static routes in all other virtual routers to VR-VPN for traffic that you
want encrypted and sent through the tunnels. If necessary, define static routes
for decrypted traffic from VR-VPN to the other virtual routers. Such routes are
necessary to allow inbound VPN traffic through the tunnel if it is initiated from
the remote site.

If the state of a tunnel interface changes from up to down, the security device
still forwards traffic to VR-VPN, wherebecause the state of the route to that
interface is now inactive and there are no other matching routesthe security
device drops the traffic.

Reroute to Another Tunnel

You can configure two or more VPN tunnels to the same remote peer. If one tunnel
goes down, the security device can then reroute traffic through another VPN tunnel.
For information and examples about configuring redundant VPN tunnels, see the
following:

Active-to-Backup Tunnel Failover on page 11-57

Configuring Dual Active Tunnels on page 11-76

Configuring Tunnel Failover Weights on page 11-83

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Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks

This chapter explains how to configure a site-to-site virtual private network (VPN)
tunnel between two Juniper Networks security devices. It examines route-based and
policy-based VPN tunnels, presents the various elements that you must consider
when setting up a tunnel, and offers several examples.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Site-to-Site VPN Configurations on page 92

Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE on page 98

Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE on page 107

Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer on page 113

Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer on page 121

Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key on page 130

Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key on page 136

Dynamic IKE Gateways Using FQDN on page 141

Aliases on page 142

Setting AutoKey IKE Peer with FQDN on page 143

VPN Sites with Overlapping Addresses on page 152

Transparent Mode VPN on page 163

Transport Mode IPsec VPN on page 169

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Site-to-Site VPN Configurations

An IPsec VPN tunnel exists between two gateways, and each gateway needs an IP
address. When both gateways have static IP addresses, you can configure the
following kinds of tunnels:

Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE tunnel (with a preshared key or certificates)

Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key tunnel

When one gateway has a static address and the other has a dynamically assigned
address, you can configure the following kind of tunnel:

Dynamic Peer Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE tunnel (with a preshared key or
certificates)

As used here, a static site-to-site VPN involves an IPsec tunnel connecting two sites,
each with a security device operating as a secure gateway. The physical interface or
subinterface used as the outgoing interface on both devices has a fixed IP address,
and the internal hosts also have static IP addresses. If the security device is in
transparent mode, it uses the VLAN1 address as the IP address for the outgoing
interface. With a static site-to-site VPN, hosts at either end of the tunnel can initiate
the VPN tunnel setup because the IP address of the remote gateway remains
constant and thus reachable.

If the outgoing interface of one of the security devices has a dynamically assigned
IP address, that device is termed a dynamic peer and the VPN is configured
differently. With a dynamic peer site-to-site VPN, only hosts behind the dynamic
peer can initiate the VPN tunnel setup because only their remote gateway has a
fixed IP address and is thus reachable from their local gateway. However, after a
tunnel is established between a dynamic peer and a static peer, hosts behind either
gateway can initiate VPN traffic if the destination hosts have fixed IP addresses.

NOTE: For background information about the available VPN options, see Internet
Protocol Security on page 1. For guidance when choosing among the various
options, see Virtual Private Network Guidelines on page 59.

The configuration of a site-to-site VPN tunnel requires the coordination of the tunnel
configuration with that of other settingsinterfaces, addresses, routes, and policies.
The three example VPN configurations in this section are set in the following
context: an office in Tokyo wants to communicate securely with an office in Paris
through an IPsec VPN tunnel.

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Figure 26: Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel Configuration

Tokyo Untrust Zone

Trust Zone
Office

tunnel.1, Unnumbered
ethernet1
10.1.1.1/24 ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24
NAT
external router, 1.1.1.250
Tokyo
Security Device
LAN Internet LAN
10.1.1.0/24 10.2.2.0/24
Tunnel:vpn1 Paris
Security Device
external router, 2.2.2.250
ethernet1
ethernet3, 2.2.2.2/24 10.2.2.1/24

tunnel.1, Unnumbered

Untrust Zone Paris Trust Zone

Office

The administrators in both offices configure the following settings:

Interfaces Security Zones and Tunnel

Addresses

VPN (one of the following)

AutoKey IKE

Dynamic Peer

Manual Key

Routes

Policies

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Figure 27: Site-to-Site Tunnel ConfigurationInterfaces

Trust Zone Tokyo Untrust Zone

Office

tunnel.1, Unnumbered
ethernet1
10.1.1.1/24 Eth3, 1.1.1.1/24
NAT
Tokyo
Security Device
Internet
Paris
Security Device

ethernet1
Eth3, 2.2.2.2/24 10.2.2.1/24
NAT
tunnel.1, Unnumbered

Untrust Zone Paris Trust Zone

Office

1. Interfaces Security Zones and Tunnel

The admin at the Tokyo office configures the security zone and tunnel interfaces
with the settings that appear in the upper half of Figure 27. The admin at the Paris
office does likewise with the settings that appear in the lower half of the figure.

Ethernet3 is going to be the outgoing interface for VPN traffic and the remote
gateway for VPN traffic sent from the other end of the tunnel.

Ethernet1 is in NAT mode so each admin can assign IP addresses to all the internal
hosts, yet when traffic passes from the Trust zone to the Untrust zone, the security
device translates the source IP address in the packet headers to the address of the
Untrust zone interface, ethernet31.1.1.1 for Tokyo, and 2.2.2.2 for Paris.

For a route-based VPN, each admin binds the tunnel interface tunnel.1 to the VPN
tunnel vpn1. By defining a route to the address space of the remote office LAN, the
security device can direct all traffic bound for that LAN to the tunnel.1 interface and
thus through the tunnel to which tunnel.1 is bound.

Because policy-based NAT services are not needed, a route-based VPN configuration
does not require tunnel.1 to have an IP address/netmask, and a policy-based VPN
configuration does not even require a tunnel interface.

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Figure 28: Site-to-Site Tunnel ConfigurationAddresses

Trust Zone Tokyo Untrust Zone

Office
tunnel.1, Unnumbered
ethernet1 ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24
10.1.1.1/24
Trust_LAN Tokyo
Trust, 10.1.1.0/24 NAT
Security Device Paris
Tokyo Internet LAN Untrust, 10.2.2.0/24
LAN
Untrust 10.1.1.0/24 Paris Trust_LAN
Security Device Trust 10.2.2.0/24

ethernet3, 2.2.2.2/24 ethernet1

10.2.2.1/24
tunnel.1, Unnumbered NAT
Paris
Untrust Zone Office Trust Zone

2. Addresses
The admins define addresses for later use in inbound and outbound policies. The
admin at the Tokyo office defines the addresses that appear in the upper half of
Figure 28. The admin at the Paris office does likewise with the addresses that
appear in the lower half of the figure.

For policy-based VPNs, the security device derives proxy IDs from policies. Because
the proxy IDs used by the security devices at both ends of the VPN tunnel must
match perfectly, you cannot use the predefined address ANY, whose IP address is
0.0.0.0/0, at one end of the tunnel if you use a more specific address at the other
end. For example:

If the proxy ID in Tokyo is as follows:

From: 0.0.0.0/0
To: 10.2.2.0/24
Service: ANY

And if the proxy ID in Paris is as follows:

To: 10.1.1.0/24
From: 10.2.2.0/24
Service: ANY

Then the proxy IDs do not match, and IKE negotiations will fail.

NOTE: Beginning with ScreenOS 5.0.0, you can also define proxy IDs for VPN tunnels
referenced in policy-based VPN configurations.

For route-based VPNs, you can use 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0any to define the local
and remote IP addresses and service type for a proxy ID. You can then use more
restrictive policies to filter the inbound and outbound VPN traffic by source address,
destination address, and service type.

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Figure 29: Site-to-Site Tunnel ConfigurationVPN Tunnel

Trust Zone Tokyo Untrust Zone

Office
Tunnel.1, Unnumbered
ethernet1 ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24
10.1.1.1/24
Trust_LAN NAT Tokyo Trust_LAN
Trust, 10.1.1.0/24 Security Device Internet Trust 10.2.2.0/24
LAN LAN
Tokyo Paris
Tunnel: vpn1 Paris Untrust, 10.2.2.0/24
Untrust 10.1.1.0/24
Security Device

ethernet3, 2.2.2.2/24 ethernet1

10.2.2.1/24
tunnel.1, Unnumbered NAT
Paris
Untrust Zone Trust Zone
Office

3. VPN
You can configure one of the following three VPNs:

AutoKey IKE

The AutoKey IKE method uses a preshared key or a certificate to refreshthat

is, changethe encryption and authentication keys automatically at
user-defined intervals (known as key lifetimes). Essentially, frequently updating
these keys strengthens security, although excessively short lifetimes might
reduce overall performance.

Dynamic Peer

A dynamic peer is a remote gateway that has a dynamically assigned IP

address. Because the IP address of the remote peer might be different each
time IKE negotiations begin, hosts behind the peer must initiate VPN traffic.
Alsoif using a preshared key for authenticationthe peer must send an IKE
ID during the first message of Phase 1 negotiations in aggressive mode to
identify itself.

Manual Key

The Manual Key method requires you to set and update the encryption and
authentication keys manually. This method is a viable option for a small set of
VPN tunnels.

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Figure 30: Site-to-Site Tunnel ConfigurationRoutes

trust-vr Tokyo
Dst 10.2.2.0/24 Trust Zone Untrust Zone
Use tunnel. 1 Office
tunnel.1, Unnumbered Trust_LAN
Dst 10.2.2.0/24 ethernet1 ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 Trust, 10.2.2.0/24
Use NULL 10.1.1.1/24 Paris
Metric: 50 Null Interface External router, 1.1.1.250 Untrust,
NAT
10.2.2.0/24
Dst 0.0.0.0/0 Internet trust-vr
LAN LAN
Use eth3 Tunnel:vpn1 Dst 10.1.1.0/24
gateway: 1.1.1.250 Use tunnel. 1

Trust_LAN external router, 2.2.2.250 Null Interface

Dst 10.1.1.0/24
Trust, 10.1.1.0/24 ethernet3, 2.2.2.2/24 ethernet1 Use NULL
10.2.2.1/24 Metric: 50
Tokyo tunnel.1, Unnumbered NAT
Untrust, 10.1.1.0/24 Paris Dst 0.0.0.0/0
Untrust Zone Office Trust Zone Use eth3
gateway:
2.2.2.250

4. Routes
The admins at each site must configure at least the following routes:

A route for traffic to reach an address on the remote LAN to use tunnel.1

A default route for all other traffic, including the outer VPN tunnel traffic, to
reach the internet through ethernet3 and then the external router beyond
it1.1.1.250 for the Tokyo office and 2.2.2.250 for Paris. The external router is
the default gateway to which the security device forwards any traffic for which
it does not have a specific route in its routing table.

NOTE: If the security device at the Tokyo office receives its external IP address
dynamically from its ISP (that is, from the point of view of the Paris office, the
security device at the Tokyo office is its dynamic peer), then the ISP automatically
provides the Tokyo device with its default gateway IP address.

A null route so that if the state of tunnel.1 ever changes to down and any
route referencing tunnel.1 becomes deactivated, the security device does not
use the default route to forward traffic destined to the remote LAN unencrypted
out ethernet3. A null route uses the remote LAN as the destination address, but
it points traffic to the Null interface, a logical interface that drops traffic sent to
it. You give the null route a higher metric (farther from zero) than the route to
the remote LAN using tunnel.1, making the null route less preferred than the
route referencing the tunnel.1 interface.

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Figure 31: Site-to-Site Tunnel ConfigurationPolicies

trust-vr trust-vr
Dst 10.2.2.0/24 Tokyo Dst 10.1.1.0/24
Use tunnel. 1 Trust Zone Untrust Zone
Office Use tunnel. 1

Dst 0.0.0.0/0 tunnel.1, Unnumbered Dst 0.0.0.0/0

Use eth1 ethernet1 ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 Use eth3
gateway: 10.1.1.1/24 Null Interface gateway:
1.1.1.250 NAT External router, 1.1.1.250 2.2.2.250
Internet Trust_LAN
Trust_LAN LAN LAN
Trust, 10.1.1.0/24 Trust, 10.2.2.0/24
Tunnel:vpn1

Tokyo Null Interface Paris

external router, 2.2.2.250 ethernet1 Untrust,
Untrust,
10.1.1.0/24 ethernet3, 2.2.2.2/24 10.2.2.1/24 10.2.2.0/24
tunnel.1, Unnumbered NAT
Trust-> Untrust
Trust-> Untrust Paris Trust_LAN ->Paris
Trust_LAN ->Paris Untrust Zone Office Trust Zone ANY, Permit
ANY, Permit
Untrust -> Trust
Untrust -> Trust Paris ->
Paris -> Trust_LAN Trust_LAN
ANY, Permit ANY, Permit

5. Policies
The admins at each site define policies to permit traffic between the two offices:

A policy permitting any kind of traffic from Trust_LAN in the Trust zone to
Paris or Tokyo in the Untrust zone

A policy permitting any kind of traffic from Paris or Tokyo in the Untrust
zone to Trust_LAN in the Trust zone

Because the preferred route to the remote site specifies tunnel.1, which is bound to
the VPN tunnel vpn1, the policy does not need to reference the VPN tunnel.

Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE

In this example, an AutoKey IKE tunnel using either a preshared secret or a pair of
certificates (one at each end of the tunnel) provides the secure connection between
the Tokyo and Paris offices. For the Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify
one Phase 1 proposaleither pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or
rsa-g2-3des-sha for certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of
proposals for Phase 2. All zones are in the trust-vr.

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Figure 32: Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on the security configured on the security
device in Tokyo device in Paris
Tokyo Paris Tokyo Paris

Trust Untrust Untrust Trust

Zone Zone Zone Zone

Outgoing Interface
Outgoing Interface
Untrust Zone
Untrust Zone
eth3, 1.1.1.1/24
Tokyo eth3, 2.2.2.2/24 Paris
Gateway 1.1.1.250
Trust Zone Gateway 2.2.2.250 Trust Zone
eth1, 10.1.1.1/24 eth1, 10.2.2.1/24
Internet

VPN Tunnel

Tunnel Interface Tunnel Interface

Tunnel.1 Tunnel.1

Setting up a route-based AutoKey IKE tunnel using either a preshared secret or

certificates, involves the following steps:

1. Assign IP addresses to the physical interfaces bound to the security zones and
to the tunnel interface.

2. Configure the VPN tunnel, designate its outgoing interface in the Untrust zone,
bind it to the tunnel interface, and configure its proxy-ID.

3. Enter the IP addresses for the local and remote endpoints in the address books
for the Trust and Untrust zones.

4. Enter a default route to the external router in the trust-vr, a route to the
destination through the tunnel interface, and a null route to the destination. You
assign a higher metric (farther from zero) to the null route so that it becomes
the next-choice route to the destination. Then, if the state of the tunnel
interface changes to down and the route referencing that interface becomes
inactive, the security device uses the null route, which essentially drops any
traffic sent to it, rather than the default route, which forwards unencrypted
traffic.

5. Set up policies for VPN traffic to pass between each site.

In the following examples, the preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. It is assumed that

both participants already have RSA certificates and are using Entrust as the
certificate authority (CA). (For information about obtaining and loading certificates,
see Certificates and CRLs on page 35.)

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WebUI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements> Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements> > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Address Name: Paris_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Paris

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2

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Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (for Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)

(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (for Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Preferred certificate (optional)
Peer CA: Entrust
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Tokyo_Paris

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Paris

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1
Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To Paris
Source Address: Trust_LAN
Destination Address: Paris_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: From Paris

Source Address: Paris_Office
Destination Address: Trust_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)

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2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements> > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements> > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Tokyo

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)

(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (for Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Preferred certificate (optional)
Peer CA: Entrust
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: Paris_Tokyo
Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Tokyo

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> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1
Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To_Tokyo
Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: From_Tokyo
Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

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CLI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust Paris_Office 10.2.2.0/24
3. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway To_Paris address 2.2.2.2 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn Tokyo_Paris gateway To_Paris sec-level compatible
set vpn Tokyo_Paris bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Tokyo_Paris proxy-id local-ip 10.1.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.2.2.0/24 any

(or)

Certificate
set ike gateway To_Paris address 2.2.2.2 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway To_Paris cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway To_Paris cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn Tokyo_Paris gateway To_Paris sec-level compatible
set vpn Tokyo_Paris bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Tokyo_Paris proxy-id local-ip 10.1.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.2.2.0/24 any

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get ike ca.

4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface null metric 10
5. Policies
set policy top name To Paris from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Paris_Office any
permit
set policy top name From Paris from untrust to trust Paris_Office Trust_LAN any
permit
save

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CLI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.2.2.0/24
set address untrust Tokyo_Office 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway To_Tokyo address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn Paris_Tokyo gateway To_Tokyo sec-level compatible
set vpn Paris_Tokyo bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Paris_Tokyo proxy-id local-ip 10.2.2.0/24 remote-ip 10.1.1.0/24 any

(or)

Certificate
set ike gateway To_Tokyo address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway To_Tokyo cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway To_Tokyo cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn Paris_Tokyo gateway To_Tokyo sec-level compatible
set vpn Paris_Tokyo bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Paris_Tokyo proxy-id local-ip 10.2.2.0/24 remote-ip 10.1.1.0/24 any
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface null metric 10
5. Policies
set policy top name To Tokyo from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Tokyo_Office any
permit
set policy top name From Tokyo from untrust to trust Tokyo_Office Trust_LAN any
permit
save

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Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE

In this example, an AutoKey IKE tunnel using either a preshared secret or a pair of
certificates (one at each end of the tunnel) provides the secure connection between
the Tokyo and Paris offices. For the Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify
one Phase 1 proposaleither pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or
rsa-g2-3des-sha for certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of
proposals for Phase 2. All zones are in the trust-vr.

Figure 33: Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, AutoKey IKE

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on the security configured on the security
device in Tokyo device in Paris
Tokyo Paris Tokyo Paris

Trust Untrust-Tun Untrust Untrust Untrust-Tun Trust

Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone

Outgoing Interface Outgoing Interface

Untrust Zone Untrust Zone
eth3, 1.1.1.1/24 eth3, 2.2.2.2/24
Tokyo Gateway 1.1.1.250 Gateway 2.2.2.250 Paris
Trust Zone Trust Zone
eth1, 10.1.1.1/24 eth1, 10.2.2.1/24
Internet

VPN Tunnel

Setting up the AutoKey IKE tunnel using AutoKey IKE, with either a preshared secret
or certificates, involves the following steps:

1. Define security zone interface IP addresses.

2. Make address book entries for the local and remote end entities.

3. Define the remote gateway and key exchange mode, and specify either a
preshared secret or a certificate.

4. Create the Autokey IKE VPN.

5. Set a default route to the external router.

6. Configure policies.

In the following examples, the preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. It is assumed that

both participants already have RSA certificates and are using Entrust as the
certificate authority (CA). (For information about obtaining and loading certificates,
see Certificates and CRLs on page 35.)

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WebUI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Paris_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Paris

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click OK to return
to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)

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(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click OK to return
to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)
Preferred certificate (optional)
Peer CA: Entrust
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Tokyo_Paris

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), To_Paris
4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To/From Paris

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Tokyo_Paris
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements> Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements> Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Tokyo

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)

(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)
Preferred certificate (optional)
Peer CA: Entrust
Peer Type: X509-SIG

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VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Paris_Tokyo

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), To_Tokyo
4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To/From Tokyo

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Paris_Tokyo
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust paris_office 10.2.2.0/24
3. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_paris address 2.2.2.2 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn tokyo_paris gateway to_paris sec-level compatible

(or)

Certificates
set ike gateway to_paris address 2.2.2.2 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_paris cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_paris cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn tokyo_paris gateway to_paris sec-level compatible

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NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get ike ca.

4. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
5. Policies
set policy top name To/From Paris from trust to untrust Trust_LAN paris_office
any tunnel vpn tokyo_paris
set policy top name To/From Paris from untrust to trust paris_office Trust_LAN
any tunnel vpn tokyo_paris
save

CLI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.2.2.0/24
set address untrust tokyo_office 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_tokyo address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn paris_tokyo gateway to_tokyo sec-level compatible

(or)

Certificates
set ike gateway to_tokyo address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_tokyo cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_tokyo cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn paris_tokyo gateway to_tokyo tunnel proposal nopfs-esp-3des-sha
4. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
5. Policies
set policy top name To/From Tokyo from trust to untrust Trust_LAN tokyo_office
any tunnel vpn paris_tokyo
set policy top name To/From Tokyo from untrust to trust tokyo_office Trust_LAN
any tunnel vpn paris_tokyo
save

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Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer

In this example, an AutoKey IKE VPN tunnel using either a preshared key or a pair
of certificates (one at each end of the tunnel) provides a secure connection between
security devices protecting the Tokyo and Paris offices. The Untrust zone interface
for the Paris security device has a static IP address. The ISP serving the Tokyo office
assigns the IP address for the Untrust zone interface dynamically through DHCP.
Because only the Paris security device has a fixed address for its Untrust zone, VPN
traffic must originate from hosts in the Tokyo office. After a tunnel has been
established, traffic through the tunnel can originate from either end. All security
and tunnel zones are in the trust-vr.

Figure 34: Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on the security configured on the security
device in Tokyo device in Paris

Tokyo Paris Tokyo Paris

Untrust Trust
Trust Untrust Zone
Zone Zone
Zone

Outgoing Interface
Untrust Zone Outgoing Interface
Tokyo eth3 and gateway Untrust Zone Paris
Trust Zone dynamically assigned eth3, 2.2.2.2/24 Trust Zone
eth1, 10.1.1.1/24 by ISP Gateway 2.2.2.250 eth1, 10.2.2.1/24

Internet

VPN Tunnel

Tunnel Interface Tunnel Interface

Tunnel.1 Tunnel.1
DHCP Server
2.1.1.5

The preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. It is assumed that both participants already

have RSA certificates from the certificate authority (CA) Verisign and that the email
address [email protected] appears in the local certificate on Device A. (For
information about obtaining and loading certificates, see Certificates and CRLs on
page 35.) For the Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify one Phase 1
proposaleither pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or rsa-g2-3des-sha
for certificatesand select the Compatible set of proposals for Phase 2.

You enter three routes on the security devices at each end of the VPN tunnel:

A default route to the external router in the trust-vr

A route to the destination through the tunnel interface

A null route to the destination. You assign a higher metric (farther from zero) to
the null route so that it becomes the next-choice route to the destination. Then,
if the state of the tunnel interface changes to down and the route referencing
that interface becomes inactive, the security device uses the null route, which
essentially drops any traffic sent to it, rather than the default route, which
forwards unencrypted traffic.

Finally, you configure policies to permit bidirectional traffic between the two sites.

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WebUI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Untrust

Enter the following, then click OK:

Obtain IP using DHCP: (select)

NOTE: You cannot specify the IP address of the DHCP server through the WebUI;
however, you can do so through the CLI.

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Paris_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Paris

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Local ID: [email protected]
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

(or)

Certificates
Local ID: [email protected]
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

NOTE: The U-FQDN [email protected] must appear in the SubjectAltName field in the
certificate.

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Tokyo_Paris

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Paris

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface: (select), tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24
Service: ANY

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4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

NOTE: The ISP provides the gateway IP address dynamically through DHCP.

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris_Office
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris_Office
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

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WebUI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address: 2.2.2.2/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Tokyo

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Dynamic IP Address: (select), Peer ID: [email protected]

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Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Paris_Tokyo

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Tokyo

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface: (select), tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: (select), 2.2.2.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 dhcp client
set interface ethernet3 dhcp client settings server 1.1.1.5
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust Paris_Office 10.2.2.0/24
3. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway To_Paris address 2.2.2.2 aggressive local-id [email protected]
outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn Tokyo_Paris gateway To_Paris tunnel sec-level compatible
set vpn Tokyo_Paris bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Tokyo_Paris proxy-id local-ip 10.1.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.2.2.0/24 any

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Certificates
set ike gateway To_Paris address 2.2.2.2 aggressive local-id [email protected]
outgoing-interface ethernet3 proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway To_Paris cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway To_Paris cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn Tokyo_Paris gateway To_Paris tunnel sec-level compatible
set vpn Tokyo_Paris bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Tokyo_Paris proxy-id local-ip 10.1.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.2.2.0/24 any

NOTE: The U-FQDN [email protected] must appear in the SubjectAltName field in the
certificate.

The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get ike ca.

4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface null metric 10

NOTE: The ISP provides the gateway IP address dynamically through DHCP, so you
cannot specify it here.

5. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Paris_Office any permit
set policy top from untrust to trust Paris_Office Trust_LAN any permit
save

CLI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.2.2.0/24
set address untrust Tokyo_Office 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway To_Tokyo dynamic [email protected] aggressive outgoing-interface
ethernet3 preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn Paris_Tokyo gateway To_Tokyo tunnel sec-level compatible
set vpn Paris_Tokyo bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Paris_Tokyo proxy-id local-ip 10.2.2.0/24 remote-ip 10.1.1.0/24 any

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Certificates
set ike gateway To_Tokyo dynamic [email protected] aggressive outgoing-interface
ethernet3 proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway To_Tokyo cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway To_Tokyo cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn Paris_Tokyo gateway To_Tokyo tunnel sec-level compatible
set vpn Paris_Tokyo bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn Paris_Tokyo proxy-id local-ip 10.2.2.0/24 remote-ip 10.1.1.0/24 any

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get ike ca.

4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface null metric 10
5. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Tokyo_Office any permit
set policy top from untrust to trust Tokyo_Office Trust_LAN any permit
save

Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer

In this example, a VPN tunnel securely connects the users in the Trust zone behind
Device A to the mail server in the corporate DMZ zone, protected by Device B. The
Untrust zone interface for Device B has a static IP address. The ISP serving Device A
assigns the IP address for its Untrust zone interface dynamically through DHCP.
Because only Device B has a fixed address for its Untrust zone, VPN traffic must
originate from hosts behind Device A. After Device A has established the tunnel,
traffic through the tunnel can originate from either end. All zones are in the trust-vr
routing domain.

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Figure 35: Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Dynamic Peer

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on Device A at the configured on Device B at the
branch office. corporate site.

A B A B

Trust Untrust Untrust DMZ

Zone Zone Zone Zone

Outgoing Interface Outgoing Interface

Untrust Zone Untrust Zone
Branch Office eth3 and gateway eth3, 2.2.2.2/24 Corporate Office
Trust Zone dynamically assigned Gateway 2.2.2.250 DMZ Zone
eth1, 10.1.1.1/24 by ISP eth2, 3.3.3.3/24
Mail Server
Internet 3.3.3.5

Device A VPN Tunnel Device B IDENT

SMTP or POP3 Request
Request DHCP Server
2.1.1.5
ID Authentication
User
User Name: pmason
Password: Nd4syst4
Note: Before making an SMTP or a POP3 connection to the
corporate mail server, Phil must first initiate an HTTP, an
Phil FTP, or a Telnet connection so that Device A can
authenticate him.

In this example, the local auth user Phil (login name: pmason; password: Nd4syst4)
wants to get his email from the mail server at the corporate site. When he attempts
to do so, he is authenticated twice: first, Device A authenticates him locally before
allowing traffic from him through the tunnel; second, the mail server program
authenticates him, sending the IDENT request through the tunnel.

NOTE: Because Phil is an authentication user, before he can make an SMTP of POP3
request, he must first initiate an HTTP, FTP, or Telnet connection so that Device A
can respond with a firewall user/login prompt to authenticate him. After Device A
authenticates him, he has permission to contact the corporate mail server through
the VPN tunnel.

The mail server can send the IDENT request through the tunnel only if the
Device A and B administrators add a custom service for it (TCP, port 113) and set
up policies allowing that traffic through the tunnel to the 10.10.10.0/24 subnet.

The preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. It is assumed that both participants already

have RSA certificates from the certificate authority (CA) Verisign and that the email
address [email protected] appears in the local certificate on Device A. (For
information about obtaining and loading certificates, see Certificates and CRLs on
page 35.) For the Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify one Phase 1
proposaleither pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or rsa-g2-3des-sha
for certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of proposals for
Phase 2.

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WebUI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Obtain IP using DHCP: (select)

NOTE: You cannot specify the IP address of the DHCP server through the WebUI;
however, you can do so through the CLI.

2. User
Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: pmason

Status: Enable
Authentication User: (select)
User Password: Nd4syst4
Confirm Password: Nd4syst4
3. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trusted_network

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Mail_Server

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 3.3.3.5/32
Zone: Untrust

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4. Services
Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Custom > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Service Name: Ident

Service Timeout:
Use protocol default: (select)
Transport Protocol: TCP (select)
Source Port: Low 0, High 65535
Destination Port: Low 113, High 113

Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Group > New: Enter the following,
move the following services, then click OK:

Group Name: Remote_Mail

Group Members << Available Members:
HTTP
FTP
Telnet
Ident
MAIL
POP3
5. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Mail

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Local ID: [email protected]
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

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Certificates
Local ID: [email protected]
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: branch_corp
Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway Tunnel: To_Mail
6. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

NOTE: The ISP provides the gateway IP address dynamically through DHCP.

7. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trusted_network
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Mail_Server
Service: Remote_Mail
Action: Tunnel
VPN Tunnel: branch_corp
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

Authentication: (select)
Auth Server: Local
User: (select), Local Auth User - pmason

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WebUI (Device B)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: DMZ

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 3.3.3.3/24

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Mail Server

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 3.3.3.5/32
Zone: DMZ

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: branch office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. Services
Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Custom > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Service Name: Ident

Service Timeout:
Use protocol default: (select)
Transport Protocol: TCP (select)
Source Port: Low 0, High 65535
Destination Port: Low 113, High 113

Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Groups > New: Enter the following,
move the following services, then click OK:

Group Name: Remote_Mail

Group Members << Available Members:
Ident
MAIL
POP3

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4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_branch

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Dynamic IP Address: (select), Peer ID: [email protected]
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: corp_branch

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_branch
5. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250

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6. Policies
Policies > (From: DMZ, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Mail_Server
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), branch_office
Service: Remote_Mail
Action: Tunnel
VPN Tunnel: corp_branch
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 dhcp client
set interface ethernet3 dhcp client settings server 1.1.1.5
2. User
set user pmason password Nd4syst4
3. Addresses
set address trust trusted network 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust mail server 3.3.3.5/32
4. Services
set service ident protocol tcp src-port 0-65535 dst-port 113-113
set group service remote_mail
set group service remote_mail add http
set group service remote_mail add ftp
set group service remote_mail add telnet
set group service remote_mail add ident
set group service remote_mail add mail
set group service remote_mail add pop3
5. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_mail address 2.2.2.2 aggressive local-id [email protected]
outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn branch_corp gateway to_mail sec-level compatible

(or)

Certificates
set ike gateway to_mail address 2.2.2.2 aggressive local-id [email protected]
outgoing-interface ethernet3 proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_mail cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_mail cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn branch_corp gateway to_mail sec-level compatible

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NOTE: The U-FQDN [email protected] must appear in the SubjectAltName field in the
certificate.

The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get ike ca.

6. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3

NOTE: The ISP provides the gateway IP address dynamically through DHCP.

7. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust trusted network mail server remote_mail
tunnel vpn branch_corp auth server Local user pmason
set policy top from untrust to trust mail server trusted network remote_mail
tunnel vpn branch_corp
save

CLI (Device B)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet2 zone dmz
set interface ethernet2 ip 3.3.3.3/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
2. Addresses
set address dmz mail server 3.3.3.5/32
set address untrust branch office 10.1.1.0/24
3. Services
set service ident protocol tcp src-port 0-65535 dst-port 113-113
set group service remote_mail
set group service remote_mail add ident
set group service remote_mail add mail
set group service remote_mail add pop3
4. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_branch dynamic [email protected] aggressive
outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn corp_branch gateway to_branch tunnel sec-level compatible

(or)

Certificates
set ike gateway to_branch dynamic [email protected] aggressive
outgoing-interface ethernet3 proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_branch cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_branch cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn corp_branch gateway to_branch sec-level compatible

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get ike ca.

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5. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
6. Policies
set policy top from dmz to untrust mail server branch office remote_mail
tunnel vpn corp_branch
set policy top from untrust to dmz branch office mail server remote_mail
tunnel vpn corp_branch
save

Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key

In this example, a Manual Key tunnel provides a secure communication channel
between offices in Tokyo and Paris. The Trust zones at each site are in NAT mode.
The addresses are as follows:

Tokyo:

Trust zone interface (ethernet1): 10.1.1.1/24

Untrust zone interface (ethernet3): 1.1.1.1/24

Paris:

Trust zone interface (ethernet1): 10.2.2.1/24

Untrust zone interface (ethernet3): 2.2.2.2/24

The Trust and Untrust security zones are all in the trust-vr routing domain. The
Untrust zone interface (ethernet3) serves as the outgoing interface for the VPN
tunnel.

Figure 36: Route-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on the security configured on the security
device in Tokyo. device in Paris.

Tokyo Paris Tokyo Paris

Trust Untrust Untrust Trust

Zone Zone Zone Zone

Outgoing Interface Outgoing Interface

Untrust Zone Untrust Zone
eth3, 1.1.1.1/24 eth3, 2.2.2.2/24
Tokyo Gateway 1.1.1.250 Gateway 2.2.2.250 Paris
Trust Zone Trust Zone
eth1, 10.1.1.1/24 eth1, 10.2.2.1/24
Internet
VPN Tunnel

Tunnel Interface Tunnel Interface

Tunnel.1 Tunnel.1

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To set up the tunnel, perform the following steps on the security devices at both
ends of the tunnel:

1. Assign IP addresses to the physical interfaces bound to the security zones and
to the tunnel interface.

2. Configure the VPN tunnel, designate its outgoing interface in the Untrust zone,
and bind it to the tunnel interface.

3. Enter the IP addresses for the local and remote endpoints in the address books
for the Trust and Untrust zones.

4. Enter a default route to the external router in the trust-vr, a route to the
destination through the tunnel interface, and a null route to the destination. You
assign a higher metric (farther from zero) to the null route so that it becomes
the next-choice route to the destination. Then, if the state of the tunnel
interface changes to down and the route referencing that interface becomes
inactive, the security device uses the null route, which essentially drops any
traffic sent to it, rather than the default route, which forwards unencrypted
traffic.

5. Set up policies for VPN traffic to pass between each site.

WebUI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)

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2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Paris_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > Manual Key > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Tunnel Name: Tokyo_Paris

Gateway IP: 2.2.2.2
Security Index: 3020 (Local), 3030 (Remote)
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3
ESP-CBC: (select)
Encryption Algorithm: 3DES-CBC
Generate Key by Password: asdlk24234
Authentication Algorithm: SHA-1
Generate Key by Password: PNas134a

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to return
to the basic Manual Key tunnel configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To Paris
Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: From Paris

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris_Office
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24

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Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > Manual Key > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Tunnel Name: Paris_Tokyo

Gateway IP: 1.1.1.1
Security Index: 3030 (Local), 3020 (Remote)
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3
ESP-CBC: (select)
Encryption Algorithm: 3DES-CBC
Generate Key by Password: asdlk24234
Authentication Algorithm: SHA-1
Generate Key by Password: PNas134a

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Manual Key tunnel configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To_Tokyo
Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: From_Tokyo
Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust Paris_Office 10.2.2.0/24
3. VPN
set vpn Tokyo_Paris manual 3020 3030 gateway 2.2.2.2 outgoing-interface
ethernet3 esp 3des password asdlk24234 auth sha-1 password PNas134a
set vpn Tokyo_Paris bind interface tunnel.1
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface null metric 10

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5. Policies
set policy top name To Paris from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Paris_Office any
permit
set policy top name From Paris from untrust to trust Paris_Office Trust_LAN any
permit
save

CLI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.2.2.0/24
set address untrust Tokyo_Office 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
set vpn Paris_Tokyo manual 3030 3020 gateway 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface
ethernet3 esp 3des password asdlk24234 auth sha-1 password PNas134a
set vpn Paris_Tokyo bind interface tunnel.1
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface null metric 10
5. Policies
set policy top name To Tokyo from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Tokyo_Office any
permit
set policy top name From Tokyo from untrust to trust Tokyo_Office Trust_LAN any
permit
save

Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key

In this example, a Manual Key tunnel provides a secure communication channel
between offices in Tokyo and Paris, using ESP with 3DES encryption and SHA-1
authentication. The Trust zones at each site are in NAT mode. The addresses are as
follows:

Tokyo:

Trust interface (ethernet1): 10.1.1.1/24

Untrust interface (ethernet3): 1.1.1.1/24

Paris:

Trust interface (ethernet1): 10.2.2.1/24

Untrust interface (ethernet3): 2.2.2.2/24

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The Trust and Untrust security zones and the Untrust-Tun tunnel zone are in the
trust-vr routing domain. The Untrust zone interface (ethernet3) serves as the
outgoing interface for the VPN tunnel.

Figure 37: Policy-Based Site-to-Site VPN, Manual Key

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on the security configured on the security
device in Tokyo. device in Paris.
Tokyo Paris Tokyo Paris

Trust Untrust-Tun Untrust Untrust Untrust-Tun Trust

Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone

Outgoing Interface Outgoing Interface

Untrust Zone Untrust Zone
ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 ethernet3, 2.2.2.2/24
Tokyo Paris
Gateway 1.1.1.250 Gateway 2.2.2.250
Trust Zone Trust Zone
ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/24 ethernet1, 10.2.2.1/24
Internet

VPN Tunnel

To set up the tunnel, perform the following five steps on the security devices at both
ends of the tunnel:

1. Assign IP addresses to the physical interfaces bound to the security zones.

2. Configure the VPN tunnel, and designate its outgoing interface in the Untrust
zone.

3. Enter the IP addresses for the local and remote endpoints in the Trust and
Untrust address books.

4. Enter a default route to the external router.

5. Set up policies for VPN traffic to pass bidirectionally through the tunnel.

WebUI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Paris_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > Manual Key > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Tunnel Name: Tokyo_Paris

Gateway IP: 2.2.2.2
Security Index: 3020 (Local), 3030 (Remote)
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3
ESP-CBC: (select)
Encryption Algorithm: 3DES-CBC
Generate Key by Password: asdlk24234
Authentication Algorithm: SHA-1
Generate Key by Password: PNas134a

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Manual Key tunnel configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Zone, Untrust-Tun

4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

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5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To/From Paris

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Tokyo_Paris
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:
Zone Name: Untrust
Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > Manual Key > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Tunnel Name: Paris_Tokyo

Gateway IP: 1.1.1.1
Security Index (HEX Number): 3030 (Local), 3020 (Remote)
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

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ESP-CBC: (select)
Encryption Algorithm: 3DES-CBC
Generate Key by Password: asdlk24234
Authentication Algorithm: SHA-1
Generate Key by Password: PNas134a

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Manual Key tunnel configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Zone, Untrust-Tun

4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To/From Tokyo

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Paris_Tokyo
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust paris_office 10.2.2.0/24
3. VPN
set vpn tokyo_paris manual 3020 3030 gateway 2.2.2.2 outgoing-interface
ethernet3 esp 3des password asdlk24234 auth sha-1 password PNas134a
set vpn tokyo_paris bind zone untrust-tun
4. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250

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5. Policies
set policy top name To/From Paris from trust to untrust Trust_LAN paris_office
any tunnel vpn tokyo_paris
set policy top name To/From Paris from untrust to trust paris_office Trust_LAN
any tunnel vpn tokyo_paris
save

CLI (Paris)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.2.2.0/24
set address untrust tokyo_office 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
set vpn paris_tokyo manual 3030 3020 gateway 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface
ethernet3 esp 3des password asdlk24234 auth sha-1 password PNas134a
set vpn paris_tokyo bind zone untrust-tun
4. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
5. Policies
set policy top name To/From Tokyo from trust to untrust Trust_LAN tokyo_office
any tunnel vpn paris_tokyo
set policy top name To/From Tokyo from untrust to trust tokyo_office Trust_LAN
any tunnel vpn paris_tokyo
save

Dynamic IKE Gateways Using FQDN

For an IKE peer that obtains its IP address dynamically, you can specify its fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) in the local configuration for the remote gateway.
For example, an Internet service provider (ISP) might assign IP addresses through
DHCP to its customers. The ISP draws addresses from a large pool of addresses and
assigns them when its customers come online. Although the IKE peer has an
unchanging FQDN, it has an unpredictably changing IP address. The IKE peer has
three methods available for maintaining a Domain Name System (DNS) mapping of
its FQDN to its dynamically assigned IP address (a process known as dynamic
DNS).

If the remote IKE peer is a security device, the admin can manually notify the
DNS server to update its FQDN-to-IP address mapping each time the security
device receives a new IP address from its ISP.

If the remote IKE peer is another kind of VPN termination device that has
dynamic DNS software running on it, that software can automatically notify the
DNS server of its address changes so the server can update its FQDN-to-IP
address mapping table.

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If the remote IKE peer is a security device or any other kind of VPN termination
device, a host behind it can run an FQDN-to-IP address automatic update
program that alerts the DNS server of address changes.

Figure 38: IKE Peer with a Dynamic IP Address

Local Security Device IKE Peer

Internet

www.jnpr.net
VPN Tunnel
1.1.1.202 = www.jnpr.net

1. The DHCP server draws 1.1.1.202 from its pool of IP addresses IP Pool
and assigns that address to the IKE peer.

2. The IKE peer notifies the DNS server of the new address in order
for the server to update its FQDN-to-IP address mapping table.
1.1.1.10 DHCP Server DNS Server
1.1.7.9

Without needing to know the current IP address of a remote IKE peer, you can now
configure an AutoKey IKE VPN tunnel to that peer using its FQDN instead of an IP
address.

Aliases
You can also use an alias for the FQDN of the remote IKE peer if the DNS server that
the local security device queries returns only one IP address. If the DNS server
returns several IP addresses, the local device uses the first one it receives. Because
there is no guarantee for the order of the addresses in the response from the DNS
server, the local security device might use the wrong IP address, and IKE
negotiations might fail.

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Figure 39: Multiple DNS Replies Leading to IKE Negotiation Success or Failure

Local Security Device The local security device wants to Remote IKE Peer
establish an IKE VPN tunnel with its
remote peer. It uses www.jnpr.net as the
remote gateway address.

DNS Query: www.jnpr.net = IP ?

Local Security Device DNS Server

DNS Reply:
The device uses this IP
address. www.jnpr.net = 1.1.1.202
www.jnpr.net = 1.1.1.114
www.jnpr.net = 1.1.1.20

Local Security Device If the remote IKE peer is at 1.1.1.202, IKE Remote IKE Peer
negotiations succeed.

If the remote IKE peer

Local Security Device is at 1.1.1.114 Remote IKE Peer
or
1.1.1.20, IKE
negotiations fail.

Setting AutoKey IKE Peer with FQDN

In this example, an AutoKey IKE VPN tunnel using either a preshared secret or a
pair of certificates (one at each end of the tunnel) provides a secure connection
between two offices in Tokyo and Paris. The Paris office has a dynamically assigned
IP address, so the Tokyo office uses the remote peers FQDN (www.nspar.com) as
the address of the remote gateway in its VPN tunnel configuration.

The configuration shown in Figure 40 is for a route-based VPN tunnel. For the
Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify one Phase 1 proposaleither
pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or rsa-g2-3des-sha for
certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of proposals for Phase 2.
All zones are in the trust-vr.

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Figure 40: AutoKey IKE Peer with FQDN

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on the security configured on the security
device in Tokyo device in Paris
Tokyo Paris Tokyo Paris

Trust Untrust Untrust Trust

Zone Zone Zone Zone

Outgoing Interface
Outgoing Interface Untrust Zone
Untrust Zone ethernet3, IP and gateway
ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 via DHCP
Tokyo www.nspar.com Paris
Trust Zone Gateway 1.1.1.250 Trust Zone
ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/24 ethernet1, 10.2.2.1/24
Internet
VPN Tunnel

Tunnel Interface: tunnel.1 Tunnel Interface: tunnel.1

Remote Gateway: www.nspar.com Remote Gateway: 1.1.1.1

Setting up a route-based AutoKey IKE tunnel using either a preshared secret or

certificates involves the following steps:

1. Assign IP addresses to the physical interfaces bound to the security zones and
to the tunnel interface.

2. Define the remote gateway and key exchange mode, and specify either a
preshared secret or a certificate.

3. Configure the VPN tunnel, designate its outgoing interface in the Untrust zone,
bind it to the tunnel interface, and configure its proxy-ID.

4. Enter the IP addresses for the local and remote endpoints in the Trust and
Untrust address books.

5. Enter a default route to the external router in the trust-vr, a route to the
destination through the tunnel interface, and a null route to the destination. You
assign a higher metric (farther from zero) to the null route so that it becomes
the next-choice route to the destination. Then, if the state of the tunnel
interface changes to down and the route referencing that interface becomes
inactive, the security device uses the null route, which essentially drops any
traffic sent to it, rather than the default route, which forwards unencrypted
traffic.

6. Set up policies for traffic to pass between each site.

In the following examples, the preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. It is assumed that

both participants already have RSA certificates and are using Entrust as the
certificate authority (CA). (For information about obtaining and loading certificates,
see Public Key Cryptography on page 29.)

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WebUI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Paris_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Paris

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: www.nspar.com

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Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (for Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)

(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (for Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Preferred certificate (optional)
Peer CA: Entrust
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Tokyo_Paris

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Paris

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1
Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

NOTE: The ISP provides the gateway IP address dynamically through DHCP.

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To Paris
Source Address: Trust_LAN
Destination Address: Paris_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > Policy (From: Untrust, To: Trust) > New Policy: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Name: From Paris

Source Address: Paris_Office
Destination Address: Trust_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Paris)
1. Host Name and Domain Name
Network > DNS: Enter the following, then click Apply:

Host Name: www

Domain Name: nspar.com
2. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Obtain IP using DHCP: (select)

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)
3. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo_Office

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Tokyo

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)

(or)

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Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (for Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Preferred certificate (optional)
Peer CA: Entrust
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: Paris_Tokyo
Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Tokyo

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1
Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Service: ANY
5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

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6. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: To Tokyo
Source Address: Trust_LAN
Destination Address: Tokyo_Office
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: From Tokyo

Source Address: Tokyo_Office
Destination Address: Trust_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Tokyo)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust paris_office 10.2.2.0/24
3. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_paris address www.nspar.com main outgoing-interface
ethernet3 preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn tokyo_paris gateway to_paris sec-level compatible
set vpn tokyo_paris bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn tokyo_paris proxy-id local-ip 10.1.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.2.2.0/24 any

(or)

Certificate
set ike gateway to_paris address www.nspar.com main outgoing-interface
ethernet3 proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_paris cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_paris cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn tokyo_paris gateway to_paris sec-level compatible
set vpn tokyo_paris bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn tokyo_paris proxy-id local-ip 10.1.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.2.2.0/24 any

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get ike ca.

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4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface null metric 10
5. Policies
set policy top name To Paris from trust to untrust Trust_LAN paris_office any
permit
set policy top name From Paris from untrust to trust paris_office Trust_LAN any
permit
save

CLI (Paris)
1. Host Name and Domain Name
set hostname www
set domain nspar.com
2. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip dhcp-client enable
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
3. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.2.2.0/24
set address untrust tokyo_office 10.1.1.0/24
4. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_tokyo address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn paris_tokyo gateway to_tokyo sec-level compatible
set vpn paris_tokyo bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn paris_tokyo proxy-id local-ip 10.2.2.0/24 remote-ip 10.1.1.0/24 any
(or)

Certificate
set ike gateway to_tokyo address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_tokyo cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_tokyo cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn paris_tokyo gateway to_tokyo sec-level compatible
set vpn paris_tokyo bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn paris_tokyo proxy-id local-ip 10.2.2.0/24 remote-ip 10.1.1.0/24 any
5. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface null metric 10

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6. Policies
set policy top name To Tokyo from trust to untrust Trust_LAN tokyo_office any
permit
set policy top name From Tokyo from untrust to trust tokyo_office Trust_LAN any
permit
save

VPN Sites with Overlapping Addresses

Because the range of private IP addresses is relatively small, there is a good chance
that the addresses of protected networks of two VPN peers overlap. For
bidirectional VPN traffic between two end entities with overlapping addresses, the
security devices at both ends of the tunnel must apply Source Network Address
Translation (NAT-src) and Destination Network Address Translation (NAT-dst) to the
VPN traffic passing between them.

NOTE: An overlapping address space is when the IP address range in two networks are
partially or completely the same.

For NAT-src, the interfaces at both ends of the tunnel must have IP addresses in
mutually unique subnets, with a dynamic IP (DIP) pool in each of those subnets.
The policies regulating outbound VPN traffic can then apply NAT-src using DIP pool
addresses to translate original source addresses to those in a neutral address space.

NOTE: The range of addresses in a DIP pool must be in the same subnet as the tunnel
interface, but the pool must not include the interface IP address or any MIP or VIP
addresses that might also be in that subnet. For security zone interfaces, you can
also define an extended IP address and an accompanying DIP pool in a different
subnet from that of the interface IP address. For more information, see Using DIP
in a Different Subnet on page 2-147.

To provide NAT-dst on inbound VPN traffic, there are two options:

Policy-based NAT-dst: A policy can apply NAT-dst to translate inbound VPN

traffic to an address that is either in the same subnet as the tunnel
interfacebut not in the same range as the local DIP pool used for outbound
VPN trafficor to an address in another subnet to which the security device
has an entry in its route table. (For information about routing considerations
when configuring NAT-dst, see Routing for NAT-Dst on page 8-32.)

Mapped IP (MIP): A policy can reference a MIP as the destination address. The
MIP uses an address in the same subnet as the tunnel interfacebut not in the
same range as the local DIP pool used for outbound VPN traffic. (For
information about MIPs, see Mapped IP Addresses on page 8-63.)

VPN traffic between sites with overlapping addresses requires address translation in
both directions. Because the source address on outbound traffic cannot be the same
as the destination address on inbound trafficthe NAT-dst address or MIP cannot
be in the DIP poolthe addresses referenced in the inbound and outbound policies
cannot be symmetrical.

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When you want the security device to perform source and destination address
translation on bidirectional VPN traffic through the same tunnel, you have two
choices:

You can define a proxy ID for a policy-based VPN configuration. When you
specifically reference a VPN tunnel in a policy, the security device derives a
proxy ID from the components in the policy that references that tunnel. The
security device derives the proxy ID when you first create the policy, and each
time the device reboots thereafter. However, if you manually define a proxy ID
for a VPN tunnel that is referenced in a policy, the security device applies the
user-defined proxy ID, not the proxy ID derived from the policy.

NOTE: A proxy ID is a kind of agreement between IKE peers to permit traffic through a
tunnel if the traffic matches a specified tuple of local address, remote address, and
service.

You can use a route-based VPN tunnel configuration, which must have a
user-defined proxy ID. With a route-based VPN tunnel configuration, you do not
specifically reference a VPN tunnel in a policy. Instead, the policy controls
access (permit or deny) to a particular destination. The route to that destination
points to a tunnel interface that in turn is bound to a VPN tunnel. Because the
VPN tunnel is not directly associated with a policy from which it can derive a
proxy ID from the source address, destination address, and service, you must
manually define a proxy ID for it. (Note that a route-based VPN configuration
also allows you to create multiple policies that make use of a single VPN tunnel;
that is, a single Phase 2 SA.)

Consider the addresses in Figure 41, which illustrates a VPN tunnel between two
sites with overlapping address spaces.

Figure 41: Overlapping Addresses at Peer Sites

Device A VPN Tunnel Device B

Internal Address Internal Address
Space Space
10.1.1.0/24 tunnel.1 tunnel.2 10.1.1.0/24
10.10.1.1/24 10.20.2.1/24

Addresses in Policies

10.10.1.2 10.10.1.2 DIP MIP 10.20.2.5 (to 10.1.1.5)

10.10.1.5 (to 10.1.1.5) MIP DIP 10.20.2.2 10.20.2.2

If the security devices in Figure 41 derive proxy IDs from the policies, as they do in
policy-based VPN configurations, then the inbound and outbound policies produce
the following proxy IDs:

Device A Device B
Local Remote Service Local Remote Service
Outbound 10.10.1.2/32 10.20.2.5/32 Any Inbound 10.20.2.5/32 10.10.1.2/32 Any
Inbound 10.10.1.5/32 10.20.2.2/32 Any Outbound 10.20.2.2/32 10.10.1.5/32 Any

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As shown in the table, there are two proxy IDs: one for outbound VPN traffic and
another for inbound. When Device A first sends traffic from 10.10.1.2/32 to
10.20.2.5/32, the two peers perform IKE negotiations and produce Phase 1 and
Phase 2 security associations (SAs). The Phase 2 SA results in the above outbound
proxy ID for Device A, and the inbound proxy ID for Device B.

If Device B then sends traffic to Device A, the policy lookup for traffic from
10.20.2.2/32 to 10.10.1.5/32 indicates that there is no active Phase 2 SA for such a
proxy ID. Therefore, the two peers use the existing Phase 1 SA (assuming that its
lifetime has not yet expired) to negotiate a different Phase 2 SA. The resulting proxy
IDs are shown above as the inbound proxy ID for Device A and the outbound proxy
ID for Device B. There are two Phase 2 SAstwo VPN tunnelsbecause the
addresses are asymmetrical and require different proxy IDs.

To create just one tunnel for bidirectional VPN traffic, you can define the following
proxy IDs with addresses whose scope includes both the translated source and
destination addresses at each end of the tunnel:

Device A Device B
Local Remote Service Local Remote Service
10.10.1.0/24 10.20.2.0/24 Any 10.20.2.0/24 10.10.1.0/24 Any
or
0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 Any 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 Any

The above proxy IDs encompass addresses appearing in both inbound and
outbound VPN traffic between the two sites. The address 10.10.1.0/24 includes both
the DIP pool 10.10.1.2 10.10.1.2 and the MIP 10.10.1.5. Likewise, the address
10.20.2.0/24 includes both the DIP pool 10.20.2.2 10.20.2.2 and the MIP
10.20.2.5. The above proxy IDs are symmetrical; that is, the local address for
Device A is the remote address for Device B, and vice versa. If Device A sends
traffic to Device B, the Phase 2 SA and proxy ID also apply to traffic sent from
Device B to Device A. Thus, a single Phase 2 SAthat is, a single VPN tunnelis all
that is required for bidirectional traffic between the two sites.

NOTE: The address 0.0.0.0/0 includes all IP addresses, and thus the addresses of the DIP
pool and MIP.

To create one VPN tunnel for bidirectional traffic between sites with overlapping
address spaces when the addresses for NAT-src and NAT-dst configured on the same
device are in different subnets from each other, the proxy ID for the tunnel must be
(local IP) 0.0.0.0/0 (remote IP) 0.0.0.0/0 service type. If you want to use more
restrictive addresses in the proxy ID, then the addresses for NAT-src and NAT-dst
must be in the same subnet.

In this example, you configure a VPN tunnel between Device A at a corporate site
and Device B at a branch office. The address space for the VPN end entities
overlaps; they both use addresses in the 10.1.1.0/24 subnet. To overcome this
conflict, you use NAT-src to translate the source address on outbound VPN traffic

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and NAT-dst to translate the destination address on inbound VPN traffic. The
policies permit all addresses in the corporate LAN to reach an FTP server at the
branch site, and for all addresses at the branch office site to reach an FTP server at
the corporate site.

NOTE: For more information about Source Network Address Translation (NAT-src) and
Destination Network Address Translation (NAT-dst), see Volume 8: Address
Translation.

The tunnel configurations at both ends of the tunnel use the following parameters:
AutoKey IKE, preshared key (netscreen1), and the security level predefined as
Compatible for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 proposals. (For details about these
proposals, see Tunnel Negotiation on page 9.)

The outgoing interface on Device A at the corporate site is ethernet3, which has IP
address 1.1.1.1/24 and is bound to the Untrust zone. Device B at the branch office
uses this address as its remote IKE gateway.

The outgoing interface on Device B at the branch office is ethernet3, which has IP
address 2.2.2.2/24 and is bound to the Untrust zone. Device A at the corporate site
uses this address as its remote IKE gateway.

The Trust zone interface on both security devices is ethernet1 and has IP address
10.1.1.1/24. All zones on both security devices are in the trust-vr routing domain.

Figure 42: Tunnel Interface with NAT-Src and NAT-Dst

Topology of the zones Topology of the zones

configured on Device A at the configured on Device B at
branch office. the branch1 office.

A B B A

Trust Zone Untrust Zone Untrust Zone Trust Zone

serverB
Gateway Gateway 10.1.1.5
1.1.1.250 2.2.2.250
network A Internet network B
10.1.1.0/24 Device A 10.1.1.0/24
Device B
serverA
Tunnel.1 10.10.1.1/24 Tunnel.1 10.20.1.1/24
10.1.1.5

DIP 5 10.10.1.2 10.10.1.2 DIP 6 10.20.1.2 10.20.1.2

NAT-Dst 10.10.1.5 > 10.1.1.5 NAT-Dst 10.20.1.5 > 10.1.1.5

Users at network A can access server B. Users at network B can access server A.
All traffic flows through the VPN tunnel between the two sites.

network A Device A Device B serverB

server A VPN Tunnel network B

vpn1

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WebUI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.10.1.1/24
2. DIP
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > DIP > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

ID: 5
IP Address Range: (select), 10.10.1.2 ~ 10.10.1.2
Port Translation: (select)
In the same subnet as the interface IP or its secondary IPs: (select)
3. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: virtualA

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.1.5/32
Zone: Trust

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Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: branch1

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.20.1.2/32
Zone: Untrust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: serverB

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.20.1.5/32
Zone: Untrust
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: branch1
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

NOTE: The outgoing interface does not have to be in the same zone to which the tunnel
interface is bound, although in this case they are in the same zone.

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.10.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.20.1.0/24
Service: ANY
5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.20.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.20.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
6. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), serverB
Service: FTP
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Source Translation: (select)
DIP On: 5 (10.10.1.210.10.1.2)/X-late

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), branch1
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), virtualA
Service: FTP
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Destination Translation: (select)
Translate to IP: (select), 10.1.1.5
Map to Port: (clear)

WebUI (Device B)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.20.1.1/24
2. DIP
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > DIP > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

ID: 6
IP Address Range: (select), 10.20.1.2 ~ 10.20.1.2
Port Translation: (select)
In the same subnet as the interface IP or its secondary IPs: (select)
3. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: branch1

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: virtualB

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.20.1.5/32
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.1.2/32
Zone: Untrust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: serverA

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.1.5/32
Zone: Untrust

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4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: corp
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.20.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.10.1.0/24
Service: ANY

NOTE: The outgoing interface does not have to be in the same zone to which the tunnel
interface is bound, although in this case they are in the same zone.

5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.10.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.10.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

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6. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), serverA
Service: FTP
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Source Translation: (select)
DIP on: 6 (10.20.1.210.20.1.2)/X-late

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), virtualB
Service: FTP
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Destination Translation: (select)
Translate to IP: 10.1.1.5
Map to Port: (clear)

CLI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.10.1.1/24
2. DIP
set interface tunnel.1 dip 5 10.10.1.2 10.10.1.2
3. Addresses
set address trust corp 10.1.1.0/24
set address trust virtualA 10.10.1.5/32
set address untrust branch1 10.20.1.2/32
set address untrust serverB 10.20.1.5/32

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4. VPN
set ike gateway branch1 address 2.2.2.2 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway branch1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 10.10.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.20.1.0/24 any

NOTE: The outgoing interface does not have to be in the same zone to which the tunnel
interface is bound, although in this case they are in the same zone.

5. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.20.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.20.1.0/24 interface null metric 10
6. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust corp serverB ftp nat src dip-id 5 permit
set policy top from untrust to trust branch1 virtualA ftp nat dst ip 10.1.1.5 permit
save

CLI (Device B)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.20.1.1/24
2. DIP
set interface tunnel.1 dip 6 10.20.1.2 10.20.1.2
3. Addresses
set address trust branch1 10.1.1.0/24
set address trust virtualB 10.20.1.5/32
set address untrust corp 10.10.1.2/32
set address untrust serverA 10.10.1.5/32
4. VPN
set ike gateway corp address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway corp sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 10.20.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.10.1.0/24 any

NOTE: The outgoing interface does not have to be in the same zone to which the tunnel
interface is bound, although in this case they are in the same zone.

5. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.10.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.10.1.0/24 interface null metric 10

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6. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust branch1 serverA ftp nat src dip-id 6 permit
set policy top from untrust to trust corp virtualB ftp nat dst ip 10.1.1.5 permit
save

Transparent Mode VPN

When the security device interfaces are in transparent mode (that is, they have no
IP addresses and are operating at Layer 2 in the OSI Model), you can use the VLAN1
IP address as a VPN termination point. In place of an outgoing interface, as used
when the interfaces are in route or NAT mode (that is, they have IP addresses and
are operating at Layer 3), a VPN tunnel references an outgoing zone. By default, a
tunnel uses the V1-Untrust zone as its outgoing zone. If you have multiple interfaces
bound to the same outgoing zone, the VPN tunnel can use any one of them.

NOTE: The OSI Model is a networking industry standard model of network protocol
architecture. The OSI Model consists of seven layers, in which Layer 2 is the
Data-Link Layer and Layer 3 is the Network Layer.

At the time of this release, a security device whose interfaces are in transparent
mode supports only policy-based VPNs. For more information about transparent
mode, see Transparent Mode on page 2-82.

It is not necessary that the interfaces of both security devices be in transparent

mode. The interfaces of the device at one end of the tunnel can be in transparent
mode and those of the other device can be in route or NAT mode.

In this example, you set up a policy-based AutoKey IKE VPN tunnel between two
security devices with interfaces operating in transparent mode.

NOTE: It is not necessary that the interfaces of both security devices be in transparent
mode. The interfaces of the device at one end of the tunnel can be in transparent
mode and those of the other device can be in route or NAT mode.

The key elements of the configuration for the security devices at both ends of the
tunnel are as follows:

Configuration Elements Device A Device B

V1-Trust Zone Interface: ethernet1, 0.0.0.0/0 Interface: ethernet1, 0.0.0.0/0
(enable management for the local admin) (enable management for the local admin)
V1-Untrust Zone Interface: ethernet3, 0.0.0.0/0 Interface: ethernet3, 0.0.0.0/0
VLAN1 Interface IP Address: 1.1.1.1/24 IP Address: 2.2.2.2/24
Manage IP: 1.1.1.2 Manage IP: 2.2.2.3
Note: You can separate administrative from VPN
traffic by using the Manage IP address to receive
administrative traffic and the VLAN1 address to
terminate VPN traffic.
Addresses local_lan: 1.1.1.0/24 in V1-Trust local_lan: 2.2.2.0/24 in V1-Trust
peer_lan: 2.2.2.0/24 in V1-Untrust peer_lan: 1.1.1.0/24 in V1-Untrust

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Configuration Elements Device A Device B

IKE Gateway gw1, 2.2.2.2, preshared key h1p8A24nG5, gw1, 1.1.1.1, preshared key h1p8A24nG5,
security: compatible security: compatible
VPN tunnel security: compatible security: compatible
Policies local_lan -> peer_lan, any service, vpn1 local_lan -> peer_lan, any service, vpn1
peer_lan -> local_lan, any service, vpn1 peer_lan -> local_lan, any service, vpn1
External Router IP Address: 1.1.1.250 IP Address: 2.2.2.250
Route 0.0.0.0/0, use VLAN1 interface 0.0.0.0/0, use VLAN1 interface
to gateway 1.1.1.250 to gateway 2.2.2.250

Configuring a policy-based AutoKey IKE tunnel for a security device whose

interfaces are in transparent mode involves the following steps:

1. Remove any IP addresses from the physical interfaces, and bind them to the
Layer 2 security zones.

2. Assign an IP address and Manage IP address to the VLAN1 interface.

3. Enter the IP addresses for the local and remote endpoints in the address books
for the V1-Trust and V1-Untrust zones.

4. Configure the VPN tunnel and designate its outgoing zone as the V1-Untrust
zone.

5. Enter a default route to the external router in the trust-vr.

6. Set up policies for VPN traffic to pass between each site.

WebUI (Device A)
1. Interfaces

NOTE: Moving the VLAN1 IP address to a different subnet causes the security device to
delete any routes involving the previous VLAN1 interface. When configuring a
security device through the WebUI, your workstation must reach the first VLAN1
address and then be in the same subnet as the new address. After changing the
VLAN1 address, you must then change the IP address of your workstation so that
it is in the same subnet as the new VLAN1 address. You might also have to relocate
your workstation to a subnet physically adjacent to the security device.

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for the VLAN1 interface): Enter the following,
then click OK:

IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
Manage IP: 1.1.1.2
Management Services: WebUI, Telnet, Ping

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NOTE: You enable the management options for WebUI, Telnet, and Ping on both the
V1-Trust zone and the VLAN1 interface so that a local admin in the V1-Trust zone
can reach the VLAN1 Manage IP address. If management through the WebUI is not
already enabled on VLAN1 and the V1-Trust zone interfaces, you cannot reach the
security device through the WebUI to make these settings. Instead, you must first
set WebUI manageability on these interfaces through a console connection.

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Management Services: WebUI, Telnet

Other Services: Ping

Select the following, then click OK:

Zone Name: V1-Trust

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: V1-Untrust

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: local_lan

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 1.1.1.0/24
Zone: V1-Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: peer_lan

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 2.2.2.0/24
Zone: V1-Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: gw1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Zone: V1-Untrust

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VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), gw1
4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: VLAN1 (VLAN)
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), local_lan
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), peer_lan
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: vpn1
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Device B)
1. Interfaces

NOTE: Moving the VLAN1 IP address to a different subnet causes the security device to
delete any routes involving the previous VLAN1 interface. When configuring a
security device through the WebUI, your workstation must reach the first VLAN1
address and then be in the same subnet as the new address. After changing the
VLAN1 address, you must then change the IP address of your workstation so that
it is in the same subnet as the new VLAN1 address. You might also have to relocate
your workstation to a subnet physically adjacent to the security device.

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for the VLAN1 interface): Enter the following,
then click OK:

IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24
Manage IP: 2.2.2.3
Management Services: WebUI, Telnet, Ping

NOTE: If management through the WebUI is not already enabled on VLAN1 and the
V1-Trust zone interfaces, you cannot reach the security device through the WebUI
to make these settings. Instead, you must first set WebUI manageability on these
interfaces through a console connection.

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Management Services: WebUI, Telnet

Other Services: Ping

Select the following, then click OK:

Zone Name: V1-Trust

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: V1-Untrust

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: local_lan

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 2.2.2.0/24
Zone: V1-Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: peer_lan

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 1.1.1.0/24
Zone: V1-Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: gw1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Zone: V1-Untrust

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), gw1

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4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: VLAN1 (VLAN)
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), local_lan
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), peer_lan
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: vpn1
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Device A)
1. Interfaces and Zones
unset interface ethernet1 ip
unset interface ethernet1 zone
set interface ethernet1 zone v1-trust
set zone v1-trust manage web
set zone v1-trust manage telnet
set zone v1-trust manage ping
unset interface ethernet3 ip
unset interface ethernet3 zone
set interface ethernet3 zone v1-untrust
set interface vlan1 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface vlan1 manage-ip 1.1.1.2
set interface vlan1 manage web
set interface vlan1 manage telnet
set interface vlan1 manage ping

NOTE: You enable the management options for WebUI, Telnet, and Ping on both the
V1-Trust zone and the VLAN1 interface so that a local admin in the V1-Trust zone
can reach the VLAN1 Manage IP address.

2. Addresses
set address v1-trust local_lan 1.1.1.0/24
set address v1-untrust peer_lan 2.2.2.0/24
3. VPN
set ike gateway gw1 address 2.2.2.2 main outgoing-interface v1-untrust preshare
h1p8A24nG5 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway gw1 sec-level compatible

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4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface vlan1 gateway 1.1.1.250
5. Policies
set policy top from v1-trust to v1-untrust local_lan peer_lan any tunnel vpn vpn1
set policy top from v1-untrust to v1-trust peer_lan local_lan any tunnel vpn vpn1
save

CLI (Device B)
1. Interfaces and Zones
unset interface ethernet1 ip
unset interface ethernet1 zone
set interface ethernet1 zone v1-trust
set zone v1-trust manage
unset interface ethernet3 ip
unset interface ethernet3 zone
set interface ethernet3 zone v1-untrust
set interface vlan1 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface vlan1 manage-ip 2.2.2.3
set interface vlan1 manage
2. Addresses
set address v1-trust local_lan 2.2.2.0/24
set address v1-untrust peer_lan 1.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
set ike gateway gw1 address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface v1-untrust preshare
h1p8A24nG5 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway gw1 sec-level compatible
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface vlan1 gateway 2.2.2.250
5. Policies
set policy top from v1-trust to v1-untrust local_lan peer_lan any tunnel vpn vpn1
set policy top from v1-untrust to v1-trust peer_lan local_lan any tunnel vpn vpn1
save

Transport Mode IPsec VPN

Juniper Networks security devices support transport mode IPSec VPN for traffic
between the security gateways. In order to support transport mode IPsec for traffic
between the gateways, the security gateway meets the RFC standard that the source
address for outgoing packets and the destination address for incoming packets is an
address belonging to the security gateway.

Consider the scenario explained in Figure 43 on page 170, in which the two hosts
(h-1 and h-2) are in one trust zone and the two servers (s-1 and s-2) are in another
trust zone. GW -1 and GW -2 are in an untrust zone.

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Figure 43: Transport Mode IPsec VPN

Trust Zone Trust Zone

Ethernet2 Untrust Zone
Host 1 Ethernet Ethernet3 Ethernet4 Server 1
1.1.1.1 1.1.1.1/.24 2.2.2.1/.24 2.2.2.2/.24 5.0.0.3/.24 5.0.0.1
Internet
Host 2 Security Device Security Device Server 2
1.1.1.10 (Gateway 1) (Gateway 2) 5.0.0.2
lo.1:3.3.3.3/32 lo.3:4.4.4.4/32 lo.3:4.4.4.4/32 lo.3:7.7.7.7/32
lo.2:3.3.3.4/32 lo.4:4.4.4.5/32 lo.4:4.4.4.5/32 lo.4:7.7.7.8/32

To configure NAT transport mode in the above scenario, perform the following
steps:

1. Build transport mode IPSec VPN between host-1 and GW-1

2. Build transport or tunnel mode IPSec VPN between GW-1 and GW-2

3. Build transport mode IPSec VPN between GW -2 and server-1

4. Do source-NAT and MIP on GW-1

5. Do MIP (MIP and reversed MIP) on GW-2.

The following section explains the steps involved in configuring a transport mode
IPsec VPN. GW-1 uses src-NAT when h-1 is accessing s-1, and GW-2 uses MIP when
h-2 is accessing s-2.

GW-1 Configuration
1. IKE Configuration on host-1 and host-2
set ike gateway gateway1 address 1.1.1.1 aggressive outgoing-interface
loopback.1 preshare test1 sec-level standard
set ike gateway gateway2 address 1.1.1.10 aggressive outgoing-interface
loopback.2 preshare test1 sec-level standard
2. VPN Configuration on host-1 and host-2
set vpn v1 gateway gateway1 transport sec-level standard
set vpn v2 gateway gateway2 transport sec-level standard
3. MIP Configuration
set interface loopback.1 mip 3.3.3.3 host 6.6.6.6
set interface loopback.2 mip 3.3.3.4 host 6.6.6.7
4. IKE Configuration for GW-2
set ike gateway s1 address 6.6.6.6 aggressive outgoing-interface loopback.3
preshare test1 sec-level standard
set ike gateway s2 address 6.6.6.7 aggressive outgoing-interface loopback.4
preshare test1 sec-level standard
5. VPN Configuration for s1 and s2
set vpn v3 gateway s1 transport sec-level standard
set vpn v4 gateway s2 transport sec-level standard
6. DIP Configuration
set interface eth2 ext ip 4.4.4.4 255.255.255.255 dip 10 4.4.4.4 4.4.4.4

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set interface eth2 ext ip 4.4.4.5 255.255.255.255 dip 11 4.4.4.5 4.4.4.5

7. Policy Setup
Outgoing policy

set policy id 3 from trust to untrust "1.1.1.1" "3.3.3.3" any nat src dip-id 10
tunnel vpn v3
set policy id 4 from trust to untrust "1.1.1.10" "3.3.3.4" any nat src dip-id 11
tunnel vpn v4

Incoming policy

set policy id 1 from trust to untrust "1.1.1.1" "(MIP)3.3.3.3" any tunnel vpn v1
set policy id 2 from trust to untrust "1.1.1.10" "(MIP)3.3.3.4" any tunnel vpn v2

NOTE: Users need to configure the outgoing policy before configuirng the incoming
policy. This is because we do policy search twice, the first one is to check the
incoming packet, and the second one is to find another VPN (the outgoing VPN)
through which we send the packet.

GW-2 Configuration
8. IKE and VPN Configuration to Server-PC
set ike gateway gateway1 address 5.0.0.1 aggressive outgoing-interface lo.3
preshare test sec-level standard
set ike gateway gateway2 address 5.0.0.2 aggressive outgoing-interface lo.4
preshare test sec-level standard
9. VPN Configuration on server-1 and server-2
set vpn v3 gateway gateway1 transport sec-level standard
set vpn v4 gateway gateway2 transport sec-level standard
10. Reversed MIP (Traffic Is from Untrust to Trust)
set interface lo.3 mip 7.7.7.7 host 4.4.4.4
set interface lo.4 mip 7.7.7.8 host 4.4.4.5
11. IKE and VPN configuration to GW-1 (Client-PC)
set ike gateway h1 address 4.4.4.4 aggressive outgoing-interface lo.1 preshare
test sec-level standard
set ike gateway h2 address 4.4.4.5 aggressive outgoing-interface lo.2 preshare
test sec-level standard
12. VPN Configuration on host-1 and host-2
set vpn v1 gateway h1 transport sec-level standard
set vpn v2 gateway h2 transport sec-level standard
13. MIP
set interface lo.1 mip 6.6.6.6 host 5.0.0.1
set interface lo.2 mip 6.6.6.7 host 5.0.0.2
14. Policy Setup
Outgoing policy

set policy id 7 from untrust to trust "4.4.4.4" "6.6.6.6" any tunnel vpn v3
set policy id 8 from untrust to trust "4.4.4.5" "6.6.6.7" any tunnel vpn v4

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Incoming policy

set policy id 5 from untrust to trust "4.4.4.4" "(MIP)6.6.6.6" any tunnel vpn v1
set policy id 6 from untrust to trust "4.4.4.5" "(MIP)6.6.6.7" any tunnel vpn v2

1. When a packet from h-1 arrives at GW-1, the GW-1 decrypts the packet and
finds the destination MIP for the packet.

2. GW-1 matches the packet against the policy (policy 1) that defines the host
VPN. It does a policy search again and finds the policy (policy 3) that defines
the server VPN and src-nat.

3. GW-1 then does a destination MIP, which changes the destination IP address
from 3.3.3.3 to 6.6.6.6 and the source NAT, which changes the source IP
address from 1.1.1.1 to 4.4.4.4.

4. GW-2 decrypts the packet and finds the destination MIP for the packet. It
matches the decrypted packet with the policy (policy 5) that defines the host
VPN. It does a policy search again and finds the policy (policy 7) that defines
the server VPN.

5. Before sending the packet out, GW-2 finds the reversed-MIP on lo.3 for packet's
src-IP 4.4.4.4, so the src-ip is changed from 4.4.4.4 to 7.7.7.7

6. GW-2 forwards the packet to s-1 through interface 7.7.7.7

7. S-1 (5.0.0.1) processes the packet and sends it to GW-2 (6.6.6.6) through
interface 7.7.7.7.

8. GW-2 identifies the reversed MIP (7.7.7.7 -> 4.4.4.4) and sends the packet to
GW-1 (4.4.4.4). From GW-1, the packet is sent to h-1.

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Dialup Virtual Private Networks

Juniper Networks security devices can support dialup virtual private network (VPN)
connections. You can configure a security device that has a static IP address to
secure an IPsec tunnel with a NetScreen-Remote client or with another security
device with a dynamic IP address.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Dialup on page 174

Policy-Based Dialup VPN, AutoKey IKE on page 174

Route-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer on page 180

Policy-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer on page 187

Bidirectional Policies for Dialup VPN Users on page 192

Group IKE ID on page 197

Group IKE ID with Certificates on page 197

Wildcard and Container ASN1-DN IKE ID Types on page 199

Creating a Group IKE ID (Certificates) on page 201

Setting a Group IKE ID with Preshared Keys on page 206

Shared IKE ID on page 212

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Dialup
You can configure tunnels for VPN dialup users individually, or you can form users
into a VPN dialup group for which you need only configure one tunnel. You can also
create a group IKE ID user that allows you to define one user whose IKE ID is used
as part of the IKE IDs of dialup IKE users. This approach is particularly timesaving
when there are large groups of dialup users because you do not have to configure
each IKE user individually.

NOTE: For more information about creating IKE user groups, see IKE Users and User
Groups on page 9-73. For more information about the Group IKE ID feature, see
Group IKE ID on page 197.

If the dialup client can support a virtual internal IP address, which the
NetScreen-Remote does, you can also create a dynamic peer dialup VPN, AutoKey
IKE tunnel (with a preshared key or certificates). You can configure a Juniper
Networks security gateway with a static IP address to secure an IPsec tunnel with a
NetScreen-Remote client or with another security device with a dynamic IP address.

NOTE: For background information about the available VPN options, see Internet
Protocol Security on page 1. For guidance when choosing among the various
options, see Virtual Private Network Guidelines on page 59.

You can configure policy-based VPN tunnels for VPN dialup users. For a dialup
dynamic peer client, you can configure either a policy-based or route-based VPN.
Because a dialup dynamic peer client can support a virtual internal IP address,
which the NetScreen-Remote does, you can configure a routing table entry to that
virtual internal address through a designated tunnel interface. Doing so allows you
to configure a route-based VPN tunnel between the security device and that peer.

NOTE: A dialup dynamic peer client is a dialup client that supports a virtual internal IP
address.

The dialup dynamic peer is nearly identical to the Site-to-Site dynamic peer except
that the internal IP address for the dialup client is a virtual address.

Policy-Based Dialup VPN, AutoKey IKE

In this example, an AutoKey IKE tunnel using either a preshared key or a pair of
certificates (one at each end of the tunnel) provides the secure communication
channel between the IKE user Wendy and the UNIX server. The tunnel again uses
ESP with 3DES encryption and SHA-1 authentication.

NOTE: The preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. It is assumed that both participants already
have certificates. For more information about certificates, see Certificates and
CRLs on page 35.

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Setting up the AutoKey IKE tunnel using AutoKey IKE with either a preshared key or
certificates requires the following configuration at the corporate site:

1. Configure interfaces for the Trust and Untrust zones, both of which are in the
trust-vr routing domain.

2. Enter the address of the UNIX server in the Trust zone address book.

3. Define Wendy as an IKE user.

4. Configure the remote gateway and AutoKey IKE VPN.

5. Set up a default route.

6. Create a policy from the Untrust zone to the Trust zone permitting access to the
UNIX from the dialup user.

Figure 44: Policy-Based Dialup VPN, AutoKey IKE

Outgoing Interface Corporate Office
Remote User: Wendy Untrust Zone Trust Zone
NetScreen-Remote ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/24
Gateway 1.1.1.250

Untrust Zone UNIX Server

10.1.1.5
Internet
LAN
VPN Tunnel

Untrust Trust
Zone Zone

The preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. This example assumes that both participants
already have RSA certificates issued by Verisign and that the local certificate on the
NetScreen-Remote contains the U-FQDN [email protected]. (For information
about obtaining and loading certificates, see Certificates and CRLs on page 35.)
For the Phase 1 and 2 security levels, you specify one Phase 1 proposaleither
pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or rsa-g2-3des-sha for
certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of proposals for Phase 2.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Select the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: UNIX

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.5/32
Zone: Trust
3. User
Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: Wendy

Status: Enable (select)
IKE User: (select)
Simple Identity: (select)
IKE Identity: [email protected]
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: Wendy_NSR

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Dialup User: (select), User: Wendy
Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

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VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Wendy_UNIX

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), Wendy_NSR

(or)

Preshared Key

CAUTION: Aggressive mode is insecure. Because of protocol limitations, main

mode IKE in combination with preshared key (PSK) is not possible for dialup VPN
users. In addition, it is never advisable to use aggressive mode because this mode
has inherent security problems. Consequently, it is strongly advisable to configure
dialup VPN users with PKI certificates and main mode.

Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5

Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
5. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), UNIX
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Wendy_UNIX
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (clear)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24

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2. Address
set address trust unix 10.1.1.5/32
3. User
set user wendy ike-id u-fqdn [email protected]
4. VPN
Certificates
set ike gateway wendy_nsr dialup wendy aggressive outgoing-interface ethernet3
proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway wendy_nsr cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway wendy_nsr cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn wendy_unix gateway wendy_nsr sec-level compatible

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get pki x509 list ca-cert.

(or)

Preshared Key

CAUTION: Aggressive mode is insecure. Due to protocol limitations, main mode

IKE in combination with preshared key (PSK) is not possible for dialup VPN users.
In addition, it is never advisable to use aggressive mode because this mode has
inherent insecurity problems. Consequently, it is strongly advisable to configure
dialup VPN users with PKI certificates and main mode.

set ike gateway wendy_nsr dialup wendy aggressive outgoing-interface ethernet3

preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn wendy_unix gateway wendy_nsr sec-level compatible
5. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
set policy top from untrust to trust Dial-Up VPN unix any tunnel vpn wendy_unix
save

NetScreen-Remote Security Policy Editor

1. Click Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

2. Click Add a new connection, and type UNIX next to the new connection icon
that appears.

3. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party Identity and Addressing:
ID Type: IP Address, 10.1.1.5
Protocol: All
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (select)
ID Type: IP Address, 1.1.1.1

4. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the UNIX icon, to expand the
connection policy.

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5. Click My Identity: Do either of the following:

Click Pre-shared Key > Enter Key: Type h1p8A24nG5, then click OK.

ID Type: (select E-mail Address), and type [email protected].

(or)

Select a certificate from the Select Certificate drop-down list.

ID Type: (select E-mail Address)

NOTE: The email address from the certificate automatically appears in the identifier field.

6. Click the Security Policy icon, then select Aggressive Mode and clear Enable
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

7. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, and then
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

8. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following

authentication method and algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

(or)

Authentication Method: RSA Signatures

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

9. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

10. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

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11. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

13. Click File > Save Changes.

Route-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer

In this example, a VPN tunnel securely connects the user behind NetScreen-Remote
to the Untrust zone interface of the security device protecting the mail server in the
DMZ zone. The Untrust zone interface has a static IP address. The
NetScreen-Remote client has a dynamically assigned external IP address and a
static (virtual) internal IP address. The administrator of the security device must
know the peers internal IP address for the following two purposes:

The admin can use it in policies.

The admin can create a route linking the address with a tunnel interface bound
to an appropriate tunnel.

After the NetScreen-Remote client establishes the tunnel, traffic through the tunnel
can then originate from either end. All zones on the security device are in the
trust-vr routing domain.

Figure 45: Route-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer

Remote User: Phil Outgoing Interface Corporate Office

NetScreen-Remote ethernet3 ethernet2
1.1.1.1/24 1.2.2.1/24
DMZ Zone Mail Server
Untrust Zone Gateway
SMTP 1.2.2.5
Request 1.1.1.250
Internet

VPN Tunnel IDENT

Request

External IP Address Tunnel Interface

Internal IP Address
Dynamic Tunnel.1
10.10.10.1

In this example, Phil wants to get his email from the mail server at the company
site. When he attempts to do so, he is authenticated by the mail server program,
which sends him an IDENT request through the tunnel.

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NOTE: The mail server can send the IDENT request through the tunnel only if the security
administrator adds a custom service for it (TCP, port 113) and sets up an outgoing
policy allowing that traffic through the tunnel to 10.10.10.1.

The preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. It is assumed that both participants already

have RSA certificates issued by Verisign and that the local certificate on the
NetScreen-Remote contains the U-FQDN [email protected]. (For information about
obtaining and loading certificates, see Certificates and CRLs on page 35.) For the
Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify one Phase 1 proposaleither
pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or rsa-g2-3des-sha for
certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of proposals for Phase 2.

You enter the following three routes on the security device:

A default route to the external router in the trust-vr

A route to the destination through the tunnel interface

A null route to the destination. You assign a higher metric (farther from zero) to
the null route so that it becomes the next-choice route to the destination. Then,
if the state of the tunnel interface changes to down and the route referencing
that interface becomes inactive, the security device uses the null route, which
essentially drops any traffic sent to it, rather than the default route, which
forwards unencrypted traffic.

Finally, you create policies allowing traffic to flow in both directions between Phil
and the mail server.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: DMZ

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.2.2.1/24

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (trust-vr)

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2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Mail Server

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 1.2.2.5/32
Zone: DMZ

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Phil

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.10.1/32
Zone: Untrust
3. Services
Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Custom > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Service Name: Ident

Service Timeout:
Use protocol default: (select)
Transport Protocol: TCP (select)
Source Port: Low 1, High 65535
Destination Port: Low 113, High 113

Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Group > New: Enter the following,
move the following services, then click OK:

Group Name: Remote_Mail

Group Members << Available Members:
Ident
MAIL
POP3
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Phil

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Dynamic IP Address: (select), Peer ID: [email protected]
Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

(or)

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Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: corp_Phil

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Phil

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface: (select), tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 1.2.2.5/32
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.10.10.1/32
Service: Any
5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.10.10.1/32

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 10.10.10.1/32

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

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6. Policies
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: DMZ) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Phil
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Mail Server
Service: Remote_Mail
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: DMZ, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Mail Server
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Phil
Service: Remote_Mail
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet2 zone dmz
set interface ethernet2 ip 1.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
2. Addresses
set address dmz Mail Server 1.2.2.5/32
set address untrust phil 10.10.10.1/32
3. Services
set service ident protocol tcp src-port 1-65535 dst-port 113-113
set group service remote_mail
set group service remote_mail add ident
set group service remote_mail add mail
set group service remote_mail add pop3
4. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_phil dynamic [email protected] aggressive outgoing-interface
ethernet3 preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn corp_phil gateway to_phil sec-level compatible
set vpn corp_phil bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn corp_phil proxy-id local-ip 1.2.2.5/32 remote-ip 10.10.10.1/32 any

(or)

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set ike gateway to_phil dynamic [email protected] aggressive outgoing-interface
ethernet3 proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_phil cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_phil cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn corp_phil gateway to_phil sec-level compatible
set vpn corp_phil bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn corp_phil proxy-id local-ip 1.2.2.5/32 remote-ip 10.10.10.1/32 any

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get pki x509 list ca-cert.

5. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.10.10.1/32 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.10.10.1/32 interface null metric 10
6. Policies
set policy top from dmz to untrust Mail Server phil remote_mail permit
set policy top from untrust to dmz phil Mail Server remote_mail permit
save

NetScreen-Remote
1. Click Options > Global Policy Settings, and select the Allow to Specify Internal
Network Address check box.

2. Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

3. Click the Add a new connection button, and type Mail next to the new
connection icon that appears.

4. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party Identity and Addressing:
ID Type: IP Address, 1.2.2.5
Protocol: All
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (select)
ID Type: IP Address, 1.1.1.1

5. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the UNIX icon, to expand the
connection policy.

6. Click the Security Policy icon, then select Aggressive Mode and clear Enable
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

7. Click My Identity and do either of the following:

Click Pre-shared Key > Enter Key: Type h1p8A24nG5, then click OK.

ID Type: E-mail Address; [email protected]

Internal Network IP Address: 10.10.10.1

(or)

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Select the certificate that contains the email address [email protected] from
the Select Certificate drop-down list.

ID Type: E-mail Address; [email protected]

Internal Network IP Address: 10.10.10.1

8. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, and then
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

9. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following

Authentication Method and Algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

(or)

Authentication Method: RSA Signatures

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

10. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

11. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

13. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

14. Click File > Save Changes.

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Policy-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer

In this example, a VPN tunnel securely connects the user behind the
NetScreen-Remote to the Untrust zone interface of the security device protecting
the mail server in the DMZ zone. The Untrust zone interface has a static IP address.
The NetScreen-Remote client has a dynamically assigned external IP address and a
static (virtual) internal IP address. The administrator of the security device must
know the clients internal IP address so that he can add it to the Untrust address
book for use in policies to tunnel traffic from that source. After the
NetScreen-Remote client establishes the tunnel, traffic through the tunnel can
originate from either end.

Figure 46: Policy-Based Dialup VPN, Dynamic Peer

Remote User: Phil Outgoing Interface Corporate Office
NetScreen-Remote Untrust Zone DMZ Zone
ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 ethernet2, 1.2.2.1/24
Gateway 1.1.1.250
SMTP Mail Server
Request 1.2.2.5
Internet
IDENT
VPN Tunnel Request

Internal IP Address External IP Address Untrust Zone DMZ Zone

10.10.10.1 Dynamic

In this example, Phil wants to get his email from the mail server at the company
site. When he attempts to do so, he is authenticated by the mail server program,
which sends him an IDENT request through the tunnel.

NOTE: The mail server can send the IDENT request through the tunnel only if the security
administrator adds a custom service for it (TCP, port 113) and sets up an outgoing
policy allowing that traffic through the tunnel to 10.10.10.1.

The preshared key is h1p8A24nG5. This example assumes that both participants
have RSA certificates issued by Verisign and that the local certificate on the
NetScreen-Remote contains the U-FQDN [email protected]. (For more information
about obtaining and loading certificates, see Certificates and CRLs on page 35.)
For the Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify one Phase 1
proposaleither pre-g2-3des-sha for the preshared key method or rsa-g2-3des-sha
for certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of proposals for
Phase 2.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: DMZ

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.2.2.1/24

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Mail Server

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 1.2.2.5/32
Zone: DMZ

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Phil

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.10.1/32
Zone: Untrust
3. Services
Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Custom > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Service Name: Ident

Service Timeout:
Use protocol default: (select)
Transport Protocol: TCP (select)
Source Port: Low 1, High 65535
Destination Port: Low 113, High 113

Policy > Policy Elements > Services > Group > New: Enter the following,
move the following services, then click OK:

Group Name: Remote_Mail

Group Members << Available Members:
Ident
MAIL
POP3
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: To_Phil

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Dynamic IP Address: (select), Peer ID: [email protected]

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Preshared Key
Preshared Key: h1p8A24nG5
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

(or)

Certificates
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: corp_Phil

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Predefined: (select), To_Phil
5. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
6. Policies
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: DMZ) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Phil
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Mail Server
Service: Remote_Mail
Action: Tunnel
VPN Tunnel: corp_Phil
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

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CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet2 zone dmz
set interface ethernet2 ip 1.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
set address dmz mail server 1.2.2.5/32
set address untrust phil 10.10.10.1/32
3. Services
set service ident protocol tcp src-port 1-65535 dst-port 113-113
set group service remote_mail
set group service remote_mail add ident
set group service remote_mail add mail
set group service remote_mail add pop3
4. VPN
Preshared Key
set ike gateway to_phil dynamic [email protected] aggressive outgoing-interface
ethernet3 preshare h1p8A24nG5 proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn corp_phil gateway to_phil sec-level compatible

(or)

Certificates
set ike gateway to_phil dynamic [email protected] aggressive outgoing-interface
ethernet3 proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway to_phil cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway to_phil cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn corp_phil gateway to_phil sec-level compatible

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get pki x509 list ca-cert.

5. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
6. Policies
set policy top from untrust to dmz phil mail server remote_mail tunnel vpn
corp_phil
set policy top from dmz to untrust mail server phil remote_mail tunnel vpn
corp_phil
save

NetScreen-Remote
1. Click Options > Global Policy Settings, and select Allow to Specify Internal
Network Address.

2. Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

3. Click Add a new connection, and type Mail next to the new connection icon
that appears.

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4. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party Identity and Addressing:
ID Type: IP Address, 1.2.2.5
Protocol: All
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (select)
ID Type: IP Address, 1.1.1.1

5. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the UNIX icon, to expand the
connection policy.

6. Click the Security Policy icon, then select Aggressive Mode and clear Enable
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

7. Click My Identity and do either of the following:

Click Pre-shared Key > Enter Key: Type h1p8A24nG5, then click OK.

Internal Network IP Address: 10.10.10.1

ID Type: E-mail Address; [email protected]

(or)

Select the certificate that contains the email address [email protected]

from the Select Certificate drop-down list.

Internal Network IP Address: 10.10.10.1

ID Type: E-mail Address; [email protected]

8. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, and then
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

9. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following

Authentication Method and Algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

(or)

Authentication Method: RSA Signatures

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

10. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

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11. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

13. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

14. Click File > Save Changes.

Bidirectional Policies for Dialup VPN Users

You can create bidirectional policies for dialup VPNs. This configuration provides
similar functionality as a dynamic peer VPN configuration. However, with a
dynamic peer VPN configuration, the security device admin must know the internal
IP address space of the dialup user, so that the admin can use it as the destination
address when configuring an outgoing policy (see Policy-Based Dialup VPN,
Dynamic Peer on page 187). With a dialup VPN user configuration, the admin at
the LAN site does not need to know the internal address space of the dialup user.
The security device protecting the LAN uses the predefined address Dial-Up VPN
as the source address in the incoming policy and the destination in the outgoing
policy.

The ability to create bidirectional policies for a dialup VPN tunnel allows traffic to
originate from the LAN end of the VPN connection after the connection has been
established. (The remote end must first initiate the tunnel creation.) Note that
unlike a dialup dynamic peer VPN tunnel, this feature requires that the services on
the incoming and outgoing policies be identical.

NOTE: ScreenOS does not support service groups and address groups in bidirectional
policies that reference a dialup VPN configuration.

The internal address space of two or more concurrently connected dialup VPN
users might overlap. For example, dialup users A and B might both have an internal
IP address space of 10.2.2.0/24. If that happens, the security device sends all
outbound VPN traffic to both user A and user B through the VPN referenced in the
first policy it finds in the policy list. For example, if the outbound policy referencing
the VPN to user A appears first in the policy list, then the security device sends all
outbound VPN traffic intended for users A and B to user A.

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Similarly, the internal address of a dialup user might happen to overlap an address
in any other policywhether or not that other policy references a VPN tunnel. If
that occurs, the security device applies the first policy that matches the basic traffic
attributes of source address, destination address, source port number, destination
port number, service. To avoid a bidirectional dialup VPN policy with a dynamically
derived address superseding another policy with a static address, Juniper Networks
recommends positioning the bidirectional dialup VPN policy lower in the policy list.

In this example, you configure bidirectional policies for a dialup AutoKey IKE VPN
tunnel named VPN_dial for IKE user dialup-j with IKE ID [email protected]. For Phase 1
negotiations, you use the proposal pre-g2-3des-sha, with the preshared key
Jf11d7uU. You select the predefined Compatible set of proposals for Phase 2
negotiations.

The IKE user initiates a VPN connection to the security device from the Untrust
zone to reach corporate servers in the Trust zone. After the IKE user establishes the
VPN connection, traffic can initiate from either end of the tunnel.

The Trust zone interface is ethernet1, has IP address 10.1.1.1/24, and is in NAT
mode. The Untrust zone interface is ethernet3 and has IP address 1.1.1.1/24. The
default route points to the external router at 1.1.1.250.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Objects
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: trust_net

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

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Policy > Policy Elements > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

User Name: dialup-j

Status: Enable
IKE User: (select)
Simple Identity: (select); [email protected]
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: dialup1

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Dialup User: (select); dialup-j
Preshared Key: Jf11d7uU

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): pre-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN_dial

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: dialup1
Type:
Dialup User: (select); dialup-j
Preshared Key: Jf11d7uU
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3
4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet1
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), trust_net
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
VPN Tunnel: VPN_dial
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)

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CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Objects
set address trust trust_net 10.1.1.0/24
set user dialup-j ike-id u-fqdn [email protected]
3. VPN
set ike gateway dialup1 dialup dialup-j aggressive outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare Jf11d7uU proposal pre-g2-3des-sha
set vpn VPN_dial gateway dialup1 sec-level compatible
4. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
5. Policies
set policy from untrust to trust Dial-Up VPN trust_net any tunnel vpn VPN_dial
set policy from trust to untrust trust_net Dial-Up VPN any tunnel vpn VPN_dial
save

NetScreen-Remote Security Policy Editor

1. Click Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

2. Click Add a new connection, and type Corp next to the new connection icon
that appears.

3. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party Identity and Addressing
ID Type: IP Subnet
Subnet: 10.1.1.0
Mask: 255.255.255.0
Protocol: All
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (select)
ID Type: IP Address, 1.1.1.1

4. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the UNIX icon, to expand the
connection policy.

5. Click My Identity: Do either of the following:

Click Pre-shared Key > Enter Key: Type Jf11d7uU, then click OK.

ID Type: (select E-mail Address), and type [email protected].

6. Click the Security Policy icon, then select Aggressive Mode and clear Enable
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

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7. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, and then
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

8. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following

Authentication Method and Algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

(or)

Authentication Method: RSA Signatures

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

9. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

10. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

11. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

13. Click File > Save Changes.

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Group IKE ID
Some organizations have many dialup VPN users. For example, a sales department
might have hundreds of users, many of whom require secure dialup communication
when off site. With so many users, it is impractical to create a separate user
definition, dialup VPN configuration, and policy for each one.

To avoid this difficulty, the Group IKE ID method makes one user definition
available for multiple users. The group IKE ID user definition applies to all users
having certificates with specified values in the distinguished name (dn) or to all
users whose full IKE ID and preshared key on their VPN client match a partial IKE
ID and preshared key on the security device.

NOTE: When a dialup IKE user connects to the security device, the security device first
extracts and uses the full IKE ID to search its peer gateway records in case the user
does not belong to a group IKE ID user group. If the full IKE ID search produces no
matching entry, the security device then checks for a partial IKE ID match
between the incoming embedded IKE ID and a configured group IKE ID user.

You add a single group IKE ID user to an IKE dialup VPN user group and specify the
maximum number of concurrent connections that the group supports. The
maximum number of concurrent sessions cannot exceed the maximum number of
allowed Phase 1 SAs or the maximum number of VPN tunnels allowed on the
platform.

Group IKE ID with Certificates

Group IKE ID with certificates is a technique for performing IKE authentication for a
group of dialup IKE users without configuring a separate user profile for each one.
Instead, the security device uses a single group IKE ID user profile that contains a
partial IKE ID. A dialup IKE user can successfully build a VPN tunnel to a security
device if the VPN configuration on his VPN client specifies a certificate that contains
distinguished name elements that match those configured as the partial IKE ID
definition in the group IKE ID user profile on the security device.

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Figure 47: Group IKE ID with Certificates

Dialup User Group

Full IKE ID
Dialup IKE Users (distinguished name)

Certificate
DN:
cn=alice
ou=eng Group IKE ID User
---------- ASN1-DN IKE ID Type
---------- Partial IKE ID: ou=eng

Certificate
DN:
cn=bob To authenticate the user, the device compares a
ou=eng specific element of the distinguished name (dn)
---------- associated with the dialup user group with the
---------- corresponding element in the certificate and the
dn used for the IKE ID payload accompanying
Certificate the initial Phase 1 packet.
DN:
cn=carol
ou=sales
----------
---------- Note: Because the dn in Carols certificate
does not include ou=eng, the device rejects
the connection request.

You can set up group IKE ID with certificates as follows:

On the Security Device:

1. Create a new group IKE ID user with a partial IKE identity (such as
ou=sales,o=netscreen), and specify how many dialup users can use the group
IKE ID profile to log on.

2. Assign the new group IKE ID user to a dialup user group, and name the group.

NOTE: You can put only one group IKE ID user in an IKE user group.

3. In the dialup AutoKey IKE VPN configuration, specify the name of the dialup
user group, that the Phase 1 negotiations be in aggressive mode and that
certificates (RSA or DSA, depending on the type of certificate loaded on the
dialup VPN clients) be used for authentication.

4. Create a policy permitting inbound traffic through the specified dialup VPN.

On the VPN Client:

1. Obtain and load a certificate whose distinguished name contains the same
information as defined in the partial IKE ID on the security device.

2. Configure a VPN tunnel to the security device using aggressive mode for
Phase 1 negotiations, specify the certificate that you have previously loaded,
and select Distinguished Name for the local IKE ID type.

Thereafter, each individual dialup IKE user with a certificate with distinguished
name elements that match the partial IKE ID defined in the group IKE ID user
profile can successfully build a VPN tunnel to the security device. For example, if the
group IKE ID user has IKE ID OU=sales,O=netscreen, the security device accepts

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Phase 1 negotiations from any user with a certificate containing those elements in
its distinguished name. The maximum number of such dialup IKE users that can
connect to the security device depends upon the maximum number of concurrent
sessions that you specify in the group IKE ID user profile.

Wildcard and Container ASN1-DN IKE ID Types

When you define the IKE ID for a group IKE user, you must use the Abstract Syntax
Notation, version 1, distinguished name (ASN1-DN) as the IKE ID type of identity
configuration. This notation is a string of values, which is frequently although not
always ordered from general to specific. See Figure 48 for an example.

Figure 48: ASN1 Distinguished Name

ASN1-DN: C=us,ST=ca,L=sunnyvale,O=juniper,OU=sales,CN=jozef

C=us Legend:
General
C = Country
ST=ca
ST = State
L=sunnyvale L = Locality
O = Organization
O=juniper OU = Organizational Unit
CN = Common Name
OU=sales

CN=jozef

Specific

When configuring the group IKE ID user, you must specify the peers ASN1-DN ID
as one of two types:

Wildcard: ScreenOS authenticates a dialup IKE users ID if the values in the

dialup IKE users ASN1-DN identity fields match those in the group IKE users
ASN1-DN identity fields. The wildcard ID type supports only one value per
identity field (for example, ou=eng or ou=sw but not ou=eng,ou=sw).
The ordering of the identity fields in the two ASN1-DN strings is
inconsequential.

Container: ScreenOS authenticates a dialup IKE users ID if the values in the

dialup IKE users ASN1-DN identity fields exactly match the values in the group
IKE users ASN1-DN identity fields. The container ID type supports multiple
entries for each identity field (for example, ou=eng,ou=sw,ou=screenos).
The ordering of the values in the identity fields of the two ASN1-DN strings
must be identical.

When configuring an ASN1-DN ID for a remote IKE user, specify the type as either
wildcard or container and define the ASN1-DN ID that you expect to receive in
the peers certificate (for example, c=us,st=ca,cn=kgreen). When configuring
an ASN1-DN ID for a local IKE ID, use the following keyword: [DistinguishedName].
Include the brackets and spell it exactly as shown.

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Wildcard ASN1-DN IKE ID

A wildcard ASN1-DN requires values in the remote peers distinguished name IKE
ID to match values in the group IKE users partial ASN1-DN IKE ID. The sequencing
of these values in the ASN1-DN string is inconsequential. For example, if the dialup
IKE users ID and the group IKE users ID are as follows:

Dialup IKE users full ASN1-DN IKE ID:

CN=kristine,OU=finance,O=juniper,ST=ca,C=us

Group IKE users partial ASN1-DN IKE ID: C=us,O=juniper

then a wildcard ASN1-DN IKE ID successfully matches the two IKE IDs, even though
the order of values in the two IDs is different.

Figure 49: Successful Wildcard ASN1-DN Authentication

Dialup IKE Users Group IKE Users Wildcard
ASN1-DN IKE ID ASN1-DN IKE ID
The dialup IKE users ASN1-DN contains the
values specified in the group IKE users ASN1-DN. E= E=
The order of values does not matter.

CN=kristine C=us
Authentication
Success
OU=finance ST=

O=juniper L=

L= O=juniper

ST=ca OU=

C=us CN=

Container ASN1-DN IKE ID

A container ASN1-DN ID allows the group IKE users ID to have multiple entries in
each identity field. ScreenOS authenticates a dialup IKE user if the dialup users ID
contains values that exactly match the values in the group IKE users ID. Unlike the
wildcard type, the order of the ASN1-DN fields must be identical in both the dialup
IKE users and group IKE users IDs and the order of multiple values in those fields
must be identical.

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Figure 50: Authentication Success and Failure Using Container ASN1-DN IDs
Dialup IKE Users Group IKE Users container
ASN1-DN IKE ID ASN1-DN IKE ID

E= E=
The first dialup IKE
users ASN1-DN
contains exact matches
of the group IKE users C=us C=us
ASN1-DN. The order of
the multiple entries in Authentication
the OU ID field is also ST=ca ST=
identical. Success

L= sf L=

O=juniper O=juniper

OU=mkt,OU=dom,OU=west OU=mkt,OU=dom,OU=west

CN=rick CN=

Dialup IKE Users Group IKE Users container

ASN1-DN IKE ID ASN1-DN IKE ID

E= E=

The second dialup IKE

users ASN1-DN C=us C=us
contains exact matches
of the group IKE users Authentication
ASN1-DN. However, ST=ca ST=
the order of the multiple Failure
entries in the OU ID
field is not identical. L= la L=

O=juniper O=juniper

OU=mkt,OU=west,OU=dom OU=mkt,OU=dom,OU=west

CN=tony CN=

Creating a Group IKE ID (Certificates)

In this example, you create a new group IKE ID user definition named User1. You
configure it to accept up to 10 Phase 1 negotiations concurrently from VPN clients
with RSA certificates containing O=netscreen and OU=marketing. The certificate
authority (CA) is Verisign. You name the dialup IKE user group office_1.

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Figure 51: Group IKE ID

Outgoing Interface Trust Zone
Untrust Zone ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/24
ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 NAT Mode

Untrust Zone Trust Zone

Dialup User with
IKE ID: Internet LAN web1
o=juniper VPN Tunnel 10.1.1.5
ou=marketing Group IKE ID User Profile
User Name: User1
User Group: office_1
gateway 1.1.1.250 Distinguished Name:
o=juniper
ou=marketing

The dialup IKE users send a distinguished name as their IKE ID. The distinguished
name (dn) in a certificate for a dialup IKE user in this group might appear as the
following concatenated string:

C=us,ST=ca,L=sunnyvale,O=netscreen,OU=marketing,CN=carrie
nowocin,CN=a2010002,CN=ns500,
CN=4085557800,CN=rsa-key,CN=10.10.5.44

Because the values O=netscreen and OU=marketing appear in the peers certificate
and the user uses the distinguished name as its IKE ID type, the security device
authenticates the user.

For the Phase 1 and Phase 2 security levels, you specify one Phase 1 proposal
rsa-g2-3des-sha for certificatesand select the predefined Compatible set of
proposals for Phase 2.

You configure a dialup VPN and a policy permitting HTTP traffic through the VPN
tunnel to reach the Web server Web1. The configuration of the remote VPN client
(using NetScreen-Remote) is also included.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Select the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

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2. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: web1

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.5/32
Zone: Trust
3. Users
Policy > Policy Elements > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

User Name: User1

Status Enable: (select)
IKE User: (select)
Number of Multiple Logins with same ID: 10
Use Distinguished Name For ID: (select)
OU: marketing
Organization: juniper

Objects > User Groups > Local > New: Type office_1 in the Group Name field,
do the following, then click OK:

Select User1 and use the << button to move her from the Available Members
column to the Group Members column.
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: Corp_GW

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type: Dialup User Group: (select), Group: office_1
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal (For Custom Security Level): rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Corp_VPN

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), Corp_GW

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5. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), web1
Service: HTTP
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Corp_VPN
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (clear)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Address
set address trust web1 10.1.1.5/32
3. Users
set user User1 ike-id asn1-dn wildcard o=juniper,ou=marketing share-limit 10
set user-group office_1 user User1
4. VPN
set ike gateway Corp_GW dialup office_1 aggressive outgoing-interface ethernet3
proposal rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway Corp_GW cert peer-ca 1
set ike gateway Corp_GW cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn Corp_VPN gateway Corp_GW sec-level compatible

NOTE: The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get pki x509 list ca-cert.

5. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
set policy top from untrust to trust Dial-Up VPN web1 http tunnel vpn Corp_VPN
save

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NetScreen-Remote Security Policy Editor

1. Click Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

2. Click Add a new connection, and type web1 next to the new connection icon
that appears.

3. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party Identity and Addressing
ID Type: IP Address, 10.1.1.5
Protocol: Highlight All, type HTTP, press the Tab key, and type 80.
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (select)
ID Type: IP Address, 1.1.1.1

4. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the web1 icon, to expand the
connection policy.

5. Click My Identity: Select the certificate that has o=netscreen,ou=marketing as

elements in its distinguished name from the Select Certificate drop-down list.

ID Type: Select Distinguished Name from the drop-down list.

NOTE: This example assumes that you have already loaded a suitable certificate on the
NetScreen-Remote client. For information about loading certificates on the
NetScreen-Remote, refer to the NetScreen-Remote documentation.

6. Click the Security Policy icon, then select Aggressive Mode and clear Enable
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

7. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, and then
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

8. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following Encryption

and Data Integrity Algorithms:

Authentication Method: RSA Signatures

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

9. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

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10. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

11. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

13. Click File > Save Changes.

Setting a Group IKE ID with Preshared Keys

Group IKE ID with preshared keys is a technique for performing IKE authentication
for a group of dialup IKE users without configuring a separate user profile for each
one. Instead, the security device uses a single group IKE ID user profile, which
contains a partial IKE ID. A dialup IKE user can successfully build a VPN tunnel to a
security device if the VPN configuration on his VPN client has the correct preshared
key and if the rightmost part of the users full IKE ID matches the group IKE ID user
profiles partial IKE ID.

Figure 52: Group IKE ID with Preshared Keys

Full IKE ID
Dialup IKE Users +
Preshared Key Dialup User Group
alice.eng.jnpr.net
+
011fg3322eda837c

bob.eng.jnpr.net Group IKE ID User

+ Partial IKE ID: eng.jnpr.net
bba7e22561c5da82 Preshared Key Seed Value: N11wWd2

The security device generates a preshared key

on the fly when an IKE user sends his full IKE ID.

carol.jnpr.net (The preshared key for each IKE user =

+ preshared key seed value x full IKE ID.)
834a2bbd32adc4e9
Note: Because the IKE ID for Carol is not The security device compares its generated key
carol.eng.jnpr.net, the security device with the preshared key accompanying the initial
rejects the connection request. Phase 1 packet to authenticate the user.

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The IKE ID type that you can use for the Group IKE ID with Preshared Key feature
can be either an email address or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

You can set up group IKE ID with preshared keys as follows:

On the Security Device:

1. Create a new group IKE ID user with a partial IKE identity (such as juniper.net),
and specify the number of dialup users that can use the group IKE ID profile to
log on.

2. Assign the new group IKE ID user to a dialup user group.

3. In the dialup AutoKey IKE VPN configuration, assign a name for the remote
gateway (such as road1), specify the dialup user group, and enter a preshared
key seed value.

4. Use the following CLI command to generate an individual dialup users

preshared key using the preshared key seed value and the full user IKE ID (such
as [email protected])

exec ike preshare-gen name_str usr_name_str

(for example) exec ike preshare-gen road1 [email protected]

5. Record the preshared key for use when configuring the remote VPN client.

On the VPN Client:

Configure a VPN tunnel to the security device using aggressive mode for
Phase 1 negotiations, and enter the preshared key that you previously
generated on the security device.

Thereafter, the security device can successfully authenticate each individual user
whose full IKE ID contains a section that matches the partial group IKE ID user
profile. For example, if the group IKE ID user has IKE identity juniper.net, any user
with that domain name in his IKE ID can initiate Phase 1 IKE negotiations in
aggressive mode with the security device. For example: [email protected],
[email protected], and [email protected]. How many such users can log on
depends upon a maximum number of concurrent sessions specified in the group
IKE ID user profile.

In this example, you create a new group IKE ID user named User2. You configure it
to accept up to 10 Phase 1 negotiations concurrently from VPN clients with
preshared keys containing an IKE ID ending with the string juniper.net. The seed
value for the preshared key is jk930k. You name the dialup IKE user group office_2.

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Figure 53: Group IKE ID (Preshared Keys)

Outgoing Interface Trust Zone
Untrust Zone ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/24
ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 NAT Mode
Untrust Zone
Trust Zone
Dialup User with
Internet LAN web1
IKE ID:
[email protected] 10.1.1.5
VPN Tunnel
Group IKE ID User Profile
User Name: User2
gateway 1.1.1.250 User Group: office_2
Simple ID: juniper.net

For both the Phase 1 and Phase 2 negotiations, you select the security level
predefined as Compatible. All the security zones are in the trust-vr routing
domain.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Select the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New : Enter the following,
then click OK:

Address Name: web1

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.5/32
Zone: Trust
3. Users
Policy > Policy Elements > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

User Name: User2

Status: Enable
IKE User: (select)
Number of Multiple Logins with same ID: 10
Simple Identity: (select)
IKE Identity: juniper.net

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Policy > Policy Elements > User Groups > Local > New: Type office_2 in the
Group Name field, do the following, then click OK:

Select User2 and use the << button to move him from the Available Members
column to the Group Members column.
4. VPN

NOTE: The WebUI allows you to enter only a value for a preshared key, not a seed value
from which the security device derives a preshared key. To enter a preshared key
seed value when configuring an IKE gateway, you must use the CLI.

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Corp_VPN

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), Corp_GW
5. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), web1
Service: HTTP
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Corp_VPN
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (clear)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Address
set address trust web1 10.1.1.5/32
3. Users
set user User2 ike-id u-fqdn juniper.net share-limit 10
set user-group office_2 user User2

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4. VPN
set ike gateway Corp_GW dialup office_2 aggressive seed-preshare jk930k
sec-level compatible
set vpn Corp_VPN gateway Corp_GW sec-level compatible
5. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
set policy top from untrust to trust Dial-Up VPN web1 http tunnel vpn Corp_VPN
save

Obtaining the Preshared Key

You can only obtain the preshared key by using the following CLI command:

exec ike preshare-gen name_str usr_name_str

The preshared key, based on the preshared key seed value jk930k (as specified
in the configuration for the remote gateway named Corp_GW), and the full
identity of individual user [email protected] is
11ccce1d396f8f29ffa93d11257f691af96916f2.

NetScreen-Remote Security Policy Editor

1. Click Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

2. Click Add a new connection, and type web1 next to the new connection icon
that appears.

3. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party Identity and Addressing
ID Type: IP Address, 10.1.1.5
Protocol: Highlight All, type HTTP, press the Tab key, and type 80.
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (select)
ID Type: IP Address, 1.1.1.1

4. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the web1 icon, to expand the
connection policy.

5. Click the Security Policy icon, then select Aggressive Mode and clear Enable
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

6. Click My Identity: Click Pre-shared Key > Enter Key: Type

11ccce1d396f8f29ffa93d11257f691af96916f2, then click OK.

ID Type: (select E-mail Address), and type [email protected].

7. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, then click
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

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8. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following Encryption

and Data Integrity Algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

9. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

10. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

11. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

13. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

14. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

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15. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

16. Click File > Save Changes.

Shared IKE ID
The shared IKE ID feature facilitates the deployment of a large number of dialup
users. With this feature, the security device authenticates multiple dialup VPN users
using a single group IKE ID and preshared key. Thus, it provides IPsec protection for
large remote user groups through a common VPN configuration.

This feature is similar to the Group IKE ID with pre-shared keys feature, with the
following differences:

With the group IKE ID feature, the IKE ID can be an email address or an FQDN
(fully qualified domain name). For this feature, the IKE ID must be an email
address.

Instead of using the preshared key seed value and the full user IKE ID to
generate a preshared key for each user, you specify a single preshared key for
all users in the group.

You must use XAuth to authenticate the individual users.

To set up a shared IKE ID and preshared key on the security device:

1. Create a new group IKE ID user, and specify how many dialup users can use the
group IKE ID to log on. For this feature, use an email address as the IKE ID.

2. Assign the new group IKE ID to a dialup user group.

3. In the dialup-to-LAN AutoKey IKE VPN configuration, create a shared IKE ID

gateway.

4. Define the XAuth users and enable XAuth on the remote IKE gateway.

On the VPN Client:

Configure a VPN tunnel to the security device using aggressive mode for Phase 1
negotiations, and enter the preshared key that you previously defined on the
security device.Thereafter, the security device authenticates each remote user as
follows:

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During Phase 1 negotiations, the security device first authenticates the VPN client
by matching the IKE ID and preshared key that the client sends with the IKE ID and
preshared key on the security device. If there is a match, then the security device
uses XAuth to authenticate the individual user. It sends a login prompt to the user at
the remote site between Phase 1 and Phase 2 IKE negotiations. If the remote user
successfully logs on with the correct username and password, Phase 2 negotiations
begin.

In this example, you create a new group IKE ID user named Remote_Sales. It
accepts up to 250 Phase 1 negotiations concurrently from VPN clients with the
same preshared key (abcd1234). You name the dialup IKE user group R_S. In
addition, you configure two XAuth users, Joe and Mike.

For both the Phase 1 and Phase 2 negotiations, you select the security level
predefined as Compatible. All the security zones are in the trust-vr routing domain.

Figure 54: Shared IKE ID (Preshared Keys)

Dialup User with
IKE ID: [email protected]
XAuth password: 1234 Outgoing Interface ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/24
ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 NAT Mode
Untrust Zone
Trust Zone

VPN Tunnels LAN web1

10.1.1.5
Shared IKE ID User Profile
User Name: Remote_Sales
Dialup User with User Group: R_S
IKE ID: [email protected] Simple ID: [email protected]
XAuth password: 5678

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Select the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

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2. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: web1

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.5/32
Zone: Trust
3. Users
Policy > Policy Elements > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

User Name: Remote_Sales

Status: Enable
IKE User: (select)
Number of Multiple Logins with same ID: 250
Simple Identity: (select)
IKE Identity: [email protected]

Policy > Policy Elements > User Groups > Local > New: Type R_S in the
Group Name field, do the following, then click OK:

Select Remote_sales and use the << button to move him from the Available
Members column to the Group Members column.

Policy > Policy Elements > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

User Name: Joe

Status: Enable
XAuth User: (select)
Password: 1234
Confirm Password: 1234

Policy > Policy Elements > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

User Name: Mike

Status: Enable
XAuth User: (select)
Password: 5678
Confirm Password: 5678
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: sales_gateway

Security Level: Compatible (select)
Remote Gateway Type: Dialup Group (select), R_S
Preshared Key: abcd1234
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

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> Advanced: Enter the following, then click Return to return to the base
Gateway configuration page:

Enable XAuth: (select)

Local Authentication: (select)
Allow Any: (select)

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: Sales_VPN

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select) sales_gateway

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Zone, Untrust-Tun

5. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), web1
Service: HTTP
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: Sales_VPN
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (clear)
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Address
set address trust web1 10.1.1.5/32

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3. Users
set user Remote_Sales ike-id [email protected] share-limit 250
set user-group R_S user Remote_Sales
set user Joe password 1234
set user Joe type xauth
set user Mike password 5678
set user Mike type xauth
4. VPN
set ike gateway sales_gateway dialup R_S aggressive outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare abcd1234 sec-level compatible
set ike gateway sales_gateway xauth
set vpn sales_vpn gateway sales_gateway sec-level compatible
set vpn sales_vpn bind zone untrust-tun
5. Route
set route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
set policy top from untrust to trust Dial-Up VPN web1 http tunnel vpn sales_vpn
save

NetScreen-Remote Security Policy Editor

This example shows the configuration for the user named Joe.

1. Click Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

2. Click Add a new connection, and type web1 next to the new connection icon
that appears.

3. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party ID Type: IP Address
IP Address: 10.1.1.5
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (select)
ID Type: IP Address; 1.1.1.1

4. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the web1 icon, to expand the
connection policy.

5. Click the Security Policy icon, then select Aggressive Mode and clear Enable
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

6. Click My Identity: Click Pre-shared Key > Enter Key: Type abcd1234, then
click OK.

ID Type: (select E-mail Address), and type [email protected].

7. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, then click
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

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8. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following Encryption

and Data Integrity Algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key; Extended Authentication

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

9. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key; Extended Authentication

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

10. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key; Extended Authentication

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

11. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key; Extended Authentication

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

13. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

14. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Tunnel

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15. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Tunnel

16. Click File > Save Changes.

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Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

This chapter provides an introduction to Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP), its use
alone and with IPsec support, and some configuration examples for L2TP and
L2TP-over-IPsec. It contains the following sections:

Introduction to L2TP on page 219

Packet Encapsulation and Decapsulation on page 222

Encapsulation on page 222

Decapsulation on page 223

Setting L2TP Parameters on page 225

L2TP and L2TP-over-IPsec on page 227

Configuring L2TP on page 227

Configuring L2TP-over-IPsec on page 232

Configuring an IPsec Tunnel to Secure Management Traffic on page 239

Bidirectional L2TP-over-IPsec on page 241

Introduction to L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) provides a way for a dialup user to make a virtual
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connection to an L2TP network server (LNS), which
can be a security device. L2TP sends PPP frames through a tunnel between an L2TP
access concentrator (LAC) and the LNS.

Originally, L2TP was designed so that a LAC residing at an ISP site tunneled to an
LNS at either another ISP or corporate site. The L2TP tunnel did not extend
completely to the dialup users computer, but only to the LAC at the dialup users
local ISP. (This is sometimes referred to as a compulsory L2TP configuration.)

A NetScreen-Remote client on Windows 2000 or Windows NT, or a Windows 2000

client by itself, can act as a LAC. The L2TP tunnel can extend directly to the dialup
users computer, thus providing end-to-end tunneling. (This approach is sometimes
referred to as a voluntary L2TP configuration.)

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Figure 55: L2TP Tunnel Between VPN Client (LAC) and Security Device (LNS)
NetScreen-Remote
or Windows 2000 Security device
(LAC) Internet (LNS)
ISP
Corporate
LAN

L2TP Tunnel
(forwarding PPP sessions
from LAC to LNS)

Because the PPP link extends from the dialup user across the Internet to the
security device (LNS), it is the security device, not the ISP, that assigns the client its
IP address, DNS and WINS servers addresses, and authenticates the user, either
from the local database or from an external auth server (RADIUS, SecurID, or
LDAP).

In fact, the client receives two IP addressesone for its physical connection to the
ISP, and a logical one from the LNS. When the client contacts its ISP, perhaps using
PPP, the ISP makes IP and DNS assignments, and authenticates the client. This
allows users to connect to the Internet with a public IP address, which becomes the
outer IP address of the L2TP tunnel.

Figure 56: IP and DNS Assignments from ISP

First, the ISP assigns the ISP

client a public IP address
and DNS server addresses.

IP Address: 5.5.5.5
DNS: 6.6.6.6, 7.7.7.7

Then, when the L2TP tunnel forwards the encapsulated PPP frames to the security
device, the security device assigns the client an IP address, and DNS and WINS
settings. The IP address can be from the set of private addresses not used on the
Internet. This address becomes the inner IP address of the L2TP tunnel.

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Figure 57: IP and DNS Assignments from LNS

Second, the security deviceacting as an
LNSassigns the client a private (logical) IP
address, and DNS and WINS server addresses.

Security device
Internet (LNS)
CorporateLAN
10.1.1.0/24

IP Address: 10.10.1.161
DNS: 10.1.1.10, 1.2.2.10 IP Address Pool
WINS: 10.1.1.48, 10.1.1.49 10.10.1.1 10.10.1.254

NOTE: The IP addresses assigned to the L2TP client must be in a different subnet from
the IP addresses in the corporate LAN.

The current version of ScreenOS provides the following L2TP support:

L2TP tunnels originating from a host running Windows 2000

NOTE: By default, Windows 2000 performs L2TP-over-IPsec. To force it to use L2TP only,
you must navigate to the ProhibitIPSec key in the registry and change 0
(L2TP-over-IPsec) to 1 (L2TP only). (Before performing this, Juniper Networks
recommends that you back up your registry.) Click Start > Run: Type regedit.
Double-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet >
Services > RasMan > Parameters. Double-click ProhibitIPSec: Type 1 in the
Value data field, select Hexadecimal as the base value, then click OK. Reboot. (If
you do not find such an entry in the registry, see Microsoft WIndows
documentation for information about how to create one.)

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Combination of L2TP and IPsec in transport mode (L2TP-over-IPsec)

For NetScreen-Remote: L2TP-over-IPsec with main mode negotiations

using certificates, and aggressive mode using either a preshared key or
certificates

For Windows 2000: L2TP-over-IPsec with main mode negotiations using

certificates

Outgoing dialup policy for L2TP and L2TP-over-IPsec tunnels (An outgoing
dialup policy can be paired with an incoming policy to provide a bidirectional
tunnel.)

User authentication using either the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)

and Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) from the local
database or an external auth server (RADIUS, SecurID, or LDAP)

NOTE: The local database and RADIUS servers support both PAP and CHAP. SecurID and
LDAP servers support PAP only.

The assignment of dialup users IP address, Domain Name System (DNS)

servers, and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) servers from either the
local database or a RADIUS server

L2TP tunnels and L2TP-over-IPsec tunnels for the root system and virtual
systems

NOTE: To use L2TP, the security device must be operating at Layer 3, with security zone
interfaces in NAT or route mode. When the security device is operating at Layer 2,
with security zone interfaces in transparent mode, no L2TP-related material
appears in the WebUI, and L2TP-related CLI commands elicit error messages.

Packet Encapsulation and Decapsulation

L2TP employs encapsulation of packets as the means for transporting PPP frames
from the LAC to the LNS. Before looking at specific examples for setting up L2TP
and L2TP-over-IPsec, an overview of the encapsulation and decapsulation involved
in the L2TP process is presented.

Encapsulation
When a dialup user on an IP network sends data over an L2TP tunnel, the LAC
encapsulates the IP packet within a series of Layer 2 frames, Layer 3 packets, and
Layer 4 segments. Assuming that the dialup user connects to the local ISP over a
PPP link, the encapsulation proceeds as shown in Figure 58 on page 223.

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Figure 58: L2TP Packet Encapsulation

DATA

IP PAYLOAD

PPP PAYLOAD

L2TP PAYLOAD

UDP PAYLOAD

IP PAYLOAD

PPP PAYLOAD

1. The data is placed in an IP payload.

2. The IP packet is encapsulated in a PPP frame.

3. The PPP frame is encapsulated in an L2TP frame.

4. The L2TP frame is encapsulated in a UDP segment.

5. The UDP segment is encapsulated in an IP packet.

6. The IP packet is encapsulated in a PPP frame to make the physical connection

between the dialup user and the ISP.

Decapsulation
When the LAC initiates the PPP link to the ISP, the decapsulation and forwarding of
the nested contents proceed as shown in Figure 59 on page 224.

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Figure 59: L2TP Packet Decapsulation

ISP PPP PAYLOAD

IP PAYLOAD

UDP PAYLOAD

L2TP PAYLOAD

LNS
PPP PAYLOAD

IP PAYLOAD

DATA

1. The ISP completes the PPP link and assigns the users computer an IP address.

Inside the PPP payload is an IP packet.

2. The ISP removes the PPP header and forwards the IP packet to the LNS.

3. The LNS removes the IP header.

Inside the IP payload is a UDP segment specifying port 1701, the port number
reserved for L2TP.

4. The LNS removes the UDP header.

Inside the UDP payload is an L2TP frame.

5. The LNS processes the L2TP frame, using the tunnel ID and call ID in the L2TP
header to identify the specific L2TP tunnel. The LNS then removes the L2TP
header.

Inside the L2TP payload is a PPP frame.

6. The LNS processes the PPP frame, assigning the users computer a logical IP
address.

Inside the PPP payload is an IP packet.

7. The LNS routes the IP packet to its ultimate destination, where the IP header is
removed and the data in the IP packet is extracted.

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Setting L2TP Parameters

The LNS uses L2TP to provide the PPP settings for a dialup user, which typically
come from an ISP. These settings are as follows:

IP address The security device selects an address from a pool of IP addresses

and assigns it to the dialup users computer. The selection process operates
cyclically through the IP address pool; that is, in a pool from 10.10.1.1 to
10.10.1.3, the addresses are selected in the following cycle: 10.10.1.1
10.10.1.2 10.10.1.3 10.10.1.1 10.10.1.2

DNS primary and secondary server IP addresses The security device provides
these addresses to the dialup users computer.

WINS primary and secondary server IP addresses The security device also
provides these addresses to the dialup users computer.

The LNS also authenticates the user through a username and password. You can
enter the user in the local database or in an external auth server (RADIUS, SecurID,
or LDAP).

NOTE: The RADIUS or SecurID server that you use for authenticating L2TP users can be
the same server you use for network users, or it can be a different server.

In addition, you can specify one of the following schemes for the PPP
authentication:

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP), in which the security

device sends a challenge (encryption key) to the dialup user after he or she
makes a PPP link request, and the user encrypts his or her login name and
password with the key. The local database and RADIUS servers support CHAP.

Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), which sends the dialup users

password in the clear along with the PPP link request. The local database and
RADIUS, SecurID, and LDAP servers support PAP.

ANY, meaning that the security device negotiates CHAP, and then if that fails,
PAP.

You can apply to dialup users and dialup user groups the default L2TP parameters
that you configure on the L2TP Default Configuration page (VPNs > L2TP >
Default Settings) or with the set l2tp default command. You can also apply L2TP
parameters that you configure specifically for L2TP users on the User Configuration
page (Users > Users > Local > New) or with the set user name_str
remote-settings command. The user-specific L2TP settings supersede the default
L2TP settings.

As shown in Figure 60 on page 226, you define an IP address pool with addresses
ranging from 10.1.3.40 to 10.1.3.100. You specify DNS server IP addresses 1.1.1.2
(primary) and 1.1.1.3 (secondary). The security device performs PPP authentication
using CHAP.

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NOTE: You specify the auth server on a per-L2TP tunnel basis.

Figure 60: IP Pool and L2TP Default Settings

RADIUS
10.1.1.245
Trust Zone Untrust Zone DNS 1
1.1.1.2
Note: The L2TP pool addresses Internet DNS 2
must be in a different subnet from 1.1.1.3
those in the Trust zone.

ethernet1, L2TP IP Pool ethernet3,

10.1.1.1/24 10.1.3.40 10.1.3.100 1.1.1.1/24

WebUI
1. IP Pool
Objects > IP Pools > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

IP Pool Name: Sutro

Start IP: 10.1.3.40
End IP: 10.1.3.100
2. Default L2TP Settings
VPNs > L2TP > Default Settings: Enter the following, then click Apply:

IP Pool Name: Sutro

PPP Authentication: CHAP
DNS Primary Server IP: 1.1.1.2
DNS Secondary Server IP: 1.1.1.3
WINS Primary Server IP: 0.0.0.0
WINS Secondary Server IP: 0.0.0.0

CLI
1. IP Pool
set ippool sutro 10.1.3.40 10.1.3.100
2. Default L2TP Settings
set l2tp default ippool sutro
set l2tp default ppp-auth chap
set l2tp default dns1 1.1.1.2
set l2tp default dns2 1.1.1.3
save

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L2TP and L2TP-over-IPsec

Although the dialup user can be authenticated using CHAP or PAP, an L2TP tunnel is
not encrypted, and therefore is not a true VPN tunnel. The purpose of L2TP is
simply to permit the administrator of the local security device to assign IP
addresses to remote dialup users. These addresses can then be referenced in
policies.

To encrypt an L2TP tunnel, you need to apply an encryption scheme to the L2TP
tunnel. Because L2TP assumes that the network between the LAC and the LNS is IP,
you can employ IPsec to provide encryption. This combination is called
L2TP-over-IPsec. L2TP-over-IPsec requires setting up both an L2TP tunnel and an
IPsec tunnel with the same endpoints, and then linking them together in a policy.
L2TP-over-IPsec requires that the IPsec tunnel be in transport mode so that the
tunnel endpoint addresses remain in the clear. (For information about transport and
tunnel mode, see Modes on page 4.)

You can create an L2TP tunnel between a security device and a host running
Windows 2000 if you change the Windows 2000 registry settings. (For instructions
on how to change the registry, see the note on page 221.)

You can create an L2TP-over-IPsec tunnel between a security device and either of
the following VPN clients:

A host running NetScreen-Remote on a Windows 2000 or Windows NT

operating system

A host running Windows 2000 (without NetScreen-Remote)

NOTE: To provide authentication when using WIndows 2000 without NetScreen-Remote,

you must use certificates.

Configuring L2TP
In this example, as illustrated in Figure 61 on page 228, you create a dialup user
group called fs (for field-sales) and configure an L2TP tunnel called
sales_corp, using ethernet3 (Untrust zone) as the outgoing interface for the L2TP
tunnel. The security device applies the following default L2TP tunnel settings to the
dialup user group:

The L2TP users are authenticated through the local database.

PPP authentication uses CHAP.

The range of addresses in the IP pool (named global) is from 10.10.2.100 to

10.10.2.180.

The DNS servers are 1.1.1.2 (primary) and 1.1.1.3 (secondary).

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NOTE: An L2TP-only configuration is not secure. It is recommended only for debugging

purposes.

The addresses in the L2TP IP pool must be in a different subnet than the
addresses in the corporate network.

Figure 61: Configuring L2TP

Auth/L2TP Dialup Users
Group: fs

Dialup IP Pool: global

Zone DNS1: 1.1.1.2 10.10.2.100
Adam 10.10.2.180 Corporate
DNS2: 1.1.1.3 Network

Trust Zone
Betty

Internet

Carol
L2TP Tunnel:
sales_corp Outgoing Interface ethernet1,
ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24 10.1.1.1/24
NetScreen-
Remote Clients

The remote L2TP clients are on Windows 2000 operating systems. For information
about how to configure L2TP on the remote clients, refer to your Windows 2000
documentation. Only the configuration for the security device end of the L2TP
tunnel is provided below.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

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2. L2TP Users
Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: Adam

Status: Enable
L2TP User: (select)
User Password: AJbioJ15
Confirm Password: AJbioJ15

Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: Betty

Status: Enable
L2TP User: (select)
User Password: BviPsoJ1
Confirm Password: BviPsoJ1

Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: Carol

Status: Enable
L2TP User: (select)
User Password: Cs10kdD3
Confirm Password: Cs10kdD3
3. L2TP User Group
Objects > User > Local Groups> New: Type fs in the Group Name field, do the
following, then click OK:

Select Adam and use the << button to move him from the Available
Members column to the Group Members column.

Select Betty and use the << button to move her from the Available
Members column to the Group Members column.

Select Carol and use the << button to move her from the Available
Members column to the Group Members column.

4. Default L2TP Settings

Objects > IP Pools > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

IP Pool Name: global

Start IP: 10.10.2.100
End IP: 10.10.2.180

VPNs > L2TP > Default Settings: Enter the following, then click OK:

IP Pool Name: global

PPP Authentication: CHAP
DNS Primary Server IP: 1.1.1.2
DNS Secondary Server IP: 1.1.1.3
WINS Primary Server IP: 0.0.0.0
WINS Secondary Server IP: 0.0.0.0

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5. L2TP Tunnel
VPNs > L2TP > Tunnel > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: sales_corp
Use Custom Settings: (select)
Authentication Server: Local
Dialup Group: Local Dialup Group - fs
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3
Peer IP: 0.0.0.0
Host Name (optional): Enter the name of the computer acting as the LAC.
Secret (optional): Enter a secret shared between the LAC and the LNS.
Keep Alive: 60

Peer IP: Because the peers ISP dynamically assigns it an IP address, you would
enter 0.0.0.0 in the above example.

LAC: To find the name of a computer running Windows 2000, do the following:
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > System. The System Properties dialog
box appears. Click the Network Identification tab, and see entry following Full
computer name.

To add a secret to the LAC for authenticating the L2TP tunnel, you must modify the
Windows 2000 registry as follows:

1. Click Start > Run, and then type regedit. The Registry Editor opens.

2. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

3. Right-click SYSTEM, and then select Find from the pop-up menu that appears.

4. Type ms_l2tpminiport, then click Find Next.

5. In the Edit menu, highlight New, and then select String Value.

6. Type Password.

7. Double-click Password. The Edit String dialog box appears.

8. Type the password in the Value data field. This must be the same as the word in
the L2TP Tunnel Configuration Secret field on the security device.

9. Reboot the computer running Windows 2000.

When using L2TP-over-IPsec, which is the Windows 2000 default, tunnel

authentication is unnecessary; all L2TP messages are encrypted and
authenticated inside IPsec.

Keep-Alive: The Keep Alive value is the number of seconds of inactivity before the
security device sends an L2TP hello signal to the LAC.

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6. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
7. Policy
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Any
NAT: Off
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel L2TP: sales_corp
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. Dialup Users
set user adam type l2tp
set user adam password AJbioJ15
unset user adam type auth
set user betty type l2tp
set user betty password BviPsoJ1
unset user betty type auth
set user carol type l2tp
set user carol password Cs10kdD3
unset user carol type auth

NOTE: Defining a password for a user automatically classifies the user as an auth user.
Therefore, to define the user type strictly as L2TP, you must unset the auth user
type.

2. L2TP User Group

set user-group fs location local
set user-group fs user adam
set user-group fs user betty
set user-group fs user carol
3. Default L2TP Settings
set ippool global 10.10.2.100 10.10.2.180
set l2tp default ippool global
set l2tp default auth server Local
set l2tp default ppp-auth chap
set l2tp default dns1 1.1.1.2
set l2tp default dns2 1.1.1.3
4. L2TP Tunnel
set l2tp sales_corp outgoing-interface ethernet3
set l2tp sales_corp auth server Local user-group fs

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5. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
6. Policy
set policy top from untrust to trust Dial-Up VPN any any tunnel l2tp sales_corp
save

Configuring L2TP-over-IPsec
This example uses the same L2TP tunnel created in the previous example
(Configuring L2TP on page 227). Additionally, you overlay an IPsec tunnel onto
the L2TP tunnel to provide encryption. The IPsec tunnel negotiates Phase 1 in
Aggressive Mode using a previously loaded RSA certificate, 3DES encryption and
SHA-1 authentication. The certificate authority (CA) is Verisign. (For information
about obtaining and loading certificates, see Public Key Cryptography on
page 29.) The Phase 2 negotiation uses the security level predefined as
Compatible for Phase 2 proposals. The IPsec tunnel is in transport mode.

The predefined Trust zone and the user-defined Dialup zone are in the trust-vr
routing domain. The interfaces for the Dialup and Trust zones are ethernet2
(1.3.3.1/24) and ethernet1 (10.1.1.1/24), respectively. The Trust zone is in NAT
mode.

The dialup users Adam, Betty, and Carol use NetScreen-Remote clients on a
Windows 2000 operating system. The NetScreen-Remote configuration for dialup
user Adam is also included below. (The NetScreen-Remote configuration for the
other two dialup users is the same as that for Adam.)

NOTE: To configure an L2TP-over-IPsec tunnel for Windows 2000 (without

NetScreen-Remote), the Phase 1 negotiations must be in main mode and the IKE
ID type must be ASN1-DN.

Figure 62: Configuring L2TP-over-IPsec

IKE-L2TP
Dialup User Group: fs
Dialup IP Pool: global
Zone DNS1: 1.1.1.2 10.10.2.100
Adam 10.10.2.180 Corporate
DNS2: 1.1.1.3 Network

Trust Zone
Betty

Internet

Carol
L2TP Tunnel: sales_corp
VPN Tunnel: from_sales Outgoing Interface ethernet1,
ethernet2, 1.3.3.1/24 10.1.1.1/24
NetScreen-
Remote Clients

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WebUI
1. User-Defined Zone
Network > Zones > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Zone Name: Dialup

Virtual Router Name: trust-vr
Zone Type: Layer 3 (select)
Block Intra-Zone Traffic: (select)
TCP/IP Reassembly for ALG: (clear)

NOTE: The Trust zone is preconfigured. You do not need to create it.

2. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Select the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Dialup

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.3.3.1/24
3. IKE/L2TP Users
Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: Adam

Status: Enable
IKE User: (select)
Simple Identity: (select)
IKE Identity: [email protected]
L2TP User: (select)
User Password: AJbioJ15
Confirm Password: AJbioJ15

NOTE: The IKE ID that you enter must be the same as the one that the NetScreen-Remote
client sends, which is the email address that appears in the certificate that the
client uses for authentication.

Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: Betty

Status: Enable
IKE User: (select)
Simple Identity: (select)
IKE Identity: [email protected]
L2TP User: (select)
User Password: BviPsoJ1
Confirm Password: BviPsoJ1

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Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: Carol

Status: Enable
IKE User: (select)
Simple Identity: (select)
IKE Identity: [email protected]
L2TP User: (select)
User Password: Cs10kdD3
Confirm Password: Cs10kdD3
4. IKE/L2TP User Group
Objects > Users > Local Groups > New: Type fs in the Group Name field, do
the following, then click OK:

Select Adam and use the << button to move him from the Available
Members column to the Group Members column.

Select Betty and use the << button to move her from the Available
Members column to the Group Members column.

Select Carol and use the << button to move her from the Available
Members column to the Group Members column.

5. IP Pool
Objects > IP Pools > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

IP Pool Name: global

Start IP: 10.10.2.100
End IP: 10.10.2.180
6. Default L2TP Settings
VPNs > L2TP > Default Settings: Enter the following, then click Apply:

IP Pool Name: global

PPP Authentication: CHAP
DNS Primary Server IP: 1.1.1.2
DNS Secondary Server IP: 1.1.1.3
WINS Primary Server IP: 0.0.0.0
WINS Secondary Server IP: 0.0.0.0
7. L2TP Tunnel
VPNs > L2TP > Tunnel > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: sales_corp
Dialup Group: (select), Local Dialup Group - fs
Authentication Server: Local
Outgoing Interface: ethernet2
Peer IP: 0.0.0.0

Host Name (optional): If you want to restrict the L2TP tunnel to a specific
host, enter the name of the computer acting as the LAC.

Secret (optional): Enter a secret shared between the LAC and the LNS.

Keep Alive: 60

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LAC: To find the name of a computer running Windows 2000, do the following:
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > System. The System Properties dialog
box appears. Click the Network Identification tab, and see entry following Full
computer name.

Secret: To add a secret to the LAC for authenticating the L2TP tunnel, you must
modify the Windows 2000 registry as follows:

1. Click Start > Run, and then type regedit. The Registry Editor opens.

2. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

3. Right-click SYSTEM, and then select Find from the pop-up menu that appears.

4. Type ms_l2tpminiport, then click Find Next.

5. In the Edit menu, highlight New, and then select String Value.

6. Type Password.

7. Double-click Password. The Edit String dialog box appears.

8. Type the password in the Value data field. This must be the same as the word in
the L2TP Tunnel Configuration Secret field on the security device.

9. Reboot the computer running Windows 2000.

When using L2TP-over-IPsec, which is the Windows 2000 default, tunnel

authentication is unnecessary; all L2TP messages are encrypted and
authenticated inside IPsec.

Keep-Alive: The Keep Alive value is the number of seconds of inactivity before the
security device sends an L2TP hello signal to the LAC.

NOTE: The hostname and secret settings can usually be ignored. Only advanced users are
recommended to use these settings.

8. VPN Tunnel
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: field

Security Level: Custom
Remote Gateway Type:
Dialup User Group: (select), Group: fs
Outgoing Interface: ethernet2

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> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: User Defined: Custom

Phase 1 Proposal: rsa-g2-3des-sha
Mode (Initiator): Aggressive
Preferred Certificate (Optional):
Peer CA: Verisign
Peer Type: X509-SIG

NOTE: Windows 2000 (without NetScreen-Remote) supports main mode negotiations

only.

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: from_sales
Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: field

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Transport Mode: (select)
9. Policy
Policies > (From: Dialup, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Any
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: from_sales
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (clear)
L2TP: sales_corp
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. User-Defined Zone
set zone name dialup
set zone dialup vrouter trust-vr
set zone dialup block
2. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet2 zone dialup
set interface ethernet2 ip 1.3.3.1/24

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3. L2TP/IKE Users
set user adam type ike l2tp
set user adam password AJbioJ15
unset user adam type auth
set user adam ike-id u-fqdn [email protected]
set user betty type ike l2tp
set user betty password BviPsoJ1
unset user betty type auth
set user betty ike-id u-fqdn [email protected]
set user carol type ike l2tp
set user carol password Cs10kdD3
unset user carol type auth
set user carol ike-id u-fqdn [email protected]
4. IKE/L2TP User Group
set user-group fs location Local
set user-group fs user adam
set user-group fs user betty
set user-group fs user carol
5. IP Pool
set ippool global 10.10.2.100 10.10.2.180
6. Default L2TP Settings
set l2tp default ippool global
set l2tp default ppp-auth chap
set l2tp default dns1 1.1.1.2
set l2tp default dns2 1.1.1.3
7. L2TP Tunnel
set l2tp sales_corp outgoing-interface ethernet2
set l2tp sales_corp auth server Local user-group fs
8. VPN Tunnel
set ike gateway field dialup fs aggressive outgoing-interface ethernet2 proposal
rsa-g2-3des-sha
set ike gateway field cert peer-ca1
set ike gateway field cert peer-cert-type x509-sig
set vpn from_sales gateway field transport sec-level compatible

NOTE: Windows 2000 (without NetScreen-Remote) supports main mode negotiations

only.

The number 1 is the CA ID number. To discover the CAs ID number, use the
following command: get pki x509 list ca-cert.

9. Policy
set policy top from dialup to trust Dial-Up VPN any any tunnel vpn from_sales
l2tp sales_corp
save

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NetScreen-Remote Security Policy Editor (Adam)

To configure L2TP-over-IPsec tunnels for Betty and Carols NetScreen-Remote
clients, follow the same procedure as that provided here for Adam.

1. Click Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

2. Click Add a new connection, and type AJ next to the new connection icon that
appears.

3. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party ID Type: IP Address
IP Address: 1.3.3.1
Protocol: UDP
Port: L2TP
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (clear)

4. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the AJ icon, to expand the
connection policy.

5. Click My Identity, and configure the following:

Select the certificate with the email address specified as the users IKE ID on
the security device from the Select Certificate drop-down list:

ID Type: E-mail Address

Port: L2TP

NOTE: The email address from the certificate appears in the identifier field automatically.

6. Click the Security Policy icon, and select Aggressive Mode.

7. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, and then
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

8. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following

Authentication Method and Algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

(or)
Authentication Method: RSA Signatures
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

9. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Transport

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10. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Transport

11. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Transport

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Transport

13. Click File > Save Changes.

14. You also need to set up the network connection for your Windows 2000
operating system using the Network Connection Wizard.

NOTE: When configuring the Network Connection Wizard, you must enter a destination
hostname or IP address. Enter 1.3.3.1. Later, when initiating a connection and are
prompted for a username and password, enter adam, AJbioJ15. For more
information, consult Microsoft Windows 2000 documentation.

Configuring an IPsec Tunnel to Secure Management Traffic

To establish secure communications for management traffic such as Web, SNMP,
and Telnet, the current ScreenOS release allows the management traffic to pass
through an IPsec tunnel that is not bound to L2TP or Generic Routing Encapsulation
(GRE). You can create and configure a policy for an IPsec tunnel to function in
transport mode and thereby enable it to carry management traffic between the
security gateway and the management server.

In this example, as illustrated in Figure 63 on page 240, you configure a VPN tunnel
named management-vpn in transport mode.The outgoing interface
ethernet0/1(1.1.1.1/24) is in Untrust zone, and the remote peer's IP address is
2.2.2.2/24. In this configuration, the telnet traffic matches the policy configured
between the Untrust zone(1.1.1.1/24) and the management server (2.2.2.2) and
successfully passes through the VPN tunnel created between the security gateway
and the management server.

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Figure 63: Configuring IPsec Tunnel for Management Traffic

Ethernet Ethernet
1.1.1.1/24 2.2.2.2/24

Self Zone
Untrust Zone

10.1.1.0/24
Internet

Juniper Networks security device

Management Server

WebUI
1. VPN Tunnel
VPN>AutoKey Advanced>Gateway >New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway name: management-gw

IPv4/v6 Address/Host name : 2.2.2.2

>Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to return
to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Mode(Initiator): Aggressive
Outgoing Interface: ethernet0/1
Preshared Key: test
Security Level: basic

VPN>AutoKey>New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN name: managementvpn

Remote gateway: Predefined: (select)

>Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to return
to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Replay Protection: (clear)

Security Level: basic
Transport Mode: (select)

2. Policy
Policies >(From: Self, To:Untrust)> New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address book Entry: (select), Any-IPV4
Destination Address:
New Address: 2.2.2.2/32
Service : Telnet

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Action : tunnel
Tunnel VPN : management-vpn

CLI
1. Policy
set policy from self to untrust Any 2.2.2.2/32 telnet tunnel vpn
management-vpn
save
2. VPN
set ike gateway management-gw address 2.2.2.2 aggressive outgoing-interface
ethernet0/1 preshare test sec-level basic
set vpn management-vpn gateway management-gw no-replay transport idletime 0
sec-level basic
save

NOTE: ScreenOS allows management traffic to pass-through only a policy-based VPN

established between the secured endpoints. You must specify the following when
you configure the policy for management traffic:

The source zone should be a self zone and the source IP address is Any.

The destination zone should be a MGT zone and the destination IP address
should be Any, if you configure the VPN in the management zone

Bidirectional L2TP-over-IPsec
In this example, ethernet1 (10.1.1.1/24) is the Trust zone interface and is in NAT
mode, and ethernet3 (1.1.1.1/24) is the Untrust zone interface. You create
L2TP-over-IPsec tunnels between a NetScreen-Remote dialup user and a corporate
LAN. The remote user is running an X-Windows application, which requires
bidirectional policies.

You configure incoming and outgoing policies for the dialup AutoKey IKE VPN
tunnel named VPN_dial for IKE user dialup-j with IKE ID [email protected]., and the L2TP
tunnel named tun1. The IKE user initiates a IPsec connection to the security device
from the Untrust zone to reach corporate servers in the Trust zone. At this point,
only L2TP communication is allowed. After L2TP/PPP negotiation, the L2TP tunnel
is established. With bidirectional policies configured, traffic can initiate from either
end of the tunnel.

The dialup user dialup-j uses a NetScreen-Remote client on a Windows 2000

operating system. The NetScreen-Remote configuration for dialup user dialup-j is
included after Figure 64 on page 242.

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Figure 64: Bidirectional L2TP-over-IPsec

ethernet3 ethernet3
1.1.1.1/24 10.1.1.1/24
Dialup Zone
Trust Zone
Internet
LAN

NetScreen-Remote Client L2TP-over-IPsec External Router UNIX Server

Running X-Windows Server Tunnel 1.1.1.250

NOTE: To configure an L2TP-over-IPsec tunnel for Windows 2000 (without

NetScreen-Remote), the Phase 1 negotiations must be in main mode and the IKE
ID type must be ASN1-DN.

WebUI
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24

Select the following, then click OK:

Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: trust_net

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

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3. L2TP/IKE User
Objects > Users > Local > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

User Name: dialup-j

Status: Enable
IKE User: (select)
Simple Identity: (select)
IKE Identity: [email protected]
Authentication User: (select)
L2TP User: (select)
User Password: abc123
Confirm Password: abc123

NOTE: The IKE ID that you enter must be the same as the one that the NetScreen-Remote
client sends, which is the email address that appears in the certificate that the
client uses for authentication.

4. L2TP
VPNs > L2TP > Tunnel > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: tun1
Use Default Settings: (select)
Secret: netscreen
Keepalive: 60
5. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: dialup1

Security Level: (select), Standard
Remote Gateway Type: Dialup User; (select), dialup-j
Preshared Key: n3TsCr33N
Outgoing Interface: (select), ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following, and then click Return to return to the
basic AutoKey IKE Gateway configuration page:

Mode (Initiator): Aggressive

Enable NAT-Traversal: (select)
UDP Checksum: (select)
Keepalive Frequency: 5

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN_dial

Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), dialup1

> Advanced: Enter the following, and then click Return to return to the
basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Security Level: Standard (select)

Transport Mode (For L2TP-over-IPsec only): (select)

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6. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Network Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250
7. Policies
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), trust_net
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: VPN_dial
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
L2tp: (select) tun1

Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), trust_net
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Dial-Up VPN
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: VPN_dial
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
L2TP: tun1

CLI
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Address
set address trust trust_net 10.1.1.0/24
3. L2TP/IKE User
set user dialup-j ike-id u-fqdn [email protected]
set user dialup-j type auth ike l2tp
set user dialup-j password abc123
4. L2TP
set L2TP tun1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 secret "netscreen" keepalive 60

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5. VPN
set ike gateway dialup1 dialup "dialup-j" aggressive outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare n3TsCr33N sec-level standard
set ike gateway dialup1 nat-traversal udp-checksum
set ike gateway dialup1 nat-traversal keepalive-frequency 5
set vpn VPN_dial gateway dialup1 no-replay transport idletime 0 sec-level standard
6. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
7. Policies
set policy from untrust to trust Dial-Up VPN trust_net any tunnel vpn VPN_dial
tun1
set policy from trust to untrust trust_net Dial-Up VPN any tunnel vpn VPN_dial
l2tp tun1
save

NetScreen-Remote Security Policy Editor (for User dialup-j)

1. Click Options > Secure > Specified Connections.

2. Click Add a new connection, and type dialup-j next to the new connection
icon that appears.

3. Configure the connection options:

Connection Security: Secure

Remote Party ID Type: IP Address
IP Address: 1.1.1.1
Protocol: UDP
Port: L2TP
Connect using Secure Gateway Tunnel: (clear)

4. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the dialup-j icon, to expand the
connection policy.

5. Click My Identity, and configure the following:

Select the certificate with the email address specified as the users IKE ID on
the security device from the Select Certificate drop-down list

ID Type: E-mail Address

Port: L2TP

NOTE: The email address from the certificate appears in the identifier field automatically.

6. Click the Security Policy icon, and select Aggressive Mode.

7. Click the PLUS symbol, located to the left of the Security Policy icon, and then
the PLUS symbol to the left of Authentication (Phase 1) and Key Exchange
(Phase 2) to expand the policy further.

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8. Click Authentication (Phase 1) > Proposal 1: Select the following

Authentication method and algorithms:

Authentication Method: Pre-Shared Key

(or)
Authentication Method: RSA Signatures
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Key Group: Diffie-Hellman Group 2

NOTE: When Perfect Forwarding Secrecy (PFS) is enabled on the security device (DF
group 1,2, or 5), it must also be enabled for the VPN client in NetScreen-Remote.

9. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Proposal 1: Select the following IPsec
protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Transport

10. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: Triple DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Transport

11. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: SHA-1
Encapsulation: Transport

12. Click Key Exchange (Phase 2) > Create New Proposal: Select the following
IPsec protocols:

Encapsulation Protocol (ESP): (select)

Encrypt Alg: DES
Hash Alg: MD5
Encapsulation: Transport

13. Click File > Save Changes.

You also need to set up the network connection for your Windows 2000 operating
system using the Network Connection Wizard.

NOTE: When you configure the Network Connection Wizard, you must enter a
destination hostname or IP address. Enter 1.1.1.1. Later, when you initiate a
connection and are prompted for a username and password, enter dialup-j,
abc123. For more information, consult your Microsoft Windows 2000
documentation.

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Features

This chapter covers the following uses of virtual private network (VPN) technology:

NAT-Traversal on page 248

Probing for NAT on page 249

Traversing a NAT Device on page 251

UDP Checksum on page 253

Keepalive Packets on page 253

Initiator/Responder Symmetry on page 253

Enabling NAT-Traversal on page 255

Using IKE IDs with NAT-Traversal on page 256

VPN Monitoring on page 258

Rekey and Optimization Options on page 259

Source Interface and Destination Address on page 260

Policy Considerations on page 261

Configuring the VPN Monitoring Feature on page 261

SNMP VPN Monitoring Objects and Traps on page 269

Multiple Tunnels per Tunnel Interface on page 271

Route-to-Tunnel Mapping on page 271

Remote Peers Addresses on page 273

Manual and Automatic Table Entries on page 274

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Redundant VPN Gateways on page 307

VPN Groups on page 308

Monitoring Mechanisms on page 309

TCP SYN-Flag Checking on page 313

Creating Back-to-Back VPNs on page 320

Creating Hub-and-Spoke VPNs on page 327

NAT-Traversal
Network Address Translation (NAT) and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT)
are Internet standards that allow a local-area network (LAN) to use one set of IP
addresses for internal traffic and a second set of addresses for external traffic. NAT
devices generate these external addresses from predetermined pools of IP
addresses.

When setting up an IPsec tunnel, the presence of a NAT device along the data path
has no effect on Phase 1 and Phase 2 IKE negotiations, which always encapsulate
IKE packets within User Datagram Protocol (UDP) segments. However, after the
Phase 2 negotiations complete, performing NAT on the IPsec packets causes the
tunnel to fail. Of the many reasons why NAT causes disruption to IPsec, one reason
is that, for the Encapsulating Security Protocol (ESP), NAT devices cannot discern
the location of the Layer 4 header for port translation (because it is encrypted). For
the Authentication Header (AH) protocol, NAT devices can modify the port number,
but the authentication check, which includes the entire IPsec packet, fails.

NOTE: For a list of IPsec/NAT incompatibilities, refer to draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-regts-00.txt by

Bernard Aboba.

To solve these problems, security devices and the NetScreen-Remote client (version
6.0 or later) can apply a NAT-Traversal (NAT-T) feature. NAT-T adds a layer of UDP
encapsulation to IPsec packets after detecting one or more NAT devices along the
data path during Phase 1 exchanges, as prescribed in the IETF drafts
draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-00.txt and draft-ietf-ipsec-udp-encaps-00.txt, as well as in
later versions of these drafts.

NOTE: NetScreen-Remote 6 and NetScreen-Remote 7 support NAT-T as described in

draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-00.txt and draft-ietf-ipsec-udp-encaps-00.txt.
NetScreen-Remote 8.2 supports draft 02.

NAT devices can create another problem if they are also IKE/IPsec-aware and
attempt to process packets with the IKE port number of 500 or the IPsec protocol
numbers 50 (for ESP) and 51 (for AH). To avoid such intermediary processing of IKE
packets, version 2 of the previously mentioned IETF drafts proposes the shifting (or
floating) of UDP port numbers for IKE from 500 to 4500. To avoid intermediary
processing of IPsec packets, both drafts 0 and 2 insert a UDP header between the
outer IP header and the ESP or AH header, thereby changing the value in the

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Protocol field from 50 or 51 (for ESP or AH, respectively) to 17 (for UDP). In

addition, the inserted UDP header also uses port 4500. The current version of
ScreenOS supports NAT-T based on draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-02.txt and
draft-ietf-ipsec-udp-encaps-02.txt, as well as version 0 of these drafts.

NOTE: ScreenOS does not support NAT-T for Manual Key tunnels nor for IPsec traffic
using AH. ScreenOS only supports NAT-T for AutoKey IKE tunnels using ESP.

Probing for NAT

To check that both ends of the VPN tunnel support NAT-T, ScreenOS sends two
MD-5 hashes in the vendor ID payload in the first two exchanges of Phase 1
negotiationsone hash for the title of draft 0 and one of the title for draft 2:

4485152d 18b6bbcd 0be8a846 9579ddccwhich is an MD-5 hash of

draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-00

90cb8091 3ebb696e 086381b5 ec427b1fwhich is an MD-5 hash of

draft-ietf-ipsec-nat-t-ike-02

Both peers must send and receive at least one of these values in the vendor payload
ID for the NAT-T probe to continue. If they send hashes for both drafts, ScreenOS
uses the NAT-T implementation for draft 2.

If the devices at each endpoint support NAT-T, they send each other NAT discovery
(NAT-D) payloads in the third and fourth Phase 1 exchanges (main mode) or in the
second and third exchanges (aggressive mode). The NAT discovery (NAT-D) payload
is a IKE payload type for NAT-T. The NAT-D payload type number is 0130. For a list
of other IKE payload types, see IKE Packets on page 13.

NOTE: ScreenOS can handle multiple NAT-Discovery (NAT-D) payloads in an IKE

negotiation.

The NAT-D payloads contain a negotiated hash of the following information:

Destination NAT-D hash:

Initiators cookie (CKY-I)

Responders cookie (CKY-R)

Remote (destination) IKE peers IP address

Destination port number

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Source NAT-D hash (one or more):

Initiators cookie (CKY-I)

Responders cookie (CKY-R)

Local (source) IKE peers IP address

Source port number

NOTE: NAT-T supports multiple source NAT-D hashes for devices with multiple interfaces
and implementations that do not specify an outgoing interface.

When each peer compares the hashes it receives with the ones it sends, it can tell if
address translation has occurred between them. Distinguishing which packet has
been modified also indicates the location of the NAT device:

If Matches Then
the local peers destination at least one of the remote no address translation has
hash peers source hashes occurred.
at least one of the local peers the remote peers destination no address translation has
source hashes hash occurred.

If Does not match Then

the local peers destination at least one of the remote no address translation has
hash peers source hashes occurred.
at least one of the local peers the remote peers destination no address translation has
source hashes hash occurred.

Knowing the location of the NAT device is important because IKE keepalives must
initiate from the peer behind the NAT device. See Keepalive Packets on page 253.

If both peers support IETF draft 2, then they also float the IKE port number from
500 to 4500 as soon as they detect a NAT device between themselves during Phase
1 negotiations. In main mode, the port numbers float to 4500 in the fifth and sixth
exchanges of Phase 1, and then for all Phase 2 exchanges. In aggressive mode, the
port number floats to 4500 in the thirdand finalexchange of Phase 1, and then
for all Phase 2 exchanges. The peers also use 4500 for the UDP port number for all
subsequent IPsec traffic.

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Traversing a NAT Device

In Figure 65, a NAT device at the perimeter of a hotel LAN receives a packet from a
VPN dialup client with IP address 2.1.1.5, assigned by the hotel. For all outbound
traffic, the NAT device replaces the original source IP address in the outer header
with a new address 2.2.2.2. During Phase 1 negotiations, the VPN client and the
security device detect that both VPN participants support NAT-T, that a NAT device is
present along the data path, and that it is located in front of the VPN client.

Figure 65: NAT-Traversal

Corporate
Hotel

NAT device
Security device
Internet

VPN Tunnel
VPN Dialup Client

Src IP 200.1.1.1 -> 210.2.2.2

Encapsulating the IPsec packets within UDP packetswhich both the VPN client
and the security device dosolves the problem of the authentication check failure.
The NAT device processes them as UDP packets, changing the source port in the
UDP header and leaving the SPI in the AH or ESP header unmodified. The VPN
participants strip off the UDP layer and process the IPsec packets, which pass the
authentication check because none of the authenticated content has been changed.

Another problem can arise if the NAT device is IKE/IPsec-aware. An IKE/IPsec-aware

NAT device might attempt to process IKE/IPsec traffic instead of forwarding it. To
prevent such intermediary processing, NAT-T (v2) changes the source and
destination UDP port numbers for IKE from 500 to 4500. NAT-T also inserts a
non-ESP marker in the UDP header just before the payload. For IPsec traffic, NAT-T
(v0 and v2) inserts a UDP header between the outer IP header and the ESP header.
The UDP packet also uses 4500 for both the source and destination port numbers.

As mentioned, NAT-T (v2) adds a non-ESP marker between the header and payload
of the UDP segment encapsulating the ISAKMP packet. The non-ESP marker is 4
bytes of zero (0000), and is added to the UDP segment to distinguish an
encapsulated ISAKMP packet from an encapsulated ESP packet, which does not
have such a marker. Without the non-ESP marker, the recipient would be unsure if
the encapsulated packet was an ISAKMP packet or an ESP packet because the UDP
header uses 4500 for both types. Using this marker indicates the correct type of
packet that is encapsulated so that the recipient can correctly demultiplex it.

As shown in Figure 66 on page 252, after detecting a NAT device in the data path,
the source and destination port numbers in the UDP header of an IKE packet
change from 500 to 4500. Also, the VPN tunnel endpoints insert a non-ESP marker
between the UDP header and payload to distinguish the encapsulated ISAKMP
packet from an ESP packet. The recipient can use this marker to distinguish the
encapsulated ISAKMP packet from an ESP packet and demultiplex it correctly.

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Figure 66: IKE Packet (for Phases 1 and 2)

IP Header UDP Header ISAKMP Header Payload

Note: ISAKMP is the packet format that IKE uses.

UDP Segment

Source Port (500 for IKE) Destination Port (500 for IKE)

Length Checksum

Payload

UDP Segment after detecting a NAT device

Source Port (4500 for IKE) Destination Port (4500 for IKE)

Length Checksum

Non-ESP Marker (0000)

Payload

Figure 67 shows how, after detecting a NAT device in the data path, the VPN tunnel
endpoints insert an additional UDP header between the outer IP header and the
ESP header of an IPsec packet. Because there is no non-ESP marker, the recipient
can distinguish the encapsulated ESP packet from an ISAKMP packet and
demultiplex the ESP packet correctly.

Figure 67: IPsec ESP Packet Before and After NAT Detection
IPsec ESP Packet before detecting a NAT device
IPsec Packet
Original Packet
Sent by IKE Gateway Sent by Initiating Host
IP2 ESP IP1 TCP
Payload
Header Header Header Header

The local gateway adds these

headers to the packet.

IPsec ESP Packet after detecting a NAT device

IPsec Packet Callouts
Original Packet
Sent by IKE Gateway
Sent by Initiating Host
IP2 UDP ESP IP1 TCP
Payload
Header Header Header Header Header

The local gateway adds these

headers to the packet.

UDP Header

Source Port (4500 for IKE) Destination Port (4500 for IKE)
Length Checksum

Payload

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UDP Checksum
All UDP packets contain a UDP checksum, a calculated value that ensures UDP
packets are free of transmission errors. A security device does not require use of the
UDP checksum for NAT-T, so the WebUI and CLI present the checksum as an
optional setting. Even so, some NAT devices require a checksum, so you might have
to enable or disable this setting. By default, the UDP checksum is included when
you enable NAT-T.

WebUI
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New:

Enter the necessary parameters for the new tunnel gateway as described in
Site-to-Site Virtual Private Networks on page 91 or Dialup Virtual Private
Networks on page 173; enter the following, then click OK:

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Enable NAT-Traversal: (select)

UDP Checksum: Enable

CLI
set ike gateway name nat-traversal udp-checksum
unset ike gateway name nat-traversal udp-checksum

Keepalive Packets
When a NAT device assigns an IP address to a host, the NAT device determines how
long the new address remains valid when no traffic occurs. For example, a NAT
device might invalidate any generated IP address that remains unused for 20
seconds. Therefore, it is usually necessary for the IPsec participants to send periodic
keepalive packetsempty UDP packetsthrough the NAT device, so that the NAT
mapping does not change until the Phase 1 and Phase 2 SAs expire.

NOTE: NAT devices have different session timeout intervals, depending on the
manufacturer and model. It is important to determine what the interval is for the
NAT device and to set the keepalive frequency value below that.

Initiator/Responder Symmetry
When two security devices establish a tunnel in the absence of a NAT device, either
device can serve as initiator or responder. However, if either host resides behind a
NAT device, such initiator/responder symmetry might be impossible. This happens
whenever the NAT device generates IP addresses dynamically.

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Figure 68: Security Device with a Dynamically Assigned IP Address Behind a NAT Device
Note: Security zones depicted are from the
perspective of Device B. Untrust Zone Trust Zone

NAT
device
Device A Internet Device B
Host A Host B
Tunnel 10.1.1.5

1.2.1.1 1.1.1.250

The NAT device translates the source IP address in

IP Address Pool packets it receives from Device B using addresses
1.2.1.2 - 1.2.1.50 drawn from its IP address pool.

In Figure 68, Device B resides in a subnet located behind a NAT device. If the NAT
device generates new source IP addresses for packets it receives from
Device Bdrawing them dynamically from a pool of IP addressesDevice A
cannot unambiguously identify Device B. Therefore, Device A cannot successfully
initiate a tunnel with Device B. Device A must be the responder, Device B the
initiator, and they must perform Phase 1 negotiations in aggressive mode.

However, if the NAT device generates the new IP address using a mapped IP (MIP)
address, or some other one-to-one addressing method, Device A can
unambiguously identify Device B. Consequently, either Device A or Device B can be
the initiator, and both can use main or aggressive mode for Phase 1. Device B,
which is not behind the NAT device, configures this new IP address as the IKE
gateway address. At this time, the local ID or ID (peer ID) needs to be set.

NOTE: If you enable NAT-T on a security device acting as the responder and configure it to
perform IKE negotiations in main mode, that device and all its peers of the
following types that are configured on the same outgoing interface must use the
same Phase 1 proposals presented in the same order as each other:

Dynamic peer (peers with dynamically assigned IP addresses)

Dialup VPN users
Peers with static IP addresses behind a NAT device

Because it is not possible to know the identity of a peer when negotiating Phase 1
in main mode until the last two messages, the Phase 1 proposals must all be the
same so that IKE negotiations can proceed.

The security device automatically checks that all Phase 1 proposals are the same
and in the same order when you configure IKE in main mode to one of the above
peer types on the same outgoing interface. If the proposals are different, the
security device generates an error message.

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In the example shown in Figure 69, two devices, Device A and Device B, are
connected by a VPN tunnel. Device A is behind a NAT and has a private IP
31.0.0.14. The NAT generates a new public IP using MIP for Device A. You use the
MIP address as the gateway address while configuring IKEv2 gateway on Device B.
For more information about MIPs, see Mapped IP Addresses on page 8-63.

Figure 69: Security Device with a Mapped IP Address Behind a NAT Device
NAT device
31.0.0.14 VPN tunnel 33.0.0.15
Internet

Device A Device B
MIP 31.0.0.14 to 33.0.0.14

Device A Configuration
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-b" address 33.0.0.15 id "dev-b.net" local-id "dev-a.net"
outgoing-interface "ethernet0/1" preshare
"KghBa3TbNruG2Es6e2C5zkr83SnLzIy1MQ==" proposal "pre-g2-3des-md5"
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-b" nat-traversal
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-b" nat-traversal udp-checksum
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-b" nat-traversal keepalive-frequency 5
set vpn "dev-b" gateway "dev-b" no-replay tunnel idletime 0 proposal
"g2-esp-3des-md5"
set vpn "dev-b" id 0x1 bind interface tunnel.1
Device B Configuration
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-a" address 33.0.0.14 id "dev-a.net" local-id "dev-b.net"
outgoing-interface "ethernet2/3" preshare
"5LXhnzFYNz8EO6srN9CgzDdrpKnEep28Uw==" proposal "pre-g2-3des-md5"
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-a" nat-traversal
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-a" nat-traversal udp-checksum
set ike gateway ikev2 "dev-a" nat-traversal keepalive-frequency 5
set vpn "dev-a" gateway "dev-a" no-replay tunnel idletime 0 proposal
"g2-esp-3des-md5"
set vpn "dev-a" id 0x1 bind interface tunnel.1

Enabling NAT-Traversal
In Figure 70, a NAT device at the perimeter of a hotel LAN assigns an address to the
VPN dialup client used by Jozef, a salesman attending a convention. For Jozef to
reach the corporate LAN through a dialup VPN tunnel, you must enable NAT-T for
the remote gateway jozef, configured on the security device, and for the remote
gateway configured on the VPN dialup client. You also enable the security device to
include a UDP checksum in its transmissions, and you set the keepalive frequency
to 8 seconds.

Figure 70: Enabling NAT-Traversal

Hotel Corporate

NAT device
Security device
Internet

VPN tunnel
VPN dialup client

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WebUI
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the necessary
parameters for the new tunnel gateway (described in Site-to-Site Virtual
Private Networks on page 91 or Dialup Virtual Private Networks on
page 173), enter the following, then click OK:

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Enable NAT-Traversal: (select)

UDP Checksum: Enable
Keepalive Frequency: 8 Seconds (0~300 Sec)

NOTE: When you configure a dialup VPN through the CLI, the security device
automatically enables NAT-Traversal.

CLI
set ike gateway jozef nat-traversal
set ike gateway jozef nat-traversal udp-checksum
set ike gateway jozef nat-traversal keepalive-frequency 8
save

Using IKE IDs with NAT-Traversal

When two VPN gateways negotiate in main mode, they exchange IP addresses in
order to identify each other and activate the tunnel. When devices at either or both
ends of the tunnel have dynamically assigned IP addresses, however, you must
configure IKE IDs (local ID and peer ID) on the devices at both ends of the tunnel.
An IKE ID is a unique identifier that remains static. The IKE ID is set up during the
phase when you configure the IKE gateway.You configure IKE IDs instead of remote
IP address.

Without NAT-T, a VPN tunnel can be activated using only the local ID on the local
side and only the peer ID on the remote side. But when using NAT-Traversal with
dynamic VPN in main mode using certificates, you must set both the local ID and
peer ID on both sides of the VPN tunnel. The following example shows how you can
configure local IDs and peer IDs on firewall1 and firewall2 so they can identify each
other and activate a tunnel between them.

WebUI
On firewall1, enter the following:

VPNs > AutoKey IKE Advanced> Gateway > New: Enter the following, then
click Advanced:

Gateway Name: test_gw

Address/Hostname: 0.0.0.0
Peer-ID: firewall2

Click Advanced, then enter the following:

Security Level: Standard

Local-ID: firewall1
Outgoing Interface: ethernet0/0

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Mode: Main
Security Level: Standard

On firewall2, enter the following:

VPNs > AutoKey IKE Advanced> Gateway > New: Enter the following, then
click Advanced:

Gateway Name: gw_bap15_p1

Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Peer-ID: firewall1

Click Advanced, then enter the following:

Security Level: Standard

Local-ID: firewall2
Outgoing Interface: ethernet0/0
Mode: Main
Security Level: Standard

Cli
On firewall1, enter the following:

set ike gateway test-gw address 0.0.0.0 id firewall2 main local-id firewall1
outgoing-interface ethernet0/0 proposal standard

On firewall2, enter the following

set ike gateway gw_bap15_p1 address 1.1.1.1 id firewall1 main local-id firewall2
outgoing-interface ethernet0/0 proposal standard

The following table shows the CLI command for each of the IPsec NAT-T tasks:

To Use This CLI Command

Enable IPsec NAT-T per gateway set ike nat-t gateway name
Disable IPsec NAT-T per gateway unset ike nat-t gateway name
Set the IPsec NAT-T keepalive per gateway set ike nat-t keep-alive period seconds
Set the IPsec NAT-T keepalive count per gateway set ike nat-t keep-alive count count
Get the IPsec NAT-T status get ike nat-t gateway name

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VPN Monitoring
When you enable VPN monitoring for a specific tunnel, the security device sends
ICMP echo requests (or pings) through the tunnel at specified intervals
(configured in seconds) to monitor network connectivity through the tunnel.

NOTE: To change the ping interval, you can use the following CLI command: set
vpnmonitor interval number. The default is 10 seconds.

If the ping activity indicates that the VPN monitoring status has changed, the
security device triggers one of the following Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) traps:

Up to Down: This trap occurs when the state of VPN monitoring for the tunnel
is up, but a specified consecutive number of ICMP echo requests does not elicit
a reply and there is no other incoming VPN traffic. Then the state changes to
down.

Down to Up: When the state of VPN monitoring for the tunnel is down, but the
ICMP echo request elicits a single response, then the state changes to up. The
down-to-up trap occurs only if you have disabled the rekey option and the
Phase 2 SA is still active when an ICMP echo request elicits a reply through the
tunnel.

NOTE: To change the threshold for the number of consecutive unsuccessful ICMP echo
requests, you can use the following CLI command: set vpnmonitor threshold
number. The default is 10 consecutive requests.

For more information about the SNMP data that VPN monitoring provides, see
SNMP VPN Monitoring Objects and Traps on page 269.

You apply VPN monitoring per VPN object, not necessarily per VPN tunnel. A VPN
object is what you define with the set vpn command or with its WebUI counterpart.
After you define one VPN object, you can then reference it in one or more policies
(creating policy-based VPNs). Because ScreenOS derives a policy-based VPN tunnel
from a VPN object plus the other policy parameters, a single VPN object can be an
element in numerous VPN tunnels. This distinction between VPN object and VPN
tunnel is important because Juniper Networks recommends that you apply VPN
monitoring to no more than 100 IPsec VPN tunnelsif you do not enable
optimization. If you do enable optimization, then there is no limitation to the
number of VPN tunnels to which you can apply VPN monitoring. To learn about the
optimization option, see Rekey and Optimization Options on page 259.

NOTE: VPN monitoring optimization operates on a per-object basis. You can enable it on
all VPN objects, on none, or only on some.

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Rekey and Optimization Options

If you enable the rekey option, the security device starts sending ICMP echo
requests immediately upon completion of the tunnel configuration and continues to
send them indefinitely. The echo requests trigger an attempt to initiate IKE
negotiations to establish a VPN tunnel until the state of VPN monitoring for the
tunnel is up. The security device then uses the pings for VPN monitoring purposes.
If the state of VPN monitoring for the tunnel changes from up to down, the security
device deactivates its Phase 2 security association (SA) for that peer. The security
device continues to send echo requests to its peer at defined intervals, triggering
attempts to reinitiate IKE Phase 2 negotiationsand Phase 1 negotiations, if
necessaryuntil it succeeds. At that point, the security device reactivates the Phase
2 SA, generates a new key, and reestablishes the tunnel. A message appears in the
event log stating that a successful rekey operation has occurred.

NOTE: If a security device is a DHCP client, a DHCP update to a different address causes
IKE to rekey. However, a DHCP update to the same address does not provoke the
IKE rekey operation.

You can use the rekey option to ensure that an AutoKey IKE tunnel is always up,
perhaps to monitor devices at the remote site or to allow dynamic routing protocols
to learn routes at a remote site and transmit messages through the tunnel. Another
use to which you can apply VPN monitoring with the rekey option is for automatic
population of the next-hop tunnel binding table (NHTB table) and the route table
when multiple VPN tunnels are bound to a single tunnel interface. For an example
of this last use, see Multiple Tunnels per Tunnel Interface on page 271.

If you disable the rekey option, the security device performs VPN monitoring only
when the tunnel is active with user-generated traffic.

By default, VPN monitoring optimization is disabled. If you enable it (set vpn name
monitor optimized), the VPN monitoring behavior changes as follows:

The security device considers incoming traffic through the VPN tunnel to be the
equivalent of ICMP echo replies. Accepting incoming traffic as a substitute for
ICMP echo replies can reduce false alarms that might occur when traffic
through the tunnel is heavy and the echo replies do not get through.

If there is both incoming and outgoing traffic through the VPN tunnel, the
security device suppresses VPN monitoring pings altogether. Doing so can help
reduce network traffic.

Although VPN monitoring optimization offers some benefits, be aware that VPN
monitoring can no longer provide accurate SNMP statistics, such as VPN network
delay time, when the optimization option is active. Also, if you are using VPN
monitoring to track the availability of a particular destination IP address at the
remote end of a tunnel, the optimization feature can produce misleading results.

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Source Interface and Destination Address

By default, the VPN monitoring feature uses the IP address of the local outgoing
interface as the source address and the IP address of the remote gateway as the
destination address. If the remote peer is a VPN dialup clientsuch as the
NetScreen-Remotethat has an internal IP address, the security device
automatically detects its internal address and uses that as the destination. The VPN
client can be an XAuth user with an assigned internal IP address, or a dialup VPN
user or a member of a dialup VPN group with an internal IP address. You can also
specify the use of other source and destination IP addresses for VPN
monitoringmainly to provide support for VPN monitoring when the other end of a
VPN tunnel is not a security device.

Because VPN monitoring operates independently at the local and remote sites, the
source address configured on the device at one end of a tunnel does not have to be
the destination address configured on the device at the other end. In fact, you can
enable VPN monitoring at both ends of a tunnel or at only one end.

Figure 71: Source and Destination Addresses for VPN Monitoring

Device A > Device B
Source Address: Destination Address:
Device A pings from its outgoing
interface to the remote gateway; Outgoing Interface Remote Gateway
that is, from the Untrust zone
interface on Device A to the Device A
Untrust zone interface on VPN Tunnel Device B
Device B. LAN LAN

(Default Behavior) Trust Zone Untrust Zone

Device A > NetScreen-Remote

Source Address: Destination Address:
Device A pings from its Trust
zone interface to the Trust Zone Interface NetScreen-Remote
NetScreen-Remote. The
NetScreen-Remote requires a
policy permitting inbound ICMP Device A VPN Tunnel
traffic from an address beyond LAN
the remote gateway; that is,
from beyond the Untrust zone Trust Zone Untrust Zone
interface of Device A.
Note: Device A requires a policy permitting ping traffic from the Trust to Untrust zones.
Device A > Third-Party VPN Terminator
Source Address: Destination Address:
Device A pings from its FTP Server
Trust zone interface to a Trust Zone Interface
device beyond the remote Third-Party
gateway. This might be Device A
necessary if the remote VPN Tunnel VPN Terminator
peer does not respond to LAN
pings but can support
policies permitting inbound Trust Zone Untrust Zone
ping traffic.
Note: Device A requires a policy permitting ping traffic from the Trust to Untrust zones.

NOTE: If the other end of a tunnel is the NetScreen-Remote VPN client that receives its
address through XAuth, then the security device, by default, uses the
XAuth-assigned IP address as the destination for VPN monitoring. For information
about XAuth, see XAuth Users and User Groups on page 9-76.

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Policy Considerations
You must create a policy on the sending device to permit pings from the zone
containing the source interface to pass through the VPN tunnel to the zone
containing the destination address if:

The source interface is in a different zone from the destination address

The source interface is in the same zone as the destination address, and
intrazone blocking is enabled

Likewise, you must create a policy on the receiving device to permit pings from the
zone containing the source address to pass through the VPN tunnel to the zone
containing the destination address if:

The destination address is in a different zone from the source address

The destination address is in the same zone as the source address, and
intrazone blocking is enabled

NOTE: If the receiving device is a third-party product that does not respond to the ICMP
echo requests, change the destination to an internal host in the remote peers LAN
that does respond. The remote peers firewall must have a policy permitting the
ICMP echo requests to pass through it.

Configuring the VPN Monitoring Feature

To enable VPN monitoring, do the following:

WebUI
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Configure the VPN, click Advanced, enter the
following, click Return to go back to the basic VPN configuration page, then
click OK:

VPN Monitor: Select to enable VPN monitoring of this VPN tunnel.

Source Interface: Choose an interface from the drop-down list. If you

choose default, the security device uses the outgoing interface.

Destination IP: Enter a destination IP address. If you do not enter anything,

the security device uses the remote gateway IP address.

Rekey: Select this option if you want the security device to attempt IKE
Phase 2 negotiationsand IKE Phase 1 negotiations if necessaryif the
tunnel status changes from up to down. When you select this option, the
security device attempts IKE negotiations to set up the tunnel and begin
VPN monitoring immediately after you finish configuring the tunnel.

Clear this option if you do not want the security device to attempt IKE
negotiations if the tunnel status changes from up to down. When the
rekey option is disabled, VPN monitoring begins after user-generated
traffic has triggered IKE negotiations and stops when the tunnel status
changes from up to down.

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(Or)

VPNs > Manual Key > New: Configure the VPN, click Advanced, enter the
following, click Return to go back to the basic VPN configuration page, then
click OK:

VPN Monitor: Select to enable VPN monitoring of this VPN tunnel.

Source Interface: Choose an interface from the drop-down list. If you

choose default, the security device uses the outgoing interface.

Destination IP: Enter a destination IP address. If you do not enter anything,

the security device uses the remote gateway IP address.

CLI
set vpnmonitor frequency number
set vpnmonitor threshold number
set vpn name_str monitor [ source-interface interface [ destination-ip ip_addr ]
[optimized] [ rekey ]
save

NOTE: The VPN monitoring frequency is in seconds. The default setting is 10-second
intervals.

The VPN monitoring threshold number is the consecutive number of successful or

unsuccessful ICMP echo requests that determines whether the remote gateway is
reachable through the VPN tunnel or not. The default threshold is 10 consecutive
successful or 10 consecutive unsuccessful ICMP echo requests.

If you do not choose a source interface, the security device uses the outgoing
interface as the default.

If you do not choose a destination IP address, the security device uses the IP
address for the remote gateway.

The rekey option is not available for Manual Key VPN tunnels.

In this example, you configure an AutoKey IKE VPN tunnel between two security
devices (Device A and Device B). On Device A, you set up VPN monitoring from its
Trust zone interface (ethernet1) to the Trust zone interface (10.2.1.1/24) on
Device B. On the Device B, you set up VPN monitoring from its Trust zone interface
(ethernet1) to a corporate intranet server (10.1.1.5) behind Device A.

NOTE: A Phase 1 security level of Compatible includes these proposals: pre-g2-3des-sha,

pre-g2-3des-md5, pre-g2-des-sha, and pre-g2-des-md5.

A Phase 2 security level of Compatible includes these proposals:

nopfs-esp-3des-sha, nopfs-esp-3des-md5, nopfs-esp-des-sha, and
nopfs-esp-des-md5.

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Device A Device B
Zones and Interfaces
ethernet1 ethernet1
Zone: Trust Zone: Trust
IP address: 10.1.1.1/24 IP address: 10.2.1.1/24
Interface mode: NAT Interface mode: NAT
ethernet3 ethernet3
Zone: Untrust Zone: Untrust
IP address: 1.1.1.1/24 IP address: 2.2.2.2/24

Route-Based AutoKey IKE Tunnel Parameters

Phase 1 Phase 1
Gateway name: gw1 Gateway name: gw1
Gateway static IP address: 2.2.2.2 Gateway static IP address: 1.1.1.1
Security level: Compatible Proposals: Compatible
Preshared Key: Ti82g4aX Preshared Key: Ti82g4aX
Outgoing interface: ethernet3 Outgoing interface: ethernet3
Mode: Main Mode: Main
Phase 2 Phase 2
VPN tunnel name: vpn1 VPN tunnel name: vpn1
Security level: Compatible Security level: Compatible
VPN Monitoring: src = ethernet1; dst = VPN Monitoring: src = ethernet1; dst =
10.2.1.1 10.1.1.5
Bound to interface: tunnel.1 Bound to interface: tunnel.1

Device A Device B
Routes
To 0.0.0.0/0, use ethernet3, gateway To 0.0.0.0/0, use ethernet3, gateway 2.2.2.250
1.1.1.250 To 10.1.1.0/24, use tunnel.1, no gateway
To 10.2.1.0/24, use tunnel.1, no gateway (Null routeto drop traffic to 10.1.1.0/24 if
(Null routeto drop traffic to 10.2.1.0/24 if tunnel.1 goes down) To 10.1.1.0/24, use null
tunnel.1 goes down) To 10.2.1.0/24, use null interface, metric: 10
interface, metric: 10

Because both devices ping from an interface in their Trust zone to an address in
their Untrust zone, the admins at both ends of the VPN tunnel must define policies
permitting pings to pass from zone to zone.

NOTE: Because both VPN terminators are security devices in this example, you can use
the default source and destination addresses for VPN monitoring. The use of other
options is included purely to illustrate how you can configure a security device to
use them.

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WebUI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > Tunnel IF New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Trust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet1(trust-vr)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Remote_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: gw1
Type:
Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key: Ti82g4aX
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

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> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.2.1.0/24
Service: ANY
VPN Monitor: (select)
Source Interface: ethernet1
Destination IP: 10.2.1.1
Rekey: (clear)
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.2.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.2.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Remote_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

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Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Remote_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Device B)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24

Network > Interfaces > Tunnel IF New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Trust (trust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet1(trust-vr)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Trust_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Remote_LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway:
Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: gw1
Type:
Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: Ti82g4aX
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.2.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24
Service: ANY
VPN Monitor: (select)
Source Interface: ethernet1
Destination IP: 10.1.1.5
Rekey: (clear)
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: Null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

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5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Remote_LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Remote_LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Trust_LAN
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

CLI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone trust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet1
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
set address untrust Remote_LAN 10.2.1.0/24
3. VPN
set ike gateway gw1 address 2.2.2.2 main outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
Ti82g4aX sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway gw1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 10.1.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.2.1.0/24 any
set vpn vpn1 monitor source-interface ethernet1 destination-ip 10.2.1.1
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.2.1.0/24 interface null metric 10
5. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Remote_LAN any permit
set policy top from untrust to trust Remote_LAN Trust_LAN any permit
save

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CLI (Device B)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone trust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet1
2. Addresses
set address trust Trust_LAN 10.2.1.0/24
set address untrust Remote_LAN 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
set ike gateway gw1 address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
Ti82g4aX sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway gw1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 10.2.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.1.1.0/24 any
set vpn vpn1 monitor source-interface ethernet1 destination-ip 10.1.1.5
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface null metric 10
5. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust Trust_LAN Remote_LAN any permit
set policy top from untrust to trust Remote_LAN Trust_LAN any permit
save

SNMP VPN Monitoring Objects and Traps

ScreenOS provides the ability to determine the status and condition of active VPNs
through the use of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) VPN monitoring
objects and traps. The VPN monitoring MIB notes whether each ICMP echo request
elicits a reply, a running average of successful replies, the latency of the reply, and
the average latency over the last 30 attempts.

NOTE: To enable your SNMP manager application to recognize the VPN monitoring MIBs,
you must import the ScreenOS-specific MIB extension files into the application.
You can find the MIB extension files on the documentation CD that shipped with
your security device.

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By enabling the VPN monitoring feature on an AutoKey IKE or Manual Key VPN
tunnel, the security device activates its SNMP VPN monitoring objects, which
include data on the following:

The total number of active VPN sessions

The time each session started

The Security Association (SA) elements for each session:

ESP encryption (DES or 3DES) and authentication algorithm (MD5, SHA-1

or SHA2-256) types

AH algorithm type (MD5, SHA-1 or SHA2-256)

Key exchange protocol (AutoKey IKE or Manual Key)

Phase 1 authentication method (preshared key or certificates)

VPN type (dialup or peer-to-peer)

Peer and local gateway IP addresses

Peer and local gateway IDs

Security Parameter Index (SPI) numbers

Session status parameters

VPN monitoring status (up or down)

Tunnel status (up or down)

Phase 1 and 2 status (inactive or active)

Phase 1 and 2 lifetime (time in seconds before rekeying; Phase 2 lifetime is

also reported in remaining bytes before rekeying)

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Multiple Tunnels per Tunnel Interface

You can bind multiple IPsec VPN tunnels to a single tunnel interface. To link a
specific destination to one of a number of VPN tunnels bound to the same tunnel
interface, the security device uses two tables: the route table and the next-hop
tunnel binding (NHTB) table. The security device maps the next-hop gateway IP
address specified in the route table entry to a particular VPN tunnel specified in the
NHTB table. With this technique, a single tunnel interface can support many VPN
tunnels. (See Route-to-Tunnel Mapping on page 271.)

Figure 72: One Tunnel Interface Bound to Multiple Tunnels

Route-based VPN tunnels to
multiple remote peers.

All tunnels share the

same tunnel interface.

Local security device

The security device can sort VPN traffic sent through a single tunnel interface to as many VPN
tunnels as the route table or VPN tunnel capacitywhichever is lowercan support.

The maximum number of VPN tunnels is not limited by the number of tunnel
interfaces that you can create, but by either route table capacity or the maximum
number of dedicated VPN tunnels allowedwhichever is lower. For instance, if your
security device supports 4000 routes and 1000 dedicated VPN tunnels, you can
create 1000 VPN tunnels and bind them to a single tunnel interface. If your security
device supports 8192 routes and 10,000 dedicated VPN tunnels, then you can
create over 8000 VPN tunnels and bind them to a single tunnel interface. To see the
maximum route and tunnel capacities for your security device, refer to the relevant
product datasheet.

NOTE: If route-table capacity is the limiting factor, you must subtract the routes
automatically generated by security zone interfaces and any other static
routessuch as the route to the default gatewaythat you might need to define
from the total available for route-based VPN tunnels.

Route-to-Tunnel Mapping
To sort traffic among multiple VPN tunnels bound to the same tunnel interface, the
security device maps the next-hop gateway IP address specified in the route to a
particular VPN tunnel name. The mapping of entries in the route table to entries in
the NHTB table is shown below. In Figure 73, the local security device routes traffic
sent from 10.2.1.5 to 10.1.1.5 through the tunnel.1 interface and then through
vpn2.

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Figure 73: Route Table and Next-Hop Tunnel Binding (NHTB) Table
Local security device with Remote VPN peerswith dynamically assigned
multiple tunnels bound to external IP addresses and fixed tunnel interface
the tunnel.1 interface IP addressesand their protected LANs

10.1.1.1

10.1.0.0/24
vpn1
10.2.1.5 tunnel.1 10.1.1.5
vpn2 10.1.2.1

10.1.1.0/24
10.2.0.0/16 vpn3
Trust Zone LAN 10.1.3.1

10.1.2.0/24

Route Table Next-Hop Tunnel Binding Table

ID IP-Prefix (Dst) Interface Gateway Next-Hop VPN Flag

1 10.1.0.0/24 tunnel.1 10.1.1.1 10.1.1.1 vpn1 static

2 10.1.1.0/24 tunnel.1 10.1.2.1 10.1.2.1 vpn2 static

3 10.1.2.0/24 tunnel.1 10.1.3.1 10.1.3.1 vpn3 static

You can employ a dynamic routing protocol such as Border Gateway During Phase 2 negotiations, the two IKE peers exchange tunnel
Protocol (BGP) to populate the route table automatically, or you can interface addresses and automatically enter these next-hop-
manually enter these routes. The IP address for the gateway is the to-tunnel bindings. Optionally, you can manually enter these. The
address of the tunnel interface at the remote peers site. next-hop IP address is the remote peers tunnel interface IP
address.
In the above entries, the IP address for the gateway in the route table (which is also the next-hop IP address in the NHTB table) is the tunnel
interface at the remote peers site. This IP address links the routeand consequently the tunnel interface specified in the routeto a particular
VPN tunnel for traffic destined to the specified IP prefix.

The security device uses the IP address of the remote peers tunnel interface as the
gateway and next-hop IP address. You can enter the route manually, or you can
allow a dynamic routing protocol to enter a route referencing the peers tunnel
interface IP address as the gateway in the route table automatically. The same IP
address must also be entered as the next hop, along with the appropriate VPN
tunnel name, in the NHTB table. Again, there are two options: you can either enter
it manually, or you can allow the security device to obtain it from the remote peer
during Phase 2 negotiations and enter it automatically.

The security device uses the gateway IP address in the route table entry and the
next-hop IP address in the NHTB table entry as the common element to link the
tunnel interface with the corresponding VPN tunnel. The security device can then
direct traffic destined for the IP-prefix specified in the route with the correct VPN
tunnel specified in the NHTB table.

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Remote Peers Addresses

The internal addressing scheme for all remote peers reached through route-based
VPNs must be unique among each other. One way to accomplish this is for each
remote peer to perform Network Address Translation (NAT) for the source and
destination addresses. In addition, the tunnel interface IP addresses must also be
unique among all remote peers. If you intend to connect to large numbers of
remote sites, an address plan becomes imperative. The following is a possible
addressing plan for up to 1000 VPN tunnels:

Gateway/Next-Hop
Dst in Local Local Tunnel (Peers Tunnel
Route Table Interface Interface) VPN Tunnel
10.0.3.0/24 tunnel.1 10.0.2.1/24 vpn1
10.0.5.0/24 tunnel.1 10.0.4.1/24 vpn2
10.0.7.0/24 tunnel.1 10.0.6.1/24 vpn3

10.0.251.0/24 tunnel.1 10.0.250.1/24 vpn125

10.1.3.0/24 tunnel.1 10.1.2.1/24 vpn126

10.1.5.0/24 tunnel.1 10.1.4.1/24 vpn127
10.1.7.0/24 tunnel.1 10.1.6.1/24 vpn128

10.1.251.0/24 tunnel.1 10.1.250.1/24 vpn250

10.2.3.0/24 tunnel.1 10.2.2.1/24 vpn251

10.2.251.0/24 tunnel.1 10.2.250.1/24 vpn375

10.7.3.0/24 tunnel.1 10.7.2.1/24 vpn876

10.7.251.0/24 tunnel.1 10.7.250.1/24 vpn1000

The tunnel interface on the local security device: is 10.0.0.1/24. On all remote
hosts, there is a tunnel interface with an IP address, which appears as the
gateway/next-hop IP address in the local route table and NHTB table.

For an example illustrating multiple tunnels bound to a single tunnel interface with
address translation, see Setting VPNs on a Tunnel Interface to Overlapping
Subnets on page 276.

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Figure 74: Multiple Tunnels Bound to a Single Tunnel Interface with Address Translation
The local security device and all its 10.0.4.1/24
NAT-dst 10.0.5.1 -> 10.0.6.1/24
peers perform NAT-dst with IP shifting NAT-dst 10.0.7.1 ->
on inbound VPN traffic and NAT-src internal IP addresses
internal IP addresses
from the egress tunnel interface IP
IF 10.0.2.1/24
address with port translation on NAT-dst 10.0.3.1 -> vpn2
outbound VPN traffic. internal IP addresses vpn3
vpn1 10.1.1.1/24
NAT-dst 10.1.2.1 ->
IF 10.0.2.1/24 internal IP addresses
NAT-dst 10.0.3.1 -> vpn251
internal IP addresses
10.6.2.1/24
NAT-dst 10.6.3.1->
Local security device internal IP addresses
10.0.0.1/24 vpn751
NAT-dst 10.0.1.1 ->
internal IP addresses
vpn1000
10.7.250.1/24
NAT-dst 10.7.251.1 ->
internal IP addresses

Manual and Automatic Table Entries

You can make entries in the NHTB and route tables manually. You can also
automate the populating of the NHTB and route tables. For a small number of
tunnels bound to a single tunnel interface, the manual method works well. For a
large number of tunnels, the automatic method reduces administrative setup and
maintenance as the routes dynamically self-adjust if tunnels or interfaces become
unavailable on the tunnel interface at the hub site.

Manual Table Entries

You can manually map a VPN tunnel to the IP address of a remote peers tunnel
interface in the next-hop tunnel binding (NHTB) table. First, you must contact the
remote admin and learn the IP address used for the tunnel interface at that end of a
tunnel. Then, you can associate that address with the VPN tunnel name in the
NHTB table with the following command:

set interface tunnel.1 nhtb peers_tunnel_interface_addr vpn name_str

After that, you can enter a static route in the route table that uses that tunnel
interface IP address as the gateway. You can enter the route either through the
WebUI or through the following CLI command:

set vrouter name_str route dst_addr interface tunnel.1 gateway

peers_tunnel_interface_addr

Automatic Table Entries

To make the population of both the NHTB and route tables automatic, the following
conditions must be met:

The remote peers for all VPN tunnels bound to a single local tunnel interface
must be security devices running ScreenOS 5.0.0 or later.

Each remote peer must bind its tunnel to a tunnel interface, and that interface
must have an IP address unique among all peer tunnel interface addresses.

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At both ends of each VPN tunnel, enable VPN monitoring with the rekey option,
or enable the IKE heartbeat reconnect option for each remote gateway.

The local and remote peers must have an instance of a dynamic routing
protocol enabled on their connecting tunnel interfaces.

The use of VPN monitoring with the rekey option allows the security devices at both
ends of a tunnel to set up the tunnel without having to wait for user-originated VPN
traffic. After you enable VPN monitoring with the rekey option at both ends of a
VPN tunnel, the two security devices perform Phase 1 and Phase 2 IKE negotiations
to establish the tunnel. (For more information, see VPN Monitoring on page 258.)

NOTE: If you are running a dynamic routing protocol on the tunnel interfaces, traffic
generated by the protocol can trigger IKE negotiations even without enabling VPN
monitoring with the rekey option or enabling the IKE heartbeat reconnect option.
Still, we recommend that you not rely on dynamic routing traffic to trigger IKE
negotiations. Instead use VPN monitoring with the rekey option or the IKE
heartbeat reconnect option.

For Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), you must configure the tunnel interface on
the local peer as a point-to-multipoint interface before you enable the routing
protocol on the interface.

For remote peers with a dynamically assigned external IP address or with a fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) mapped to a dynamic IP address, the remote peer
must first initiate IKE negotiations. However, because the Phase 2 SA on the local
security device caches the remote peers dynamically assigned IP address, either
peer can reinitiate IKE negotiations to reestablish a tunnel whose VPN monitoring
state has changed from up to down.

During Phase 2 negotiations, the security devices exchange tunnel interface IP

addresses with each other. Each IKE module can then automatically enter the
tunnel interface IP address and its corresponding VPN tunnel name in the NHTB
table.

To enable the local security device to enter routes to remote destinations

automatically in its route table, you must enable an instance of BGP on the local and
remote tunnel interfaces. The basic steps are as follows:

1. Create a BGP routing instance on the virtual router that contains the tunnel
interface to which you have bound multiple VPN tunnels.

2. Enable the routing instance on the virtual router.

3. Enable the routing instance on the tunnel interface leading to the BPG peers.

The remote peers also perform these steps.

On the local (or hub) device, you must also define a default route and a static route
to each peers tunnel interface IP address. Static routes to the peers tunnel
interfaces are necessary for the hub device to reach its BGP neighbors initially
through the correct VPN tunnel.

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After establishing communications, the BGP neighbors exchange routing

information so that they can each automatically populate their route tables. After
the two peers establish a VPN tunnel between themselves, the remote peers can
send and receive routing information to and from the local device. When the
dynamic routing instance on the local security device learns a route to a peer
through a local tunnel interface, it includes the IP address of the remote peers
tunnel interface as the gateway in the route.

For an example illustrating the configuration of multiple tunnels bound to a single

tunnel interface where the hub device populates its NHTB and route tables
automatically, see Binding Automatic Route and NHTB Table Entries on page 294.

Setting VPNs on a Tunnel Interface to Overlapping Subnets

In this example, you bind three route-based AutoKey IKE VPN tunnelsvpn1, vpn2,
and vpn3to a single tunnel interfacetunnel.1. The tunnels lead from Device A to
three remote peerspeer1, peer2, and peer3. You manually add both the route
table and NHTB table entries on Device A for all three peers. To see a configuration
that provides an automatic means of populating the route and NHTB tables, see
Binding Automatic Route and NHTB Table Entries on page 294.

Figure 75: Tunnel.1 interface Bound to Three VPN Tunnels

vpn1
IKE gateway: peer1, 2.2.2.2
Trust zone for Device A not shown. Untrust Zone remote peers tunnel interface: 10.0.2.1
peer1
LAN vpn2
vpn1
Device A IKE gateway: peer2, 3.3.3.3
vpn2 peer2
LAN remote peers
vpn3 tunnel interface: 10.0.4.1
peer3
LAN
Trust Zone tunnel.1 ethernet3 vpn3
ethernet1 10.0.0.1/30 1.1.1.1/24 IKE gateway: peer3, 4.4.4.4
10.1.1.1/24 DIP Pool 5: router
external router remote peers tunnel interface: 10.0.6.1
10.0.0.2 - 10.0.0.2 1.1.1.250

The VPN tunnel configurations at both ends of each tunnel use the following
parameters:

AutoKey IKE

Preshared key for each peer:

peer1 uses netscreen1

peer2 uses netscreen2

peer3 uses netscreen3

Security level predefined as Compatible for both Phase 1 and Phase 2

proposals. (For details about these proposals, see Tunnel Negotiation on
page 9.)

All security zones and interfaces on each device are in the trust-vr virtual routing
domain for that device.

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This example uses the same address space10.1.1.0/24for every LAN to show
how you can use Source Network Address Translation (NAT-src) and Destination
Network Address Translation (NAT-dst) to overcome addressing conflicts among
IPsec peers. For more information about NAT-src and NAT-dst, see Volume 8: Address
Translation.

WebUI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.0.0.1/30

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > DIP > New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

ID: 5
IP Address Range: (select), 10.0.0.2 ~ 10.0.0.2
Port Translation: (select)
In the same subnet as the interface IP or its secondary IPs: (select)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: oda1

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

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Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: peers

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.0.0/16
Zone: Untrust
3. VPNs
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: peer1
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: peer2
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 3.3.3.3
Preshared Key: netscreen2
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn3

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: peer3
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 4.4.4.4
Preshared Key: netscreen3

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Security Level: Compatible

Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.3.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.2.1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.2.2/32

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.2.1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.5.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.4.1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.4.2/32

Gateway: (select)

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Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.4.1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.7.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.6.1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.6.2/32

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.6.1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.0.0/16

Gateway: (select)
Interface: null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > NHTB > New: Enter the
following, then click Add:

New Next Hop Entry:

IP Address: 10.0.2.1
VPN: vpn1

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > NHTB: Enter the following, then
click Add:

New Next Hop Entry:

IP Address: 10.0.4.1
VPN: vpn2

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > NHTB: Enter the following, then
click Add:

New Next Hop Entry:

IP Address: 10.0.6.1
VPN: vpn3
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book: (select), corp
Destination Address:
Address Book: (select), peers
Service: Any

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Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Source Translation: (select)
DIP On: 5 (10.0.0.210.0.0.2)/X-late

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), peers
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), oda1
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Destination Translation: (select)
Translate to IP Range: (select), 10.1.1.0 - 10.1.1.254

CLI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.0.0.1/30
set interface tunnel.1 dip 5 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2
2. Addresses
set address trust corp 10.1.1.0/24
set address trust oda1 10.0.1.0/24
set address untrust peers 10.0.0.0/16
3. VPNs
set ike gateway peer1 address 2.2.2.2 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway peer1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
set ike gateway peer2 address 3.3.3.3 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen2 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn2 gateway peer2 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn2 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn2 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
set ike gateway peer3 address 4.4.4.4 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen3 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn3 gateway peer3 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn3 bind interface tunnel.1

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set vpn vpn3 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any

4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.1.0/24 interface ethernet1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.3.0/24 interface tunnel.1 gateway 10.0.2.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.2.2/32 interface tunnel.1 gateway 10.0.2.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.5.0/24 interface tunnel.1 gateway 10.0.4.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.4.2/32 interface tunnel.1 gateway 10.0.4.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.7.0/24 interface tunnel.1 gateway 10.0.6.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.6.2/32 interface tunnel.1 gateway 10.0.6.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.0.0/16 interface null metric 10
set interface tunnel.1 nhtb 10.0.2.1 vpn vpn1
set interface tunnel.1 nhtb 10.0.4.1 vpn vpn2
set interface tunnel.1 nhtb 10.0.6.1 vpn vpn3
5. Policies
set policy from trust to untrust corp peers any nat src dip-id 5 permit
set policy from untrust to trust peers oda1 any nat dst ip 10.1.1.0 10.1.1.254
permit
save
Peer1
The following configuration, as illustrated in Figure 76, is what the remote admin
for the security device at the peer1 site must enter to create a VPN tunnel to
Device A at the corporate site. The remote admin configures the security device to
perform source and destination NAT (NAT-src and NAT-dst) because the internal
addresses are in the same address space as those in the corporate LAN: 10.1.1.0/24.
Peer1 performs NAT-src using DIP pool 6 to translate all internal source addresses to
10.0.2.2 when sending traffic through VPN1 to Device A. Peer1 performs NAT-dst
on VPN traffic sent from Device A, translating addresses from 10.0.3.0/24 to
10.1.1.0/24 with address shifting in effect.

Figure 76: Peer1 Performing NAT-Dst

ethernet3 tunnel.10
2.2.2.2/24 10.0.2.1/30 NAT-dst Range NAT-dst from
external router DIP Pool 6 10.0.2.2 - 10.0.3.0 10.0.3.255 10.0.3.0 10.0.3.255
2.2.2.250 10.0.2.2 to
ethernet1 10.1.1.0 10.1.1.255
10.1.1.1/24 with address shifting
Untrust Zone
Peer1
Trust Zone
vpn1 from
Device A
LAN
10.1.1.0/24

NOTE: For more information about NAT-src and NAT-dst, see Volume 8: Address
Translation.

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WebUI (Peer1)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.10

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.0.2.1/30

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.10) > DIP > New: Enter the
following, then click OK:

ID: 6
IP Address Range: (select), 10.0.2.2 ~ 10.0.2.2
Port Translation: (select)
In the same subnet as the interface IP or its secondary IPs: (select)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: lan

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: oda2

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.3.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: to_corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: fr_corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.0.2/32
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: corp
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.10

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.3.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.0.0/8

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.10
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.0.0/8

Gateway: (select)
Interface: null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 12
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), fr_corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), oda2
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Destination Translation: (select)
Translate to IP Range: (select), 10.1.1.0 - 10.1.1.254

Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), lan
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), to_corp
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Source Translation: (select)
DIP On: 6 (10.0.2.210.0.2.2)/X-late

CLI (Peer1)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.10 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.10 ip 10.0.2.1/30
set interface tunnel.10 dip 6 10.0.2.2 10.0.2.2

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2. Addresses
set address trust lan 10.1.1.0/24
set address trust oda2 10.0.3.0/24
set address untrust to_corp 10.0.1.0/24
set address untrust fr_corp 10.0.0.2/32
3. VPN
set ike gateway corp address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway corp sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.10
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
metric 1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.3.0/24 interface ethernet1 metric 1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.0.0/8 interface tunnel.10 metric 10
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.0.0/8 interface null metric 12
5. Policies
set policy from trust to untrust lan to_corp any nat src dip-id 6 permit
set policy from untrust to trust fr_corp oda2 any nat dst ip 10.1.1.0 10.1.1.254
permit
save
Peer2
The following configuration, as illustrated in Figure 77, is what the remote admin
for the security device at the peer2 site must enter to create a VPN tunnel to
Device A at the corporate site. The remote admin configures the security device to
perform source and destination NAT (NAT-src and NAT-dst) because the internal
addresses are in the same address space as those in the corporate LAN: 10.1.1.0/24.
Peer2 performs NAT-src using DIP pool 7 to translate all internal source addresses to
10.0.4.2 when sending traffic through VPN2 to Device A. Peer2 performs NAT-dst
on VPN traffic sent from Device A, translating addresses from 10.0.5.0/24 to
10.1.1.0/24 with address shifting in effect.

Figure 77: Peer2

ethernet3 tunnel.20
10.0.4.1/30 NAT-dst Range NAT-dst from
3.3.3.3/24 10.0.5.0 10.0.5.255
external router DIP Pool 7 10.0.4.2 - 10.0.5.0 10.0.5.255
3.3.3.250 10.0.4.2 ethernet1 to
10.1.1.1/24 10.1.1.0 10.1.1.255
with address shifting
Untrust Zone
Peer2
vpn2 Trust Zone
from
Device A
LAN
10.1.1.0/24

NOTE: For more information about NAT-src and NAT-dst, see Volume 8: Address
Translation.

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WebUI (Peer2)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 3.3.3.3/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.20

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.0.4.1/30

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.20) > DIP > New: Enter the
following, then click OK:

ID: 7
IP Address Range: (select), 10.0.4.2 ~ 10.0.4.2
Port Translation: (select)
In the same subnet as the interface IP or its secondary IPs: (select)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: lan

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: oda3

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.5.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: to_corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: fr_corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.0.2/32
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: corp
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen2
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.20

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 3.3.3.250
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.5.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.20
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 10

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: null
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 12
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), lan
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), to_corp
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Source Translation: (select)
DIP On: 7 (10.0.4.210.0.4.2)/X-late

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), fr_corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), oda3
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Destination Translation: (select)
Translate to IP Range: (select), 10.1.1.0 - 10.1.1.254

CLI (Peer2)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 3.3.3.3/24
set interface tunnel.20 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.20 ip 10.0.4.1/30
set interface tunnel.20 dip 7 10.0.4.2 10.0.4.2

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2. Addresses
set address trust lan 10.1.1.0/24
set address trust oda3 10.0.5.0/24
set address untrust to_corp 10.0.1.0/24
set address untrust fr_corp 10.0.0.2/32
3. VPN
set ike gateway corp address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen2 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn2 gateway corp sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn2 bind interface tunnel.20
set vpn vpn2 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 3.3.3.250
metric 1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.5.0/24 interface ethernet1 metric 1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.0.0/8 interface tunnel.20 metric 10
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.0.0/8 interface null metric 12
5. Policies
set policy from trust to untrust lan to_corp any nat src dip-id 7 permit
set policy from untrust to trust fr_corp oda3 any nat dst ip 10.1.1.0 10.1.1.254
permit
save
Peer3
The following configuration, as illustrated in Figure 78, is what the remote admin
for the security device at the peer3 site must enter to create a VPN tunnel to
Device A at the corporate site. The remote admin configures the security device to
perform source and destination NAT (NAT-src and NAT-dst) because the internal
addresses are in the same address space as those in the corporate LAN: 10.1.1.0/24.
Peer3 performs NAT-src using DIP pool 8 to translate all internal source addresses to
10.0.6.2 when sending traffic through VPN3 to Device A. Peer3 performs NAT-dst
on VPN traffic sent from Device A, translating addresses from 10.0.7.0/24 to
10.1.1.0/24 with address shifting in effect.

Figure 78: Peer3

ethernet3
4.4.4.4/24 tunnel.30 NAT-dst Range
external router 10.0.6.1/30 NAT-dst from
DIP Pool 8 10.0.7.0 10.0.7.255 10.0.7.0 10.0.7.255
4.4.4.250
vpn2 from 10.0.6.2 - 10.0.6.2 to
Device A Untrust Zone ethernet1 10.1.1.0 10.1.1.255
10.1.1.1/24 with address shifting
Peer3
Trust Zone

LAN
10.1.1.0/24

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WebUI (Peer3)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 4.4.4.4/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.30

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.0.6.1/30

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.320) > DIP > New: Enter the
following, then click OK:

ID: 7
IP Address Range: (select), 10.0.6.2 ~ 10.0.6.2
Port Translation: (select)
In the same subnet as the interface IP or its secondary IPs: (select)
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: lan

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: oda4

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.7.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: to_corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: fr_corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.0.0.2/32
Zone: Untrust
3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn3

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: corp
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen3
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.30

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
4. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 4.4.4.250
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.7.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.0.0/8

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.20
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.0.1
Metric: 10

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.0.0.0/8

Gateway: (select)
Interface: null
Gateway IP Address: 10.0.0.1
Metric: 12
5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), lan
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), to_corp
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Source Translation: (select)
DIP On: 8 (10.0.6.210.0.6.2)/X-late

Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), fr_corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), oda4
Service: Any
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Policy configuration page:

NAT:
Destination Translation: (select)
Translate to IP Range: (select), 10.1.1.0 - 10.1.1.254

CLI (Peer3)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 4.4.4.4/24
set interface tunnel.30 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.30 ip 10.0.6.1/30
set interface tunnel.30 dip 8 10.0.6.2 10.0.6.2

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2. Addresses
set address trust lan 10.1.1.0/24
set address trust oda4 10.0.7.0/24
set address untrust to_corp 10.0.1.0/24
set address untrust fr_corp 10.0.0.2/32
3. VPN
set ike gateway corp address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen3 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn3 gateway corp sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn3 bind interface tunnel.30
set vpn vpn3 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
4. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 3.3.3.250 metric
1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.7.0/24 interface ethernet1 metric 1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.0.0/8 interface tunnel.30 metric 10
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.0.0.0/8 interface null metric 12
5. Policies
set policy from trust to untrust lan to_corp any nat src dip-id 8 permit
set policy from untrust to trust fr_corp oda4 any nat dst ip 10.1.1.0 10.1.1.254
permit
save

Binding Automatic Route and NHTB Table Entries

In Figure 79 on page 295, you bind two route-based AutoKey IKE VPN
tunnelsvpn1, vpn2to a single tunnel interfacetunnel.1 on Device A at the
corporate site. The network that each remote peer protects has multiple routes
behind the connected route. Using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the peers
communicate their routes to Device A. This example permits VPN traffic from the
corporate site behind Device A to the peer sites.

NOTE: You can also use Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) instead of BGP as the routing
protocol in this example. See Using OSPF for Automatic Route Table Entries on
page 306 for the OSPF configurations.

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Figure 79: Automatic Route and NHTB Table Entries (Device A)

vpn1
The tunnel.1 interface on Device A is The routes behind each peer are
IKE gateway: peer1, 2.2.2.2
bound to two VPN tunnels. unknown to Device A until the
remote peers tunnel interface: 2.3.3.1
peers use BGP to send them.

Untrust Zone

peer1
vpn1
Device A

peer2
vpn2
Trust Zone tunnel.1 ethernet3
ethernet1 10.0.0.1/30 1.1.1.1/24
10.1.1.1/24 external router
1.1.1.250

vpn2
IKE gateway: peer2, 3.3.3.3
remote peers tunnel interface: 3.4.4.1

The VPN tunnel configurations at both ends of each tunnel use the following
parameters: AutoKey IKE, preshared key (peer1: netscreen1, peer2:
netscreen2), and the security level predefined as Compatible for both Phase 1
and Phase 2 proposals. (For details about these proposals, see Tunnel Negotiation
on page 9.)

By configuring the following two features, you can enable Device A to populate its
NHTB and route tables automatically:

VPN monitoring with the rekey option (or the IKE heartbeats reconnect option)

BGP dynamic routing on tunnel.1

NOTE: If you are running a dynamic routing protocol on the tunnel interfaces, traffic
generated by the protocol can trigger IKE negotiations even without enabling VPN
monitoring with the rekey option or enabling the IKE heartbeat reconnect option.
Still, Juniper Networks recommends that you not rely on dynamic routing traffic to
trigger IKE negotiations. Instead use VPN monitoring with the rekey option or the
IKE heartbeat reconnect option.

If you are running BGP on the tunnel interfaces, the BGP-generated traffic can
trigger IKE negotiations even without enabling VPN monitoring with the rekey
option or enabling the IKE heartbeat reconnect option. Still, Juniper Networks
recommends that you not rely on BGP traffic to trigger IKE negotiations. Instead,
use VPN monitoring with the rekey option or the IKE heartbeat reconnect option.

When you enable VPN monitoring with the rekey option for an AutoKey IKE VPN
tunnel, Device A establishes a VPN connection with its remote peer as soon as you
and the admin at the remote site finish configuring the tunnel. The devices do not
wait for user-generated VPN traffic to perform IKE negotiations. During Phase 2
negotiations, the security devices exchange their tunnel interface IP address, so that
Device A can automatically make a VPN-to-next-hop mapping in its NHTB table.

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The rekey option ensures that when the Phase 1 and Phase 2 key lifetimes expire,
the devices automatically negotiate the generation of new keys without the need for
human intervention. VPN monitoring with the rekey option enabled essentially
provides a means for keeping a VPN tunnel up continually, even when there is no
user-generated traffic. This is necessary so that the BGP dynamic routing instances
that you and the remote admins create and enable on the tunnel interfaces at both
ends of the tunnels can send routing information to Device A and automatically
populate its route table with the routes it needs to direct traffic through the VPN
tunnel before those routes are required for user-generated traffic. (The admins at
the peer sites still need to enter a single static route to the rest of the virtual private
network through the tunnel interface at each respective site.)

You enter a default route and static routes on Device A to reach its BGP neighbors
through the correct VPN tunnels. All security zones and interfaces on each device
are in the trust-vr virtual routing domain for that device.

WebUI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.0.0.1/30

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2. VPNs
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: peer1
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to return
to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
VPN Monitor: (select)
Rekey: (select)

NOTE: Leave the Source Interface and Destination IP options at their default settings. For
information about these options, see VPN Monitoring on page 258.

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: peer2
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 3.3.3.3
Preshared Key: netscreen2
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.1

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
VPN Monitor: (select)
Rekey: (select)

NOTE: Leave the Source Interface and Destination IP options at their default settings. For
information about these options, see VPN Monitoring on page 258.

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3. Static Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 2.3.3.1/32

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 2.3.3.1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 3.4.4.1/32

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 3.4.4.1
4. Dynamic Routing
Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Create BGP
Instance: Enter the following, then click OK:

AS Number (required): 99
BGP Enabled: (select)

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > BGP: Select the Protocol BGP
check box, then click OK.

Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Edit BGP Instance
> Neighbors: Enter the following, then click Add:

AS Number: 99
Remote IP: 2.3.3.1
Outgoing Interface: tunnel.1

Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Edit BGP Instance
> Neighbors: Enter the following, then click Add:

AS Number: 99
Remote IP: 3.4.4.1
Outgoing Interface: tunnel.1
5. Policy
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book: (select), Any
Destination Address:
Address Book: (select), Any
Service: ANY
Action: Permit

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CLI (Device A)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.0.0.1/30
2. VPNs
set ike gateway peer1 address 2.2.2.2 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway peer1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
set vpn vpn1 monitor rekey
set ike gateway peer2 address 3.3.3.3 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen2 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn2 gateway peer2 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn2 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn vpn2 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
set vpn vpn2 monitor rekey
3. Static Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
set vrouter trust-vr route 2.3.3.1/32 interface tunnel.1 gateway 2.3.3.1
set vrouter trust-vr route 2.4.4.1/32 interface tunnel.1 gateway 2.4.4.1
4. Dynamic Routing
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol bgp 99
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol bgp enable
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol bgp
device-> set vrouter trust-vr
device(trust-vr)-> set protocol bgp
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 2.3.3.1 remote-as 99 outgoing interface
tunnel.1
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 2.3.3.1 enable
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 3.4.4.1 remote-as 99 outgoing interface
tunnel.1
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 3.4.4.1 enable
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> exit
device(trust-vr)-> exit
5. Policy
set policy from trust to untrust any any any permit
save
Peer1
The following configuration, as illustrated in Figure 80 on page 300, is what the
remote admin for the security device at the peer1 site must enter to create a VPN
tunnel to Device A at the corporate site. The remote admin configures the security
device to permit inbound traffic from the corporate site and to communicate
internal routes to its BGP neighbor through vpn1.

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Figure 80: Peer1

ethernet3
2.2.2.2/24
external router tunnel.10 ethernet1 Trust Zone
2.2.2.250 2.3.3.1/30 2.3.4.1/24
Untrust Zone

2.3.
Peer1

2.3.4.0/24
vpn2 from
Device A
2.3.

WebUI (Peer1)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.3.4.1/24

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.10

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 2.3.3.1/30
2. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: corp
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.10

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
4. Static Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.10
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 1
5. Dynamic Routing
Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Create BGP
Instance: Enter the following, then click OK:

AS Number (required): 99
BGP Enabled: (select)

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.10) > BGP: Select the Protocol BGP
check box, then click OK.

Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Edit BGP Instance
> Neighbors: Enter the following, then click Add:

AS Number: 99
Remote IP: 10.0.0.1
Outgoing Interface: tunnel.10

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6. Policy
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Any
Service: ANY
Action: Permit

CLI (Peer1)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 2.3.4.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.10 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.10 ip 2.3.3.1/30
2. Address
set address untrust corp 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
set ike gateway corp address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway corp sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.10
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
4. Static Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
metric 1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface tunnel.10 metric 1
5. Dynamic Routing
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol bgp 99
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol bgp enable
device-> set interface tunnel.10 protocol bgp
device-> set vrouter trust-vr
device(trust-vr)-> set protocol bgp
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 99 outgoing interface
tunnel.10
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 10.0.0.1 enable
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> exit
device(trust-vr)-> exit
6. Policy
set policy from untrust to trust corp any any permit
save

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Peer2
The following configuration, as illustrated in Figure 81, is what the remote admin
for the security device at the peer2 site must enter to create a VPN tunnel to
Device A at the corporate site. The remote admin configures the security device to
permit inbound traffic from the corporate site and communicate internal routes to
its BGP neighbor through vpn2.

Figure 81: Peer2

ethernet3
3.3.3.3/24
external router tunnel.20 ethernet1 Trust Zone
3.3.3.250 3.4.4.1/30 3.4.5.1/24

vpn2 from
Device A 3.4.
Peer2

3.4.5.0/24

Untrust Zone
3.4.

WebUI (Peer2)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.3.4.1/24

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 3.3.3.3/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.20

Zone (VR): Untrust (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 3.4.4.1/30
2. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: vpn2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: corp
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen2
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Bind to: Tunnel Interface, tunnel.20

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
4. Static Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 3.3.3.250
Metric: 1

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > (trust-vr) New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.1.1.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.20
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Metric: 1
5. Dynamic Routing
Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Create BGP
Instance: Enter the following, then click OK:

AS Number (required): 99
BGP Enabled: (select)

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.20) > BGP: Select the Protocol BGP
check box, then click OK.

Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Edit BGP Instance
> Neighbors: Enter the following, then click Add:

AS Number: 99
Remote IP: 10.0.0.1
Outgoing Interface: tunnel.20

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6. Policy
Policies > (From: Untrust, To: Trust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), corp
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Any
Service: ANY
Action: Permit

CLI (Peer2)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 3.4.5.1/24
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 3.3.3.3/24
set interface tunnel.20 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.20 ip 3.4.4.1/30
2. Address
set address untrust corp 10.1.1.0/24
3. VPN
set ike gateway corp address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen2 sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 gateway corp sec-level compatible
set vpn vpn1 bind interface tunnel.20
set vpn vpn1 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
4. Static Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 3.3.3.250
metric 1
set vrouter trust-vr route 10.1.1.0/24 interface tunnel.20 metric 1
5. Dynamic Routing
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol bgp 99
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol bgp enable
device-> set interface tunnel.20 protocol bgp
device-> set vrouter trust-vr
device(trust-vr)-> set protocol bgp
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 10.0.0.1 remote-as 99 outgoing interface
tunnel.20
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> set neighbor 10.0.0.1 enable
device(trust-vr/bgp)-> exit
device(trust-vr)-> exit
6. Policy
set policy from untrust to trust corp any any permit
save

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Using OSPF for Automatic Route Table Entries

You can also configure OSPF instead of BGP dynamic routing for the peers to
communicate routes to Device A. To allow tunnel.1 on Device A to form OSPF
adjacencies with its peers, you must configure the tunnel interface as a
point-to-multipoint interface. The OSPF dynamic routing configuration for each
device is shown below.

WebUI (Device A)
Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Create OSPF
Instance: Select OSPF Enabled, then click Apply.

Area > Configure (for area 0.0.0.0): Click << Add to move the tunnel.1
interface from the Available Interface(s) list to the Selected Interface(s) list,
then click OK.

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > OSPF: Enter the following, then
click Apply:

Bind to Area: (select), Select 0.0.0.0 from the drop down list
Protocol OSPF: Enable
Link Type: Point-to-Multipoint (select)

CLI (Device A)
Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol ospf
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol ospf enable
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf area 0
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf link-type p2mp
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf enable
device-> save

WebUI (Peer1)
Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Create OSPF
Instance: Select OSPF Enabled, then click Apply.

Area > Configure (for area 0.0.0.0): Click << Add to move the tunnel.1
interface from the Available Interface(s) list to the Selected Interface(s) list,
then click OK.

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > OSPF: Enter the following, then
click Apply:

Bind to Area: (select), Select 0.0.0.0 from the drop down list
Protocol OSPF: Enable

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CLI (Peer1)
Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol ospf
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol ospf enable
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf area 0
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf enable
device-> save

WebUI (Peer2)
Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
Network > Routing > Virtual Routers > Edit (for trust-vr) > Create OSPF
Instance: Select OSPF Enabled, then click Apply.

Area > Configure (for area 0.0.0.0): Click << Add to move the tunnel.1
interface from the Available Interface(s) list to the Selected Interface(s) list,
then click OK.

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for tunnel.1) > OSPF: Enter the following, then
click Apply:

Bind to Area: (select), Select 0.0.0.0 from the drop down list
Protocol OSPF: Enable

CLI (Peer2)
Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol ospf
device-> set vrouter trust-vr protocol ospf enable
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf area 0
device-> set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf enable
device-> save

Redundant VPN Gateways

The redundant gateway feature provides a solution for continuous VPN connectivity
during and after a site-to-site failover. You can create a VPN group to provide a set of
up to four redundant gateways to which policy-based site-to-site or site-to-site
dynamic peer AutoKey IKE IPsec VPN tunnels can connect. When the security
device first receives traffic matching a policy referencing a VPN group, it performs
Phase 1 and Phase 2 IKE negotiations with all members in that group. The security
device sends data through the VPN tunnel to the gateway with the highest priority,
or weight, in the group. For all other gateways in the group, the security device
maintains the Phase 1 and 2 SAs and keeps the tunnels active by sending IKE
keepalive packets through them. If the active VPN tunnel fails, the tunnel can fail
over to the tunnel and gateway with the second highest priority in the group.

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NOTE: VPN groups do not support L2TP, L2TP-over-IPsec, dialup, Manual Key, or
route-based VPN tunnel types. In a Site-to-Site Dynamic Peer arrangement, the
security device monitoring the VPN group must be the one whose untrust IP
address is dynamically assigned, while the untrust IP addresses of the VPN group
members must be static.

This scheme assumes that the sites behind the redundant gateways are connected
so that data is mirrored among hosts at all sites. Furthermore, each sitebeing
dedicated to high availability (HA)has a redundant cluster of security devices
operating in HA mode. Therefore, the VPN failover threshold must be set higher
than the device failover threshold or VPN failovers might occur unnecessarily.

Figure 82: Redundant VPN Gateways for VPN Tunnel Failover

VPN Group, ID 1 VPN Group, ID 1

= Data (After a VPN failover)
= IKE Heartbeats

VPN Groups
A VPN group is a set of VPN tunnel configurations for up to four targeted remote
gateways. The Phase 1 and Phase 2 security association (SA) parameters for each
tunnel in a group can be different or identical (except for the IP address of the
remote gateway, which obviously must be different). The VPN group, shown in
Figure 83 on page 309, has a unique ID number, and each member in the group is
assigned a unique weight to indicate its place in rank of preference to be the active
tunnel. A value of 1 indicates the lowest, or least-preferred, ranking.

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Figure 83: Targeted Remote Gateways

VPN Group 1 Weight

4
T
A
R 3

Monitor
G
E 2

Note: In this illustration, the shading symbolizes the weight of each S 1

tunnel. The darker the tunnel, the higher its priority.

The security device communicating with VPN group members and the members
themselves have a monitor-to-target relationship. The monitoring device continually
monitors the connectivity and wellbeing of each targeted device. The tools that the
monitor uses to do this are as follows:

IKE heartbeats

IKE recovery attempts

Both tools are presented in the next section, Monitoring Mechanisms on

page 309.

NOTE: The monitor-to-target relationship need not be one way. The monitoring device
might also be a member of a VPN group and thus be the target of another
monitoring device.

Monitoring Mechanisms
Two mechanisms monitor members of a VPN group to determine their ability to
terminate VPN traffic:

IKE heartbeats

IKE recovery attempts

Using these two tools, plus the TCP application failover option (see TCP SYN-Flag
Checking on page 313), security devices can detect when a VPN failover is
required and shift traffic to the new tunnel without disrupting VPN service.

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IKE Heartbeats
IKE heartbeats are hello messages that IKE peers send to each other under the
protection of an established Phase 1 security association (SA) to confirm the
connectivity and wellbeing of the other. If, for example, device_m (the monitor)
does not receive a specified number of heartbeats (the default is 5) from device_t
(the target), device_m concludes that device_t is down. Device_m clears the
corresponding Phase 1 and Phase 2 security associations (SAs) from its SA cache
and begins the IKE recovery procedure. (See IKE Recovery Procedure on
page 311.) Device_t also clears its SAs.

NOTE: The IKE heartbeats feature must be enabled on the devices at both ends of a VPN
tunnel in a VPN group. If it is enabled on device_m but not on device_t, device_m
suppresses IKE heartbeat transmission and generates the following message in the
event log: Heartbeats have been disabled because the peer is not sending them.

Figure 84: IKE Heartbeats Flow in Both Directions

IKE heartbeats must flow both ways through the VPN tunnel.

To define the IKE heartbeat interval and threshold for a specified VPN tunnel (the
default is 5), do the following:

WebUI
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > Edit (for the gateway whose IKE
heartbeat threshold you want to modify) > Advanced: Enter the new
values in the Heartbeat Hello and Heartbeat Threshold fields, then click OK.

CLI
set ike gateway name_str heartbeat hello number
set ike gateway name_str heartbeat threshold number

Dead Peer Detection

DPD is a protocol used by network devices to verify the current existence and
availability of other peer devices.

You can use DPD as an alternative to the IKE heartbeat feature (described above).
However, you cannot use both features simultaneously. In addition, IKE heartbeat
can be a global setting, which affects all IKE gateways configured in the device. The
IKE heartbeat setting can also apply to an individual IKE gateway context, which
affects an individual gateway only. By contrast, you can configure DPD only in an
individual IKE gateway context, not as a global parameter.

A device performs DPD verification by sending encrypted IKE Phase 1 notification

payloads (R-U-THERE) to peers, and waiting for DPD acknowledgements
(R-U-THERE-ACK) from the peers. The device sends an R-U-THERE request if and
only if it has not received any traffic from the peer during a specified DPD interval.
If a DPD-enabled device receives traffic on a tunnel, it resets its R-U-THERE counter
for that tunnel, thus starting a new interval. If the device receives an
R-U-THERE-ACK from the peer during this interval, it considers the peer alive. If the
device does not receive an R-U-THERE-ACK response during the interval, it
considers the peer dead.

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When the device deems a peer device to be dead, the device removes the Phase 1
SA and all Phase 2 SAs for the peer.

You can configure the following DPD parameters, either through the CLI or the
WebUI:

The interval parameter specifies the DPD interval. This interval is the amount
of time (expressed in seconds) the device allows to pass before considering a
peer to be dead.

The always-send parameter instructs the device to send DPD requests

regardless of whether there is IPsec traffic with the peer.

The retry parameter specifies the maximum number of times to send the
R-U-THERE request before considering the peer to be dead. As with an IKE
heartbeat configuration, the default number of transmissions is 5 times, with a
permissible range of 1-128 retries. A setting of zero disables DPD.

In the following example you create a gateway that uses a DPD interval of five
seconds.

WebUI
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > Edit: Create a gateway by entering
the following values, then clicking OK.

Gateway Name: our_gateway

Security Level: Standard
Remote Gateway Type: Static IP Address
IP Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: jun9345

VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > Edit (our_gateway): Enter the
following values, then click OK.

Predefined: Standard (select)

DPD:
Interval: 5

CLI
set ike gateway "our_gateway" address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface "untrust"
preshare "jun9345" sec-level standard
set ike gateway "our_gateway" dpd interval 5

IKE Recovery Procedure

After the monitoring security device determines that a targeted device is down, the
monitor stops sending IKE heartbeats and clears the SAs for that peer from its SA
cache. After a defined interval, the monitor attempts to initiate Phase 1 negotiations
with the failed peer. If the first attempt is unsuccessful, the monitor continues to
attempt Phase 1 negotiations at regular intervals until negotiations are successful.

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Figure 85: Repeated IKE Phase 1 Negotiation Attempts

IKE Phase 1
Negotiation Attempts
Monitor Every Five Minutes Target

Interval:
5 minutes
(300 seconds) Unsuccessful Attempt
.
.. .. ..
. .
Unsuccessful Attempt

.. . ..
. ..
.
Successful Attempt

To define the IKE recovery interval for a specified VPN tunnel (the minimum setting
is 60 seconds), do either of the following:

WebUI
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > Edit (for the gateway whose IKE
reconnect interval you want to modify) > Advanced: Enter the value in
seconds in the Heartbeat Reconnect field, then click OK.

CLI
set ike gateway name_str heartbeat reconnect number

When a VPN group member with the highest weight fails over the tunnel to another
group member and then reconnects with the monitoring device, the tunnel
automatically fails back to the first member. The weighting system always causes
the best ranking gateway in the group to handle the VPN data whenever it can do
so.

Figure 86 on page 313 presents the process that a member of a VPN group
undergoes when the missing heartbeats from a targeted gateway surpass the failure
threshold.

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Figure 86: Failover and Then Recovery

Monitor Target

IKE heartbeats flowing in both directions

Target stops sending IKE heartbeats.

Monitor fails over the VPN (if target was handling VPN data), clears the P1 and
P2 SAs, and attempts to reestablish the VPN tunnel at specified intervals.

Target responds to P1 initiation with IKE heartbeats enabled.

IKE P1 and P2 negotiations succeed, tunnel is back up, and VPN

fails back (if its weight preempts other VPN group members).

TCP SYN-Flag Checking

For a seamless VPN failover to occur, the handling of TCP sessions must be
addressed. If, after a failover, the new active gateway receives a packet in an
existing TCP session, the new gateway treats it as the first packet in a new TCP
session and checks if the SYN flag is set in the packet header. Because this packet is
really part of an existing session, it does not have the SYN flag set. Consequently,
the new gateway rejects the packet. With TCP SYN flag checking enabled, all TCP
applications have to reconnect after the failover occurs.

To resolve this, you can disable SYN-flag checking for TCP sessions in VPN tunnels,
as follows:

WebUI
You cannot disable SYN-flag checking through the WebUI.

CLI
unset flow tcp-syn-check-in-tunnel

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NOTE: By default, SYN-flag checking is enabled.

Creating Redundant VPN Gateways

In this example, a corporate site has one VPN tunnel to a data center and a second
tunnel to a backup data center. All the data is mirrored through a leased line
connection between the two data center sites. The data centers are physically
separate to provide continuous service even in the event of a catastrophic failure
such as an all-day power outage or a natural disaster.

The device location and name, the physical interfaces and their IP addresses for the
Trust and Untrust zones, and the VPN group ID and weight for each security device
are as follows:

Physical Interface
Device and IP Address Physical Interface, IP Address, VPN Group
Device Location Name (Trust Zone) Default Gateway (Untrust Zone) ID and Weight
Corporate Monitor1 ethernet1, 10.10.1.1/24 ethernet3, 1.1.1.1/24, (GW) 1.1.1.2
Data Center (Primary) Target1 ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/16 ethernet3, 2.2.2.1/24, (GW) 2.2.2.2 ID = 1, Weight = 2
Data Center (Backup) Target2 ethernet1, 10.1.1.1/16 ethernet3, 3.3.3.1/24, (GW) 3.3.3.2 ID = 1, Weight =1

NOTE: The internal address space at both data center sites must be identical.

All security zones are in the trust-vr routing domain. All the Site-to-Site AutoKey IKE
tunnels use the security level predefined as Compatible for both Phase 1 and
Phase 2 proposals. Preshared keys authenticate the participants.

Figure 87: Redundant VPN Gateways

Untrust, ethernet3 Trust, ethernet1
2.2.2.1/24 10.1.1.1/16
Target1
Data Center
10.1.0.0/16 Primary Site

Corporate Site Leased line to mirror

Monitor1 data from primary site
to backup site
10.10.1.0/24 Internet

Trust, ethernet1 Untrust, ethernet3

10.10.1.1/24 1.1.1.1/24 Target2
Data Center
10.1.0.0/16 Backup Site

Untrust, ethernet3 Trust, ethernet1

3.3.3.1/24 10.1.1.1/16

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WebUI (Monitor1)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.10.1.1/24
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: in_trust

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.1.0/24
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: data_ctr

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.0.0/16
Zone: Untrust
3. VPNs
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > VPN Group: Enter 1 in the VPN Group ID field,
then click Add.

VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: target1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway Type: Static IP Address: (select), IP Address: 2.2.2.1
Preshared Key: SLi1yoo129
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)
Heartbeat:
Hello: 3 Seconds
Reconnect: 60 seconds
Threshold: 5

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VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: to_target1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), target1

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

VPN Group: VPN Group-1

Weight: 2

VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: target2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway Type: Static IP Address: (select), IP Address: 3.3.3.1
Preshared Key: CMFwb7oN23
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)
Heartbeat:
Hello: 3 Seconds
Reconnect: 60 seconds
Threshold: 5

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: to_target2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), target2

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

VPN Group: VPN Group-1

Weight: 1
4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.2(untrust)

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5. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), in_trust
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), data_ctr
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
VPN: VPN Group-1
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Target1)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/16
Enter the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.1/24
2. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: in_trust

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.1.0.0/16
Zone: Trust

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: corp

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.1.0/24
Zone: Untrust

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3. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: monitor1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway Type:
Static IP Address: (select), IP Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: SLi1yoo129
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic Gateway configuration page:

Security Level: Compatible

Mode (Initiator): Main (ID Protection)
Heartbeat:
Hello: 3 Seconds
Reconnect: 0 seconds

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: to_monitor1
Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Predefined: (select), monitor1
4. Route
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.2
5. Policies
Policies > ( From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), in_trust
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), corp
Service: ANY
Action: Tunnel
Tunnel VPN: monitor1
Modify matching bidirectional VPN policy: (select)
Position at Top: (select)

WebUI (Target2)

NOTE: Follow the Target1 configuration steps to configure Target2, but define the Untrust
zone interface IP address as 3.3.3.1/24, the default gateway IP address as 3.3.3.2,
and use CMFwb7oN23 to generate the preshared key.

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CLI (Monitor1)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.10.1.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
2. Addresses
set address trust in_trust 10.10.1.0/24
set address untrust data_ctr 10.1.0.0/16
3. VPNs
set ike gateway target1 address 2.2.2.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare SLi1yoo129 sec-level compatible
set ike gateway target1 heartbeat hello 3
set ike gateway target1 heartbeat reconnect 60
set ike gateway target1 heartbeat threshold 5
set vpn to_target1 gateway target1 sec-level compatible
set ike gateway target2 address 3.3.3.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare CMFwb7oN23 sec-level compatible
set ike gateway target2 heartbeat hello 3
set ike gateway target2 heartbeat reconnect 60
set ike gateway target2 heartbeat threshold 5
set vpn to_target2 gateway target2 sec-level compatible
set vpn-group id 1 vpn to_target1 weight 2
set vpn-group id 1 vpn to_target2 weight 1
unset flow tcp-syn-check-in-tunnel
4. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.2
5. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust in_trust data_ctr any tunnel vpn-group 1
set policy top from untrust to trust data_ctr in_trust any tunnel vpn-group 1
save

CLI (Target1)
1. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.1.1.1/16
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.1/24
2. Addresses
set address trust in_trust 10.1.0.0/16
set address untrust corp 10.10.1.0/24
3. VPN
set ike gateway monitor1 address 1.1.1.1 main outgoing-interface ethernet3
preshare SLi1yoo129 sec-level compatible
set ike gateway monitor1 heartbeat hello 3
set ike gateway monitor1 heartbeat threshold 5
set vpn to_monitor1 gateway monitor1 sec-level compatible

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4. Route
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.2
5. Policies
set policy top from trust to untrust in_trust corp any tunnel vpn to_monitor
set policy top from untrust to trust corp in_trust any tunnel vpn to_monitor
save

CLI (Target2)

NOTE: Follow the Target1 configuration steps to configure Target2, but define the Untrust
zone interface IP address as 3.3.3.1/24, the default gateway IP address as 3.3.3.2,
and use CMFwb7oN23 to generate the preshared key.

Creating Back-to-Back VPNs

You can enforce interzone policies at the hub site for traffic passing from one VPN
tunnel to another by putting the spoke sites in different zones. Because they are in
different zones, the security device at the hub must do a policy lookup before
routing the traffic from one tunnel to another. You can control the traffic flowing
through the VPN tunnels between the spoke sites. This arrangement is called
back-to-back VPNs.

NOTE: Optionally, you can enable intrazone blocking and define an intrazone policy to
control traffic between the two tunnel interfaces within the same zone.

Figure 88: Back-to-Back VPNs

X1
Zone X2
Zone
Spoke A Spoke B

VPN1 VPN2

Policy
Lookup

Hub

Following are a few benefits of back-to-back VPNs:

You can conserve the number of VPNs you need to create. For example,
perimeter site A can link to the hub and to perimeter sites B, C, D, but A only
has to set up one VPN tunnel. Especially for NetScreen-5XP users, who can use
a maximum of ten VPN tunnels concurrently, applying the hub-and-spoke
method dramatically increases their VPN options and capabilities.

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The administrator (admin) at the hub device can completely control VPN traffic
between perimeter sites. For example,

The admin might permit only HTTP traffic to flow from sites A to B, but
allow any kind of traffic to flow from B to A.

The admin can allow traffic originating from A to reach C, but deny traffic
originating from C to reach A.

The admin can allow a specific host at A to reach the entire D network,
while allowing only a specific host at D to reach a different host at A.

The administrator at the hub device can completely control outbound traffic
from all perimeter networks. At each perimeter site, there must first be a policy
that tunnels all outbound traffic through the spoke VPNs to the hub; for
example: set policy top from trust to untrust any any any tunnel vpn
name_str (where name_str defines the specific VPN tunnel from each perimeter
site to the hub). At the hub, the administrator can control Internet access,
allowing certain kinds of traffic (such as HTTP only), performing URL blocking
on undesirable websites, and so on.

Regional hubs can be used and interconnected through spoke tunnels, allowing
spoke sites in one region to reach spoke sites in another.

The following example is similar to Creating Hub-and-Spoke VPNs on page 327

except that the security device at the hub site in New York performs policy checking
on the traffic it routes between the two tunnels to the branch offices in Tokyo and
Paris. By putting each remote site in a different zone, you control the VPN traffic at
the hub.

The Tokyo LAN address is in the user-defined X1 zone, and the Paris LAN address is
in the user-defined X2 zone. Both zones are in the Trust-VR routing domain.

NOTE: To create user-defined zones, you might first need to obtain and load a zone
software key on the security device.

You bind the VPN1 tunnel to the tunnel.1 interface and the VPN2 tunnel to the
tunnel.2 interface. Although you do not assign IP addresses to the X1 and X2 zone
interfaces, you do give addresses to both tunnel interfaces. Routes for these
interfaces automatically appear in the Trust-VR routing table. By putting the IP
address for a tunnel interface in the same subnet as that of the destination, traffic
destined for that subnet is routed to the tunnel interface.

The outgoing interface is ethernet3, which is bound to the Untrust zone. As you can
see in Figure 89, both tunnels terminate in the Untrust zone; however, the
endpoints for the traffic that makes use of the tunnels are in the X1 and X2 zones.
The tunnels use AutoKey IKE, with preshared keys. You select the security level
predefined as Compatible for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 proposals. You bind the
Untrust zone to the untrust-vr. Because the tunnels are route-based (that is, the
correct tunnel is determined by routing, not by a tunnel name specified in a policy),
proxy IDs are included in the configuration of each tunnel.

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Figure 89: Back-to-Back VPNs with Two Routing Domains and Multiple Security Zones
Default Tokyo (Spoke)
Gateway 110.1.1.1
IP 123.1.1.2 Paris (Spoke)
New York 220.2.2.2
Outgoing Interface
Untrust Zone Untrust-VR
ethernet3, IP 123.1.1.1/24 VPN1 Routing Domain
Trust-VR Interface:
Routing Domain VPN2
tunnel.1
10.10.1.2/24
New York
Corporate Site Tokyo LAN
(Hub) X1 Zone
10.10.1.0/24

Trust Zone Policy

Lookup
Paris LAN
X2 Zone 10.20.1.0/24
Interface:
ethernet1 tunnel.2
10.1.1.1/24 10.20.1.2/24

WebUI
1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Manage IP: 0.0.0.0

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Null

Network > Zones > Edit (for Untrust): Enter the following, then click OK:

Virtual Router Name: untrust-vr

Block Intra-Zone Traffic: (select)

Network > Zones > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Zone Name: X1
Virtual Router Name: trust-vr
Block Intra-Zone Traffic: (select)

Network > Zones > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Name: X2
Virtual Router Name: trust-vr
Block Intra-Zone Traffic: (select)

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2. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 123.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): X1 (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.10.1.2/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.2

Zone (VR): X2 (trust-vr)
Fixed IP: (select)
IP Address / Netmask: 10.20.1.2/24
3. VPN for Tokyo Office
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: Tokyo
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 110.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.20.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.10.1.0/24
Service: ANY

NOTE: When configuring the VPN tunnel on the security device protecting the Tokyo and
Paris offices, do either of the following:

(Route-based VPN) Select the Enable Proxy-ID check box, and enter 10.10.1.0/24
(Tokyo) and 10.20.1.0/24 (Paris) for the Local IP and Netmask and 10.20.1.0/24
(Tokyo) and 10.10.1.0/24 (Paris) for the Remote IP and Netmask.

(Policy-based VPN) Make an entry in the Trust zone address book for 10.10.1.0/24
(Tokyo) and 10.20.1.0/24 (Paris) and another in the Untrust zone address book for
10.20.1.0/24 (Tokyo) and 10.10.1.0/24 (Paris). Use those as the source and
destination addresses in the policy referencing the VPN tunnel to the hub site.

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4. VPN for Paris Office

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: Paris
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 220.2.2.2
Preshared Key: netscreen2
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 10.10.1.0/24
Remote IP / Netmask: 10.20.1.0/24
Service: ANY
5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Next Hop Virtual Router Name: (select), untrust-vr

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 123.1.1.2
6. Addresses
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.10.1.0/24
Zone: X1

Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Paris LAN

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.20.1.0/24
Zone: X2

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7. Policies
Policy > (From: X1, To: X2) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

Policy > (From: X2, To: X1) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris LAN
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo LAN
Service: ANY
Action: Permit
Position at Top: (select)

CLI
1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
unset interface ethernet3 ip
unset interface ethernet3 zone
set zone untrust vrouter untrust-vr
set zone untrust block
set zone name X1
set zone x1 vrouter trust-vr
set zone x1 block
set zone name x2
set zone x2 vrouter trust-vr
set zone x2 block
2. Interfaces
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 123.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone x1
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.10.1.2/24
set interface tunnel.2 zone x2
set interface tunnel.2 ip 10.20.1.2/24
3. VPN for Tokyo Office
set ike gateway Tokyo address 110.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN1 gateway Tokyo sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn VPN1 proxy-id local-ip 10.20.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.10.1.0/24 any

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NOTE: When configuring the VPN tunnel on the security device protecting the Tokyo and
Paris offices, do either of the following:

(Route-based VPN) Enter the following commands: set vpn VPN1 proxy-id
local-ip 10.20.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.10.1.0/24 (Tokyo) and set vpn VPN1 proxy-id
local-ip 10.10.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.20.1.0/24 (Paris).

(Policy-based VPN) Make an entry in the Trust zone address book for 10.10.1.0/24
(Tokyo) and 10.20.1.0/24 (Paris) and another in the Untrust zone address book for
10.20.1.0/24 (Tokyo) and 10.10.1.0/24 (Paris). Use those as the source and
destination addresses in the policies referencing the VPN tunnel to the hub site.

4. VPN for Paris Office

set ike gateway Paris address 220.2.2.2 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen2 sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN2 gateway Paris sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN2 bind interface tunnel.2
set vpn VPN2 proxy-id local-ip 10.10.1.0/24 remote-ip 10.20.1.0/24 any
5. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 vrouter untrust-vr
set vrouter untrust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 123.1.1.2
6. Addresses
set address x1 Tokyo LAN 10.10.1.0/24
set address x2 Paris LAN 10.20.1.0/24
7. Policies
set policy top from x1 to x2 Tokyo LAN Paris LAN any permit
set policy top from x2 to x1 Paris LAN Tokyo LAN any permit
save

NOTE: You can ignore the following message, which appears because tunnel interfaces
are in NAT mode:

Warning: Some interfaces in the zone_name zone are in NAT mode. Traffic might
not pass through them!

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Creating Hub-and-Spoke VPNs

If you create two VPN tunnels that terminate at a security device, you can set up a
pair of routes so that the security device directs traffic exiting one tunnel to the
other tunnel. If both tunnels are contained within a single zone, you do not need to
create a policy to permit the traffic to pass from one tunnel to the other. You only
need to define the routes. Such an arrangement is known as a hub-and-spoke VPN.

You can also configure multiple VPNs in one zone and route traffic between any two
tunnels.

Figure 90: Multiple Tunnels in a Hub-and-Spoke VPN Configuration

Untrust Zone

Multiple Hub-and-Spoke VPN Tunnels

The security device routes traffic between tunnels.

In this example, two branch offices in Tokyo and Paris communicate with each
other through a pair of VPN tunnelsVPN1 and VPN2. Each tunnel originates at the
remote site and terminates at the corporate site in New York. The security device at
the corporate site routes traffic exiting one tunnel into the other tunnel.

By disabling intrazone blocking, the security device at the corporate site only needs
to do a route lookupnot a policy lookupwhen conducting traffic from tunnel to
tunnel because both remote endpoints are in the same zone (the Untrust Zone).

NOTE: Optionally, you can leave intrazone blocking enabled and define an intrazone
policy permitting traffic between the two tunnel interfaces.

You bind the tunnels to the tunnel interfacestunnel.1 and tunnel.2which are
both unnumbered. The tunnels use AutoKey IKE, with the preshared keys. You
select the security level predefined as Compatible for both Phase 1 and Phase 2
proposals. You bind the Untrust zone to the untrust-vr. The Untrust zone interface is
ethernet3.

NOTE: The following configuration is for route-based VPNs. If you configure policy-based
hub-and-spoke VPNs, you must use the Trust and Untrust zones in the policies;
you cannot use user-defined security zones.

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Figure 91: Hub-and-Spoke VPNs

Untrust Zone untrust-vr Routing Domain

Outgoing Default
Gateway Tokyo 2.2.2.2
Interface (Spoke)
ethernet3 IP 1.1.1.250
IP 1.1.1.1 Tokyo LAN
Internet 10.2.2.0/24
VPN1
Paris 3.3.3.3
VPN2 (Spoke)
New York Corporate Site Interface: Paris LAN
(Hub) tunnel.1 10.3.3.0/24
Interface:
tunnel.2

WebUI (New York)

1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Manage IP: 0.0.0.0

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Null

Network > Zones > Edit (for Untrust): Enter the following, then click OK:

Virtual Router Name: untrust-vr

Block Intra-Zone Traffic: (clear)
2. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (untrust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (untrust-vr)

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Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.2

Zone (VR): Untrust (untrust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (untrust-vr)
3. VPN for Tokyo Office
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: Tokyo
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.2
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
4. VPN for Paris Office
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: Paris
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 3.3.3.3
Preshared Key: netscreen2
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.3.3.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.2
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.250

WebUI (Tokyo)
1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Manage IP: 0.0.0.0

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Null

Network > Zones > Edit (for Untrust): Enter the following, then click OK:

Virtual Router Name: untrust-vr

Block Intra-Zone Traffic: (select)
2. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.2.2.1/24
Select the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.2/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (untrust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (untrust-vr)

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3. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Paris

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.3.3.0/24
Zone: Untrust
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN1

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: New York
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen1
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Next Hop Virtual Router Name: (select); untrust-vr

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.3.3.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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6. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Any
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Paris
Service: ANY
Action: Permit

WebUI (Paris)
1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

IP Address/Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Manage IP: 0.0.0.0

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Null

Network > Zones > Edit (for Untrust): Enter the following, then click OK:

Virtual Router Name: untrust-vr

Block Intra-Zone Traffic: (select)
2. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 10.3.3.1/24
Select the following, then click OK:
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet3): Enter the following, then click
OK:

Zone Name: Untrust

Static IP: (select this option when present)
IP Address/Netmask: 3.3.3.3/24

Network > Interfaces > New Tunnel IF: Enter the following, then click OK:

Tunnel Interface Name: tunnel.1

Zone (VR): Untrust (untrust-vr)
Unnumbered: (select)
Interface: ethernet3 (untrust-vr)

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3. Address
Policy > Policy Elements > Addresses > List > New: Enter the following, then
click OK:

Address Name: Tokyo

IP Address/Domain Name:
IP/Netmask: (select), 10.2.2.0/24
Zone: Untrust
4. VPN
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: VPN2

Security Level: Compatible
Remote Gateway: Create a Simple Gateway: (select)
Gateway Name: New York
Type: Static IP: (select), Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1
Preshared Key: netscreen2
Security Level: Compatible
Outgoing Interface: ethernet3

> Advanced: Enter the following advanced settings, then click Return to
return to the basic AutoKey IKE configuration page:

Proxy-ID: (select)
Local IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Remote IP / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0
Service: ANY
5. Routes
Network > Routing > Routing Entries > trust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Next Hop Virtual Router Name: (select); untrust-vr

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 0.0.0.0/0

Gateway: (select)
Interface: ethernet3
Gateway IP Address: 3.3.3.250

Network > Routing > Routing Entries > untrust-vr New: Enter the following,
then click OK:

Network Address / Netmask: 10.2.2.0/24

Gateway: (select)
Interface: tunnel.1
Gateway IP Address: 0.0.0.0

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6. Policies
Policies > (From: Trust, To: Untrust) New: Enter the following, then click OK:

Source Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Any
Destination Address:
Address Book Entry: (select), Tokyo
Service: ANY
Action: Permit

CLI (New York)

1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
unset interface ethernet3 ip
unset interface ethernet3 zone
set zone untrust vrouter untrust-vr
unset zone untrust block
2. Interfaces
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 1.1.1.1/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
set interface tunnel.2 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.2 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
3. VPN for Tokyo Office
set ike gateway Tokyo address 2.2.2.2 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN1 gateway Tokyo sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn VPN1 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
4. VPN for Paris Office
set ike gateway Paris address 3.3.3.3 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen2 sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN2 gateway Paris sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN2 bind interface tunnel.2
set vpn VPN2 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
5. Routes
set vrouter untrust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1
set vrouter untrust-vr route 10.3.3.0/24 interface tunnel.2
set vrouter untrust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 1.1.1.250
save

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CLI (Tokyo)
1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
unset interface ethernet3 ip
unset interface ethernet3 zone
set zone untrust vrouter untrust-vr
2. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.2.2.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 2.2.2.2/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
3. Address
set address untrust Paris 10.3.3.0/24
4. VPN
set ike gateway New York address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen1 sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN1 gateway New York sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn VPN1 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 any
5. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 vrouter untrust-vr
set vrouter untrust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 2.2.2.250
set vrouter untrust-vr route 10.3.3.0/24 interface tunnel.1
6. Policies
set policy from trust to untrust any Paris any permit
set policy from untrust to trust Paris any any permit
save

CLI (Paris)
1. Security Zones and Virtual Routers
unset interface ethernet3 ip
unset interface ethernet3 zone
set zone untrust vrouter untrust-vr
2. Interfaces
set interface ethernet1 zone trust
set interface ethernet1 ip 10.3.3.1/24
set interface ethernet1 nat
set interface ethernet3 zone untrust
set interface ethernet3 ip 3.3.3.3/24
set interface tunnel.1 zone untrust
set interface tunnel.1 ip unnumbered interface ethernet3
3. Address
set address untrust Tokyo 10.2.2.0/24

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4. VPN
set ike gateway New York address 1.1.1.1 outgoing-interface ethernet3 preshare
netscreen2 sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN2 gateway New York sec-level compatible
set vpn VPN2 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn VPN2 proxy-id local-ip 0.0.0.0/0 remote-ip 0.0.0.0/0 an
5. Routes
set vrouter trust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 vrouter untrust-vr
set vrouter untrust-vr route 0.0.0.0/0 interface ethernet3 gateway 3.3.3.250
set vrouter untrust-vr route 10.2.2.0/24 interface tunnel.1
6. Policies
set policy from trust to untrust any Tokyo any permit
set policy from untrust to trust Tokyo any any permit
save

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AutoConnect-Virtual Private Networks

This chapter describes the AutoConnect-virtual private network (AC-VPN) feature in

ScreenOS, explains how it works in a hub-and-spoke network topology, and
provides a configuration example of a typical scenario in which it might be used.

Overview
Small enterprise organizations that secure their remote satellite sites with virtual
private network (VPN) tunnels typically interconnect all sites in a full-mesh VPN,
because remote sites need to communicate with each other as well as with
headquarters. In this type of network, remote sites usually run low-end security
devices that support a maximum of 25 VPN tunnels. When the total number of sites
exceeds 25, however, the enterprise must either place security devices with greater
capacity at its remote sites (at considerable cost) or switch from full-mesh to a
hub-and-spoke network topology.

A hub-and-spoke configuration solves the problem of scalability, but its principle

drawback is that all communication between spokes must go through the hub. This
generally is not an issue when traffic is simple data, even with more than one
thousand spokes. However, if traffic is video or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
the processing overhead on the hub can cause latency, a critical problem for such
applications.

AC-VPN provides a way for you to configure your hub-and-spoke network so that
spokes can dynamically create VPN tunnels directly between each other as needed.
This not only solves the problem of latency between spokes but also reduces
processing overhead on the hub and thus improves overall network performance.
Additionally, because AC-VPN creates dynamic tunnels that time out when traffic
ceases to flow through them, network administrators are freed from the
time-consuming task of maintaining a complex network of static VPN tunnels.

How It Works
AC-VPN is designed to be implemented in a hub-and-spoke network in which all
spokes are connected to the hub by VPN tunnels. After you set up a static VPN
tunnel between the hub and each of the spokes, you configure AC-VPN on the hub
and the spokes and then enable the Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP). The hub
uses NHRP to obtain a range of information about each spoke, including its
public-to-private address mappings, subnetmask length, and routing and hop count
information, which the hub caches. Then, when any spoke begins communicating
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combination with information obtained from the AC-VPN configuration on the

spokes, to enable the spokes to set up an AC-VPN tunnel between themselves.
While the tunnel is being negotiated, communication continues to flow between the
two spokes through the hub. When the dynamic tunnel becomes active, the hub
drops out of the link and traffic flows directly between the two spokes. When traffic
ceases to flow through the dynamic tunnel, the tunnel times out.

NHRP Messages
In the context of NHRP, the hub in a hub-and-spoke network is called the Next Hop
Server (NHS), and the spoke is called the Next Hop Client (NHC). NHRP
communication between NHS and NHC takes place though a formal exchange of
NHRP messages. The nonbroadcast multi access (NBMA) Next Hop Resolution
Protocol (RFC 2332) defines seven NHRP messages. To these seven messages,
ScreenOS adds two more. These nine messages and their operation in an AC-VPN
hub-and-spoke network are defined as follows:

Registration RequestAfter a static VPN tunnel becomes active between an

NHC and its NHS, the NHC sends an NHRP Registration Request message to the
NHS. The message contains a number of Client Information Entries (CIEs),
which include such things as the NHCs public-to-private address mappings,
subnetmask length, and routing and hop-count information.

NOTE: In the current ScreenOS implementation, NHRP does not redistribute any routes
to its peers, and BGP and OSPF do not redistribute NHRP routes to their peers.

Registration ReplyThe NHS can ACK or NAK a registration request. If the

NHS does not recognize the packet, the packet is not acknowledged (NAK) and
is dropped. Upon successful registration, the NHS caches the CIEs contained in
the registration request and sends a Registration Reply ACK.

Resolution Request, Resolution ReplyWith the introduction of the ScreenOS

proprietary Resolution-set and Resolution-ack messages, the function of the
NHRP Resolution Request and Resolution Reply message pair is relegated to
keeping cached CIEs on the NHS current. The NHCs do this in conjunction with
the holding time configured on the NHS, which specifies the lifetime of cached
entries for each NHC. To ensure that the NHS has current information about
their subnetworks, NHCs periodically send Resolution Request messages to the
NHS. If any devices have been added to or removed from their subnetworks,
that information is contained in the Resolution Request message, and the NHS
updates its cache and sends a Resolution Reply.

Purge Request, Purge ReplyWhen an administrator shuts down an NHC, the

device sends a Purge Request message to the NHS. Upon receipt of the Purge
Request, the NHS removes all cached entries for that NHC and sends a Purge
Reply. If the NHC experiences system failure and goes off line, the NHS
removes cached entries for the device after the configured lifetime for the
cache expires.

Error IndicationThis message logs NHRP error conditions.

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To support AC-VPN, ScreenOS adds the following message pair:

Resolution-set, Resolution-ackWhen the NHS detects traffic from one static

VPN tunnel to another, it sends Resolution-set messages to the NHCs at the end
of each static tunnel. These messages contain all the information each NHC
needs about the other to set up an AC-VPN tunnel. When the NHCs reply with
Resolution-ack messages, the NHS directs one of the NHCs to initiate AC-VPN
tunnel negotiation.

AC-VPN Tunnel Initiation

Figure 92 illustrates how ScreenOS triggers the setup of an AC-VPN tunnel using the
NHRP Registration Request and Registration Reply messages, and the custom
ScreenOS Resolution-set and Resolution-ack messages. For simplification, the figure
does not show the exchange of Resolution Request and Resolution Reply messages,
nor the Purge and Error messages. (The abbreviations S1 and S2 refer to Spoke 1
and Spoke 2, respectively; D1 and D2 refer to destinations behind those spokes.)

Figure 92: AC-VPN Set Up Via NHRP

NHC - Spoke 1 NHS - Hub NHC - Spoke 2

1. S1 comes up
Registration Request
2.
(sends protected subnets, self-cert-hash, local ID)

Registration Reply
3.
S2 comes up 4.
(sends AC-VPN profile)
Registration Request
5.
(sends protected subnets, self-cert-hash, local ID)
Registration Reply
6.
(sends AC-VPN profile)
D1 behind S1 sends new traffic to D2 behind S2 Hub forwards traffic to S2
7.
Hub sends Resolution-set with details about S1
8.
S2 sends Resolution-ack
9.
Hub sends Resolution-set with details about S2
10.

S1 sends Resolution-ack
11.

S1 initiates AC-VPN tunnel with S2

12.

Traffic between D1 and D2 flows between S1 and S2 in AC-VPN tunnel

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Configuring AC-VPN
The following general restrictions apply:

All VPN tunnels configured toward the hub must be route based.

Automatic key management in phase 1 must be in aggressive mode.

The authentication method must be self-signed certificate and generic PKI.

All spokes must be connected to a single zone on the hub.

Configuring NHRP in multiple instances of virtual routers is supported only on

the NHS.

Network Address Translation

The following restrictions apply with NAT:

Nat-TraversalAC-VPN can create a dynamic tunnel between two spokes if one

of the spokes is behind a NAT device in the path toward the hub; if both spokes
are behind NAT devices, however, a dynamic tunnel will not be created and
communication between the spokes will proceed through the hub. See
NAT-Traversal on page 248 for a discussion of NAT-Traversal.

NAT is supported only with mapped Internet Protocol (MIP) addressing.

Port Address Translation (PAT) is supported only between one spoke and the
hub. For example, you can have a NAT device between one spoke and the hub
and a dynamic tunnel can be created between that spoke and another spoke as
long as there is no NAT device between that other spoke and the hub. In this
scenario, the hub will force the spoke behind the NAT device to initiate the
tunnel to the other spoke.

PAT directly in front of the hub is supported.

PAT between spokes is not supported.

Configuration on the Hub

The spoke configuration includes the following:

1. Create a static gateway and VPN.

2. Create static tunnels to the spokes and bind the VPNs to the tunnels.

3. Create an AC-VPN gateway profile.

4. Create an AC-VPN VPN profile.

5. Enable NHRP on the virtual router.

6. Select the ACVPN-Profile for NHRP.

7. Enable NHRP on the tunnel interface.

8. Configure routing.

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Configuration on Each Spoke

The hub includes the following:

1. Create a static tunnel to the hub.

2. Create a gateway.

3. Create a VPN gateway.

4. Create an ACVPN-Dynamic gateway.

5. Create ACVPN-Dynamic VPN

6. Enable NHRP on the virtual router.

7. Configure the NHS IP address.

8. Enable NHRP on the tunnel interface.

9. Configure routing.

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Example
In this example, a high-end security device acting as the hub in a hub and spoke
network is configured to act as the Next Hop Server (NHS) in an AC-VPN
configuration in which Spoke1 and Spoke2 (low-end security devices) are Next Hop
Clients (NHCs). After configuring interfaces on the devices, you configure static VPN
tunnels between the hub and each of the spokes, then configure AC-VPN and enable
NHRP on the connecting interfaces. Although this example uses the Open Shortest
Path First (OSPF) routing protocol, ScreenOS supports all dynamic routing protocols
with AC-VPN.

NOTE:AC-VPN also supports Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP).

10.1.1.0/24

Hub
t.1--10.0.0.2 e2/1--1.1.1.1

Internet

t.1--10.0.0.2 e0/0--2.2.2.1/24 e0/0--3.3.3.1 t.1--10.0.0.3/24

Spoke--1 Spoke--2
Dynamic Tunnel

10.1.2.0/24 10.1.3.0/24

WebUI (Hub)

NOTE: After you configure static gateways and static VPNs from the hub to the spokes
and from the spokes to the hub, you can use the AC-VPN wizard to complete the
AC-VPN configuration.

1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2/1): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Untrust

IP Address/Netmask: 1.1.1.1/24
Interface Mode: Route

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2/2): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.1.1/24
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > New (Tunnel IF): Enter the following, then click Apply:

Tunnel Interface Name: 1

Zone (VR): Trust-vr
Fixed IP
IP Address/Netmask: 10.0.0.1/24
Unnumbered
Interface:
NHRP Enable: (Select)
2. Configure Tunnels to Spoke1 and Spoke2
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Configure the IKE gateway,
click Advanced and set the security level, then click Return to go back to the
IKE gateway configuration page and click OK:

Gateway Name: Spoke1

Remote Gateway: (Select)
Static IP Address: (Select) IPv4/v6 Address/Hostname: 2.2.2.1

Preshare key: Juniper

Outgoing interface: (select) ethernet2/1
Security Level: Standard

VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Configure the IKE gateway,
click Advanced and set the security level, then click Return to go back to the
IKE gateway configuration page and click OK:

Gateway Name: Spoke2

Remote Gateway: (Select)
Static IP Address: (Select) IPv4/v6 Address/Hostname: 3.3.3.1

Preshare key: Juniper

Outgoing interface: (select) ethernet2/1
Security Level: Standard
3. Configure VPN Spoke to Gateway
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Configure the IKE gateway, click Advanced and
set the security level, then click Return to go back to the IKE gateway
configuration page and click OK:

VPN Name: spoke1

Remote Gateway: (select) Predefined
(select appropriate gateway name from predefined list in drop-down list)
Security Level (select) Standard
Bind To: (select) Tunnel Interface
(select Tunnel.1 from the drop-down list)

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VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Configure the IKE gateway, click Advanced and
set the security level, then click Return to go back to the IKE gateway
configuration page and click OK:

VPN Name: spoke2

Remote Gateway: (select) Predefined
(select appropriate gateway name from predefined list from drop-down list)

Security Level (select) Standard)

Bind To: (select) Tunnel Interface
(select Tunnel.1 from the drop-down list)
4. Configure the ACVPN-Profile
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Configure the IKE gateway,
click Advanced and set the security level, then click Return to go back to the
IKE gateway configuration page and click OK:

Gatewary Name: ac-spoke-gw

ACVPN-Profile: (select)

Security Level: (select) Standard

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Configure the ACVPN Profile, click Advanced and
set the security level and Replay Protection, then click Return to go back to the
VPN configuration page and click OK

VPN Name: ac-vpn

ACVPN-Profile: (select)
Binding to tunnel: (select) ac-spoke-gw
Security Level: (select) Standard
Replay Protection: (select)
5. Configure Vrouter
Network > Routing > Virtual Router > (for trust-vr) Edit: Enter the following, then
click Apply:

Next Hop Resolution Protocol(NHRP) Support

NHRP: (select) NHRP Setting
NHS Setting: (select)
Profile: (select) ACVPN-Profile name
6. Enable NHRP on the Tunnel Interface
Network > Interfaces > New (for TunnelIF): Enter the following, then click Apply:

Tunnel Interface Name: 1

NHRP Enable: (select)
7. Configure Routing
Network > Routing > Destination > New: Enter the following, then click
Apply:

IP Address/netmask: 0.0.0.0
Gateway (select)
Gateway IP Address: 1.1.1.2

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CLI (Hub)
set interface ethernet2/1 zone Untrust
set interface ethernet2/2 zone Trust
set interface tunnel.1 zone Trust

set interface ethernet2/1 ip 1.1.1.1/24

set interface ethernet2/1 route
set interface ethernet2/2 ip 10.1.1.1/24
set interface ethernet2/2 nat
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.0.0.1/24

set ike gateway spoke2 address 3.3.3.1 Main outgoing-interface ethernet2/1

preshare juniper== sec-level standard
set ike gateway spoke1 address 2.2.2.1 Main outgoing-interface ethernet2/1
preshare juniper== sec-level standard

set vpn spoke2 gateway spoke2 no-replay tunnel idletime 0 sec-level standard
set vpn spoke2 id 1 bind interface tunnel.1
set vpn spoke1 gateway spoke1 no-replay tunnel idletime 0 sec-level standard
set vpn spoke1 id 2 bind interface tunnel.1

set ike gateway ac-spoke-gw acvpn-profile sec-level standard

set vpn ac-vpn acvpn-profile ac-spoke-gw no-replay tunnel idletime 0 sec-level
standard

set vrouter trust-vr

set protocol nhrp
set protocol nhrp acvpn-profile ac-vpn
exit
set interface tunnel.1 protocol nhrp enable

set vr trust protocol ospf

set vr trust protocol ospf enable
set vr trust protocol ospf area 10
set interface ethernet2/2 protocol ospf area 0.0.0.10
set interface ethernet2/2 protocol ospf enable
set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf area 0.0.0.0
set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf link-type p2mp
set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf enable

set route 0.0.0.0/0 gateway 1.1.1.2

WebUI (Spoke1)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet0/0): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Untrust

IP Address/Netmask: 2.2.2.1/24
Interface Mode: Route

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for bgroup0): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

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Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2/2): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.2.1/24
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2/2), Select Bind Port, enter the
following, then click Apply:

ethernet0/2 bgroup0: (select) Bind to Current Bgroup

Network > Interfaces > New (Tunnel IF): Enter the following, then click Apply:

Tunnel Interface Name: 1

Zone (VR): Trust-vr
Fixed IP
IP Address/Netmask: 10.0.0.2/24
NHRP Enable: (Select)
2. Configure Tunnel to the Hub
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Configure the IKE gateway,
click Advanced and set the security level, then click Return to go back to the
IKE gateway configuration page and click OK:

Gateway Name: hub-gw

Remote Gateway: (Select)
Static IP Address: (Select) IPv4/v6 Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1

Preshare key: Juniper

Outgoing interface: (select) ethernet2/1
Security Level: Standard
3. Configure VPN Spoke to Gateway
VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Configure the IKE gateway, click Advanced and
set the security level, then click Return to go back to the IKE gateway
configuration page and click OK:

VPN Name: vpn-hub

Remote Gateway: (select) Predefined
(select appropriate gateway name from predefined list from drop-down list)

Security Level (select) Standard

Bind To: (select) Tunnel Interface
(select Tunnel.1 from the drop-down list)
4. Configure ACVPN-Dynamic
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gateway Name: ac-hub-gw

ACVPN-Dynamic: (select)

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VPNs > AutoKey > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: ac-hub-vpn

ACVPN-Dynamic: (select)
Gateway (select): ac-hub-gw
Tunnel Towards Hub: (select) vpn-hub
5. Configure the Virtual Router
Network > Routing > Virtual Router > (for trust-vr) Edit: Enter the following,
then click Apply:

Next Hop Resolution Protocol(NHRP) Support

NHRP Enable: (select)
NHC Setting: (select)
NHS IP Address: 10.1.1.1
6. Enable NHRP on the Tunnel Interface
Network > Interfaces > New (for TunnelIF): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Tunnel Interface Name: 1

NHRP Enable: (select)
7. Configure Routing
Network > Routing > Destination > New: Enter the following, then click
Apply:

IP Address/netmask: 0.0.0.0
Gateway (select)
Gateway IP Address: 2.2.2.2

CLI (Spoke1)
set interface ethernet0/0 zone Untrust
set interface bgroup0 zone Trust
set interface bgroup0 port ethernet0/2
set interface tunnel.1 zone Trust

set interface ethernet0/0 ip 2.2.2.1/24

set interface ethernet0/0 route
set interface bgroup0 ip 10.1.2.1/24
set interface bgroup0 nat
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.0.0.2/24

set ike gateway hub-gw address 1.1.1.1 Main outgoing-interface ethernet0/0

preshare juniper== sec-level standard
set vpn vpn-hub id 1 bind interface tunnel.1

set ike gateway ac-hub-gw acvpn-dynamic

set vpn ac-hub-vpn acvpn-dynamic ac-hub-gw vpn-hub

set vrouter trust-vr

set protocol nhrp
set protocol nhrp nhs 10.0.0.1
exit
set interface tunnel.1 protocol nhrp enable

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set vr trust protocol ospf

set vr trust protocol ospf enable
set vr trust protocol ospf area 20

set interface bgroup0 protocol ospf area 0.0.0.20

set interface bgroup0 protocol ospf enable
set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf area 0.0.0.0
set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf enable
set route 0.0.0.0/0 gateway 2.2.2.2

WebUI (Spoke2)
1. Interfaces
Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet0/0): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Untrust

IP Address/Netmask: 3.3.3.1/24
Interface Mode: Route

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for bgroup0): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2/2): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Zone Name: Trust

IP Address/Netmask: 10.1.3.1/24
Interface Mode: NAT

Network > Interfaces > Edit (for ethernet2/2), Select Bind Port, enter the
following, then click Apply:

ethernet0/2 bgroup0: (select) Bind to Current Bgroup

Network > Interfaces > New (Tunnel IF): Enter the following, then click Apply:

Tunnel Interface Name: 1

Zone (VR): Trust-vr
Fixed IP
IP Address/Netmask: 10.0.0.3/24
NHRP Enable: (Select)
2. Configure Tunnel to the Hub
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Configure the IKE gateway,
click Advanced and set the security level, then click Return to go back to the
IKE gateway configuration page and click OK:

Gateway Name: hub-gw

Remote Gateway: (Select)
Static IP Address: (Select) IPv4/v6 Address/Hostname: 1.1.1.1

Preshare key: Juniper

Outgoing interface: (select) ethernet2/1
Security Level: Standard

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3. Configure VPN Spoke to Gateway

VPNs > AutoKey IKE > New: Configure the IKE gateway, click Advanced and
set the security level, then click Return to go back to the IKE gateway
configuration page and click OK:

VPN Name: vpn-hub

Remote Gateway: (select) Predefined
(select appropriate gateway name from predefined list from drop-down list)

Security Level (select) Standard

Bind To: (select) Tunnel Interface
(select Tunnel.1 from the drop-down list)
4. Configure ACVPN-Dynamic
VPNs > AutoKey Advanced > Gateway > New: Enter the following, then click
OK:

Gatewary Name: ac-hub-gw

ACVPN-Dynamic: (select)

VPNs > AutoKey > New: Enter the following, then click OK:

VPN Name: ac-hub-vpn

ACVPN-Dynamic: (select)
Gateway (select): ac-hub-gw
Tunnel Towards Hub: (select) vpn-hub
5. Configure Vrouter
Network > Routing > Virtual Router > (for trust-vr) Edit: Enter the following,
then click Apply:

Next Hop Resolution Protocol(NHRP) Support

NHRP Enable: (select)
NHC Setting: (select)
NHS IP Address: 1.1.1.1
6. Enable NHRP on the Tunnel Interface
Network > Interfaces > New (for TunnelIF): Enter the following, then click
Apply:

Tunnel Interface Name: 1

NHRP Enable: (select)
7. Configure Routing
Network > Routing > Destination > New: Enter the following, then click
Apply:

IP Address/netmask: 0.0.0.0
Gateway (select)
Gateway IP Address: 3.3.3.3

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CLI (Spoke2)
set interface ethernet0/0 zone Untrust
set interface bgroup0 zone Trust
set interface bgroup0 port ethernet0/2
set interface tunnel.1 zone Trust

set interface ethernet0/0 ip 3.3.3.1/24

set interface ethernet0/0 route
set interface bgroup0 ip 10.1.3.1/24
set interface bgroup0 nat
set interface tunnel.1 ip 10.0.0.3/24

set ike gateway hub-gw address 1.1.1.1 Main outgoing-interface ethernet0/0

preshare juniper== sec-level standard
set vpn vpn-hub id 1 bind interface tunnel.1

set ike gateway ac-hub-gw acvpn-dynamic

set vpn ac-hub-vpn acvpn-dynamic ac-hub-gw vpn-hub

set vrouter trust-vr

set protocol nhrp
set protocol nhrp nhs 10.0.0.1
exit
set interface tunnel.1 protocol nhrp enable

set vr trust protocol ospf

set vr trust protocol ospf enable
set vr trust protocol ospf area 30
set interface bgroup0 protocol ospf area 0.0.0.30
set interface bgroup0 protocol ospf enable
set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf area 0.0.0.0
set interface tunnel.1 protocol ospf enable
set route 0.0.0.0/0 gateway 3.3.3.3

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Index
Numerics IPsec protocols ...................................................65, 72
3DES .................................................................................6 key methods ............................................................61
PFS ......................................................................65, 71
A Phase 1 modes ..................................................61, 68
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) ...........................6 site-to-site ........................................................60 to 67
aggressive mode ............................................................10 site-to-site VPN recommendations ........................67
AH..................................................................................3, 5 transport mode ........................................................72
anti-replay checking ................................................64, 71 tunnel mode .............................................................72
attacks
Replay .......................................................................12 D
authentication Data Encryption Standard (DES) ....................................6
algorithms ..........................................6, 63, 67, 70, 73 DES ....................................................................................6
Authentication Header (AH) ...........................................5 DH
AutoKey IKE VPN .............................................................7 IKEv2 ........................................................................19
AutoKey IKE VPN management .....................................7 Diffie-Hellman ................................................................11
digital signature ..............................................................30
C DIP pools
CA certificates ..........................................................33, 36 extended interfaces...............................................152
Certificate Revocation List ......................................34, 45 NAT for VPNs .........................................................152
loading ......................................................................34 distinguished name (DN) ............................................197
certificates ........................................................................7 DN .................................................................................197
CA........................................................................33, 36 DNS, L2TP settings ......................................................225
loading ......................................................................39
loading CRL ..............................................................34 E
local...........................................................................36 EAP messages ................................................................26
requesting ................................................................37 Encapsulating Security Payload
revocation ..........................................................36, 45 See ESP
via email ...................................................................36 encryption
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol algorithms .............................................6, 63, 66 to 73
See CHAP ESP ............................................................................3, 5, 6
CHAP .....................................................................222, 225 authenticate only .....................................................66
containers .....................................................................200 encrypt and authenticate .................................66, 73
CREATE ...........................................................................12 encrypt only .............................................................66
CRL exchanges
See Certificate Revocation List CHILD_SA .................................................................12
cryptographic options ..........................................60 to 74 informational ...........................................................20
anti-replay checking ..........................................64, 71 initial .........................................................................18
authentication algorithms ....................63, 67, 70, 73 Extensible Authentication Protocol passthrough .......26
authentication types .........................................62, 68
certificate bit lengths ........................................62, 69 G
dialup ...............................................................67 to 74 group IKE ID
dialup VPN recommendations ...............................74 certificates ...................................................197 to 206
encryption algorithms .............................63 to 69, 73 preshared keys ...........................................206 to 212
ESP ......................................................................66, 72
IKE ID ...............................................63 to 64, 70 to 71

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H K
hash-based message authentication code .................... 6 keepalive
HMAC ................................................................................ 6 frequency, NAT-T ..................................................253
L2TP ........................................................................230
I keys
IKE............................................................... 7, 98, 107, 174 manual............................................................130, 136
group IKE ID user ....................................... 197 to 212 preshared ...............................................................174
group IKE ID, container ....................................... 200
group IKE ID, wildcards ....................................... 200 L
heartbeats .............................................................. 310 L2TP ...................................................................219 to 246
hello messages ...................................................... 310 access concentrator: See LAC
IKE ID ...............................................63 to 64, 70 to 71 bidirectional ...........................................................222
IKE ID recommendations ...................................... 83 compulsory configuration ....................................219
IKE ID, Windows 2000 ................................. 233, 243 decapsulation .........................................................223
local ID, ASN1-DN ................................................. 199 default parameters ................................................225
Phase 1 proposals, predefined .............................. 10 encapsulation.........................................................222
Phase 2 proposals, predefined .............................. 12 hello signal .....................................................230, 235
proxy IDs ................................................................. 12 Keep Alive ......................................................230, 235
redundant gateways .................................. 307 to 320 L2TP-only on Windows 2000 ..............................221
remote ID, ASN1-DN ............................................ 199 network server: See LNS
shared IKE ID user ..................................... 212 to 218 operational mode ..................................................222
IKEv2 RADIUS server .......................................................225
Diffie-Hellman ......................................................... 19 ScreenOS support .................................................221
EAP passthrough ..................................................... 26 SecurID server .......................................................225
enabling.................................................................... 18 tunnel......................................................................227
enabling on a security device ................................ 20 voluntary configuration ........................................219
messages .................................................................. 26 Windows 2000 tunnel authentication ........230, 235
SA .............................................................................. 18 L2TP-over-IPsec ...............................................4, 227, 232
informational exchanges .............................................. 20 bidirectional ...........................................................222
initial exchanges ............................................................ 18 tunnel......................................................................227
interfaces LAC ................................................................................219
extended ................................................................ 152 NetScreen-Remote 5.0..........................................219
null ............................................................................ 97 Windows 2000 ......................................................219
Internet Key Exchange Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
See IKE See L2TP
Internet Key Exchange version 2 LNS ................................................................................219
See IKEv2 local certificate ...............................................................36
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
See IP addresses M
IP addresses main mode .....................................................................10
extended ................................................................ 152 Manual Key
IP security management..............................................................7
See IPsec manual keys .........................................................130, 136
IPsec MD5...................................................................................6
AH ................................................................... 2, 65, 72 Message Digest version 5 (MD5)....................................6
digital signature ....................................................... 30 messages
ESP .................................................................. 2, 65, 72 EAP ...........................................................................26
L2TP-over-IPsec ......................................................... 4 IKEv2 ........................................................................26
SAs ................................................................ 2, 8, 9, 11 MIB files, importing .....................................................269
SPI ............................................................................... 2 MIP, VPNs .....................................................................152
transport mode ................................. 4, 222, 227, 232 modes
tunnel ......................................................................... 2 aggressive.................................................................10
tunnel mode .............................................................. 4 L2TP operational ...................................................222
tunnel negotiation ..................................................... 9 main..........................................................................10

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Phase 1 cryptographic ......................................61, 68 Phase 2 ...........................................................................11

transport .......................................4, 72, 222, 227, 232 proposals ..................................................................11
tunnel....................................................................4, 72 proposals, predefined .............................................12
modulus ..........................................................................11 PKI ...................................................................................33
Point-to-Point Protocol
N See PPP
NAT policies
IPsec and NAT .......................................................248 bidirectional VPNs .................................................137
NAT servers............................................................248 policy-based VPNs .........................................................75
NAT-dst PPP ................................................................................220
VPNs .......................................................................152 preshared key ...................................................................7
NAT-src preshared keys .............................................................174
VPNs .......................................................................154 proposals
NAT-T ..................................................................248 to 256 Phase 1 .................................................................9, 82
enabling ..................................................................255 Phase 2 ...............................................................11, 82
IKE packet ..............................................................251 Protected EAP ................................................................25
initiator and responder .........................................253 protocols
IPsec packet ...........................................................252 CHAP.......................................................................222
keepalive frequency ..............................................253 PAP..........................................................................222
obstacles for VPNs ................................................251 PPP ..........................................................................220
probing for NAT..........................................249 to 250 proxy IDs ........................................................................12
NAT-Traversal matching ............................................................76, 82
See NAT-T VPNs and NAT ............................................152 to 153
NetScreen-Remote Public key infrastructure
AutoKey IKE VPN ..................................................174 See PKI
dynamic peer .................................................180, 187 Public/private key pair...................................................34
NAT-T option .........................................................248
NHTB table ........................................................271 to 275 R
addressing scheme ...............................................273 RADIUS
automatic entries ..................................................274 L2TP ........................................................................225
manual entries .......................................................274 redundant gateways .........................................307 to 320
mapping routes to tunnels ...................................271 recovery procedure ...............................................311
null route ........................................................................97 TCP SYN flag checking..........................................313
rekey option, VPN monitoring ...................................259
O replay protection ............................................................12
OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)...................45 request/response pairs ..................................................19
client .........................................................................45 route-based VPNs..................................................75 to 76
responder .................................................................45 routes
null ............................................................................97
P
packet flow S
inbound VPN...................................................79 to 81 SAs ...........................................................................8, 9, 11
outbound VPN .........................................................79 check in packet flow ...............................................78
policy-based VPN ...........................................81 to 82 SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol) ..........41
route-based VPN .............................................76 to 81 Secure Hash Algorithm-1
PAP ........................................................................222, 225 See SHA-1
Password Authentication Protocol SecurID
See PAP L2TP ........................................................................225
Perfect Forward Secrecy security associations
See PFS IKEv2 ........................................................................18
PFS ......................................................................12, 65, 71 See SAs
Phase 1 .............................................................................9 SHA-1 ................................................................................6
proposals ....................................................................9 SKEYSEED ......................................................................19
proposals, predefined .............................................10 SNMP

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MIB files, importing .............................................. 269 replay protection .....................................................12

VPN monitoring .................................................... 269 route- vs policy-based .............................................75
SAs ..............................................................................8
T transport mode..........................................................4
TCP tunnel always up ...................................................259
SYN flag checking ................................................. 313 VPN groups ............................................................308
TLS .................................................................................. 25 VPN monitoring and rekey ..................................259
transport mode ........................................ 4, 222, 227, 232
Triple DES W
See 3DES wildcards ......................................................................200
tunnel mode ..................................................................... 4 WINS
Tunneled TLS ................................................................. 25 L2TP settings .........................................................225

U X
UDP XAuth
checksum ............................................................... 253 VPN monitoring .....................................................260
NAT-T encapsulation ............................................ 248
users
group IKE ID ............................................... 197 to 212
shared IKE ID ............................................. 212 to 218

V
Verisign ........................................................................... 45
VPN monitoring ................................................ 258 to 269
destination address .................................... 260 to 262
destination address, XAuth .................................. 260
ICMP echo requests .............................................. 269
outgoing interface ...................................... 260 to 262
policies ................................................................... 261
rekey option .................................................. 259, 275
routing design.......................................................... 84
SNMP ...................................................................... 269
status changes ............................................... 258, 261
VPNs
aggressive mode ..................................................... 10
AutoKey IKE .............................................................. 7
configuration tips ........................................... 82 to 84
cryptographic options.................................... 60 to 74
Diffie-Hellman exchange........................................ 11
FQDN aliases ......................................................... 142
FQDN for gateways ................................... 141 to 152
main mode .............................................................. 10
MIP.......................................................................... 152
multiple tunnels per tunnel interface ...... 271 to 305
NAT for overlapping addresses ................ 152 to 163
NAT-dst................................................................... 152
NAT-src ................................................................... 154
packet flow ..................................................... 76 to 82
Phase 1 ....................................................................... 9
Phase 2 ..................................................................... 11
policies for bidirectional ....................................... 137
proxy IDs, matching ............................................... 82
redundant gateways .................................. 307 to 320
redundant groups, recovery procedure .............. 311

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