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Site-to-Site and Extranet VPN Business Scenarios

Scenario Descriptions

Site-to-Site Scenario

Extranet Scenario

Step 1—Configuring the Tunnel

Configuring a GRE Tunnel

Configuring the Tunnel Interface, Source, and Destination

Verifying the Tunnel Interface, Source, and Destination

Configuring an IPSec Tunnel

Step 2—Configuring Network Address Translation

Configuring Static Inside Source Address Translation

Verifying Static Inside Source Address Translation

Step 3—Configuring Encryption and IPSec

Configuring IKE Policies

Creating IKE Policies

Additional Configuration Required for IKE Policies

Configuring Pre-shared Keys

Configuring the Gateway for Digital Certificate Interoperability

Verifying IKE Policies

Configuring a Different Shared Key

Configuring IPSec and IPSec Tunnel Mode

Creating Crypto Access Lists

Verifying Crypto Access Lists

Defining Transform Sets and Configuring IPSec Tunnel Mode

Verifying Transform Sets and IPSec Tunnel Mode

Configuring Crypto Maps

Creating Crypto Map Entries

Verifying Crypto Map Entries

Applying Crypto Maps to Interfaces

Verifying Crypto Map Interface Associations

Step 4—Configuring Quality of Service

Configuring Network-Based Application Recognition

Configuring a Class Map

Verifying a Class Map Configuration

Configuring a Policy Map

Attaching a Policy Map to an Interface

Verifying a Policy Map Configuration

Configuring Weighted Fair Queuing

Verifying Weighted Fair Queuing

Configuring Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing

Defining a Class Map

Configuring Class Policy in the Policy Map (Tail Drop)

Attaching the Service Policy and Enabling CBWFQ

Verifying Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing

Step 5—Configuring Cisco IOS Firewall Features

Creating Extended Access Lists Using Access List Numbers

Verifying Extended Access Lists

Applying Access Lists to Interfaces

Verifying Extended Access Lists Are Applied Correctly

Comprehensive Configuration Examples

Site-to-Site Scenario

Headquarters Router Configuration

Remote Office Router Configuration

Extranet Scenario

Headquarters Router Configuration

Business Partner Router Configuration


Site-to-Site and Extranet VPN Business Scenarios


This chapter explains the basic tasks for configuring IP-based, site-to-site and extranet Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) on a Cisco IOS VPN gateway using generic routing encapsulation (GRE) and IPSec tunneling protocols. Basic security, Network Address Translation (NAT), Encryption, Cisco IOS weighted fair queuing (WFQ), and extended access lists for basic traffic filtering are configured.


Note This chapter describes basic features and configurations used in a site-to-site VPN scenario. Some Cisco IOS security software features not described in this document can be used to increase performance and scalability of your VPN. For up-to-date Cisco IOS security software features documentation, refer to the Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide and the Cisco IOS Security Command Reference publication. To access the publication, log on to Cisco.com, and select the following links under "Service & Support": Technical Documents: Cisco IOS Software: Cisco IOS Release 12.2: Configuration Guides and Command References.


This chapter includes the following sections:

Scenario Descriptions

Step 1—Configuring the Tunnel

Step 2—Configuring Network Address Translation

Step 3—Configuring Encryption and IPSec

Step 4—Configuring Quality of Service

Step 5—Configuring Cisco IOS Firewall Features

Comprehensive Configuration Examples


Note Throughout this chapter, there are numerous configuration examples and sample configuration outputs that include unusable IP addresses. Be sure to use your own IP addresses when configuring your Cisco IOS VPN gateway.


Scenario Descriptions

This section includes the following topics:

Site-to-Site Scenario

Extranet Scenario

Configuring a GRE Tunnel

Configuring an IPSec Tunnel

Configuring Static Inside Source Address Translation

Verifying Static Inside Source Address Translation

Configuring IKE Policies

Verifying IKE Policies

Configuring IPSec and IPSec Tunnel Mode

Configuring Crypto Maps

Configuring Network-Based Application Recognition

Configuring Weighted Fair Queuing

Verifying Weighted Fair Queuing

Configuring Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing

Verifying Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing

Creating Extended Access Lists Using Access List Numbers

Verifying Extended Access Lists

Applying Access Lists to Interfaces

Verifying Extended Access Lists Are Applied Correctly

Site-to-Site Scenario

Figure 3-1 shows a headquarters network providing a remote office access to the corporate intranet. In this scenario, the headquarters and remote office are connected through a secure GRE tunnel that is established over an IP infrastructure (the Internet). Employees in the remote office are able to access internal, private web pages and perform various IP-based network tasks.


Note Although the site-to-site VPN scenario in this chapter is configured with GRE tunneling, a site-to-site VPN can also be configured with IPSec only tunneling.


Figure 3-1 Site-to-Site VPN Business Scenario

Figure 3-2 shows the physical elements of the scenario. The Internet provides the core interconnecting fabric between the headquarters and remote office routers. Both the headquarters and remote office are using a Cisco IOS VPN gateway (either a Cisco 7100 series with an Integrated Service Module (ISM) or VPN Accelerator Module (VAM), a Cisco 7200 series with an Integrated Service Adaptor (ISA) or VAM, a Cisco 2600 series, or a Cisco 3600 series router).


Note VAM information and documentation can be found in the VPN Acceleration Module Installation and Configuration document.


The GRE tunnel is configured on the first serial interface in chassis slot 1 (serial 1/0) of the headquarters and remote office routers. Fast Ethernet interface 0/0 of the headquarters router is connected to a corporate server and Fast Ethernet interface 0/1 is connected to a web server. Fast Ethernet interface 0/0 of the remote office router is connected to a PC client.

Figure 3-2 Site-to-Site VPN Scenario Physical Elements

The configuration steps in the following sections are for the headquarters router, unless noted otherwise. Comprehensive configuration examples for both the headquarters and remote office routers are provided in the "Comprehensive Configuration Examples" section.

Table 3-1 lists the physical elements of the site-to-site scenario.

Table 3-1 Physical Elements

Headquarters Network
Remote Office Network
Site Hardware
WAN IP
Address
Ethernet IP Address
Site
Hardware
WAN IP
Address
Ethernet IP Address

hq-sanjose

Serial interface 1/0:
172.17.2.4
255.255.255.0

Tunnel interface 0:
172.17.3.3
255.255.255.0

Fast Ethernet
Interface 0/0:
10.1.3.3
255.255.255.0

Fast Ethernet
Interface 0/1:
10.1.6.4
255.255.255.0

ro-rtp

Serial interface 1/0:
172.24.2.5
255.255.255.0

Tunnel interface 1:
172.24.3.6
255.255.255.0

Fast Ethernet
Interface 0/0:
10.1.4.2
255.255.255.0

Corporate server

10.1.3.6

PC A

10.1.4.3

Web server

10.1.6.5


Extranet Scenario

The extranet scenario introduced in Figure 3-3 builds on the site-to-site scenario by providing a business partner access to the same headquarters network. In the extranet scenario, the headquarters and business partner are connected through a secure IPSec tunnel and the business partner is given access only to the headquarters public server to perform various IP-based network tasks, such as placing and managing product orders.

Figure 3-3 Extranet VPN Business Scenario

Figure 3-4 shows the physical elements of the scenario. As in the site-to-site business scenario, the Internet provides the core interconnecting fabric between the headquarters and business partner routers. Like the headquarters office, the business partner is also using a Cisco IOS VPN gateway (either a Cisco 7100 series with an Integrated Service Module (ISM) or a VPN Accelerator Module (VAM), a Cisco 7200 series with an Integrated Service Adaptor (ISA) or VAM, or a Cisco 3600 series concentrator).


Note VAM information and documentation can be found in the VPN Acceleration Module Installation and Configuration document.


The IPSec tunnel between the two sites is configured on the second serial interface in chassis slot 2 (serial 2/0) of the headquarters router and the first serial interface in chassis slot 1 (serial 1/0) of the business partner router. Fast Ethernet interface 0/0 of the headquarters router is still connected to a private corporate server and Fast Ethernet interface 0/1 is connected to a public server. Fast Ethernet interface 0/0 of the business partner router is connected to a PC client.

Figure 3-4 Extranet VPN Scenario Physical Elements

The configuration steps in the following sections are for the headquarters router, unless noted otherwise. Comprehensive configuration examples for both the headquarters and business partner routers are provided in the "Comprehensive Configuration Examples" section.

Table 3-2 lists the extranet scenario's physical elements.

Table 3-2 Physical Elements

Headquarters Network
Business Partner Network
Site Hardware
WAN IP
Address
Ethernet IP Address
Site
Hardware
WAN IP
Address
Ethernet IP Address

hq-sanjose

Serial interface 2/0:
172.16.2.2
255.255.255.0

Fast Ethernet
Interface 0/0:
10.1.3.3
255.255.255.0

Fast Ethernet
Interface 0/1:
10.1.6.4
255.255.255.0

bus-ptnr

Serial interface 1/0:
172.23.2.7
255.255.255.0

Fast Ethernet
Interface 0/0:
10.1.5.2
255.255.255.0

Corporate server

10.1.3.6

PC B

10.1.5.3

Web server

10.1.6.51

1 The inside local IP address of the headquarters network public server (10.1.6.5) is translated to inside global IP address 10.2.2.2 in the "Step 2—Configuring Network Address Translation" section.


Step 1—Configuring the Tunnel

Tunneling provides a way to encapsulate packets inside of a transport protocol. Tunneling is implemented as a virtual interface to provide a simple interface for configuration. The tunnel interface is not tied to specific "passenger" or "transport" protocols, but rather, it is an architecture that is designed to provide the services necessary to implement any standard point-to-point encapsulation scheme. Because tunnels are point-to-point links, you must configure a separate tunnel for each link.

Tunneling has the following three primary components:

Passenger protocol, which is the protocol you are encapsulating (AppleTalk, Banyan VINES, Connectionless Network Service [CLNS], DECnet, IP, or Internetwork Packet Exchange [IPX]).

Carrier protocol, such as the generic routing encapsulation (GRE) protocol or IPSec protocol.

Transport protocol, such as IP, which is the protocol used to carry the encapsulated protocol.

Figure 3-5 illustrates IP tunneling terminology and concepts.

Figure 3-5 IP Tunneling Terminology and Concepts

This section contains the following topics:

Configuring a GRE Tunnel

Configuring an IPSec Tunnel

Configuring a GRE Tunnel

GRE is capable of handling the transportation of multiprotocol and IP multicast traffic between two sites, which only have IP unicast connectivity. The importance of using tunnels in a VPN environment is based on the fact that IPSec encryption only works on IP unicast frames. Tunneling allows for the encryption and the transportation of multiprotocol traffic across the VPN since the tunneled packets appear to the IP network as an IP unicast frame between the tunnel endpoints. If all connectivity must go through the home gateway router, tunnels also enable the use of private network addressing across a service provider's backbone without the need for running the Network Address Translation (NAT) feature.

Network redundancy (resiliency) is an important consideration in the decision to use GRE tunnels, IPSec tunnels, or tunnels which utilize IPSec over GRE. GRE can be used in conjunction with IPSec to pass routing updates between sites on an IPSec VPN. GRE encapsulates the clear text packet, then IPSec (in transport or tunnel mode) encrypts the packet.This packet flow of IPSec over GRE enables routing updates, which are generally multicast, to be passed over an encrypted link. IPSec alone can not achieve this, because it does not support multicast.

Using redundant GRE tunnels protected by IPSec from a remote router to redundant headquarter routers, routing protocols can be employed to delineate the "primary" and "secondary" headquarter routers. Upon loss of connectivity to the primary router, routing protocols will discover the failure and route to the secondary gateway, thereby providing network redundancy.

It is important to note that more than one router must be employed at HQ to provide resiliency. For VPN resilience, the remote site should be configured with two GRE tunnels, one to the primary HQ VPN router, and the other to the backup HQ VPN router.

This section contains basic steps to configure a GRE tunnel and includes the following tasks:

Configuring the Tunnel Interface, Source, and Destination

Verifying the Tunnel Interface, Source, and Destination

Configuring the Tunnel Interface, Source, and Destination

To configure a GRE tunnel between the headquarters and remote office routers, you must configure a tunnel interface, source, and destination on the headquarters and remote office routers. To do this, complete the following steps starting in global configuration mode.


Note The following procedure assumes the tunnel interface, source, and destination on the remote office router are configured with the values listed in Table 3-1.


 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

hq-sanjose(config)# interface tunnel 0 
hq-sanjose(config-if)# ip address 172.17.3.3 
255.255.255.0

Specify a tunnel interface number, enter interface configuration mode, and configure an IP address and subnet mask on the tunnel interface. This example configures IP address and subnet mask 172.17.3.3 255.255.255.0 for tunnel interface 0 on the headquarters router.

Step 2 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# tunnel source 172.17.2.4 
255.255.255.0

Specify the tunnel interface source address and subnet mask. This example uses the IP address and subnet mask of T3 serial interface 1/0 of the headquarters router.

Step 3 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# tunnel destination 
172.24.2.5 255.255.255.0

Specify the tunnel interface destination address. This example uses the IP address and subnet mask of T3 serial interface 1/0 of the remote office router.

Step 4 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# tunnel mode gre ip

Configure GRE as the tunnel mode.

GRE is the default tunnel encapsulation mode, so this command is considered optional.

Step 5 

hq-sanjose(config)# interface tunnel 0 
hq-sanjose(config-if)# no shutdown 
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Tunnel0, changed state 
to up

Bring up the tunnel interface.1

Step 6 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# exit 
hq-sanjose(config)# ip route 10.1.4.0 
255.255.255.0 tunnel 0

Exit back to global configuration mode and configure traffic from the remote office network through the tunnel. This example configures traffic from the remote office Fast Ethernet network (10.1.4.0 255.255.255.0) through GRE tunnel 0.

1 This command changes the state of the tunnel interface from administratively down to up.


Note When configuring GRE, you must have only Cisco routers or access servers at both ends of the tunnel connection.


Verifying the Tunnel Interface, Source, and Destination

To verify the configuration:

Enter the show interfaces tunnel 0 EXEC command to view the tunnel interface status, configured IP addresses, and encapsulation type. Both the interface and the interface line protocol should be "up."

hq-sanjose# show interfaces tunnel 0
Tunnel0 is up, line protocol is up 
  Hardware is Tunnel
  Internet address is 172.17.3.3/24
  MTU 1514 bytes, BW 180 Kbit, DLY 500000 usec, 
     reliablility 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation TUNNEL, loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Tunnel source 172.17.2.4, destination 172.24.2.5
  Tunnel protocol/transport GRE/IP, key disabled, sequencing disabled
  Checksumming of packets disabled,  fast tunneling enabled
  Last input never, output 00:10:44, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Queueing strategy:fifo
  Output queue 0/0, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
     29 packets output, 2348 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

Try pinging the tunnel interface of the remote office router (this example uses the IP address of tunnel interface 1 [172.24.3.6]):

hq-sanjose(config)# ping 172.24.3.6

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.24.3.6, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 4/5/8 ms

Tips If you have trouble, make sure you are using the correct IP address and that you enabled the tunnel interface with the no shutdown command.


Configuring an IPSec Tunnel

IPSec can be configured in tunnel mode or transport mode. IPSec tunnel mode can be used as an alternative to a GRE tunnel, or in conjunction with a GRE tunnel. In IPSec tunnel mode, the entire original IP datagram is encrypted, and it becomes the payload in a new IP packet. This mode allows a network device, such as a router, to act as an IPSec proxy. That is, the router performs encryption on behalf of the hosts. The source router encrypts packets and forwards them along the IPSec tunnel. The destination router decrypts the original IP datagram and forwards it on to the destination system. Tunnel mode protects against traffic analysis; with tunnel mode, an attacker can only determine the tunnel endpoints and not the true source and destination of the packets passing through the tunnel, even if they are the same as the tunnel endpoints.


Note IPSec tunnel mode configuration instructions are described in detail in the "Configuring IPSec and IPSec Tunnel Mode" section.


In IPSec transport mode, only the IP payload is encrypted, and the original IP headers are left intact. (See Figure 3-6.) This mode has the advantage of adding only a few bytes to each packet. It also allows devices on the public network to see the final source and destination of the packet. With this capability, you can enable special processing in the intermediate network based on the information in the IP header. However, the Layer 4 header will be encrypted, limiting the examination of the packet. Unfortunately, by passing the IP header in the clear, transport mode allows an attacker to perform some traffic analysis. (See the "Defining Transform Sets and Configuring IPSec Tunnel Mode" section for an IPSec transport mode configuration example.)

Figure 3-6 IPSec in Tunnel and Transport Modes

Step 2—Configuring Network Address Translation


Note NAT is used if you have conflicting private address spaces in the extranet scenario. If you have no conflicting private address spaces, proceed to the "Step 3—Configuring Encryption and IPSec" section.


Network Address Translation (NAT) enables private IP internetworks with addresses that are not globally unique to connect to the Internet by translating those addresses into globally routable address space. NAT is configured on the router at the border of a stub domain (referred to as the inside network) and a public network such as the Internet (referred to as the outside network). NAT translates the internal local addresses to globally unique IP addresses before sending packets to the outside network. NAT also allows a more graceful renumbering strategy for organizations that are changing service providers or voluntarily renumbering into classless interdomain routing (CIDR) blocks.

This section only explains how to configure static translation to translate internal local IP addresses into globally unique IP addresses before sending packets to an outside network, and includes the following tasks:

Configuring Static Inside Source Address Translation

Verifying Static Inside Source Address Translation

Static translation establishes a one-to-one mapping between your internal local address and an inside global address. Static translation is useful when a host on the inside must be accessible by a fixed address from the outside.


Note For detailed, additional configuration information on NAT—for example, instructions on how to configure dynamic translation—refer to the "Configuring IP Addressing" chapter in the Network Protocols Configuration Guide, Part 1. NAT is also described in RFC 1631.


NAT uses the following definitions:

Inside local address—The IP address that is assigned to a host on the inside network. The address is probably not a legitimate IP address assigned by the Network Information Center (NIC) or service provider.

Inside global address—A legitimate IP address (assigned by the NIC or service provider) that represents one or more inside local IP addresses to the outside world.

Outside local address—The IP address of an outside host as it appears to the inside network. Not necessarily a legitimate address, it was allocated from address space routable on the inside.

Outside global address—The IP address assigned to a host on the outside network by the host owner. The address was allocated from a globally routable address or network space.

Figure 3-7 illustrates a router that is translating a source address inside a network to a source address outside the network.

Figure 3-7 NAT Inside Source Translation

The following process describes inside source address translation, as shown in Figure 3-7:

1. The user at Host 10.1.1.1 opens a connection to Host B.

2. The first packet that the router receives from Host 10.1.1.1 causes the router to check its NAT table.

If a static translation entry was configured, the router goes to Step 3.

If no translation entry exists, the router determines that source address (SA) 10.1.1.1 must be translated dynamically, selects a legal, global address from the dynamic address pool, and creates a translation entry. This type of entry is called a simple entry.

3. The router replaces the inside local source address of Host 10.1.1.1 with the translation entry global address, and forwards the packet.

4. Host B receives the packet and responds to Host 10.1.1.1 by using the inside global IP destination address (DA) 10.2.2.2.

5. When the router receives the packet with the inside global IP address, it performs a NAT table lookup by using the inside global address as a key. It then translates the address to the inside local address of Host 10.1.1.1 and forwards the packet to Host 10.1.1.1.

6. Host 10.1.1.1 receives the packet and continues the conversation. The router performs Steps 2 through 5 for each packet.

This section contains the following topics:

Configuring Static Inside Source Address Translation

Verifying Static Inside Source Address Translation

Configuring Static Inside Source Address Translation

To configure static inside source address translation, complete the following steps starting in global configuration mode:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

hq-sanjose(config)# ip nat inside source static 
10.1.6.5 10.2.2.2

Establish static translation between an inside local address and an inside global address. This example translates inside local address 10.1.6.5 (the server) to inside global address 10.2.2.2.

Step 2 

hq-sanjose(config)# interface fastethernet 0/1

Specify the inside interface. This example specifies Fast Ethernet interface 0/1 on the headquarters router.

Step 3 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# ip nat inside

Mark the interface as connected to the inside.

Step 4 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# interface serial 2/0

Specify the outside interface. This example specifies serial interface 2/0 on the headquarters router.

Step 5 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# ip nat outside

Mark the interface as connected to the outside.

Step 6 

hq-sanjose(config-if)# exit 
hq-sanjose(config)#

Exit back to global configuration mode.

The previous steps are the minimum you must configure for static inside source address translation. You could configure multiple inside and outside interfaces.

Verifying Static Inside Source Address Translation

To verify the configuration:

Enter the show ip nat translations verbose EXEC command to see the global and local address translations and to confirm static translation is configured.

hq-sanjose# show ip nat translations verbose
Pro Inside global      Inside local       Outside local      Outside
global
--- 10.2.2.2           10.1.6.5            ---                ---
    create 00:10:28, use 00:10:28, flags:
static

Enter the show running-config EXEC command to see the inside and outside interfaces, global and local address translations, and to confirm static translation is configured (display text has been omitted from the following sample output for clarity).

hq-sanjose# show running-config

interface FastEthernet0/1
 ip address 10.1.6.5 255.255.255.0
 no ip directed-broadcast
 ip nat inside

interface serial2/0
 ip address 172.16.2.2 255.255.255.0
 ip nat outside

ip nat inside source static 10.1.6.5 10.2.2.2

Step 3—Configuring Encryption and IPSec

IPSec is a framework of open standards, developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), that provides data confidentiality, data integrity, and data authentication between participating peers. IPSec provides these security services at the IP layer; it uses IKE to handle negotiation of protocols and algorithms based on local policy, and to generate the encryption and authentication keys to be used by IPSec. IPSec can be used to protect one or more data flows between a pair of hosts, between a pair of security gateways, or between a security gateway and a host.

IKE is a hybrid security protocol that implements Oakley and SKEME key exchanges inside the Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) framework. While IKE can be used with other protocols, its initial implementation is with the IPSec protocol. IKE provides authentication of the IPSec peers, negotiates IPSec security associations, establishes IPSec keys, and provides IKE keepalives. IPSec can be configured without IKE, but IKE enhances IPSec by providing additional features, flexibility, ease of configuration for the IPSec standard, and keepalives, which are integral in achieving network resilience when configured with GRE.

Certification authority (CA) interoperability is provided by the ISM in support of the IPSec standard. It permits Cisco IOS devices and CAs to communicate so that your Cisco IOS device can obtain and use digital certificates from the CA. Although IPSec can be implemented in your network without the use of a CA, using a CA provides manageability and scalability for IPSec.

The CA must be properly configured to issue certificates. You must also configure the peers to obtain certificates from the CA. Configure this certificate support as described in the "Configuring Certification Authority Interoperability" chapter of the Security Configuration Guide.

To provide encryption and IPSec tunneling services on a Cisco IOS VPN gateway, you must complete the following tasks:

Configuring IKE Policies

Verifying IKE Policies

Configuring IPSec and IPSec Tunnel Mode

Configuring Crypto Maps


Note You can configure a static crypto map, create a dynamic crypto map, or add a dynamic crypto map into a static crypto map. Refer to the "Configuring Crypto Maps" section.


Optionally, you can configure CA interoperability. This guide does not explain how to configure CA interoperability on your Cisco IOS VPN gateway. Refer to the "IP Security and Encryption" part of the Security Configuration Guide and the Security Command Reference publications for detailed information on configuring CA interoperabilty.


Note This section only contains basic configuration information for enabling encryption and IPSec tunneling services. Refer to the "IP Security and Encryption" part of the Security Configuration Guide and the Security Command Reference publications for detailed configuration information on IPSec, IKE, and CA.

Refer to the Integrated Service Adapter and Integrated Service Module Installation and Configuration publication for detailed configuration information on the ISM.


This section contains the following topics:

Configuring IKE Policies

Verifying IKE Policies

Configuring IPSec and IPSec Tunnel Mode

Configuring Crypto Maps

Configuring IKE Policies

Internet Key Exchange (IKE) is enabled by default. IKE does not have to be enabled for individual interfaces, but is enabled globally for all interfaces in the router. You must create IKE policies at each peer. An IKE policy defines a combination of security parameters to be used during the IKE negotiation.

You can create multiple IKE policies, each with a different combination of parameter values. If you do not configure any IKE policies, the router uses the default policy, which is always set to the lowest priority, and which contains each parameter default value.

For each policy that you create, you assign a unique priority (1 through 10,000, with 1 being the highest priority). You can configure multiple policies on each peer—but at least one of these policies must contain exactly the same encryption, hash, authentication, and Diffie-Hellman parameter values as one of the policies on the remote peer. If you do not specify a value for a parameter, the default value is assigned.

IKE keepalives (or "hello packets") are required to detect a loss of connectivity, providing network resiliency. If your HQ employs more than two routers and utilizes IPSec, you can specify the length of keepalive packets or use the default time period of 10 seconds. To specify the interval length at which keepalive packets are to be sent, use the cry isakmp keepalive command, as exemplified in Step 2 of the "Creating IKE Policies" section.


Note The default policy and the default values for configured policies do not show up in the configuration when you issue a show running-config EXEC command. Instead, to see the default policy and any default values within configured policies, use the show crypto isakmp policy EXEC command.


This section contains basic steps to configure IKE policies and includes the following tasks:

Creating IKE Policies

Additional Configuration Required for IKE Policies

Configuring Pre-shared Keys

Creating IKE Policies

To create an IKE policy, complete the following steps starting in global configuration mode:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

hq-sanjose(config)# crypto isakmp policy 1

Enter config-isakmp command mode and identify the policy to create. (Each policy is uniquely identified by the priority number you assign.) This example configures policy 1.

Step 2 

hq-sanjose(config)# cry isakmp keepalive 12 2

Optional step: Specify the time interval of IKE keepalive packets (default is 10 seconds), and the retry interval when the keepalive packet failed. This example configures the keepalive interval for 12 seconds and the retry interval for 2 seconds.

Step 3 

hq-sanjose(config-isakmp)# encryption des

Specify the encryption algorithm—56-bit Data Encryption Standard (DES [des]) or 168-bit Triple DES (3des). This example configures the DES algorithm, which is the default.

Step 4 

hq-sanjose(config-isakmp)# hash sha

Specify the hash algorithm—Message Digest 5 (MD5 [md5]) or Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA [sha]). This example configures SHA, which is the default.

Step 5 

hq-sanjose(config-isakmp)# authentication 
pre-share

Specify the authentication method—pre-shared keys (pre-share), RSA1 encrypted nonces (rsa-encr), or RSA signatures (rsa-slg). This example configures pre-shared keys. The default is RSA signatures.

Step 6 

hq-sanjose(config-isakmp)# group 1

Specify the Diffie-Hellman group identifier—768-bit Diffie-Hellman (1) or 1024-bit Diffie-Hellman (2). This example configures 768-bit Diffie-Hellman, which is the default.

Step 7 

hq-sanjose(config-isakmp)# lifetime 86400

Specify the security association's lifetime—in seconds. This example configures 86400 seconds (one day).

Step 8 

hq-sanjose(config-isakmp)# exit 
hq-sanjose(config)#

Exit back to global configuration mode.

1 RSA = Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman.

Additional Configuration Required for IKE Policies

Depending on which authentication method you specify in your IKE policies, you need to complete an additional companion configuration before IKE and IPSec can successfully use the IKE policies.

Each authentication method requires an additional companion configuration as follows:

RSA signatures method:

If you specify RSA signatures as the authentication method in a policy, you must configure the peers to obtain certificates from a certification authority (CA). (And, of course, the CA must be properly configured to issue the certificates.) Configure this certificate support as described in the "Configuring Certification Authority Interoperability" chapter of the Security Configuration Guide.

The certificates are used by each peer to securely exchange public keys. (RSA signatures require that each peer has the remote peer's public signature key.) When both peers have valid certificates, they will automatically exchange public keys with each other as part of any IKE negotiation in which RSA signatures are used.

RSA encrypted nonces method:

If you specify RSA encrypted nonces as the authentication method in a policy, you need to ensure that each peer has the other peers' public keys.

Unlike RSA signatures, the RSA encrypted nonces method does not use certificates to exchange public keys. Instead, you ensure that each peer has the others' public keys by doing the following:

Manually configure RSA keys as described in the "Configuring Internet Key Exchange Security Protocol" chapter of the Security Configuration Guide.

Ensure that an IKE exchange using RSA signatures has already occurred between the peers. (The peers' public keys are exchanged during the RSA-signatures-based IKE negotiations.)

To make this happen, specify two policies: a higher-priority policy with RSA encrypted nonces, and a lower-priority policy with RSA signatures. When IKE negotiations occur, RSA signatures will be used the first time because the peers do not yet have each others' public keys. Then, future IKE negotiations will be able to use RSA-encrypted nonces because the public keys will have been exchanged.

Of course, this alternative requires that you have CA support configured.

Pre-shared keys authentication method:

If you specify pre-shared keys as the authentication method in a policy, you must configure these pre-shared keys as described in the "Configuring Pre-shared Keys" section."

Digital certificate authentication method:

If you specify digital certificates as the authentication method in a policy, the CA must be properly configured to issue certificates. You must also configure the peers to obtain certificates from the CA. Configure this certificate support as described in the "Configuring Certification Authority Interoperability" chapter of the Security Configuration Guide.

Digital certificates simplify authentication. You need only enroll each peer with the CA, rather than manually configuring each peer to exchange keys. Cisco recommends using digital certificates in a network of more than 50 peers. Third party CAs include Microsoft, Verisign, Baltimore, and Entrust.

If RSA encryption is configured and signature mode is negotiated, the peer will request both signature and encryption keys. Basically, the router will request as many keys as the configuration will support. If RSA encryption is not configured, it will just request a signature key.

Configuring Pre-shared Keys

To configure pre-shared keys, perform these steps at each peer that uses pre-shared keys in an IKE policy:


Step 1 Set each peer ISAKMP identity. Each peer identity should be set to either its host name or by its IP address. By default, a peer identity is set to its IP address.

Step 2 Specify the shared keys at each peer. Note that a given pre-shared key is shared between two peers. At a given peer, you could specify the same key to share with multiple remote peers; however, a more secure approach is to specify different keys to share between different pairs of peers.


Note The following procedure is based on the "Site-to-Site Scenario" section. However, the same configuration commands can be used in an extranet scenario.


To specify pre-shared keys at a peer, complete the following steps in global configuration mode:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

hq-sanjose(config)# crypto isakmp identity 
address

At the local peer: Specify the ISAKMP identity (address or hostname) the headquarters router will use when communicating with the remote office router during IKE negotiations. This example specifies the address keyword, which uses IP address 172.17.2.4 (serial interface 1/0 of the headquarters router) as the identity for the headquarters router.

Step 2 

hq-sanjose(config)# crypto isakmp key test12345 
address 172.24.2.5

At the local peer: Specify the shared key the headquarters router will use with the remote office router. This example configures the shared key test12345 to be used with the remote peer 172.24.2.5 (serial interface 1/0 on the remote office router).

Step 3 

ro-rtp(config)# crypto isakmp identity address

At the remote peer: Specify the ISAKMP identity (address or hostname) the remote office router will use when communicating with the headquarters router during IKE negotiations. Again, this example specifies the address keyword, which uses IP address 172.24.2.5 (serial interface 1/0 of the remote office router) as the identity for the remote office router.

Step 4 

ro-rtp(config)# crypto isakmp key test12345 
address 172.17.2.4

At the remote peer: Specify the shared key to be used with the local peer. This is the same key you just specified at the local peer. This example configures the shared key test12345 to be used with the local peer 172.17.2.4 (serial interface 1/0 on the headquarters router).


Note Set an ISAKMP identity whenever you specify pre-shared keys. The address keyword is typically used when there is only one interface (and therefore only one IP address) that will be used by the peer for IKE negotiations, and the IP address is known. Use the hostname keyword if there is more than one interface on the peer that might be used for IKE negotiations, or if the interface IP address is unknown (such as with dynamically-assigned IP addresses).


Configuring the Gateway for Digital Certificate Interoperability

To configure your IOS gateway to use digital certificates as the authentication method, use the following steps, beginning in global configuration mode. This configuration assumes the use of the IOS default ISAKMP policy, which uses DES, SHA, RSA signatures, Diffie-Hellman group 1, and a lifetime of 86,400 seconds. Cisco recommends using 3DES. Refer to the "Creating IKE Policies" section for an ISAKMP configuration example which specifies 3DES as the encryption method.


Note This example only configures the head-end gateway. Additionally, each peer must be enrolled with a CA. This configuration example does not configure the CA. CA configuration instructions should be obtained from your CA vendor, such as Baltimore, Entrust, Microsoft, or VeriSign.


 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

hq-sanjose(config)# crypto ca identity name

Declares a CA. The name should be the domain name of the CA. This command puts you into the ca-identity configuration mode.

Step 2 

hq-sanjose(config)# enrollment url url

Specifies the URL of the CA. (The URL should include any nonstandard cgi-bin script location.)

Step 3 

hq-sanjose(config)# enrollment mode ra

(Optional) Specifies RA mode if your CA system provides a registration authority (RA).

The Cisco IOS software automatically determines the mode—RA or non-RA; therefore, if RA mode is used, this subcommand is written to NVRAM during "write memory."

Step 4 

hq-sanjose(ca-identity)# query url url

Specifies the location of the LDAP server if your CA system provides an RA and supports the LDAP protocol.

Step 5 

hq-sanjose(ca-identity)# enrollment retry period 
minutes

(Optional) Specifies that other peer certificates can still be accepted by your router even if the appropriate CRL is not accessible to your router.

Step 6 

hq-sanjose(ca-identity)# enrollment retry count 
number

(Optional) Specifies how many times the router will continue to send unsuccessful certificate requests before giving up. By default, the router will never give up trying.

Step 7 

hq-sanjose(ca-identity)# crl optional

(Optional) Specifies that other peers certificates can still be accepted by your router even if the appropriate CRL is not accessible to your router.

Step 8 

hq-sanjose(ca-identity)# exit

Exits ca-identity configuration mode.

Verifying IKE Policies

To verify the configuration:

Enter the show crypto isakmp policy EXEC command to see the default policy and any default values within configured policies.

hq-sanjose# show crypto isakmp policy
Protection suite priority 1
	encryption algorithm:	DES - Data Encryption Standard (56 bit keys)
	hash algorithm:	Secure Hash Standard
	authentication method:	Pre-Shared Key
	Diffie-Hellman group:	#1 (768 bit)
	lifetime:	86400 seconds, no volume limit

Note Although the above output shows "no volume limit" for the lifetime, you can currently only configure a time lifetime (such as 86400 seconds); volume limit lifetimes are not configurable.



Tips If you have trouble, use the show version command to ensure your Cisco VPN gateway is running a Cisco IOS software image that supports crypto.


hq-sanjose# show version
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software 
IOS (tm) EGR Software (c7100-JOS56I-M), Release Version 12.0(4)XE
Copyright (c) 1986-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 22-Mar-99 21:41 by biff
Image text-base:0x600088F8, data-base:0x611CE000

ROM:System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(4)XE RELEASE SOFTWARE

router uptime is 20 hours, 34 minutes
System restarted by reload at 22:36:57 PST Fri Dec 31 1999
System image file is "c7100-jos56i-mz"

cisco 7140 (EGR) processor with 188416K/139264K bytes of memory.
R7000 CPU at 262Mhz, Implementation 39, Rev 1.0, 256KB L2, 2048KB L3 
Cache
Last reset from power-on
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
SuperLAT software copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
TN3270 Emulation software.
3 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

40960K bytes of ATA PCMCIA card at slot 0 (Sector size 512 bytes).
8192K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).
Configuration register is 0x0

Configuring a Different Shared Key

Because pre-shared keys were specified as the authentication method for policy 1 in the "Configuring IKE Policies" section, (the policy that will also be used on the business partner router) complete the following steps at the headquarters router as well as the business partner router:


Step 1 Set each peer Internet Security Association & Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) identity. Each peer identity should be set to either its host name or by its IP address. By default, a peer identity is set to its IP address. In this scenario, you only need to complete this task at the business partner router.

Step 2 Specify the shared keys at each peer. Note that a given pre-shared key is shared between two peers. At a given peer, you could specify the same key to share with multiple remote peers; however, a more secure approach is to specify different keys to share between different pairs of peers.


Note The following procedure is based on the "Extranet Scenario" section.


To configure a different pre-shared key for use between the headquarters router and the business partner router, complete the following steps in global configuration mode:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

hq-sanjose(config)# crypto isakmp key test67890  
address 172.23.2.7

At the local peer: Specify the shared key the headquarters router will use with the business partner router. This example configures the shared key test67890 to be used with the remote peer 172.23.2.7 (serial interface 1/0 on the business partner router).

Step 2 

bus-ptnr(config)# crypto isakmp identity address

At the remote peer: Specify the ISAKMP identity (address or hostname) the business partner router will use when communicating with the headquarters router during IKE negotiations. (This task was already completed on the headquarters router when policy 1 was configured in the "Configuring IKE Policies" section.) This example specifies the address keyword, which uses IP address 172.23.2.7 (serial interface 1/0 of the business partner router) as the identity for the business partner router.

Step 3 

bus-ptnr(config)# crypto isakmp key test67890 
address 172.17.2.4

At the remote peer: Specify the shared key to be used with the local peer. This is the same key you just specified at the local peer. This example configures the shared key test67890 to be used with the local peer 172.16.2.2 (serial interface 2/0 on the headquarters router).


Note Set an ISAKMP identity whenever you specify pre-shared keys. The address keyword is typically used when there is only one interface (and therefore only one IP address) that will be used by the peer for IKE negotiations, and the IP address is known. Use the hostname keyword if there is more than one interface on the peer that might be used for IKE negotiations, or if the interface IP address is unknown (such as with dynamically-assigned IP addresses).


Configuring IPSec and IPSec Tunnel Mode

After you have configured a different shared key, configure IPSec at each participating IPSec peer. This section contains basic steps to configure IPSec and includes the following tasks:

Creating Crypto Access Lists

Verifying Crypto Access Lists

Defining Transform Sets and Configuring IPSec Tunnel Mode

Verifying Transform Sets and IPSec Tunnel Mode


Note IKE uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 500. The IPSec encapsulating security payload (ESP) and authentication header (AH) protocols use IP protocol numbers 50 and 51. Ensure that your access lists are configured so that IP protocol 50, 51, and UDP port 500 traffic is not blocked at interfaces used by IPSec. In some cases, you might need to add a statement to your access lists to explicitly permit this traffic. Crypto access lists use the same format as standard access lists. However, the permit command instructs the router to encrypt data, and the deny command instructs the router to allow unencrypted data.


Creating Crypto Access Lists

Crypto access lists are used to define which IP traffic will be protected by crypto and which traffic will not be protected by crypto. (These access lists are not the same as regular access lists, which determine what traffic to forward or block at an interface.) For example, you can create access lists to protect all IP traffic between the headquarters router and business partner router.

The access lists themselves are not specific to IPSec. It is the crypto map entry referencing the specific access list that defines whether IPSec processing is applied to the traffic matching a permit in the access list.

To create a crypto access list, enter the following command in global configuration mode:

Command
Purpose
hq-sanjose(config)# access-list 111 permit 
ip host 10.2.2.2 host 10.1.5.3

Specify conditions to determine which IP packets are protected.1 (Enable or disable crypto for traffic that matches these conditions.) This example configures access list 111 to encrypt all IP traffic between the headquarters server (translated inside global IP address 10.2.2.2) and PC B (IP address 10.1.5.3) in the business partner office.

We recommend that you configure "mirror image" crypto access lists for use by IPSec and that you avoid using the any keyword.

1 You specify conditions using an IP access list designated by either a number or a name. The access-list command designates a numbered extended access list; the ip access-list extended command designates a named access list.


Verifying Crypto Access Lists

To verify the configuration:

Enter the show access-lists 111 EXEC command to see the access list attributes.

hq-sanjose# show access-lists 111
Extended IP access list 111
    permit ip host 10.2.2.2 host 10.1.5.3

Tips If you have trouble, make sure you are specifying the correct access list number.


Defining Transform Sets and Configuring IPSec Tunnel Mode

You must define transform sets regardless of the tunneling protocol you use. To define a transform set and configure IPSec tunnel mode, complete the following steps starting in global configuration mode:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

hq-sanjose(config)# crypto ipsec transform-set 
proposal4 ah-sha-hmac esp-des

Define a transform set and enter crypto-transform configuration mode. This example combines AH1 transform ah-sha-hmac, ESP2 encryption transform esp-des, and ESP authentication transform esp-sha-hmac in the transform set proposal4.

There are complex rules defining which entries you can use for the transform arguments. These rules are explained in the command description for the crypto ipsec transform-set command. You can also use the crypto ipsec transform-set? command, in global configuration mode, to view the available transform arguments.

Step 2 

hq-sanjose(cfg-crypto-trans)# mode tunnel

Change the mode associated with the transform set. The mode setting is only applicable to traffic whose source and destination addresses are the IPSec peer addresses; it is ignored for all other traffic. (All other traffic is in tunnel mode only.) This example configures tunnel mode for the transport set proposal4, which creates an IPSec tunnel between the IPSec peer addresses.

Step 3 

hq-sanjose(cfg-crypto-trans)# exit 
hq-sanjose(config)#

Exit back to global configuration mode.

1 AH = authentication header. This header, when added to an IP datagram, ensures the integrity and authenticity of the data, including the invariant fields in the outer IP header. It does not provide confidentiality protection. AH uses a keyed-hash function rather than digital signatures.

2 ESP = encapsulating security payload. This header, when added to an IP datagram, protects the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of the data. If ESP is used to validate data integrity, it does not include the invariant fields in the IP header.


Note AH and ESP can be used independently or together, although for most applications just one of them is sufficient. For both of these protocols, IPSec does not define the specific security algorithms to use, but rather, provides an open framework for implementing industry-standard algorithms.


Verifying Transform Sets and IPSec Tunnel Mode

To verify the configuration:

Enter the show crypto ipsec transform-set EXEC command to see the type of transform set configured on the router.

hq-sanjose# show crypto ipsec transform-set
Transform set proposal4: { ah-sha-hmac  }
   will negotiate = { Tunnel,  },
   { esp-des esp-sha-hmac  }
   will negotiate = { Tunnel,  },

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Configuring Crypto Maps

Remote devices need to be managed through a VPN from the central site when operating on a centralized IT model. VPN devices support numerous configuration options to determine the tunnel endpoint and, depending on the method chosen, these options may impact the manageability of the network. Refer to the "Dynamic versus Static Crypto Maps" section for a discussion of when to use static or dynamic crypto maps.

To be the most effective in managing remote devices, you must use static cryptographic maps at the site where your management applications are located. Dynamic cryptographic maps can be used at the headend for ease of configuration.