Configure ASA and AnyConnect Dynamic Split Tunneling

Introduction

This document describes how to configure AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Dynamic Split Exclude Tunneling via ASDM.

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Prerequisites

Requirements

Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics:

• Basic knowledge of ASA.
• Basic knowledge of Cisco AnyConnect Security Mobility Client.

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Components Used

The information in this document is based on these software versions:

• ASA 9.12(3)9
• Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) 7.13(1)
• AnyConnect 4.7.0

The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, ensure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

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Background Information

AnyConnect Split tunneling allows Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client secure access to corporate resources via IKEV2 or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Prior to AnyConnect version 4.5, based on the policy configured on Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Split tunnel behavior can be Tunnel Specified, Tunnel All, or Exclude Specified.

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With the advent of cloud-hosted computer resources, services sometimes resolve to a different IP address based on the location of the user or based on the load of the cloud-hosted resources.

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Since AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client provides split-tunneling to static subnet range, host or a pool of IPV4 or IPV6, it becomes difficult for Network Administrators to exclude domains/FQDNs while they configure AnyConnect. For example, a Network Administrator wants to exclude the Cisco.com domain from Split tunnel configuration but the DNS mapping for Cisco.com changes since it is cloud-hosted.

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By using Dynamic Split Exclude tunneling, AnyConnect dynamically resolves the IPv4/IPv6 address of the hosted application and ensures necessary changes in the routing table and filters to allow the connection to be made outside the tunnel.

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Starting with AnyConnect 4.5, Dynamic Spit Tunnelling can be used wherein AnyConnect dynamically resolves the IPv4/IPv6 address of the hosted application and makes necessary changes in the routing table and filters to allow the connection to be made outside the tunnel

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Configuration

This section describes how to configure the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client on the ASA.

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Network Diagram

This image shows the topology used for the examples in this document.

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Step 1. Create AnyConnect Custom Attributes

  

Navigate to Configuration > Remote Access VPN > Network (Client) Access > Advanced > AnyConnect Custom Attributes. Click the Add button, and set the dynamic-split-exclude-domains attribute and optional description, as shown in the image:

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Step 2. Create AnyConnect Custom Name and Configure Values

Navigate to Configuration > Remote Access VPN > Network (Client) Access > Advanced > AnyConnect Custom Attribute Names. Click the Add button, and set the dynamic-split-exclude-domains attribute created earlier from Type, an arbitrary name and Values, as shown in the image:

Be careful not to enter a space in Name (for example, it is possible to use cisco-site, however, it is impossible cisco site). When multiple domains or FQDNs in Values are registered, separate with a comma (,).

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Step 3. Add Type and Name to the Group Policy

Navigate to Configuration > Remote Access VPN > Network (Client) Access > Group Policies and Select a Group Policy. Then, navigate to Advanced > AnyConnect Client > Custom Attributes and add the configured Type and Name, as shown in the image:

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CLI Configuration Example

This section provides the CLI configuration of Dynamic Split Tunneling for reference purposes:

ASAv10# show run
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webvpn
 enable outside
 AnyConnect-custom-attr dynamic-split-exclude-domains description Dynamic Split Tunneling
 hsts
  enable
  max-age 31536000
  include-sub-domains
  no preload
 AnyConnect image disk0:/AnyConnect-win-4.7.04056-webdeploy-k9.pkg 1
 AnyConnect enable
 tunnel-group-list enable
 cache
  disable
 error-recovery disable
AnyConnect-custom-data dynamic-split-exclude-domains cisco-site www.cisco.com,tools.cisco.com,community.cisco.com
group-policy GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01 internal
group-policy GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01 attributes
 wins-server none
 dns-server value 10.0.0.0
 vpn-tunnel-protocol ssl-client
 split-tunnel-policy tunnelall
 split-tunnel-network-list value SplitACL
 default-domain value cisco.com
 AnyConnect-custom dynamic-split-exclude-domains value cisco-site

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Limitations

• ASA version 9.0 or later is required to use Dynamic Split Tunneling custom attributes.
• A wildcard in the Values field is not supported.
• Dynamic Split Tunneling is not supported on iOS (Apple) devices (Enhancement Request: Cisco bug ID CSCvr54798).

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Verify

To verify configured Dynamic Tunnel Exclusions, launchAnyConnectsoftware on the client, click Advanced Window > Statistics, as shown the image:

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You can also navigate to Advanced Window > Route Details tab, where you can verify the Dynamic Tunnel Exclusions are listed under Non-Secured Routes, as shown in the image.

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In this example, you have configured www.cisco.com under the Dynamic Tunnel Exclusion list and the Wireshark capture collected on the AnyConnect client physical interface confirms the traffic to www.cisco.com (198.51.100.0), is not encrypted by DTLS.

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Troubleshoot

If a Wildcard is Used in the Values Field

If a wildcard is configured in Values field, for example, *.cisco.com is configured in Values, the AnyConnect session is disconnected, as shown in the logs:

Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-4-722041: TunnelGroup <AnyConnect-01> GroupPolicy <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> No IPv6 address available for SVC connection
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-5-722033: Group <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> First TCP SVC connection established for SVC session.
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-6-722022: Group <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> TCP SVC connection established without compression
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-6-722055: Group <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> Client Type: Cisco AnyConnect VPN Agent for Windows 4.7.04056
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-4-722051: Group <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> IPv4 Address <172.16.0.0> IPv6 address <::> assigned to session
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-6-302013: Built inbound TCP connection 8570 for outside:172.16.0.0/44868 (172.16.0.0/44868) to identity:203.0.113.0/443 (203.0.113.0/443)
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-4-722037: Group <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> SVC closing connection: Transport closing.
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-5-722010: Group <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> SVC Message: 16/ERROR: Configuration received from secure gateway was invalid..
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-6-716002: Group <GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01> User <cisco> IP <172.16.0.0> WebVPN session terminated: User Requested.
Apr 02 2020 10:01:09: %ASA-4-113019: Group = AnyConnect-01, Username = cisco, IP = 172.16.0.0, Session disconnected. Session Type: AnyConnect-Parent, Duration: 0h:00m:10s, Bytes xmt: 15622, Bytes rcv: 0, Reason: User Requested

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If Non-Secured Routes is not seen in the Route Details Tab

AnyConnect client automatically learns and adds the IP address and FQDN in the Route Details tab, when the client initiates traffic for the excluded destinations.

To verify AnyConnect users are assigned to the correct Anyconnect group-policy, you can run the command show vpn-sessiondb anyconnect filter name <username>:

ASAv10# show vpn-sessiondb anyconnect filter name cisco

Session Type: AnyConnect

Username     : cisco                 Index : 7
Assigned IP  : 172.16.0.0         Public IP : 10.0.0.0
Protocol     : AnyConnect-Parent SSL-Tunnel DTLS-Tunnel
License      : AnyConnect Premium
Encryption   : AnyConnect-Parent: (1)none SSL-Tunnel: (1)AES-GCM-256 DTLS-Tunnel: (1)AES-GCM-256
Hashing      : AnyConnect-Parent: (1)none SSL-Tunnel: (1)SHA384 DTLS-Tunnel: (1)SHA384
Bytes Tx     : 7795373               Bytes Rx : 390956
Group Policy : GroupPolicy_AnyConnect-01
Tunnel Group : AnyConnect-01
Login Time   : 13:20:48 UTC Tue Mar 31 2020
Duration     : 20h:19m:47s
Inactivity   : 0h:00m:00s
VLAN Mapping : N/A                   VLAN : none
Audt Sess ID : 019600a9000070005e8343b0
Security Grp : none

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General Troubleshooting

You can use the AnyConnect Diagnostics and Reporting Tool (DART) to collect data that is useful to troubleshoot AnyConnect installation and connection problems. The DART Wizard is used on the computer that runs AnyConnect. DART assembles the logs, status, and diagnostic information for the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) analysis and does not require administrator privileges to run on the client machine.

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Related Information

• Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Administrator Guide, Release 4.7 - About Dynamic Split Tunneling
• ASDM Book 3: Cisco ASA Series VPN ASDM Configuration Guide, 7.13 - Configure Dynamic Split Tunneling
  
  

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