SonicWALL VPN Interoperability with Cisco IOS/PIX using IKE Tech note prepared by SonicWALL, Inc. SonicWALL, Inc. 1160 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 1-408-745-9600 Last updated by ah ­ October 30, 2000 Introduction: VPN standards are still evolving and interoperability between products is a continued effort. SonicWALL has made progress in this area and is interoperable with Cisco IOS/PIX using IKE as shown below. Advanced setups are possible but are not covered in this document. This tech-note assumes the reader has a working knowledge of Cisco IOS/PIX management tools and SonicWALL appliance configuration. This tech-note describes the required steps to setup a compatible Security Association on both Cisco IOS/PIX and SonicWALL products. Sample Network: The network configuration shown below is used an example for VPN configuration CISCO IOS/PIX box IP 216.5.31.42 Internet IP 128.6.3.12 IP 10.0.0.1 IP 192.0.0.1 Network 10.0.0.0 Mask 255.255.255.0 Network 192.0.0.0 Mask 255.0.0.0 Summary: SonicWALL has tested VPN interoperability with Cisco IOS/PIX versions greater than 12.0 and 5.0 using the following VPN Security Association information: Keying Mode: IKE Mode: SA Authentication Method: Keying Group: ID_Type: Encryption and Data Integrity: IKE Main Mode No PFS (perfect forward secrecy) Pre-Shared key DH (Diffie Hellman) ­ Group 1 IP subnet ESP DES or ESP 3DES with MD5 Known Limitations: When using this tech-note, both Gateway IP addresses must be known. Cisco IOS/PIX can support gateway-to-gateway VPN with only one static IP address, however this is not discussed here. For more information please see Cisco and SonicWALL product documentation. If you have a gateway-to-gateway VPN requirement with only one static IP, you may consider using SonicWALL gateways on both ends. Last updated by ah ­ October 30, 2000 SonicWALL Configuration On the SonicWALL, create an SA. 1. Change the IPSec Keying Mode to IKE. 2. Fill in the IPSec gateway (in this example 216.5.31.42) 3. Fill in the appropriate Destination Network (in this example 10.0.0.0) and Subnet Mask (in this example 255.255.255.0) 4. Select ESP DES HMAC MD5 or ESP 3DES HMAC MD5 A Sample Screen shot from SonicWALL firmware version 5.0 is displayed below CISCO IOS/PIX Configuration The Cisco IOS/PIX system has a very rich and complex instruction set. Before you proceed to enter commands on the Cisco Product, you must be logged into the enable/configure terminal mode. For more details on logging into your Cisco Product and configuring settings, please refer to the Cisco documentation available online at http://www.cisco.com Once you are logged into the enable/configure terminal, use the commands below to setup a SA complimentary to the SA setup on the SonicWALL as shown above in the screen shot. The commands below are not a complete guide to configuring a Cisco IOS/PIX product, but are intended only to guide existing Cisco users. Refer to the Cisco documentation (www.cisco.com) for more information regarding the commands below. Last updated by ah ­ October 30, 2000 COMMANDS FOR CISCO IOS Command Access-list 120 permit ip 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 host 192.0.0.0 0.0.0.255 crypto isakmp policy 20 Description Set ACCESS LIST To specify the inside and destination networks encr 3des hash md5 authentication pre-share exit crypto isakmp key SonicWALL address 128.6.3.12 Define IKE parameters To define an IKE policy, use the crypto isakmp policy global configuration command. IKE policies define a set of parameters to be used during the IKE negotiation. Use the no form of this command to delete an IKE policy. To specify the encryption algorithm within an IKE policy To specify the hash algorithm within an IKE policy To specify the authentication method within an IKE policy, use the authentication (IKE policy) ISAKMP policy configuration command. To exit and enter a new command To configure a pre-shared authentication key, use the crypto isakmp key global configuration command. In this case the pre-shared secret is "SonicWALL" Define IPSEC parameters To define a transform set---an acceptable combination of security protocols and algorithms---use the crypto ipsec transform-set global configuration command. Here you can specify if you want to use ESP with authentication and DES or 3DES. To specify and name an identifying interface to be used by the crypto map for IPSec traffic Indicates that IKE will be used to establish the IPSec security associations for protecting the traffic specified by this crypto map entry. 5 is a number assigned to the crypto map entry To specify an IPSec peer in a crypto map entry, To specify which transform sets can be used with the crypto map entry To specify an extended access list for a crypto map entry To exit and enter a new command To specify and name an identifying interface to be used by the crypto map for IPSec traffic, crypto ipsec transform-set sonic esp-des esp-md5-hmac crypto map sonic-map20 localaddress Ethernet0/1 crypto map sonic-map20 5 ipsec-isakmp set peer 128.6.3.12 set transform-set sonic match address 120 exit crypto map combined localaddress Ethernet0/1 Last updated by ah ­ October 30, 2000 COMMANDS FOR CISCO PIX Command Access-list 120 permit ip host 10.0.0.0 255.255 255.0 host 192.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 Access-list nonat permit ip host 10.0.0.0 This turns NAT off for packets coming from the VPN 255.255 255.0 host 192.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 tunnel Sysopt connection permit-ipsec Sysopt ipsec pl-compatible Required for PIX version before 5.0 Define IKE parameters isakmp enable outside isakmp key SonicWALL address To configure a pre-shared authentication key, use the isakmp key global configuration command. In this case 128.6.3.12 netmask 255.255.255.255 the pre-shared secret is "SonicWALL" isakmp identity address isakmp policy 20 encryption des To specify the encryption algorithm within an IKE policy isakmp policy 20 hash md5 To specify the hash algorithm within an IKE policy isakmp policy 20 group 1 This specifies DH group 1 isakmp policy 20 authentication preshare isakmp policy 20 lifetime 3600 To specify the authentication method within an IKE policy, use the authentication (IKE policy) ISAKMP policy configuration command. This commands sets the life time intervals before IKE is renegotiated. The value 3600 can be changed. Description Set ACCESS LIST To specify the inside and destination networks Define IPSEC parameters Crypto ipsec transform-set sonic esp-des To define a transform set---an acceptable combination of security protocols and algorithms---use the crypto ipsec esp-md5-hmac transform-set global configuration command. Here you can specify if you want to use ESP with authentication and DES or 3DES. crypto map sonic-map 20 ipsec-isakmp Indicates that IKE will be used to establish the IPSec security associations for protecting the traffic specified by this crypto map entry. 5 is a number assigned to the crypto map entry crypto map sonic-map 20 match address To specify an extended access list for a crypto map entry 120 crypto map sonic-map 20 set peer To specify an IPSec peer in a crypto map entry, 128.6.3.12 crypto map sonic-map 20 set transformTo specify which transform sets can be used with the set sonic crypto map entry crypto map sonic-map 20 interface outside Last updated by ah ­ October 30, 2000 To Test the VPN tunnel: From the PC behind the Cisco IOS/PIX firewall, try to ping 192.0.0.1 From the PC behind the SonicWALL, try to ping 10.0.0.1 Trouble Shooting Tips: Use the Log Viewer on the Cisco IOS/PIX and the SonicWALL to determine if IKE negotiation has started. If IKE negotiation is complete but pings timeout, the Cisco IOS/PIX host computer may need route configuration. Last updated by ah ­ October 30, 2000