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Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
Internet protocol security (IPSec) is an end-to-end security scheme for protecting IP communications by authenticating and
encrypting all packets in a communication session. Use IPSec between hosts, between gateways, or between hosts and gateways.
IPSec is compatible with Telnet and FTP protocols. It supports two operational modes: Transport and Tunnel.
• Transport mode — (default) Use to encrypt only the payload of the packet. Routing information is unchanged.
• Tunnel mode — Use to encrypt the entire packet including the routing information of the IP header. Typically used when creating
virtual private networks (VPNs).
NOTE: Due to performance limitations on the control processor, you cannot enable IPSec on all packets in a
communication session.
IPSec uses the following protocols:
• Authentication Headers (AH) — Disconnected integrity and origin authentication for IP packets
• Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) — Confidentiality, authentication, and data integrity for IP packets
• Security Associations (SA) — Necessary algorithmic parameters for AH and ESP functionality
IPSec supports the following authentication and encryption algorithms:
• Authentication only:
– MD5
– SHA1
• Encryption only:
– 3DES
– CBC
– DES
• ESP Authentication and Encryption:
– MD5 & 3DES
– MD5 & CBC
– MD5 & DES
– SHA1 & 3DES
– SHA1 & CBC
– SHA1 & DES
Configuring IPSec
The following sample configuration shows how to configure FTP and telnet for IPSec.
1. Define the transform set.
CONFIGURATION mode
crypto ipsec transform-set myXform-seta esp-authentication md5 esp-encryption des
2. Define the crypto policy.
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