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Access Lists on IPSEC VTIs (Cisco IOS)

Asked by: Pres_Fltsimbuff


I have converted some Crypto maps on Cisco IOS to to use Tunnel interfaces. Unfortunately, I have found that traffic is not obeying the "ip access-group xxx in" command on the tunnel interface. Everything just bypasses the list. With crypto maps, I'd add this using "set ip access-group xxx in"  on the map entry.

Is there somewhere else I ought to be putting the access list?

This is IOS 12.4

interface Tunnel2
 ip unnumbered Vlan1
 ip access-group 135 in
 tunnel source x.x.x.x
 tunnel destination y.y.y.y
 tunnel mode ipsec ipv4
 tunnel protection ipsec profile TUNNEL_PROFILE
 
Extended IP access list 135
    10 permit tcp any any established
    20 permit icmp any any echo-reply
    30 deny ip any any log

                                  
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2009-06-03 at 14:42:24ID24461822
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Cisco IOS IPSEC VTI Tunnel ACL

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Answers

 

by: harbor235Posted on 2009-06-04 at 08:56:03ID: 24548366



ACLs the characterize what traffic traverses the VPN tunnel are configured in the crypto map.
ACLs that filter traffic from moving through the device are added to physical interfaces.

harbor235 ;}

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-06-04 at 20:31:01ID: 24553250

Thanks for the response harbor235, but I think you misunderstand what I am doing.

On a VTI, you don't use an access list to characterize traffic, or a crypto map. In this particular setup, I have no crypto map at all. The traffic that gets encrypted depends on what is being routed out the virtual tunnel interface. This all works very well. Unfortunately, ACLs applied to the virtual tunnel interface are not doing anything at all.

 

by: harbor235Posted on 2009-06-05 at 10:55:42ID: 24558752



gotcha, did a quick read. Your ACLs do allows tcp as well as ping traffic, how are you verifying that traffic is allowed through?

harbor235 ;}

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-06-05 at 12:15:24ID: 24559384

My ACL only allows ping replies, and *established* TCP connections. I am trying to make a new ssh connection to a host in that network, from the other end of the tunnel, and it is succeeding (it should fail).

I can also ping hosts inside from the other end of the tunnel, so it is allowing "echo" icmp packets, and not just "echo-reply" type packets. The only thing that should be able to traverse from Remote->Local are TCP packets associated with a session that was initiated by the local side, or ping replies from ping requests made by the local side.

I actually just re-used an access list that is currently working on a few crypto map tunnels, so I know the ACL itself is ok. I am thinking putting an acl on a VTI interface might just not work, but if that is the case, I am sure there is another way to apply one.

 

by: harbor235Posted on 2009-06-06 at 02:09:04ID: 24562347



Not that familiar with VTI's yet, so I'd have to read up and try it in my lab, not sure.

oh well, you are well down the path yourself, good luck,

harbor235 ;}

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-06-21 at 18:07:48ID: 24679217

Are there any CCIEs out there that know the answer to my question?

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-07-01 at 13:05:06ID: 24757713

Increasing points.

 

by: ikalmarPosted on 2009-07-02 at 01:18:09ID: 24761277

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-07-02 at 15:29:34ID: 24768371

I appreciate the response ikalmar. Unfortunately, it doesn't address my very specific question.

 

by: ikalmarPosted on 2009-07-24 at 05:08:30ID: 24934021

Could you show me the configs, and sh cry isa sa and sh cfry ipsec sa?

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-07-24 at 07:04:02ID: 24934985

Below is a sanitized version of the relevant parts of my config (there are a lot of other tunnels, ACLs, and unrelated interfaces)

This tunnel works great, just can't apply an access list to traffic traversing it, without putting the ACL on outbound from the _other_ interfaces. I should be able to restrict it with an ACL on the tunnel interface itself.

crypto keyring TUNNEL2
  pre-shared-key address x.x.x.x key *******
 
crypto isakmp policy 10
 encr 3des
 authentication pre-share
 group 2
 lifetime 28800
!
crypto isakmp policy 1000
 encr aes 256
 authentication pre-share
 group 2
 
crypto isakmp profile TUNNEL2
   keyring TUNNEL2
   match identity address x.x.x.x 255.255.255.255
 
crypto ipsec security-association lifetime seconds 86400
!
crypto ipsec transform-set crypt esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto ipsec transform-set crypt2 esp-3des esp-md5-hmac
crypto ipsec transform-set STRONG esp-aes 256 esp-sha-hmac
 
crypto ipsec profile TUNNEL2
 set transform-set crypt
 
interface Tunnel2
 description TUNNEL2
 ip unnumbered Vlan1
 ip access-group 135 in
 tunnel source FastEthernet0
 tunnel destination x.x.x.x
 tunnel mode ipsec ipv4
 tunnel protection ipsec profile TUNNEL2
 
interface FastEthernet0
 description WAN-TWCBC-15M
 ip address y.y.y.y 255.255.255.252
 ip access-group 111 in
 ip flow ingress
 ip nat outside
 ip virtual-reassembly
 duplex auto
 speed auto
 crypto map CISCO
 
interface Vlan1
 ip address 10.4.1.1 255.255.255.0
 ip access-group 125 in
 ip access-group 112 out
 ip nat inside
 ip virtual-reassembly
 
access-list 135 remark Generic IPSEC ACL
access-list 135 permit tcp any any established
access-list 135 permit icmp any any echo-reply
access-list 135 deny   ip any any log
 
IPv4 Crypto ISAKMP SA
dst             src             state          conn-id status
y.y.y.y    x.x.x.x     QM_IDLE           2039 ACTIVE
 
interface: Tunnel2
    Crypto map tag: Tunnel2-head-0, local addr y.y.y.y
 
   protected vrf: (none)
   local  ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0/0/0)
   remote ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0/0/0)
   current_peer x.x.x.x port 500
     PERMIT, flags={origin_is_acl,}
    #pkts encaps: 533099, #pkts encrypt: 533099, #pkts digest: 533099
    #pkts decaps: 413549, #pkts decrypt: 413549, #pkts verify: 413549
    #pkts compressed: 0, #pkts decompressed: 0
    #pkts not compressed: 0, #pkts compr. failed: 0
    #pkts not decompressed: 0, #pkts decompress failed: 0
    #send errors 0, #recv errors 0
 
     local crypto endpt.: y.y.y.y, remote crypto endpt.: x.x.x.x
     path mtu 1500, ip mtu 1500, ip mtu idb FastEthernet0
     current outbound spi: 0x2311B1F9(588362233)
 
     inbound esp sas:
      spi: 0x33151404(857019396)
        transform: esp-3des esp-sha-hmac ,
        in use settings ={Tunnel, }
        conn id: 213, flow_id: Motorola SEC 2.0:213, sibling_flags 80000046, crypto map: Tunnel2-head-0
        sa timing: remaining key lifetime (k/sec): (4377742/34795)
        IV size: 8 bytes
        replay detection support: Y
        Status: ACTIVE
 
     inbound ah sas:
 
     inbound pcp sas:
 
     outbound esp sas:
      spi: 0x2311B1F9(588362233)
        transform: esp-3des esp-sha-hmac ,
        in use settings ={Tunnel, }
        conn id: 214, flow_id: Motorola SEC 2.0:214, sibling_flags 80000046, crypto map: Tunnel2-head-0
        sa timing: remaining key lifetime (k/sec): (4380954/34795)
        IV size: 8 bytes
        replay detection support: Y
        Status: ACTIVE
 
     outbound ah sas:
 
     outbound pcp sas:
                                              
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by: ikalmarPosted on 2009-07-24 at 07:49:29ID: 24935438

The crypto association seems good, but do you use the 135 acceslist on another interface?

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-07-24 at 07:55:28ID: 24935503

Normally I use it on crypto maps to perform the same function (it works there), but I removed it from the other places just in case that was causing a problem. Still no luck.

 

by: ikalmarPosted on 2009-07-24 at 09:16:42ID: 24936441

did you cleared the nat table, and thy cry ips sa?

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-07-24 at 17:07:06ID: 24940137

I've actually tried this on 2 different routers, which have been reloaded since. Is there something specific you are looking for in the ipsec sa?

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-08-12 at 06:40:20ID: 25078582

So, I have tested this on 3 1811s and a 2811 and same deal.I am guessing this just isn't supposed to work. Can anyone say that they have ever done this and had it working?

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-08-16 at 10:13:43ID: 25109548

Happily, this appears to have been a bug in IOS that was fixed with a recent release.

The access-list was ineffective while on the images c181x-advipservicesk9-mz.124-22.T.bin and c181x-advipservicesk9-mz.124-6.T10.bin. (2 different 1811s).

I upgraded to c181x-advipservicesk9-mz.124-24.T1.bin on one of the 1811s to fix an issue with a router crash on file xfer over VPN, and this just started working on the updated router. Interestingly, it also fixed the "VPN" LED that seemed to be disabled on the last image I used on this router.

I have not seen any official bug report from Cisco on this, but apparently some of the IPSEC functions on the 1811 were broken in at least a couple of images.

 

by: Pres_FltsimbuffPosted on 2009-08-16 at 10:25:02ID: 25109595

Aha, found it. I hope this helps someone else:

It looks like it affects all Cisco IOS Devices running 12.4 up until the very latest releases. It seems that when I first noticed this issue, there was not yet a fix out.

CSCsx45923 Bug Details
 
VTI ACL on tunnel interface is bypassed
Symptoms: On a router that has a Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI) IPSEC
configuration, an access control list (ACL) may be bypassed when there is an
ACL on the tunnel interface. This happens only in the case where the physical
interface (facing the IPSec peer) also has a ACL. 
 
Conditions: This symptom is observed when there is a ACL configured on the 
physical interface (facing the IPSec peer).
 
Workaround: Apply the ACL on the protected LAN interface in the outbound
direction instead of on the tunnel interface.

                                              
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