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PIX 501 Firewall Configuration

Currently I have a 501 protecting out corporate LAN from the outside.  I also have another 501 that segments our corporate LAN from another subnet that is not connected to the Internet.

I would like to be able to gain access to that second PIX from the outside so that I can access the computers on that network.

Currently that 2nd PIX is setup with a VPN group that allows PC's from our corporate LAN to securely access data on the other LAN.  That PIX has an IP address assigned to it that is part of the subnet of our corporate LAN.  This works great.

Would it be possible for assign a public IP address to the internal IP address of the 2nd PIX on the first PIX?  I was thinking that if there was a public address pointing to the IP address of the 2nd PIX, I could then authenticate to the VPN group in the 2nd PIX.

First, is this at all possible?  I am getting told by the vendor that set up this 2nd firewall and network that it is, but they are not willing to assist.  Just wondering if there is an easier way or if I am just wasting my time.

Thanks,
Matthew
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Is your setup something like this? (IP addressing is just for illustration.)

 ----------corporate LAN----------(192.168.1.1)-corporate PIX 501-(1.1.1.1)----------------internet---
                                           |
                                           | (192.168.1.2)
                                        2nd PIX
                                           |
                                           | (192.168.2.0/24)
                                        2nd PIX LAN


If you have the above setup, then yes it is possible. All you have to do is create a static NAT on the corporate PIX and add an access-rule and apply it on the outside interface of the Corporate PIX.

e.g.

static (inside, outside) 1.1.1.2 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.255
access-list acl_out permit esp any host 1.1.1.2
access-list acl_out permit udp any host 1.1.1.2 eq 500
access-list acl_out permit udp any host 1.1.1.2 eq 4500
access-group acl_out in interface outside







-------------------  Pix1 ----------------------- Internet
                             |
                             |
                             |
                         Pix2
                            |
                            |
-----Corp Lan------------Internal LAN


  is this the conf iguration you are having??
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Our configuration is like this:

Internet ---------------------------------- Pix 1 (9.9.9.9 - Outside (Public) Address)) - 172.16.11.XXX (Internal Address)
                                                                     |
                                                                     |
                                                                     |
                                                        Corporate LAN (172.16.11.XXX)
                                                                     |
                                                                     |
                                                                     |
                                                         Pix 2 (Corporate address of 172.16.11.XXX) External
                                                                 (Internal address for the LAN of 172.16.12.XXX)
                                                                     |
                                                                     |
                                                                     |
                                                         Internal LAN (172.16.12.XXX)

I hope this is easy to understand.  Routing and firewalls are still new to me.

What I have so far I have been able to do using the PDM.  This is what I have so far.

static (inside,outside) EXTERNAL_PUBLIC_IP INTERNAL_ADDRESS_OF_2ND_PIX netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0

The way I read the statements from stressedout2004 is that I need to create a new access group to allow this to function properly.  My question is how can I do this with the PDM?  I am not very comfortable with the command line programming.

Thanks for your help thus far,
Matthew
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Should I add a 2nd access list if I currently have one already configured?  Should I just use its name in place of the acl_out?

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Yes simply use its name in place of acl_out because you can not have 2 access lists applied to a single interface
So once these statements are applied, would I have to configure anything on the 2nd PIX?  I currently have a VPN group on that PIX but it is setup specifically that the outside interface is coming from out internal LAN.

Also if there is no other changes necessary, would I be passing through the first PIX and authenicating to the 2nd with the VPN client?

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