SDM: Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Between ASA/PIX and an IOS Router

Configuration Example
Introduction
This document provides a sample configuration for the LAN-to-LAN (Site-to-Site) IPsec tunnel between Cisco
Security Appliances (ASA/PIX) and a Cisco IOS Router. Static routes are used for simplicity.
Refer to PIX/ASA 7.x Security Appliance to an IOS Router LAN-to-LAN IPsec Tunnel Configuration Example
in order to learn more about the same scenario where the PIX/ASA Security Appliance runs software version
7.x.

Prerequisites
Requirements
Ensure that you meet these requirements before you attempt this configuration:

End-to-End IP connectivity must be established before starting this configuration.

The Security Appliance license must be enabled for Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption (at a
minimum encryption level).

Components Used
The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) with version 8.x and later
ASDM version 6.x.and later
Cisco 1812 router with Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3
Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) Version 2.5

Note: Refer to Allowing HTTPS Access for ASDM in order to allow the ASA to be configured by the ASDM.
Note: Refer to Basic Router Configuration using SDM in order to allow the router to be configured by SDM.
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, make sure that you
understand the potential impact of any command.
Note: Refer to Configuration Professional: Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Between ASA/PIX and an IOS Router
Configuration Example for a similar configuration using Cisco Configuration Professional on the router.

Related Products
This configuration can also be used with the Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliance, which runs version 7.x
and later.
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Conventions
Refer to the Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.

Configuration
Network Diagram
This document uses the network setup shown in this diagram.

Note: The IP addressing schemes used in this configuration are not legally routable on the Internet. They are
RFC 1918
addresses, which have been used in a lab environment.

VPN Tunnel ASDM Configuration

Router SDM Configuration
ASA CLI Configuration
Router CLI Configuration

VPN Tunnel ASDM Configuration

Complete these steps in order to create the VPN tunnel:
1. Open your browser and enter https://<IP_Address of the interface of ASA that has been configured
for ASDM Access> to access the ASDM on the ASA.
Make sure to authorize any warnings your browser gives you related to SSL certificate authenticity. The
default username and password are both blank.
The ASA presents this window to allow the download of the ASDM application. This example loads the
application onto the local computer and does not run in a Java applet.

2. Click Download ASDM Launcher and Start ASDM in order to download the installer for the ASDM
application.
3. Once the ASDM Launcher downloads, complete the steps directed by the prompts in order to install the
software and run the Cisco ASDM Launcher.
4. Enter the IP address for the interface you configured with the http - command, and a username and
password if you specified one.
This example uses cisco123 for the username and cisco123 as the password.

5. Run the IPsec VPN Wizard once the ASDM application connects to the ASA.

6. Choose the Site-to-Site IPsec VPN tunnel type and click Next as shown here.

7. Specify the outside IP address of the remote peer. Enter the authentication information to use, which is
the pre-shared key in this example. The pre-shared key used in this example is cisco123. The Tunnel
Group Name will be your outside IP address by default if you configure L2L VPN. Click Next.

8. Specify the attributes to use for IKE, also known as Phase 1. These attributes must be the same on both
the ASA and the IOS Router. Click Next.

9. Specify the attributes to use for IPsec, also known as Phase 2. These attributes must match on both the
ASA and the IOS Router. Click Next.

10. Specify the hosts whose traffic should be allowed to pass through the VPN tunnel. In this step, you have
to provide the Local and Remote Networks for the VPN Tunnel. Click the button next to Local
Networks as shown here to choose the local network address from the drop down list.

11. Choose the Local Network address, then click OK as shown here.

12. Click the button next to Remote Networks as shown here to choose the remote network address from
the drop down list.

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13. Choose the Remote Network address, then click OK as shown here.
Note: If you do not have the Remote Network in the list then the network has to be added to the list by
clicking Add.

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14. Check the Exempt ASA side host/network from address translation checkbox in order to prevent the
tunnel traffic from undergoing Network Address Translation. Then, click Next.

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15. The attributes defined by the VPN Wizard are displayed in this summary. Double check the
configuration and click Finish when you are satisfied the settings are correct.

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Router SDM Configuration

Complete these steps in order to configure Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel on the Cisco IOS Router:
1. Open your browser and enter https://<IP_Address of the interface of the Router that has been
configured for SDM Access> to access the SDM on the Router.
Make sure to authorize any warnings your browser gives you related to SSL certificate authenticity. The
default username and password are both blank.
The router presents this window to allow the download of the SDM application. This example loads the
application onto the local computer and does not run in a Java applet.

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2. The SDM download starts now. Once the SDM Launcher downloads, complete the steps directed by the
prompts in order to install the software and run the Cisco SDM Launcher.
3. Enter the Username and Password if you specified one and click OK.
This example uses the cisco123 for the username and cisco123 as the password.

4. Choose Configuration->VPN->Site-to-Site VPN and click the radio button next to Create a Site-toSite VPN on the SDM home page. Then, click Launch The selected Task as shown here:

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5. Choose Step by step wizard to proceed with the configuration:

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6. In the next window provide the VPN Connection Information in the respective spaces. Select the
Interface of the VPN Tunnel from the drop down list. Here, FastEthernet0 is chosen. In the Peer
Identity section, choose Peer with static IP address and provide the remote peer IP address. Then,
provide the Pre-shared key (cisco123 in this example) in the Authentication section as shown . Then,
click Next.

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7. Click Add to add IKE proposals which specifies the Encryption Algorithm, Authentication
Algorithm and the Key Exchange Method.

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8. Provide Encryption Algorithm, Authentication Algorithm and the Key Exchange method as shown
here, then click OK. The Encryption Algorithm, Authentication Algorithm and the Key Exchange
method values should match with the data provided in the ASA.

9. Click Next as shown here.

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10. In this new window the Transform Set details should be provided. The Transform Set specifies the
Encryption and Authentication algorithms used to protect Data in VPN Tunnel. Then, click Add to
provide these details. You can add any number of Transform Sets as needed by clicking Add and
providing the details.

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11. Provide the Transform Set details (Encryption and Authentication Algorithm) and click OK as
shown.

12. Choose the required Transform Set to be used from the drop down list as shown.

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13. Click Next.

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14. In the following window provide the details about the Traffic to be protected through the VPN Tunnel.
Provide the Source and Destination Networks of the traffic to be protected so that the traffic between
the specified source and destination networks are protected. In this example, the Source network is
10.20.10.0 and the Destination network is 10.10.10.0. Then, click Next.

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15. This window shows the summary of the Site-to-Site VPN configuration done. Check the Test VPN
Connectivity after configuring check box if you want to test the VPN connectivity. Here, the box is
checked as the connectivity needs to be checked. Then, click Finish.

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16. Click Start as shown to check the VPN connectivity.

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17. In the next window the result of the VPN connectivity Test is provided. Here, you can see if the tunnel
is Up or Down. In this example configuration, the Tunnel is Up as shown in green.

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This completes the configuration on the Cisco IOS Router.

ASA CLI Configuration

ASA
ASA#show run
: Saved
ASA Version 8.0(2)
!
hostname ASA
enable password 8Ry2YjIyt7RRXU24 encrypted
names
!
!--- Configure the outside interface.
!

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interface Ethernet0/1
nameif outside
security-level 0
ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
!--- Configure the inside interface.
!
interface Ethernet0/2
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0

!-- Output suppressed

!
passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted
ftp mode passive
dns server-group DefaultDNS
domain-name default.domain.invalid
access-list 100 extended permit ip any any
access-list inside_nat0_outbound extended permit ip
10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
10.20.10.0 255.255.255.0
!--- This access list (inside_nat0_outbound) is used
!--- with the nat zero command. This prevents traffic
which
!--- matches the access list from undergoing network
address translation (NAT).
!--- The traffic specified by this ACL is traffic
that is to be encrypted and
!--- sent across the VPN tunnel. This ACL is
intentionally
!--- the same as (outside_1_cryptomap).
!--- Two separate access lists should always be used
in this configuration.
access-list outside_1_cryptomap extended permit ip
10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
10.20.10.0 255.255.255.0
!--- This access list (outside_cryptomap) is used
!--- with the crypto map outside_map
!--- to determine which traffic should be encrypted
and sent
!--- across the tunnel.
!--- This ACL is intentionally the same as
(inside_nat0_outbound).
!--- Two separate access lists should always be used
in this configuration.
pager lines 24
mtu inside 1500

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mtu outside 1500

no failover
asdm image disk0:/asdm-613.bin
asdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
global (outside) 1 interface
nat (inside) 1 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_nat0_outbound
!--- NAT 0 prevents NAT for networks specified in
!--- the ACL inside_nat0_outbound.
access-group 100 in interface outside
route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.1.2 1
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00
icmp 0:00:02
timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp
0:05:00
timeout mgcp-pat 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 sip_media
0:02:00
timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute
http server enable
http 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 dmz
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
!--- PHASE 2 CONFIGURATION ---!
!--- The encryption types for Phase 2 are defined
here.
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-DES-SHA esp-des espsha-hmac
!--- Define the transform set for Phase 2.

crypto map outside_map 1 match address

outside_1_cryptomap
!--- Define which traffic should be sent to the IPsec
peer.
crypto map outside_map 1 set peer 172.17.1.1
!--- Sets the IPsec peer
crypto map outside_map 1 set transform-set ESP-DESSHA
!--- Sets the IPsec transform set "ESP-AES-256-SHA"
!--- to be used with the crypto map entry

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"outside_map".
crypto map outside_map interface outside
!--- Specifies the interface to be used with
!--- the settings defined in this configuration.
!--- PHASE 1 CONFIGURATION ---!
!--- This configuration uses isakmp policy 10.
!--- The configuration commands here define the Phase
!--- 1 policy parameters that are used.
crypto isakmp enable outside
crypto isakmp policy 10
authentication pre-share
encryption des
hash sha
group 1
lifetime 86400
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
console timeout 0
threat-detection basic-threat
threat-detection statistics access-list
!

tunnel-group 172.17.1.1 type ipsec-l2l

!--- In order to create and manage the database of
connection-specific
!--- records for ipsec-l2lIPsec (LAN-to-LAN)
tunnels, use the command
!--- tunnel-group in global configuration mode.
!--- For L2L connections the name of the tunnel group
MUST be the IP
!--- address of the IPsec peer.

tunnel-group 172.17.1.1 ipsec-attributes

pre-shared-key *
!--- Enter the pre-shared-key in order to configure
the
!--- authentication method.
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
console timeout 0
threat-detection basic-threat
threat-detection statistics access-list
!

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class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
!
!

!-- Output suppressed!

username cisco123 password ffIRPGpDSOJh9YLq encrypted
privilege 15
Cryptochecksum:be38dfaef777a339b9e1c89202572a7d
: end

Router CLI Configuration

Router
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 2403 bytes
!
version 12.3
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
!
hostname R3
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
no logging buffered
!
username cisco123 privilege 15 password 7
1511021F07257A767B
no aaa new-model
ip subnet-zero
!
!
ip cef
!
!
ip ips po max-events 100
no ftp-server write-enable
!
!--- Configuration for IKE policies.
!--- Enables the IKE policy configuration (configisakmp)
!--- command mode, where you can specify the
parameters that
!--- are used during an IKE negotiation. Encryption
and Policy details are hidden
as the default values are chosen.

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crypto isakmp policy 2

authentication pre-share
!--- Specifies the pre-shared key "cisco123" which
should
!--- be identical at both peers. This is a global
!--- configuration mode command.
crypto isakmp key cisco123 address 172.16.1.1
!
!
!--- Configuration for IPsec policies.
!--- Enables the crypto transform configuration mode,
!--- where you can specify the transform sets that
are used
!--- during an IPsec negotiation.
crypto ipsec transform-set ASA-IPSEC esp-des esp-shahmac
!
!--- !--- Indicates that IKE is used to establish
!--- the IPsec Security Association for protecting
the
!--- traffic specified by this crypto map entry.
crypto map SDM_CMAP_1 1 ipsec-isakmp
description Tunnel to172.16.1.1
!--- !--- Sets the IP address of the remote end.
set peer 172.16.1.1
!--- !--- Configures IPsec to use the transform-set
!--- "ASA-IPSEC" defined earlier in this
configuration.
set transform-set ASA-IPSEC
!--- !--- Specifies the interesting traffic to be
encrypted.
match address 100
!
!
!
!--- Configures the interface to use the
!--- crypto map "SDM_CMAP_1" for IPsec.
interface FastEthernet0
ip address 172.17.1.1 255.255.255.0

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duplex auto
speed auto
crypto map SDM_CMAP_1
!
interface FastEthernet1
ip address 10.20.10.2 255.255.255.0
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet2
no ip address
!
interface Vlan1
ip address 10.77.241.109 255.255.255.192
!
ip classless
ip route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 172.17.1.2
ip route 10.77.233.0 255.255.255.0 10.77.241.65
ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 172.17.1.2
!
!
ip nat inside source route-map nonat interface
FastEthernet0 overload
!
ip http server
ip http authentication local
ip http secure-server
!
!--- Configure the access-lists and map them to the
Crypto map configured.
access-list 100 remark SDM_ACL Category=4
access-list 100 remark IPSec Rule
access-list 100 permit ip 10.20.10.0 0.0.0.255
10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255
!
!
!
!--- This ACL 110 identifies the traffic flows using
route map
access-list 110 deny ip 10.20.10.0 0.0.0.255
10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255
access-list 110 permit ip 10.20.10.0 0.0.0.255 any
route-map nonat permit 10
match ip address 110
!
control-plane
!
!
line con 0
login local
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
privilege level 15
login local
transport input telnet ssh

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!
end

Verify
Use this section to confirm that your configuration works properly.
The Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only) (OIT) supports certain show commands. Use the OIT
to view an analysis of show command output.

PIX Security Appliance - show Commands

Remote IOS Router - show Commands

ASA/PIX Security Appliance - show Commands

show crypto isakmp saShows all current IKE SAs at a peer.

ASA#show crypto isakmp sa

Active SA: 1
Rekey SA: 0 (A tunnel will report 1 Active and 1 Rekey SA during rekey)
Total IKE SA: 1
1

IKE Peer: 172.17.1.1

Type
: L2L
Rekey
: no

Role
State

: initiator
: MM_ACTIVE

show crypto ipsec saShows all current IPsec SAs at a peer.

ASA#show crypto ipsec sa

interface: outside
Crypto map tag: outside_map, seq num: 1, local addr: 172.16.1.1
local ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (10.10.10.0/255.255.255.0/0/0)
remote ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (10.20.10.0/255.255.255.0/0/0)
current_peer: 172.17.1.1
#pkts encaps: 9, #pkts encrypt: 9, #pkts digest: 9
#pkts decaps: 9, #pkts decrypt: 9, #pkts verify: 9
#pkts compressed: 0, #pkts decompressed: 0
#pkts not compressed: 9, #pkts comp failed: 0, #pkts decomp failed: 0
#pre-frag successes: 0, #pre-frag failures: 0, #fragments created: 0
#PMTUs sent: 0, #PMTUs rcvd: 0, #decapsulated frgs needing reassembly:
0

#send errors: 0, #recv errors: 0

local crypto endpt.: 172.16.1.1, remote crypto endpt.: 172.17.1.1
path mtu 1500, ipsec overhead 58, media mtu 1500
current outbound spi: 434C4A7F
inbound esp sas:

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spi: 0xB7C1948E (3082917006)

transform: esp-des esp-sha-hmac none
in use settings ={L2L, Tunnel, PFS Group 2, }
slot: 0, conn_id: 12288, crypto-map: outside_map
sa timing: remaining key lifetime (kB/sec): (4274999/3588)
IV size: 8 bytes
replay detection support: Y
outbound esp sas:
spi: 0x434C4A7F (1129073279)
transform: esp-des esp-sha-hmac none
in use settings ={L2L, Tunnel, PFS Group 2, }
slot: 0, conn_id: 12288, crypto-map: outside_map
sa timing: remaining key lifetime (kB/sec): (4274999/3588)
IV size: 8 bytes
replay detection support: Y

Remote IOS Router - show Commands

show crypto isakmp saShows all current IKE SAs at a peer.

Router#show crypto isakmp sa

dst
172.17.1.1

src
172.16.1.1

state
QM_IDLE

conn-id slot status

3
0 ACTIVE

show crypto ipsec saShows all current IPsec SAs at a peer.

Router#show crypto ipsec sa

interface: FastEthernet0
Crypto map tag: SDM_CMAP_1, local addr 172.17.1.1
protected vrf: (none)
local ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (10.20.10.0/255.255.255.0/0/0)
remote ident (addr/mask/prot/port): (10.10.10.0/255.255.255.0/0/0)
current_peer 172.16.1.1 port 500
PERMIT, flags={origin_is_acl,}
#pkts encaps: 68, #pkts encrypt: 68, #pkts digest: 68
#pkts decaps: 68, #pkts decrypt: 68, #pkts verify: 68
#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.: 172.17.1.1, remote crypto endpt.: 172.16.1.1
path mtu 1500, ip mtu 1500
current outbound spi: 0xB7C1948E(3082917006)
inbound esp sas:
spi: 0x434C4A7F(1129073279)
transform: esp-des esp-sha-hmac ,
in use settings ={Tunnel, }
conn id: 2001, flow_id: C18XX_MBRD:1, crypto map: SDM_CMAP_1
sa timing: remaining key lifetime (k/sec): (4578719/3004)
IV size: 8 bytes

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replay detection support: Y

Status: ACTIVE
inbound ah sas:
inbound pcp sas:
outbound esp sas:
spi: 0xB7C1948E(3082917006)
transform: esp-des esp-sha-hmac ,
in use settings ={Tunnel, }
conn id: 2002, flow_id: C18XX_MBRD:2, crypto map: SDM_CMAP_1
sa timing: remaining key lifetime (k/sec): (4578719/3002)
IV size: 8 bytes
replay detection support: Y
Status: ACTIVE
outbound ah sas:
outbound pcp sas:

show crypto engine connections activeShows current connections and information about encrypted
and decrypted packets (router only).

Router#show crypto engine connections active

ID Interface
Decrypt
3 FastEthernet0
0
2001 FastEthernet0
59
2002 FastEthernet0
0

IP-Address

State

Algorithm

Encrypt

172.17.1.1

set

HMAC_SHA+DES_56_CB

172.17.1.1

set

DES+SHA

172.17.1.1

set

DES+SHA

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Troubleshoot
This section provides information you can use to troubleshoot your configuration.
The Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only) (OIT) supports certain show commands. Use the OIT
to view an analysis of show command output.
Note: Refer to Important Information on Debug Commands and IP Security Troubleshooting - Understanding
and Using debug Commands before you use debug commands.

debug crypto ipsec 7Displays the IPsec negotiations of phase 2.

debug crypto isakmp 7Displays the ISAKMP negotiations of phase 1.

debug crypto ipsecDisplays the IPsec negotiations of phase 2.

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debug crypto isakmpDisplays the ISAKMP negotiations of phase 1.

Refer to Most Common L2L and Remote Access IPSec VPN Troubleshooting Solutions for more information
on troubleshooting Site-Site VPN.

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