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IPsec Firewall

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If there is no NAT involved, you need:

  • UDP port 500 for the IKE control channel
  • IP protocol ESP (50) for the data channel.

If NAT has been detected, or you force IKE to believe NAT is present (see below) you need:

  • UDP port 4500 only (no need for protocol ESP).
  • You may need UDP port 500 too, to allow the initial contact to be made - though as soon as NAT is detected (or it has been forced) IKE switches to 4500.
  • UDP 4500 for IKE

The config force-NAT option [Note the capitalisation ] can be used to force IKE to treat the connection as if it was NATed. This is in the top-level ipsec-ike config item and you need "Show all" on the UI.

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