The VPN has revolutionized the way we work. For over 20 years it’s allowed everyone from executives on down a company’s organizational chart to work anywhere, from home to the airport to the resort. (The debate of work/life balance versus always available connectivity will not be solved by me and not here.) This ability to connect almost anywhere in the world has not only revolutionized how we work, but it has saved many on-call engineers late-night trips to the datacenter.

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However, in spite its convenience and functionality, the VPN can present significant security risks if it is not properly implemented.

First and foremost: which VPN protocol are you using? Many VPN protocols and encryption algorithms have come and gone, like PPTP, modem banks, DES and so on. In today’s world there are two heavyweights in the realm of maximum security, support and functionality: IPsec and SSL.

The received IPsec packet is fragmented and requires reassembly before authentication verification and decryption. Disable QoS for the IPsec traffic on the encrypting or intermediate routers. Enable IPsec pre-fragmentation on the encrypting router. Router(config-if)#crypto ipsec fragmentation before-encryption. First, install vpnc. On Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install vpnc On OSX: brew install vpnc Then install pyvpnc using pip: pip install vpnc. Dynamic VPN enables Pulse Secure clients to establish IPsec VPN tunnels to SRX services gateways without manually configuring VPN settings on their PCs. User authentication is supported through a RADIUS server or a local IP address pool. May 26, 2014 IPSec gateway 127.0.0.1 IPSec ID laughing-vpn IPSec secret hahaha Xauth username geoffk Note that all strings start exactly one space after the keyword string, and run to the end of the line. This lets you put any kind of weird character (except CR, LF and NUL) in your strings, but it does mean you can't add comments after a string, or spaces.

IPsec VPN

IPsec has been around for decades and is the tried-and-true solution. As time goes on, IPsec adapts by adding supported encryption and hash algorithms, like DES, which gave way to 3DES, which gave way to AES and so on.

Nov 17, 2020 IKE phase two—IKE negotiates IPSec SA parameters and sets up matching IPSec SAs in the peers. Step 4: Data transfer—Data is transferred between IPSec peers based on the IPSec parameters and keys stored in the SA database. Step 5: IPSec tunnel termination—IPSec SAs terminate through deletion or by timing out.

Every IPsec VPN connection goes through two phases. During phase one of the connection, the VPN peer devices negotiate how the are going to encrypt and pass traffic. If you must use the Internet Key Exchange (IKEv1) protocol here, there are a couple of important things to remember. The obvious things are encryption/hash algorithm and the length and complexity of the pre-shared key. The most important aspect of IKE is whether you are using Aggressive Mode vs. Main Mode. Essentially, aggressive allows for the two VPN peers to run through sort of a trial and error for the initial exchange of the pre-shared key.

This presents a huge security risk that can allow an attacker to crack the pre-shared key. Here’s a really good write up of that information.

Once you are in phase two of the IPsec process enable perfect forward secrecy (PFS) and Replay Detection to protect the tunnel once it is established.

SSL VPN

The new hotness in terms of VPN is secure socket layer (SSL). You can use an SSL VPN to securely connect via a remote access tunnel, a layer 7 connection to a specific application. SSL is typically much more versatile than IPsec, but with that versatility comes additional risk. The biggest mistake I see in the field regarding SSL VPNs is using untrusted, self-signed certificates and not keeping up to date on patches for your VPN endpoint device. The list of SSL vulnerabilities is pretty long, with the most famous recent one is the Heartbleed vulnerability.

Additional Security Considerations

For both SSL and IPsec VPNs, you will always have to worry about authentication and access. If you’re a smaller environment, you can use local authentication on the firewall. Most environments will leverage Active Directory as the authentication source for the VPN using either RADIUS or LDAP. Both protocol options are relatively easy to set up and it’s easy to forget to use the secure options for both.

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Once connected, a VPN client has access to the business network. In the world of BYOD, the end user’s computer connected to your network is the biggest vulnerability. Your network administrators have no control over personal devices and their compliance. Fortinet, Cisco and other vendors have product offerings to perform network access control (NAC). NAC allows the firewall to check a client system for patch level, antivirus and other measures of compliance. Non-compliant systems are either not allowed to connect or isolated.

If you have questions about your VPNs or additional security layers to help protect your environment, send us an email or give us a call at 502-240-0404 to get started!

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pyvpnc is a Python connector for vpnc, a Cisco VPN concentrator/router client. The vpnc daemon requires elevated permissions to run; you will be prompted for your admin/sudo password if needed.

Installation

First, install vpnc. On Debian/Ubuntu:

On OSX:

Then install pyvpnc using pip:

Tests

Unit tests are in the test/ directory.

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