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Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
Internet protocol security (IPSec) is an end-to-end security scheme for securing IP communications by authenticating and
encrypting all packets in a session. Use IPSec between hosts, gateways, or hosts and gateways.
IPSec uses a series of protocol functions to achieve information security:
● Authentication Headers (AH) — Connectionless integrity and origin authentication for IP packets.
● Encapsulating Security Payloads (ESP) — Confidentiality, authentication, and data integrity for IP packets.
● Security Associations (SA) — Algorithm-provided parameters required for AH and ESP protocols.
IPSec capability is available on control (protocol) and management traffic; end-node support is required.
IPSec supports two operational modes: Transport and Tunnel.
● Transport is the default mode for IPSec and encrypts only the payload of the packet. Routing information is unchanged.
● Tunnel mode is used to encrypt the entire packet, including the routing information in the IP header. Tunnel mode is typically
used in creating virtual private networks (VPNs).
Transport mode provides IP packet payload protection using ESP. You can use ESP alone or in combination with AH to provide
additional authentication. AH protects data from modification but does not provide confidentiality.
SA is the configuration information that specifies the type of security provided to the IPSec flow. The SA is a set of algorithms
and keys used to authenticate and encrypt the traffic flow. The AH and ESP use SA to provide traffic protection for the IPSec
flow.
NOTE:
The Dell EMC Networking OS supports IPSec only for FTP and telnet protocols (ports 20, 21, and 23). The system rejects if
you configure IPSec for other protocols.
Topics:
• crypto ipsec transform-set
• crypto ipsec policy
• management crypto-policy
• match
• session-key
• show crypto ipsec transform-set
• show crypto ipsec policy
• transform-set
crypto ipsec transform-set
Create a transform set, or combination of security algorithms and protocols, of cryptos.
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Syntax
crypto ipsec transform-set name {ah-authentication {md5|sha1|null} | esp-
authentication {md5|sha1|null} | esp-encryption {3des|cbc|des|null}}
To delete a transform set, use the no crypto ipsec transform-set name {ah-
authentication {md5|sha1|null} | esp-authentication {md5|sha1|null} | esp-
encryption {3des|cbc|des|null}} command.
Parameters
name Enter the name for the transform set.
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