Technical Tip: Allowing SSL VPN users to access remote LAN via IPsec

Description

This article explains how to allow traffic initiated by a SSL VPN user to a remote network via IPsec.

Scope

Solution

• Existing policies for IPsec to access internal networks:

config firewall policy
    edit 0

        set srcintf "Ipsec1"

        set dstintf "port1"
        set srcaddr "remote_10.10.1.0/24"
        set dstaddr "local_192.168.1.0/24"
        set action accept
        set schedule "always"
        set service "ALL"
    edit 0
        set srcintf "port1"
        set dstintf "Ipsec1"
        set srcaddr "local_192.168.1.0/24"
        set dstaddr "remote_10.10.1.0/24"
        set action accept
        set schedule "always"
        set service "ALL"

• Static route pointing to the remote LAN 10.10.1.0/24:

config router static
    edit 0
        set device Ipsec1
        set dst 10.10.1.0 255.255.255.0
    next
end

To check if the routes are learned:

get router info routing-table database

For SSL VPN users to access remote LAN through IPsec these policies are needed:

For web mode:

config firewall policy
    edit 0
        set srcintf "wan1"
        set dstintf "Ipsec1"
        set srcaddr "all"
        set dstaddr "remote_10.10.1.0/24"
        set action accept
        set schedule "always"
        set service "ALL"
        set nat enable

    next

For tunnel mode:

edit 0

    set srcintf "ssl.root"

    set dstintf "Ipsec1"

    set srcaddr "SSLVPN_TUNNEL"

    set dstaddr "remote_10.10.1.0/24"

    set action accept

    set schedule "always"

    set service "ALL"

In v5.2 users/group of users must be selected in this policy.

On FGT2:

• Existing policies for IPsec to access internal networks with adjustments for SSL VPN access:

config firewall policyedit 0

    set srcintf "Ipsec2"

    set dstintf "port2"

    set srcaddr "remote_192.168.1.0/24" "SSLVPN_TUNNEL"

    set dstaddr "local_10.10.1.0/24"

    set action accept

    set schedule "always"

    set service "ALL"

edit 0

    set srcintf "port2"

    set dstintf "Ipsec2"

    set srcaddr "local_10.10.1.0/24"

    set dstaddr "remote_192.168.1.0/24" "SSLVPN_TUNNEL"

    set action accept

    set schedule "always"

    set service "ALL"

Static routes:

config router static
    edit 0

        set dst 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0

        set device "Ipsec2"
    next
    edit 0

       set dst 192.168.8.0 255.255.255.0

       set device "Ipsec2"
    next
end

Best practices:
If more than one portal is configured with tunnel access, each portal must have a unique IP-Range for clients (it should not overlap with internal or remote network subnets). All these IP-Pools must be selected in SSL Settings.

For v5.2.x:

 

For v5.0.x:

 Basic troubleshooting:

• Testing ping from SSL VPN client to a remote host with sniffer:

diagnose sniffer packet any "host x.x.x.x and icmp" 4 0 aor
diagnose sniffer packet any "host x.x.x.x and icmp" 6 0 a

(converted into pcap file in wireshark)

Ctrl+C to stop the sniffer, where the host is either the IP of the SSL VPN client or the host on the remote network.

Testing with debug flow:

proto 1 = ICMP
proto 6 = TCP
proto 17 = UDP

diagnose debug reset
diagnose debug flow filter clear
diagnose debug flow filter addr x.x.x.x
diagnose debug flow filter proto 1
diagnose debug flow show function-name enable
diagnose debug console timestamp enable
diagnose debug enable
diagnose debug flow trace start 1000

(now start pinging)

diagnose debug flow trace stop
diagnose debug disable
diagnose debug reset