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IPSec NAT Traversal

Overview

Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal is a technique developed so that data protected by IPSec can pass through a NAT. Since IPSec provides integrity for the entire IP datagram, any changes to the IP addressing will invalidate the data. To resolve this issue, NAT traversal appends a new IP and UDP header to the incoming datagram, ensuring that no changes are made to the incoming datagram stream.

In the following scenario, Router A initiates IKE negotiation, while Router B is the responder.

 

RV042

RV016

 

WAN: 192.168.99.22

 

WAN: 192.168.99.11

 

 

 

 

 

NAT 2

 

 

 

 

Router B - Responder

 

LAN: 192.168.111.1

 

 

 

 

LAN: 192.168.2.0/24

 

RV042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAN: 192.168.111.101

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAT 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN: 192.168.11.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RV016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAN: 192.168.11.101

192.168.2.100

 

 

Router A - Initiator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN: 192.168.1.0/24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

192.168.1.101

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Cisco Systems RV016, RV042G manual IPSec NAT Traversal, Overview