WebVPN NAT-T

Aug 11, 2006 2 Replies

Upon reading Release Notes for Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator, Release 4.7; Cisco SSL VPN Client, Release 1.0, I bumped into this sentence:



"When using WebVPN with NAT-T, do not set the NAT-T port to 443. We recommend using port 80 for NAT-T, as firewalls should allow this."



WebVPN with NAT-T?!?! WebVPN is SSL based. It doesn't touch layer 3. Why would I need a NAT transparency feature? Plus, NAT-T uses a fixed port (UDP 4500), you can't change it under Cisco IOS or PIX Finesse or VPN Concentrator OS...



I just can't figure out what Cisco means by that sentence!! Can someone shed some light on this?



Deeply appreciated!



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Aless Pereira ARP Labs



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to my knowlegde, you can run webVPN in several senarioes. One being the SSL, other being you have SSL-VPN client that you need to install first. This is infact a VPN client, hence NAT Traversal should be in place. HTH Martin Bilgrav

Yes, there're actually 3 options on a WebVPN solution:

- Clientless, mainly for web browsing and file sharing at the most;

- Thin Client, where you get an applet downloaded to your box and the ability to forward arbitrary network connections over the encrypted SSL connection over port 443

- Tunnel Mode, aka SVC "SSL VPN Client", where you also download this app and get full tunnel capability, much like IPSEC.

I have access to equipment capable of handling the first two, so I know how they work in detail. The BIG question is the Tunnel Mode. Still being an SSL tunnel and not an IPSEC one, I wonder if everything gets tunneled over port TCP 443 or if it requires other ports to happen.

Has anybody tested or used SVC out there?

Aless Pereira ARP Labs

- Mart> > Upon reading Release Notes for Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator,

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