How do I open pix 501 ports?

Hello, I'd like to open pix 501 ports to allow traffic from the internet to terminate on Windows server 2008 used as a VPN server. The pix is functioning already as a remote access vpn server and it's working fine. I wonder if I could use the win2k8 server as a site to site vpn server and the pix still sitting in front as a firewall.
Any help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks!

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john-cisco

You could, but have to allow it.

What access-list are on the pix?
Do a "sh access-group" to see
Then check those access-lists "sh access-list" based on the interface it is applied. ACL on a pix is applied INBOUND only.

What VPN traffic do you want to allow?
Is the server being accessed from a live internet IP? Is that IP natted as a static on the pix, check with sh static.

hth

MentholMoose

Why not use the PIX for the site to site VPN? Even if the other side isn't a PIX, it should still be possible to get working... I've done various combinations with no problems, such as PIX to Netscreen, ASA, and Sonicwall. The 501 is pretty weak though, so with stronger encryption you may get as low as 1MB/sec VPN throughput.

Anyway to set up a forwarded port, you have to modify your ACL assigned to the outside interface to allow the port, then setup a static translation to map that port from the outside interface to the server. So a barebones config to forward 9999/tcp (assuming external IP is 172.16.0.50) to server 10.0.0.5 would be like this:

Create ACL:
access-list site_vpn_acl permit tcp any host 172.16.0.50 eq 9999

Assign ACL to outside interface:
access-group site_vpn_acl in interface outside

Create static translation:
static (inside,outside) tcp 172.16.0.50 9999 10.0.0.5 9999 netmask 255.255.255.255

mathelize

MentholMoose wrote: »

Why not use the PIX for the site to site VPN? Even if the other side isn't a PIX, it should still be possible to get working... I've done various combinations with no problems, such as PIX to Netscreen, ASA, and Sonicwall. The 501 is pretty weak though, so with stronger encryption you may get as low as 1MB/sec VPN throughput.

Anyway to set up a forwarded port, you have to modify your ACL assigned to the outside interface to allow the port, then setup a static translation to map that port from the outside interface to the server. So a barebones config to forward 9999/tcp (assuming external IP is 172.16.0.50) to server 10.0.0.5 would be like this:

Create ACL:
access-list site_vpn_acl permit tcp any host 172.16.0.50 eq 9999

Assign ACL to outside interface:
access-group site_vpn_acl in interface outside

Create static translation:
static (inside,outside) tcp 172.16.0.50 9999 10.0.0.5 9999 netmask 255.255.255.255

Thanks for your reply, so you mean I can use a pix 501 at one end and then maybe a windows server 2008 at the other end.

MentholMoose

mathelize wrote: »

Thanks for your reply, so you mean I can use a pix 501 at one end and then maybe a windows server 2008 at the other end.

I think it's probably possible, although I haven't done it. Search the net for a tutorial or configuration guide.

mathelize

john-cisco wrote: »

You could, but have to allow it.

What access-list are on the pix?
Do a "sh access-group" to see
Then check those access-lists "sh access-list" based on the interface it is applied. ACL on a pix is applied INBOUND only.

What VPN traffic do you want to allow?
Is the server being accessed from a live internet IP? Is that IP natted as a static on the pix, check with sh static.

hth

Firewall# sh access-list
access-list cached ACL log flows: total 0, denied 0 (deny-flow-max 256)
alert-interval 300
access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl; 1 elements
access-list inside_outbound_nat0_acl line 1 permit ip any 192.168.1.192 255.255.255.224 (hitcnt=0)
access-list outside_cryptomap_dyn_20; 1 elements
access-list outside_cryptomap_dyn_20 line 1 permit ip any 192.168.1.192 255.255.255.224 (hitcnt=0)
Firewall# sh access-group
Firewall# sh run
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interface ethernet0 auto
interface ethernet1 100full
nameif ethernet0 outside security0
nameif ethernet1 inside security100
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hostname Firewall
domain-name mathelize.com
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fixup protocol h323 h225 1720
fixup protocol h323 ras 1718-1719
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fixup protocol sip 5060
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fixup protocol skinny 2000
fixup protocol smtp 25
fixup protocol sqlnet 1521
fixup protocol t.f.t.p 69
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vpdn enable outside
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dhcpd lease 3600
dhcpd ping_timeout 750
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