IPSec

IPSec provides the capability to secure

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 Usability and Security
 Determine
where on this
line your
organization
needs lie
Convenience
/ Usability

0 Security 
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 Services, Mechanisms,
Algorithms
 A typical security protocol provides one or
more security services (authentication, secrecy,
integrity, etc.)
 Services are built from mechanisms.
 Mechanisms are implemented using algorithms.
Services
SSL/IPSec/PPTP, etc (Security Protocols)

Signatures Encryption Hashing Mechanisms

DSA RSA RSA DES SHA1 MD5 Algorithms

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 Security in the Internet
Architecture
 Lack of security in the Internet Architecture
 Security was left up to the applications
 With the passage of time it was realized that
universal security at the IP level will become a
need and not a luxury

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Security Application Email - S/MIME Application

Protocol Presentation Presentation

Layers Session SSL Session

•The further
Transport Transport

down you go, Network IPSec Network

the more
Datalink PPP - ECP Datalink
transparent it is
Physical Physical

•The further up
you go, the
Encrypting Encrypting
easier it is to NIC
PHYSICAL NETWORK
NIC

deploy
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 Some Pros of Security at
the IP Level
 Can be end to end or at least multilink unlike
link layer
 Could be hw/sw supported (hw support for
encryption)
 Can shield unmodified host apps giving them
crypto/security at the level of nets/hosts/and
possibly users
 Can extend secure enclave across insecure areas

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 What is IPSec?
 Extensions to the basis Internet Protocol to
provide security functions at the IP level
 Applicable to both IP Version 4 and IP Version
6
 IPSec available in Windows 2000, Linux, Cisco
Routers, etc.

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 How do you know IPSec is
there?
 AH/ESP new IP layer protocols
1. an IP datagram encapsulated in them (tunnel mode)
2. TCP/UDP and the rest above them (transport mode)

 Every packet may have AH/ESP applied to them:

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IP Security Usage Scenario

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 Applications of IPSec
 Secure Branch Office Connectivity Over the
Internet
 Secure Remote Access Over the Internet
 Establishing Extranet and Intranet Connectivity
with Business partners
 Enhancing Electronic Commerce Security

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 IP Security Architecture
 Defined by IPSec Documents (RFCs)
 IP Security Protocol Working Group of IETF
 IP Security Evolving with the passage of time
 IPSec provides security services at the IP layer
by enabling a system to select required security
protocols, determine the algorithms to use for
the services, and put in place any cryptographic
keys required.

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 IPSec Documents Overview
 Relevant RFCs
 RFC 1825: An overview of a
security architecture
 RFC 1826: Description of a
packet authentication extension
to IP
 RFC 1828: A specific
authentication mechanism
 RFC 1827: Description of a
packet encryption extension to
IP
 RFC 1829: A specific encryption
mechanism

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 AH and ESP
 AH
The Authentication Header provides support for
data integrity and authentication of IP packets
 ESP
The Encapsulating Security Payload provides
confidentiality services, including confidentiality of
message contents and limited traffic flow
confidentiality. As an optional feature, ESP can also
provide the same authentication service as AH.

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IPSec Services

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 Security Associations
 What is a SA?
An SA is a one way relationship between a sender
and a received that affords security services to the
traffic carried on it.
 SA Parameters
Security Association Database stores parameters
associated with each of the SAs
 SA Selectors
Each SPD entry is defined by a set of IP and upper
layer protocol field values called selectors.

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 Transport and Tunnel
Modes
 Tunnel Mode means that one outgoing IP
packet is encapsulated in another packet with
typically a different IP destination
 Tunnels can be (1) Router to Router (2) Router
to host or host to router (3) host to host

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Transport and Tunnel
Modes

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Tunnel Mode and Transport
Mode Functionality

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Authentication Header

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 Services Provided by AH
 Anti-Replay Service
 Integrity Check Value

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Anti-Replay Service

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Transport and Tunnel
Modes

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Scope of Authentication
Header

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Scope of Authentication
Header

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 Encapsulating Security
Payload - ESP
 ESP Services
Confidentiality
Authentication Services
 ESP Format
SPI
SN
PD
Padding
Pad Length
Next Header
Authentication Data

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ESP

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ESP Format

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Transport-level security

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A virtual private network via
Tunnel Mode

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Scope of ESP Encryption
and Authentication

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Combining Security
Associations

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Combining Security
Associations

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Combining Security
Associations

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Combining Security
Associations

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 Key Management
 Involves the determination and distribution of
secret keys
 Typically four keys are used between two
applications
 Two types of key management
Manual
Automated

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 ISAKMP
•The default
automated key
management
protocol from
IPSec is referred to
as
ISAKMP/Oakley
•Oakley is a
refinement of
Diffie Hellman
Key Exchange
Protocol

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ISAKMP
Exchange
Types

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ISAKMP Payload Types

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 Conclusion
 IPSec provides Universal IP level security for
all applications
 Two choices are available AH and ESP
 IPSec can be used in a transport mode for end
to end authentication and encryption or in
tunnel mode for router to router authentication
and encryption
 IPSec can be implemented IPV4 as options and
is a required part of the implementation of IPV6
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