Abstract:
Method and apparatus for enhanced security for communication over a network, and more particularly to control of security protocol negotiation to enable multiple clients to establish a virtual private network connection with a same remote address, is described. A mapping table accessible by a gateway computer is used to form associations between a local address for the client and a destination address for a peer and a Security Parameters Index associated with IPSec-protected traffic from the peer. When a packet is received at the gateway from a client it is checked to determine if it is an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) packet, whether an IKE session has already been recorded from this client in the mapping table for the destination address in the IKE packet, whether a Security Parameters Index has been observed in the clear from a remote computer associated with the destination address.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for enhanced security for communication over a network, and more particularly to Network Address Translation (NAT) integration Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), is described. A client computer makes a second address request in order to prompt an address server to provide a public address. This address, recorded in a mapping table accessible by a gateway computer. This public address is used as a source address for packets from a client using IPSec. When the gateway computer identifies a packet's source address as one of it's public addresses, NAT is suspended for this packet, and the packet is routed without NAT. Incoming traffic is routed using the mapping table.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for integration of network address translation and source address security, including, but not limited to, determining whether a gateway computer is integrated for network address translation and source address security, is described. A client computer requests a first address from the gateway computer and then requests a second address from the gateway computer. The latter request is done with a different client identifier that is nearly equivalent, except for one bit, to the client identifier used for the prior address request. If the gateway computer is integrated for network address translation and source address security, in response to the latter request a public address will be provided from the gateway computer to the client computer.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) and Network Address Translation (NAT) integration is described. A client obtains a public address from a gateway for IPSec communication. A mapping table is used to form associations between a local address for the client and a destination address for a peer, an Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) Initiator Cookie and a Security Parameters Index associated with communication between the client and the peer. Incoming and outgoing routing may be done at the gateway using the mapping table.