Creating first VPN, seeking guidance

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Creating first VPN, seeking guidance Mike T. 02-11-2007
Posted by Mike T. on February 11, 2007, 8:11 am
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Hi,

I'm trying to set up a VPN connection from the corporate network to my home
network. I need to use a VPN connection because company policy does not
allow the use of Remote Desktop. My home network consists of 3 computers
(all XP Pro) sitting behing a Zyxel Prestige 660HW router/firewall with VPN
capabilities, which in turn sits behind a DSL modem.

I've been reading all over the place and I'm still not clear on the
configuration.

The home network is set up as a workgroup. It's set up behind NAT in the
192.168.1.0/24 block. I have a dynamic IP, but I'm using a dynamic DNS
service (which I'll call blablabla.dyndns.org).

The work computer is part of an AD domain, and uses NAT in the 172.16.0.0/12
range. I don't know the firewall setup, nor do I have any sort of access to
it.

In the VPN/IPSec settings of the router, I've set up the following:

Menu 27.1.1 - IPSec Setup

Index #= 1 Name= blablabla.dyndns.org //not real address
Active= No Keep Alive= No //not yet activated
Local ID type= DNS Content= 12345
My IP Addr= 0.0.0.0
Peer ID type= DNS Content= 12345
Secure Gateway Address= blablabla.dyndns.org
Protocol= 0 DNS Server= 0.0.0.0
Local: Addr Type= SUBNET
IP Addr Start= 192.168.1.0 End/Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0
Port Start= 0 End= N/A
Remote: Addr Type= SUBNET
IP Addr Start= 192.168.2.0 End/Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0
Port Start= 0 End= N/A
Enable Replay Detection= No
Key Management= IKE
Edit Key Management Setup= No


In the Key Management Setup:

Menu 27.1.1.1 - IKE Setup

Phase 1
Negotiation Mode= Main
PSK= 12345678
Encryption Algorithm= DES
Authentication Algorithm= MD5
SA Life Time (Seconds)= 28800
Key Group= DH1

Phase 2
Active Protocol= ESP
Encryption Algorithm= DES
Authentication Algorithm= SHA1
SA Life Time (Seconds)= 28800
Encapsulation= Tunnel
Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS)= None


The router manual isn't much help. I'm planning to create the connection
using the XP client from work. I haven't tried it from work yet (will do it
tomorrow), but does anyone see any glaring errors in the above configuration
that might not cause it to work, so that I can change it today while I'm
still home?

I also plan to be traveling quite a bit in the next few months. Would this
work no matter where I am? (of course, if I'm not inside the company's
network, I have a chance of being able to use RDP).

Thanks,
Mike




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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Telecommunications Industry Association
Electronic and Software Security Products and Services
International Telecommunication Union

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