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Date:      Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:28:50 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "Dalin S. Owen" <dowen@pstis.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ESP + IPFW
Message-ID:  <20020304212850.M87533@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020305021845.510AE37B41C@hub.freebsd.org>; from dowen@pstis.com on Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 06:15:16PM -0700
References:  <20020305021845.510AE37B41C@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 06:15:16PM -0700, Dalin S. Owen wrote:
> 
> I have IPsec running between two FreeBSD machines (over an 802.11b link), 
> they are manually keyed (not using an IKE daemon).  First question, is it 
> more secure to use an IKE?  I mean, doesn't it rotate keys, instead of just 
> using static ones?  And if I use an IKE, can those generated keys be sniffed, 
> or are they encrypted with the last key?

Don't worry. Keys don't go over the network in the clear. It would
kind of break the whole system wouldn't it.

> Now, another issue.  I have the following rules on each machine with ipfw (I 
> am only going to show the relevant ones for simplicity): 
> 
> #nat box (I have a seperate interface for the 802.11 AP)
> ipfw add 10 allow esp from any to any via dc1
> #this stops anyone from using my AP
> ipfw add 20 deny ip from any to any via dc1
> 
> #workstation
> ipfw add 10 allow esp from any to any
> 
> Now, everything works fine.  But I would like to be able to firewall the 
> packets *after* they are translated by IPSec (ESP)  with IPFW?  How would I 
> do that?  They seem to only pass into IPFW once, not twice..  Can you run IPF 
> with IPFW to do it, and in that case which firewalling system gets matched 
> first?

Yep. They go through ipfw(8) once. If you run ipf(8), they go through
ipf(8) then ipfw(8)... once.
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Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
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