
Overview of IPsec
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Security Gateways
A security gateway establishes SAs between router interfaces configured with
IPsec software. A Bay Networks router becomes a security gateway when you
enable IPsec on a WAN interface. In this way, a Bay Networks router operating as
a security gateway provides IPsec services to its internal hosts and subnetworks.
Hosts or networks on the external side of a security gateway (typically, the overall
Internet) are considered “untrusted.” Hosts or subnetworks on the internal side of
a security gateway (nodes on your local intranet) are considered “trusted” because
they are controlled and securely managed by the same network administration
(Figure 1-3
).
Figure 1-3. IPsec Security Gateways and Security Policies
When you add IPsec services to a router to create a security gateway, its internal
hosts and subnetworks can communicate with external hosts that directly operate
IPsec services, or with a remote security gateway that provides IPsec services for
its set of hosts and subnetworks.
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Untrusted
network
Local
host
Trusted
network
Outbound policy
Inbound policy (clear text only)
IPsec interface
IPsec interface
Remote
host
Outbound policy
Inbound policy (clear text only)
Security
gateway
Security
gateway
Trusted
network
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