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Date:      Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:18:23 -0500
From:      "James F. Hranicky" <jfh@cise.ufl.edu>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Questions (Rants?) About IPSEC 
Message-ID:  <20020207221823.BEA206B27@mail.cise.ufl.edu>
In-Reply-To: Message from Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>  of "Thu, 07 Feb 2002 16:42:13 EST." <200202072142.g17LgDL69359@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> 

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Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> wrote: 
> 
> > 	- IPSEC routers have to basically be the border router for
> > 	  a site, as there is no post-decryption NAT protocol to
> > 	  get packets back to a router on the inside of the network
> > 	  (Apparently, Cisco VPN boxes have this capability, but
> > 	  it's an add-on to IPSEC AFAICT).
> 
> IPSEC is designed to thwart processes which corrupt packet headers
> (including NAT).

In my scenario,  NAT would occur after decryption, allowing IPSEC routers
to be placed at arbitrary points in the internal net. As I understand it,
CISCO's VPN box does just that.

Thanks for your input.

Jim

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