Making Outbound IPSec Connections From Behind a Firebox

You may have occasions in which a user wants to make IPSec connections to a Firebox from behind another Firebox. For example, if a mobile employee travels to a customer site that has a Firebox, he or she can make IPSec connections to his or her network using IPSec. For the local Firebox to properly handle the outgoing IPSec connection, an IPSec service. (For information on enabling services, see Configuring Filtered Services.)

Because the IPSec service enables a tunnel to the IPSec server and does not perform any security checks at the firewall, use of this service should be limited.

Related topics:

Configuring Debugging Options for MUVPN

Terminating IPSec Connections

Saving the Profile to a Firebox

Configuring Services to Allow Incoming MUVPN Traffic

Defining a User for a Firebox Authenticated Group

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