Securing Your OSPF Network

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When you create dynamic access lists, remember the following:

  The only value replaced in the temporary entry is the source or destination address, depending whether the access list was in the input access list or output access list. All other attributes, such as the port, are inherited from the main dynamic access list.
  Each addition to the dynamic list is always put at the beginning of the dynamic list. You cannot specify the order of temporary access list entries.
  Temporary access list entries are never written to NVRAM.

User authentication is successful when the following router events occur:

  The user connects via the virtual terminal port on the router.
  The router executes the configured autocommand command for the access- enable command.
  A temporary access list entry is created and the Telnet session is terminated, and the specified host has placed a temporary access list entry and has access inside the firewall.

You can verify that this operation is successful on the router either by asking the user to test the connection or by using the show-access-lists command to view dynamic access lists.

The following sample display illustrates what the end-user might see after successfully completing the authentication process. Notice that the connection was closed immediately after the password was entered and authenticated. The temporary access list entry has already been created, and the host that initiated the Telnet session has access inside the firewall:

    OSPF_Router# telnet corporate    Trying 172.21.52.1 ...    Connected to corporate.abc.com.    Escape character is '^]'.    User Access Verification    Password:    Connection closed by foreign host. 

Additional Resources on Lock-and-Key Security

This section introduced several new commands. If you need further information regarding their configuration and operation, see the following Cisco IOS publications:

  “IP Commands” chapter of the Network Protocols Command Reference, Part 1.
  “Interface Commands” chapter of the Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference.
  “IP Commands” chapter of the Network Protocols Command Reference, Part 1.
  “Terminal Lines and Modem Commands” chapter of the Access Services Command Reference.

Deleting a Dynamic Access List

If it becomes necessary to delete a dynamic access list, enter the following command (in privileged EXEC mode) for the process:

    clear access-template [access-list-number | name] [dynamic-name]    [source] [destination] 

You can display temporary access list entries when they are in use. After a temporary access list entry is cleared by you or by the absolute or idle timeout parameter, it can no longer be displayed. The number of matches displayed indicates the number of times the access list entry was hit.

Display Dynamic & Temporary Access List Entries

It is always a good rule of thumb to check and verify the entries you have created before committing them to the router’s memory. To view dynamic access lists and any temporary access list entries that are currently established, perform the following task in privileged EXEC mode:

    show access-lists [access-list-number] 

Lock-and-Key Access Example

The following example shows how to configure lock-and-key access. In this example, login is on the TACACS+ server, so no autocommand command appears in this configuration. Lock-and-key access is configured on the BRI0 interface. Four VTY ports are defined with the password “cisco.”

    aaa authentication login default tacacs+ enable    aaa accounting exec stop-only tacacs+    aaa accounting network stop-only tacacs+    enable password ciscotac    !    isdn switch-type basic-dms100    !    interface ethernet0    ip address 172.18.23.9 255.255.255.0    !!    interface BRI0     ip address 172.18.21.1 255.255.255.0     encapsulation ppp     dialer idle-timeout 3600     dialer wait-for-carrier-time 100     dialer map ip 172.18.21.2 name diana     dialer-group 1     isdn spid1 2036333715291     isdn spid2 2036339371566     ppp authentication chap     ip access-group 102 in    !     access-list 102 dynamic testlist timeout 5 permit ip any any     access-list 102 permit tcp any host 172.18.21.2 eq 23    !     ip route 172.18.250.0 255.255.255.0 172.18.21.2     priority-list 1 interface BRI0 high     tacacs-server host 172.18.23.21     tacacs-server host 172.18.23.14     tacacs-server key test1     tftp-server rom alias all    !    dialer-list 1 protocol ip permit    !    line con 0    password cisco    line aux 0    line VTY 0 4    password cisco    ! 

Chapter Summary

This chapter began with discussion of the various threats against your network in the network security section. Fortunately, you learned several defenses that were already available for your network. The section, “Golden Rules of Designing a Secure Network,” covered a variety of questions that you should answer when considering how to design a comprehensive security policy for Enterprise networks. This section also discussed the many reasons that network security should be part of your network design from the beginning as opposed to an afterthought. The section, “Securing Your OSPF Network,” covered many different techniques that can be used to increase the overall security of your network. That section also covered the neighbor authentication features that are found in OSPF and how to configure and deploy your routers to make use of this desirable OSPF feature. In the final section, “Configuring Traffic Filters,” the various types of access lists were covered, along with a sample network that illustrated their deployment within a network router firewall design. The case study for this chapter will include the process of designing and setting up a router-based firewall structure for your network.

Case Study: Designing Your Router Firewall Architecture

This case study discusses the deployment of Cisco PIX Firewall within a network. A router firewall architecture is a network structure that exists between you and the outside world, the Internet for example, that is designed to protect your network from intruders (that is, cyber thieves). In most circumstances, intruders are represented by the global Internet and the thousands of remote networks it interconnects. Typically, a network firewall consists of several different machines, as shown in Figure 10-2.


Figure 10-2  Typical firewall router deployment.


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OSPF Network Design Solutions
OSPF Network Design Solutions
ISBN: 1578700469
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1998
Pages: 200
Authors: Tom Thomas

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