Wednesday, November 25, 2015

VPN server in front of the firewall

When the VPN server is in front of the firewall and attached to the Internet, you need to add packet filters to the Internet interface that allow only VPN traffic to and from the IP address of the VPN server's Internet interface.
For inbound traffic, when the tunneled data is decrypted by the VPN server, it is forwarded to the firewall. Through the use of its filters, the firewall allows the traffic to be forwarded to intranet resources. Because the only traffic that crosses the VPN server is generated by authenticated VPN clients, in this scenario, firewall filtering can be used to prevent VPN users from accessing specific intranet resources. Because the only Internet traffic allowed on the intranet must pass through the VPN server, this approach also prevents the sharing of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Web intranet resources with non-VPN Internet users.
The following illustration shows the VPN server in front of the firewall.
VPN server in front of the firewall
For the Internet interface on the VPN server, configure the following input and output filters using Routing and Remote Access:

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