IPsecurity

1. IPSec In Depth

2. Encapsulated Security Payload
(ESP)
• Must encrypt and/or authenticate in each
packet
• Encryption occurs before authentication
• Authentication is applied to data in the
IPSec header as well as the data contained
as payload

3. IPSec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
in Transport Mode
Orig IP Hdr TCP Hdr Data
Insert Append
Orig IP Hdr ESP Hdr TCP Hdr Data ESP Trailer ESP Auth
Usually encrypted
integrity hash coverage
SecParamIndex Seq# InitVector Keyed Hash
22-36 bytes total Padding PadLength NextHdr
ESP is IP protocol 50
© 2000 Microsoft Corporation

4. IPSec ESP Tunnel Mode
Orig IP Hdr TCP Hdr Data
IPHdr ESP Hdr IP Hdr TCP Hdr Data ESP Trailer ESP Auth
Usually encrypted
integrity hash coverage
New IP header with source &
destination IP address
© 2000 Microsoft Corporation

5. Authentication Header (AH)
• Authentication is applied to the entire
packet, with the mutable fields in the IP
header zeroed out
• If both ESP and AH are applied to a packet,
AH follows ESP

6. IPSec Authentication Header (AH)
in Transport Mode
Orig IP Hdr TCP Hdr Data
Insert
Orig IP Hdr AH Hdr TCP Hdr Data
Integrity hash coverage (except for mutable fields in IP hdr)
Next Hdr Payload Len Rsrv SecParamIndex Seq# Keyed Hash
AH is IP protocol 51 24 bytes total
© 2000 Microsoft Corporation

7. IPSec AH Tunnel Mode
Orig IP Hdr TCP Hdr Data
IP Hdr AH Hdr Orig IP Hdr TCP Hdr Data
Integrity hash coverage (except for mutable new IP hdr fields)
New IP header with source &
destination IP address
© 2000 Microsoft Corporation

8. Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
• Phase I
– Establish a secure channel(ISAKMP SA)
– Authenticate computer identity
• Phase II
– Establishes a secure channel between
computers intended for the transmission of data
(IPSec SA)

9. Main Mode
• Main mode negotiates an ISAKMP SA
which will be used to create IPSec Sas
• Three steps
– SA negotiation
– Diffie-Hellman and nonce exchange
– Authentication

10. Main Mode (Kerberos)
Initiator Responder
Header, SA Proposals
Header, Selected SA Proposal
Header, D-H Key Exchange, Noncei,
Kerberos Tokeni Header, D-H Key Exchange, Noncer,
Kerberos Tokenr
Encrypted
Header, Idi, Hashi
Header, Idr, Hashr

11. Main Mode (Certificate)
Initiator Responder
Header, SA Proposals
Header, Selected SA Proposal
Header, D-H Key Exchange, Noncei
Header, D-H Key Exchange,
Noncer,Certificate Request
Encrypted
Header, Idi, Certificatei, Signaturei,
Certificate Request Header, Idr, Certificater,
Signaturer

12. Main Mode (Pre-shared Key)
Initiator Responder
Header, SA Proposals
Header, Selected SA Proposal
Header, D-H Key Exchange, Noncei
Header, D-H Key Exchange, Noncer
Encrypted
Header, Idi, Hashi
Header, Idr, Hashr

13. Quick Mode
• All traffic is encrypted using the ISAKMP
Security Association
• Each quick mode negotiation results in two
IPSec Security Associations (one inbound,
one outbound)

14. Quick Mode Negotiation
Initiator Responder
Encrypted
Header, IPSec Proposed SA
Header, IPSec Selected SA
Header, Hash
Header, Connected Notification