The first option is for S2S and the second for the Remote access VPN. Set the Networks that are within the VPN Domain. Phase1 and Phase2 parameters (RA only) and other global settingsĬonfigure high level properties such as timers, allowed auth methods and P1 & P2 settings.

Firewall rules need adding to allow the access, add under VPN columnġ.

By default not all traffic is routed through the Checkpoint.

Need to make sure you also add DNS servers under additional options

Office Mode is used to give VPN clients an IP.

VPN domain and User groups are linked together in a VPN community.

Local end of the remote access VPN is user groups.

The VPN domain is the remote part of interesting traffic, so what can be reached over VPN.Unlike ASAs the checkpoint will show in traceroutes, with the first hop being the tunnel IP your connected to. The remote machine will add a route in local routing table for all the ranges specified in the VPN domain with a next hop of the checkpoint within the office mode IP range. On the remote machine you need to install the Endpoint Security VPN client. In the logs you will see the initial connection as mobile access, then identity awareness (if enabled) and then VPN for key installation and encrypted traffic. The certificate used for this is the CA certificate, however this can be changed by enabling Mobile Access and assigning a certificate to the Mobile Access Portal. If it discovers IPsec is blocked it will use visitor mode to tunnel the VPN over 443.īy default Endpoint Security VPN client will use port 443 to negotiate the tunnel, even if Visitor Mode is not selected. I think this is used to solves issues relating to fragmented packets, NAT, large UDP packets and port filtering. Mobile Access: Required for mobile and SSLVPNĬheckpoint uses IKE over TCP were a full TCP session is opened between the peers for the IKE negotiation during phase1.

Policy Server: Required if want to enforce a Desktop server policy on the client (firewall).IPsec VPN: Required for basic RA or L2L VPN.

Firewall rules for access within the VPN tunnelīefore the VPN can be configured the following features need to be enabled under the gateway properties: Phase1 and Phase2 parameters (RA only) and other global settings

Checkpoint endpoint client