Hello...
I'm generally pretty good with VPN issues and with SSL certs, but this is my first rodeo with VPN and certificates together. I've got a Cisco 2811 router running IOS Firewall (12.4(25)) and for a while now, I've had VPN clients connecting using PSK's and XAUTH. In order to tighten security, we'd like to move away from PSK's with Aggressive Mode and use certificates with Main Mode.
I've been trying to use the Cisco 2811 as the CA, rather than use a Microsoft server or third-party provider. I think I'm pretty close to getting this to work, but something isn't quite right. My VPN client software does connect to the 2811, and I get prompted for the XAUTH creds. If I supply the right creds, I do see in my VPN log window that I've gotten assigned an IP address from the inside VPN pool, my split tunneling rules come through, but the VPN disconnects almost immediately and I never get a chance to try any pings or to send any other types of traffic.
The following lists the various debugs I have running on the 2811:
Cryptographic Subsystem:
Crypto ISAKMP Error debugging is on
Crypto IPSEC Error debugging is on
PKI:
Crypto PKI Msg debugging is on
Crypto PKI Certificate Server debugging is on
Crypto PKI Validation Path debugging is on
I have attached a sterilized copy of the 2811's current config (2811_sterile.txt), a copy of the 2811's debug output when the VPN client tries to connect (vpn_client_connect_sterile.txt), and a copy of the VPN client's log with IKE on High and Certificates on High (vpn_log_sterile.txt).
FWIW, the 2811 is NOT behind NAT, but my VPN client IS behind NAT. However, I have tried using a direct connection with the VPN client and it didn't seem to change much so I'm not convinced this is a NAT issue.
Again, I've never used a Cisco router as a CA and I've been battling this problem for several hours now so the 2811's config may have a lot of unneccessary lines in it at this point.
Hopefully someone can nudge me in the right direction on this one.
Thanks!
Dan
