W2K vpn client to Cisco 3005 VPN concentrator

I've got a project to configure a Cisco 3005 vpn concentrator to allow
connections from the w2k builtin vpn client.

The concentrator currently has users connecting via the Cisco client
using IPSec, and authenticating against an Active Directory server.

The way I understand things is, PPTP is supported, but only without
encryption when authentication against Active Directory. And the only
other option is L2TP/IPSec, which is mutually exclusive with the
IPsec-only that's currently in use. (Have I got this all correct?)

So, the only option open here is PPTP without encryption, correct?

Is there any way to get the w2k client to do l2tp without ipsec?

Thanks!

 

Yes, you can connect to a Cisco VPN concentrator using L2TP alone or
L2TP/IPsec.

By default, W2K creates an IPsec policy for L2TP that relies on digital
signature (digital certificate) authentication. So, if you want to
configure either L2TP alone or L2TP/IPsec with pre-shared key
authentication then you need to modify the registry.

Take a look at this article for more:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240262


By creating the 'ProhibitIpSec' value, and setting the value to '1' (as
discussed in the first part of the article), you actually disable the
automatic creation of an IPsec policy (using digitial signature auth)
for L2TP. So, if you don't want to use IPsec with L2TP, you can stop
there, without following the instructions in the rest of the article
(although you should consider the security implications!).


Hope that helps,

Mark

CCIE#6280 / CCSI#21051 / JNICS#121 / etc.

Author: www.ciscopress.com/1587051044

 

I've gotten l2tp working with the w2k client and cisco vpn 3005, but it
looks like the same problem I was having with pptp.

Is there no way to connect with pptp or l2tp to a 3005 concentrator
with encryption, when that concentrator is authenticating against an
Active Directory server?

 

Hello mark,

Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 4:50:41 PM, you wrote:

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Can the same problem be solved under Windows XP and Windows 2003?
Key 'ProhibitIpSec' does not work and I found no solution on MSDN site.

 

I will preface this by saying that it has been a couple of years since
I did this, but I am reasonably positive that you can get PPTP with
encryption working when the concentrator is authenticating against AD.
Well, technically, we are authenticating against AD via RADIUS, using
Windows' Internet Authentication Service (IAS).

If I recall correctly, the trick is making sure that you configure the
concentrator to use MS-CHAP or higher, and to configure a Remote Access
Policy on IAS that also supports MS-CHAP or higher for authentication.
If you allow PAP or CHAP, encryption for PPTP cannot be negotiated.

Give that a try and see if it helps.