Is Proxy-ID needed for BGP to establish a TCP session on port 179 over IPSec-Policy based VPN?
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Created On 01/22/23 05:19 AM - Last Modified 01/23/23 22:04 PM
Question
Is Proxy-ID needed for BGP to establish a TCP session on port 179 over IPSec-Policy based VPN?
Environment
- Palo Alto Firewalls.
- All supported PANOS versions.
- IPSec tunnel between Palo Alto and other firewall which supports Policy based VPN.
Answer
- Yes. Proxy IDs are needed for the BGP to establish a TCP session on port 179 with its peer over IPSec tunnel with Policy based VPN
- The Local address and Peer address are configured in step 6.7 and step 6.8 on Configure BGP.
- The same IP addresses must be configured in proxy-id configuration IPSec Tunnel Proxy ids
Additional Information
Policy based VPN: Encrypt a subsection of traffic flowing through an ipsec tunnel interface as per configured in the proxy-id configuration.