Windows Virtual Private Network Connectivity to Cisco PIX Firewall

ID: Q249576

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SUMMARY

Cisco PIX Firewall supports the same IPSec tunnel mode client supported by Internetwork Operating System (IOS), which is licensed from Information Resource Engineering (IRE). Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) or Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is not currently supported by Cisco PIX Firewall, but PPTP support is expected in the future.

MORE INFORMATION

There is currently no Microsoft provided virtual private network (VPN) client that works with Cisco PIX Firewall. Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 PPTP should work if your Cisco PIX PPTP implementation supports user ID/password user authentication. Cisco's PIX PPTP is not expected to include Extensible Authentication Protocol, so certificate-based user authentication using a smart card is not supported. Because L2TP is not currently supported by Cisco PIX, L2TP/IPSec in Windows 2000 does not work as a remote access client to the PIX.

The following excerpt is from Cisco's Web site:

Cisco VPN Client
Cisco will license technology from third-party supplier, Information Resource Engineering (NASDAQ/NM: IREG), to deliver a VPN client to customers.

For updated information, please check the following Cisco Web site:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/may99/1.html

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Additional query words: smartcard

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbnetwork ntsecurity
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo