Secure Network Administrationintermediate
When configuring an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Phase 1 gateway for a site-to-site IPsec VPN between two firewalls with static IP addresses, which of the following is required to identify the remote VPN endpoint? (Select all that apply.)
Answer
The public IP address of the remote firewall
Explanation
### Why this is right
The lab specifies IKEv2 only, `ethernet1/1` with its assigned local address, the remote firewall's Internet interface address as the peer address, and the pre-shared key `Secret5512`. These settings allow each firewall to identify the local endpoint, locate its partner, and authenticate the negotiation.
### The concept
A peer address is the address at the other end of the connection, not the remote workstation's private address. The local interface must be the interface through which the firewalls communicate. A pre-shared key is a secret configured at both ends; it must match, and the lab requires it to remain masked in submitted screenshots.
### The other options
- **D. The internal workstation address as the peer address**: a workstation is an endpoint behind the firewall, not the remote VPN gateway. This is tempting because workstations generate the traffic later carried by the tunnel.
### Terms
- **IKE**: Internet Key Exchange. Negotiates VPN security associations.
- **IP**: Internet Protocol. Provides network addressing.
### Watch out
Do not confuse the VPN peer's public-facing firewall address with the private address of a host behind that firewall.
### Remember
The IKE peer address is the remote firewall's Internet-facing address.
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