So, the problem with multicast over ipsec is not actually a limitation of
ipsec of itself, but rather a limitation when using crypto maps because
crypto-maps are p2mp-concept?

/J

2010/3/17 Piotr Kaluzny <[email protected]>

> Jimmy,
>
> You are right, this is plain IPSec traffic.
>
> Regarding your second question - standard crypto maps are
> point-to-multipoint concept, that's why they don't know which peer to send
> the multicast traffic to. SVTI is a point-to-point connection, multicasts
> will be blindly sent through the tunnel.
>
> Regards,
>
> Piotr Kaluzny
> CCIE #25665 (Security), CCSP, CCNP
> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Jimmy Larsson <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I´ve read the url but still doesn´t really get it. The configuration looks
>> exactly like mine except for the addition of "tunnel mode ipsec ipv4".
>>
>> As far as I can figure the "tunnel mode ipsec ipv4" changes the tunnel
>> from running gre into using plain ipsec. Right? I dont have access to my lab
>> at the moment so I cant verify, but without "tunnel mode ipsec ipv4" the
>> traffic is GRE with a ipsec-content. When adding "tunnel mode ipsec ipv4" I
>> change the tunnel into running native ipsec, which should mean that a
>> sniffer should display ESP transit-traffic.
>>
>> Or am I wrong?
>>
>> If I am right, what happened to the limitation of ipsec when it comes to
>> multicast-traffic?
>>
>>
>> Br Jimmy
>>
>>
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>> Jimmy Larsson
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>> Sweden
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>>
>
>
>
> --
> Piotr Kaluzny
> CCIE #25665 (Security), CCSP, CCNP
> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
>



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