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NAT Traversal

mary_odriscoll
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Hiya

Can anyone explain to me what NAT traversal is and how it impacts VPN s?

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milan.kulik
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NAT traversal is UDP encapsulation of IPSec ESP packets used for IPSec passing trhough NATing routers.

It uses UDP ports 500 and 4500.

See http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_sw/v_63/cmdref/gl.htm#wp1027312

and

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipsec-udp-encaps-09.txt

for deep details.

Regards,

Milan