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23-06-06

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What are ports used by my VPN's - PPTP and L2TP!


This one comes up quite often on the security courses.  The ports you need depend on which protocols you are using.  For example if you are using IPSec with AH only then Protocol ID 51 is your target.

 

L2TP
Protocol Protocol ID Port Direction More Information
ESP 50   Inbound and Outbound Encapsulating Security Payload
AH 51   Inbound and Outbound Authentication Header
ISAKMP   UDP 500 Inbound and Outbound Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol used for IKE key exchange
Kerberos   UDP 88   Needed if using Kerberos for IPSec Authentication
Kerberos   TCP 88   Needed if using Kerberos for IPSec Authentication

 

PPTP
Protocol Protocol ID Port Direction More Information
PPTP   TCP 1723 Inbound and Outbound  
GRE 47   Inbound and Outbound Generic Route Encapsulation


References

233256 - How to Enable IPSec Traffic Through a Firewall
179442 - How to configure a firewall for domains and trusts

241251 - VPN Tunnels - GRE Protocol 47 Packet Description and Use

Regards

Matt Rowston


KB Keywords:  PPTP, L2TP, VPN, security, firewall