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A company is setting up a dynamic crypto map on the Cisco ASA at the headquarters to accept connections from the branch offices. There will be no IP subnet overlap between the branch offices, but…

The correct answer is A. Configure Reverse Route Injection on the dynamic crypto map. Reverse Route Injection on a dynamic crypto map automatically injects static routes for remote branch subnets into the HQ routing table as IPsec tunnels are established, requiring no advance knowledge of branch encryption domains and no routing protocols.

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Question

A company is setting up a dynamic crypto map on the Cisco ASA at the headquarters to accept connections from the branch offices. There will be no IP subnet overlap between the branch offices, but the engineer does not know which encryption domains will be requested by the branch offices. Additionally, the company security policy states that routing protocol traffic should not leave the HQ network. What solution should be used to route traffic back to the branches from the Cisco ASA with minimal administrative effort?

Options

  • AConfigure Reverse Route Injection on the dynamic crypto map.
  • BConfigure a default route with the tunneled keyword on all branch routers.
  • CConfigure static routes for remote subnets.
  • DConfigure snapshot routing with EIGRP to send out of band routing updates.

How the community answered

(65 responses)
  • A
    66% (43)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    22% (14)
  • D
    8% (5)

Why each option

Reverse Route Injection on a dynamic crypto map automatically injects static routes for remote branch subnets into the HQ routing table as IPsec tunnels are established, requiring no advance knowledge of branch encryption domains and no routing protocols.

AConfigure Reverse Route Injection on the dynamic crypto map.Correct

RRI instructs the ASA to automatically create static routes for each encryption domain negotiated when a remote peer brings up an IPsec tunnel. This satisfies both constraints simultaneously - the HQ ASA does not need to know branch subnets in advance because routes are injected dynamically, and no routing protocol is used, so no routing traffic leaves the HQ network.

BConfigure a default route with the tunneled keyword on all branch routers.

The tunneled keyword on a default route is a configuration applied on branch routers to direct traffic into the tunnel, not a solution for the HQ ASA to learn return routes to branch subnets.

CConfigure static routes for remote subnets.

Static routes require the administrator to know all remote subnets before configuration, which is impossible in this scenario where branch encryption domains are unknown in advance.

DConfigure snapshot routing with EIGRP to send out of band routing updates.

EIGRP is a dynamic routing protocol, and its use would directly violate the company security policy prohibiting routing protocol traffic from leaving the HQ network.

Concept tested: Reverse Route Injection on ASA dynamic crypto maps

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa96/configuration/vpn/asa-96-vpn-config/vpn-ike.html

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#dynamic crypto map#Reverse Route Injection#Cisco ASA#routing

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