Enabling Invalid Spi Recovery; Setting The Maximum Number Of Ike Sas; Configuring Snmp Notifications For Ike - HP VSR1000 Security Configuration Manual

Enabling invalid SPI recovery

An IPsec "black hole" occurs when one IPsec peer fails (for example, a peer can fail if a reboot occurs).
One peer fails and loses its SAs with the other peer. When an IPsec peer receives a data packet for which
it cannot find an SA, an invalid SPI is encountered. The peer drops the data packet and tries to send an
SPI invalid notification to the data originator. This notification is sent by using the IKE SA. Because no IKE
SA is available, the notification is not sent. The originating peer continues sending the data by using the
IPsec SA that has the invalid SPI, and the receiving peer keeps dropping the traffic.
The invalid SPI recovery feature enables the receiving peer to set up an IKE SA with the originator so that
an SPI invalid notification can be sent. Upon receiving the notification, the originating peer deletes the
IPsec SA that has the invalid SPI. If the originator has data to send, new SAs will be set up.
Use caution when you enable the invalid SPI recovery feature because using this feature can result in a
DoS attack. Attackers can make a great number of invalid SPI notifications to the same peer.
To enable invalid SPI recovery:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enable invalid SPI recovery.

Setting the maximum number of IKE SAs

You can set the maximum number of half-open IKE SAs and the maximum number of established IKE SAs.
The supported maximum number of half-open IKE SAs depends on the device's processing
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capability. Adjust the maximum number of half-open IKE SAs to make full use of the device's
processing capability without affecting the IKE SA negotiation efficiency.
• The supported maximum number of established IKE SAs depends on the device's memory space.
Adjust the maximum number of established IKE SAs to make full use of the device's memory space
without affecting other applications in the system.
To set the limit on the number of IKE SAs:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Set the maximum number of
half-open IKE SAs and the
maximum number of
established IKE SAs.

Configuring SNMP notifications for IKE

After you enable SNMP notifications for IKE, the IKE module notifies the NMS of important module events.
The notifications are sent to the device's SNMP module. You can configure the notification transmission
Command
system-view
ike invalid-spi-recovery enable
Command
system-view
ike limit { max-negotiating-sa
negotiation-limit | max-sa
sa-limit }
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Remarks
N/A
By default, the invalid SPI recovery
is disabled.
Remarks
N/A
By default, there is no limit to the
maximum number of IKE SAs.