Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network

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Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network (DMVPN)[1] is a dynamic tunneling form of a virtual private network (VPN) supported on Cisco IOS-based routers, and Huawei AR G3 routers,[2] and on Unix-like operating systems.

Process[edit]

DMVPN provides the capability for creating a dynamic-mesh VPN network without having to pre-configure (static) all possible tunnel end-point peers, including IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) and ISAKMP (Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol) peers.[3] DMVPN is initially configured to build out a hub-and-spoke network by statically configuring the hubs (VPN headends) on the spokes, no change in the configuration on the hub is required to accept new spokes. Using this initial hub-and-spoke network, tunnels between spokes can be dynamically built on demand (dynamic-mesh) without additional configuration on the hubs or spokes.[citation needed] This dynamic-mesh capability alleviates the need for any load on the hub to route data between the spoke networks.

Technologies[edit]

  • Next Hop Resolution Protocol, RFC 2332
  • Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), RFC 1701, or multipoint GRE if spoke-to-spoke tunnels are desired
  • An IP-based routing protocol, EIGRP, OSPF, RIPv2, BGP or ODR (DMVPN hub-and-spoke only).[4]
  • IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) using an IPsec profile, which is associated with a virtual tunnel interface in IOS software. All traffic sent via the tunnel is encrypted per the policy configured (IPsec transform set)

Internal routing[edit]

Routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP v1 or v2 or BGP are generally run between the hub and spoke to allow for growth and scalability. Both EIGRP and BGP allow a higher number of supported spokes per hub.[5]

Encryption[edit]

As with GRE tunnels, DMVPN allows for several encryption schemes (including none) for the encryption of data traversing the tunnels. For security reasons Cisco recommend that customers use AES.[6]

Phases[edit]

DMVPN has three phases that route data differently.

  • Phase 1: All traffic flows from spokes to and through the hub.
  • Phase 2: Start with Phase 1 then allows spoke-to-spoke tunnels based on demand and triggers.
  • Phase 3: Starts with Phase 1 and improves scalability of and has fewer restrictions than Phase 2.

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