Microsoft Azure ‘Route Based’ VPN to Cisco ASA
Feb13

Microsoft Azure ‘Route Based’ VPN to Cisco ASA

KB ID 0001515 Problem This covers the, (more modern) Route based VPN to a Cisco ASA that’s using a VTI (Virtual Tunnel Interface).   Virtual Network Gateway Options With VPN’s into Azure you connect to a Virtual Network Gateway, of which there are TWO types Policy Based, and Route Based. This article will deal with Route Based, for the older Policy Based option, see the following link; Microsoft Azure To Cisco ASA Site to...

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Microsoft Azure To Cisco ASA Site to Site VPN
Jan01

Microsoft Azure To Cisco ASA Site to Site VPN

KB ID 000116 Problem The one reason I prefer Cisco over Microsoft is they rarely change things, you learn how to do something and it’s learned. This is the second time have had to write this article purely because the Azure UI has changed!   Virtual Network Gateway Options With VPN’s into Azure you connect to a Virtual Network Gateway, of which there are TWO types Policy Based, and Route Based. This article will deal with...

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Microsoft Azure To Cisco ISR Router Site to Site VPN
Jul19

Microsoft Azure To Cisco ISR Router Site to Site VPN

KB ID 0001220  Problem Last week I was having problems getting a VPN up from a client’s Cisco ASA into Azure. This was because the Azure estate was using ‘route-based’ or a ‘dynamic routing VPN’. See the following article; Azure to Cisco VPN – ‘Failed to allocate PSH from platform’ So the firewall was a non-starter, but Cisco ISR routers are supported, and they can handle virtual tunnel interfaces...

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Azure to Cisco VPN – ‘Failed to allocate PSH from platform’
Jul12

Azure to Cisco VPN – ‘Failed to allocate PSH from platform’

KB ID 0001219 Problem It’s been a week for strange VPN shenanigans with Cisco and Azure. I was liaising with an Azure service provider for a customer this week, and trying to get a VPN up from a Cisco ASA in one of our data centres in the UK. This is what we were seeing; And I could see the same error in the debugs; Decrypted packet:Data: 616 bytes IKEv2-PROTO-1: Failed to allocate PSH from platform IKEv2-PROTO-1: IKEv2-PROTO-5:...

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