Monday, October 5, 2020

ACL to block access to loopback interface

ASR1k. It's an MPLS PE.

It has a loopback in one of the VRFs.

I want to expose the VRF to the internet. Internet would be inbound via another PE router, not a local link.

I can't put an ACL on the loopback itself, we know that doesn't work.

How can I protect that loopback? Sure I can put an ACE on the edge interface to the internet, but that's... imperfect/sub-ideal IMO. I have ACLs on the various mgmt services, but that's not a complete solution. No, the VRF isn't going behind a firewall; it's the VRF that the firewalls connect to.

I suppose I could put ACLs on the inbound interfaces to the router; that's SOP... but all the traffic comes in tagged, right? How would I write that ACL?



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