By Daniel Ruiz

Index
• Introduction
• UCCS VPC Objective
• Why VPC
• VPC Options
– Slides 6-10
• Routing
• Security
– Slides 13-20
• Summary
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 Introduction
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
– EC2, VPC, MapReduce, SimpleDB,
CloudFront, Simple Storage Service(S3),
CloudFormation….and more
• Amazon VPC
– Cloud Isolation
– Extension of existing infrastructure
• Added Security
• IP Assigning

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 UCCS VPC Objective

Offer a safe
Learning environment to gain
hands on experience

Provide a flexible
environment for a Research
wide array of
research projects.

Improve UCCS
Recognition
standing in cyber
security competitions
such as ICTF

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 Why VPC
• Use a minimal amount of UCCS
computer resources
Affordable
• Require no additional equipment
• Practical operating cost
• Ability to handle various user population
sizes
Flexible
• Ability to handle various project
requirements
• Isolated from public environment
Safe
• Restricted to UCCS internal environment
• Documented
Simple • Automated “baseline” setup/teardown
• Easy to expand outside of “baseline” 5
VPC Options

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Single Subnet Only

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Public and Private Subnets

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Public, Private and VPN

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Private Subnet Only

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VPC Subnet Routing

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Cost

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 Safe
• Use existing security infrastructure
– Only available from within UCCS network
• Isolated
– No outside connection from within VPC
– Encrypted VPN connection
• Controlled operating time
– Automated baseline setup
– Automated complete teardown

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Security Overview

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 Simple
• Amazon Web Service (AWS) Management
Console
– Point-and-click web interface
– Monitor services
– Simplified setup
• AWS SDK for .NET
– Automation using .NET framework
• Lots of documentation

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AWS Management Console

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 Connecting to VPC

Create a
Create a Deploy
Customer Integrate
VPC AMIs
Gateway

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 Gateway Requirements

IKE
Establish IKE Security IPSec
Association using Pre-
Shared Keys Establish IPSec Tunnel
Security Association in
Tunnel mode Bind tunnel to logical BGP
AES 128-bit encryption interface
Diffie-Helman Perfect Establish Border
Forward Secrecy Gateway Protocol (BGP)
(“Group 2” mode)
IPSec Dead Peer
Detection

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 CentOS Custom Gateway
• Install ipsec-tools
– Racoon
– Setkey
• Install quagga
– Zebra
– Bgpd
• Bind tunnels to a logical interface
• Create point-to-point connection

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CentOS Gateway Cont…

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 Summary
• Using Amazon’s VPC all three goals can
be reached
– Learning
• Help solidify concepts through “hands on”
experience
– Research
• Flexible environment with a vast support matrix to
meet a wide array of research needs
– Recognition
• Through learning and research UCCS will be
better equipped to compete on the world stage
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Questions

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 IPSec
path include "/etc/racoon"; #!/sbin/setkey -f
path pre_shared_key "/etc/racoon/psk.txt"; flush;
spdflush;
remote 72.21.209.225 {
exchange_mode main; spdadd 169.254.255.2/30 169.254.255.1/30 any -P out ipsec
lifetime time 28800 seconds; esp/tunnel/a.b.c.d-72.21.209.225/require;
dpd_delay 10;
dpd_retry 3;
proposal { spdadd 169.254.255.1/30 169.254.255.2/30 any -P in ipsec
encryption_algorithm aes128; esp/tunnel/72.21.209.225-a.b.c.d/require;
hash_algorithm sha1;
authentication_method pre_shared_key; spdadd 169.254.255.6/30 169.254.255.5/30 any -P out ipsec
dh_group 2;
} esp/tunnel/a.b.c.d-72.21.209.193/require;
generate_policy off;
} spdadd 169.254.255.5/30 169.254.255.6/30 any -P in ipsec
remote 72.21.209.193 { esp/tunnel/72.21.209.193-a.b.c.d/require;
exchange_mode main;
lifetime time 28800 seconds; spdadd 169.254.255.2/30 192.168.0.0/24 any -P out ipsec
dpd_delay 10; esp/tunnel/a.b.c.d-72.21.209.225/require;
dpd_retry 3;
proposal {
encryption_algorithm aes128; spdadd 192.168.0.0/24 169.254.255.2/30 any -P in ipsec
hash_algorithm sha1; esp/tunnel/72.21.209.225-a.b.c.d/require;
authentication_method pre_shared_key;
dh_group 2; spdadd 169.254.255.6/30 192.168.0.0/24 any -P out ipsec
}
generate_policy off; esp/tunnel/a.b.c.d-72.21.209.193/require;
}
spdadd 192.168.0.0/24 169.254.255.6/30 any -P in ipsec
esp/tunnel/72.21.209.193-a.b.c.d/require;

spdadd 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.0.0/24 any -P out ipsec

spdadd 192.168.0.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 any -P in ipsec

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Quagga
hostname cgw-2493774d
password testPassword
enable password testPassword
!
log file /var/log/quagga/bgpd
!debug bgp events
!debug bgp zebra
debug bgp updates
!
router bgp 65000
bgp router-id a.b.c.d
network 169.254.255.2/30
network 169.254.255.6/30
network 0.0.0.0/0
!
! aws tunnel #1 neighbor
neighbor 169.254.255.1 remote-as 7224
!
! aws tunnel #2 neighbor
neighbor 169.254.255.5 remote-as 7224
!
line vty

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