Introduction
This sample configuration demonstrates how to set up the ASA Security Appliance for access to a mail (SMTP) server located on the inside network.
Refer to ASA 8.3 and Later: Mail (SMTP) Server Access on the DMZ Configuration Example for more information on how to set up the ASA Security Appliance for access to a mail/SMTP server located on the DMZ network.
Refer to ASA 8.3 and Later: Mail (SMTP) Server Access on Outside Network Configuration Example to set up the ASA Security Appliance for access to a mail/SMTP server located on the Outside network.
Prerequisites
Requirements
There are no specific requirements for this document.
Components Used
The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Configure
In this section, you are presented with the information to configure the features described in this document.
Network Diagram
This document uses this network setup:
Note: The IP addressing schemes used in this configuration are not legally routable on the Internet. They are RFC 1918 addresses that have been used in a lab environment.
The network setup used in this example has the ASA with inside network (192.168.1.0/24) and the outside network (209.164.3.0/30). The mail server with IP address 209.64.3.5 is located in the inside network.
Configurations
This document uses these configurations:
ASA |
ASA#show run
: Saved
:
ASA Version 8.3(1)
!
hostname ASA
enable password 8Ry2YjIyt7RRXU24 encrypted
passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted
names
!
interface Ethernet0
shutdown
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
!
interface Ethernet1
shutdown
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
!
interface Ethernet2
shutdown
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
!
!--- Define the IP address for the inside interface.
interface Ethernet3
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
!
!--- Define the IP address for the outside interface.
interface Ethernet4
nameif outside
security-level 0
ip address 209.164.3.1 255.255.255.252
!
interface Ethernet5
shutdown
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
!
passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted
ftp mode passive
!--- Create an access list that permits Simple
!--- Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) traffic from anywhere
!--- to the host at 209.164.3.5 (our server). The name of this list is
!--- smtp. Add additional lines to this access list as required.
!--- Note: There is one and only one access list allowed per
!--- interface per direction, for example, inbound on the outside interface.
!--- Because of limitation, any additional lines that need placement in
!--- the access list need to be specified here. If the server
!--- in question is not SMTP, replace the occurrences of SMTP with
!--- www, DNS, POP3, or whatever else is required.
access-list smtp extended permit tcp any host 209.164.3.5 eq smtp
pager lines 24
mtu inside 1500
mtu outside 1500
no failover
no asdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
!--- Specify that any traffic that originates inside from the
!--- 192.168.2.x network NATs (PAT) to 209.164.3.129 if
!--- such traffic passes through the outside interface.
object network obj-192.168.2.0
subnet 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0
nat (inside,outside) dynamic 209.164.3.129
!--- Define a static translation between 192.168.2.57 on the inside and
!--- 209.164.3.5 on the outside. These are the addresses to be used by
!--- the server located inside the ASA.
object network obj-192.168.2.57
host 192.168.2.57
nat (inside,outside) static 209.164.3.5
!--- Apply the access list named smtp inbound on the outside interface.
access-group smtp in interface outside
!--- Instruct the ASA to hand any traffic destined for 192.168.x.x
!--- to the router at 192.168.1.2.
route inside 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 192.168.1.2 1
!--- Set the default route to 209.164.3.2.
!--- The ASA assumes that this address is a router address.
route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 209.164.3.2 1
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02
timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00
timeout mgcp-pat 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00
timeout uauth 0:05:00 absolute
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
console timeout 0
!
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
!
!
!--- SMTP/ESMTP is inspected as "inspect esmtp" is included in the map.
policy-map global_policy
class inspection_default
inspect dns maximum-length 512
inspect ftp
inspect h323 h225
inspect h323 ras
inspect netbios
inspect rsh
inspect rtsp
inspect skinny
inspect esmtp
inspect sqlnet
inspect sunrpc
inspect tftp
inspect sip
inspect xdmcp
!
!--- SMTP/ESMTP is inspected as "inspect esmtp" is included in the map.
service-policy global_policy global
Cryptochecksum:f96eaf0268573bd1af005e1db9391284
: end |
Router B |
Current configuration:
!
version 12.4
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname 2522-R5
!
enable secret 5 $1$N0F3$XE2aJhJlCbLWYloDwNvcV.
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
!
!
!
interface Ethernet0
!--- Sets the IP address of the Ethernet interface to 209.164.3.2.
ip address 209.164.3.2 255.255.255.252
!
interface Serial0
!--- Instructs the serial interface to use
!--- the address of the Ethernet interface when the need arises.
ip unnumbered ethernet 0
!
interface Serial1
no ip address
no ip directed-broadcast
!
ip classless
!--- Instructs the router to send all traffic
!--- destined for 209.164.3.x to 209.164.3.1.
ip route 209.164.3.0 255.255.255.0 209.164.3.1
!--- Instructs the router to send
!--- all other remote traffic out serial 0.
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial 0
!
!
line con 0
transport input none
line aux 0
autoselect during-login
line vty 0 4
exec-timeout 5 0
password ww
login
!
end |
Note: The Router A configuration is not added. You only have to give the IP addresses on the interfaces and set the default gateway to 192.168.1.1, which is the inside interface of the ASA .
ESMTP TLS Configuration
Note: If you use Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption for e-mail communication then the ESMTP inspection feature (enabled by default) in the ASA drops the packets. In order to allow the e-mails with TLS enabled, disable the ESMTP inspection feature as this output shows. Refer to Cisco bug ID CSCtn08326 for more information.
ciscoasa(config)#
policy-map global_policy
ciscoasa(config-pmap)#class inspection_default
ciscoasa(config-pmap-c)#no inspect esmtp
ciscoasa(config-pmap-c)#exit
ciscoasa(config-pmap)#exit
Note: In ASA version 8.0.3 and later, the allow-tls command is available to allow TLS email with inspect esmtp enabled as shown:
policy-map type inspect esmtp tls-esmtp
parameters
allow-tls
inspect esmtp tls-esmtp
Verify
There is currently no verification procedure available for this configuration.
Troubleshoot
The logging buffered 7 command directs messages to the ASA console. If connectivity to the mail server is a problem, examine the console debug messages to locate the IP addresses of the sending and receiving stations in order to determine the problem.
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