GRE and Multipoint VPNs Feature Overview and Configuration Guide (2024)

FAQs

What is multipoint GRE? ›

Quick Definition: A GRE multipoint tunnel, or Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation (mGRE), is a protocol used for connecting multiple remote sites through a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

Generic Routing Encapsulation, or GRE, is a protocol for wrapping data packets inside secondary data packets in order to set up a direct point-to-point network connection.

IPSec are used in Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to offer safe communication over an insecure network like the internet. GRE is a tunneling protocol used to construct a virtual point-to-point link between two networks, not a security protocol.

Essentially, mGRE features a single GRE interface on each router with the possibility of multiple destinations. This interface secures multiple IPsec tunnels and reduces the overall scope of the DMVPN configuration.

GRE is a tunneling protocol which is used to transport multicast, broadcast and non-IP packets like IPX etc. IPSec is an encryption protocol. IPSec can only transport unicast packets not multicast & broadcast. Hence we wrap it GRE first and then into IPSec which is called as GRE over IPSec.

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Junos OS allows you to configure a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel between the PE and CE routers for a Layer 3 VPN. The GRE tunnel can have one or more hops.

GRE is a mechanism for encapsulating any network layer protocol over any other network layer protocol. GRE can be used in point-to-point mode to provide a VPN between two sites. Additionally, GRE can be used for Multipoint Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) using GRE in point-to-multipoint mode.

IP-in-IP is an even simpler encapsulating protocol, using this technique IP packets are encapsulated only in an additional IP header. So unlike GRE tunnels an IP-in-IP tunnel cannot carry multicast traffic, other protocols or IPv6 between networks.

The chief disadvantage of GRE is that it is not considered a secure protocol because it doesn't use encryption like the IP Security (IPsec) Encapsulating Security Payload, defined by RFC 2406. As a result, GRE tunnels can be used to launch DDoS attacks.

When to use GRE? ›

A Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnel is ideal for forwarding internet-bound traffic from your corporate network to the Zscaler service. GRE is a tunneling protocol for encapsulating packets inside a transport protocol. A GRE-capable router encapsulates a payload packet inside a GRE packet.

This problem where only unicast traffic is allowed over an IPSec VPN, is solved by using GRE to carry the multicast traffic. You take the multicast packets, encapsulate them inside a GRE tunnel and encrypt this tunnel. This allows you the advantage of running routing protocols over the IPsec VPN tunnel.

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Encryption is supported through IPsec which makes DMVPN a popular choice for connecting different sites using regular Internet connections. It's a great backup or alternative to private networks like MPLS VPN.

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