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Ste
 Command
Remarks 
1.  Enter system view. 
system-view  N/A 
2.  Enable ACL checking for 
de-encapsulated packets. 
ipsec decrypt-check enable  By default, this feature is enabled. 
 
Configuring the IPsec anti-replay function 
The IPsec anti-replay function protects networks against anti-replay attacks by using a sliding window 
mechanism called anti-replay window. This function checks the sequence number of each received IPsec 
packet against the current IPsec packet sequence number range of the sliding window. If the sequence 
number is not in the current sequence number range, the packet is considered a replayed packet and is 
discarded.  
IPsec packet de-encapsulation involves complicated calculation. De-encapsulation of replayed packets is 
not required, and the de-encapsulation process consumes large amounts of resources and degrades 
performance, resulting in DoS. IPsec anti-replay can check and discard replayed packets before 
de-encapsulation. 
In some situations, service data packets are received in a different order than their original order. The 
IPsec anti-replay function drops them as replayed packets, which impacts communications. If this 
happens, disable IPsec anti-replay checking or adjust the size of the anti-replay window as required. 
IPsec anti-replay does not affect manually created IPsec SAs. According to the IPsec protocol, only 
IKE-based IPsec SAs support anti-replay checking. 
 
 
IMPORTANT: 
•  IPsec anti-replay is enabled by default. Failure to detect anti-replay attacks might result in denial of 
services. Use caution when you disable IPsec anti-replay.  
•  Specify an anti-replay window size that is as small as possible to reduce the impact on system 
performance. 
•  In an IRF fabric, multiple member devices might process packets for the same VLAN interface or tunnel
interface. However, IPsec anti-replay requires packets sent and received on the same VLAN interface or
tunnel interface be processed by the same member device. To implement IPsec anti-replay in an IRF 
fabric, use the service slot 
slot-number
 command in VLAN or tunnel interface view to specify a member
device for forwarding the traffic on the interface. For more information about the service command, see
Layer 2—LAN Switching Command Reference
 or 
Layer 3—IP Services Command Reference
. 
 
To configure IPsec anti-replay: 
 
Ste
 Command
Remarks 
1.  Enter system view. 
system-view  N/A 
2.  Enable IPsec anti-replay. 
ipsec anti-replay check 
By default, IPsec anti-replay is 
enabled.  
3.  Set the size of the IPsec 
anti-replay window. 
ipsec anti-replay window width  The default size is 64.