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# sk106627 - "According to the policy the packet should not have been decrypted" drop while using Route Based VPN

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk106627 |
| Date Created | 2015-06-30 |
| Last Modified | 2021-06-01 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Packet drops with Source IP of the VTI Interface with the following reason: "According to the policy the packet should not have been decrypted"
* Kernel Debugs shows the following lines:  
  vpn_inbound_tagging_ex: BEFORE considering comm-based domains, client location: 'My encdom', server location: 'Internet';  
  vpn_inbound_tagging_ex: AFTER considering comm-based domains, client location: 'My encdom', server location: 'Internet'  
  both c and s locations are in MY_ENCDOM\|INTERNET =\> returning TAGGING_DONT_ENCRYPT;

## Cause

VPNT (VTI) interface was configured with IP address of the peer, rather than the VPN peer object name.

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