Authentication - Siemens SIMATIC NET SCALANCE SC-600 Configuration Manual

• Protocol
Specify the protocol for which the OpenVPN connection will be used.
• Proxy
Specify whether the OpenVPN tunnel to the defined client is established via a proxy
server. Only the proxy servers that you created in "System > Proxy Server" can be
selected.
4.7.7.4

Authentication

On this WBM page, you specify how the VPN connection partners authenticate
themselves with each other.
Description
The table contains the following columns:
• Name
Shows the name of the VPN connection to which the settings relate.
• TLS Auth. Key
Select the key file used to sign the TLS packets. If the incoming TLS packets are not
signed with this key, they are discarded.
• Method
Select the authentication method. For the VPN connection, it is essential that the
partner uses the same authentication method.
– Disabled
– Certificates
– User name / Password
– Cert/User Name/Password
SCALANCE SC-600 Web Based Management (WBM)
Configuration Manual, 10/2021, C79000-G8976-C475-03
No authentication method is selected. Connection establishment is not possible.
Certificates are used for the authentication.
The user name / password are used for the authentication.
For authentication, a user name and password are required in addition to the
certificate. The VPN connection is established only if both operations are
successful.
Configuring with Web Based Management
4.7 "Security" menu
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