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Table 51 VPN: Rule Setup (Basic)
LABEL
Secure Gateway
Address
Peer ID Type
Peer Content
Encapsulation
Mode
IPSec Protocol
Pre-Shared Key
Encryption
Algorithm
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DESCRIPTION
Type the WAN IP address or the URL (up to 31 characters) of the IPSec router
with which you're making the VPN connection. Set this field to 0.0.0.0 if the
remote IPSec router has a dynamic WAN IP address (the IPSec Keying Mode
field must be set to IKE). The remote address fields do not apply when the
Secure Gateway Address field is configured to 0.0.0.0. In this case only the
remote IPSec router can initiate the VPN.
Select IP to identify the remote IPSec router by its IP address.
Select DNS to identify the remote IPSec router by a domain name.
Select E-mail to identify the remote IPSec router by an e-mail address.
The configuration of the peer content depends on the peer ID type.
For IP, type the IP address of the computer with which you will make the VPN
connection. If you configure this field to 0.0.0.0 or leave it blank, the Prestige will
use the address in the Secure Gateway Address field (refer to the Secure
Gateway Address field description).
For DNS or E-mail, type a domain name or e-mail address by which to identify
the remote IPSec router. Use up to 31 ASCII characters including spaces,
although trailing spaces are truncated. The domain name or e-mail address is for
identification purposes only and can be any string.
It is recommended that you type an IP address other than 0.0.0.0 or use the DNS
or E-mail ID type in the following situations:
When there is a NAT router between the two IPSec routers.
When you want the Prestige to distinguish between VPN connection requests
that come in from remote IPSec routers with dynamic WAN IP addresses.
Select Tunnel mode or Transport mode from the drop-down list box.
Select ESP if you want to use ESP (Encapsulation Security Payload). The ESP
protocol (RFC 2406) provides encryption as well as some of the services offered
by AH. If you select ESP here, you must select options from the Encryption
Algorithm and Authentication Algorithm fields (described next).
Select AH if you want to use AH (Authentication Header Protocol). The AH
protocol (RFC 2402) was designed for integrity, authentication, sequence
integrity (replay resistance), and non-repudiation but not for confidentiality, for
which the ESP was designed. If you select AH here, you must select options
from the Authentication Algorithm field (described later).
Type your pre-shared key in this field. A pre-shared key identifies a
communicating party during a phase 1 IKE negotiation. It is called "pre-shared"
because you have to share it with another party before you can communicate
with them over a secure connection.
Type from 8 to 31 case-sensitive ASCII characters or from 16 to 62 hexadecimal
("0-9", "A-F") characters. You must precede a hexadecimal key with a "0x" (zero
x), which is not counted as part of the 16 to 62 character range for the key. For
example, in "0x0123456789ABCDEF", "0x" denotes that the key is hexadecimal
and "0123456789ABCDEF" is the key itself.
Both ends of the VPN tunnel must use the same pre-shared key. You will receive
a "PYLD_MALFORMED" (payload malformed) packet if the same pre-shared key
is not used on both ends
Select DES or 3DES from the drop-down list box. The Prestige's encryption
algorithm should be identical to the secure remote gateway. When DES is used
for data communications, both sender and receiver must know the same secret
key, which can be used to encrypt and decrypt the message. The DES
encryption algorithm uses a 56-bit key. Triple DES (3DES) is a variation on DES
that uses a 168-bit key. As a result, 3DES is more secure than DES. It also
requires more processing power, resulting in increased latency and decreased
throughput.
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