The Vpn Gateway Screen - ZyXEL Communications ZyWall USG 50-H Series User Manual

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Chapter 19 IPSec VPN
Table 118 VPN > IPSec VPN > VPN Connection > Manual Key > Edit (continued)
LABEL
Encryption Key
Authentication
Key
OK
Cancel

19.3 The VPN Gateway Screen

The VPN Gateway summary screen displays the IPSec VPN gateway policies in the
ZyWALL, as well as the ZyWALL's address, remote IPSec router's address, and associated
VPN connections for each one. In addition, it also lets you activate and deactivate each VPN
gateway.
To access this screen, click VPN > Network > IPSec VPN > VPN Gateway. The following
screen appears.
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DESCRIPTION
This field is applicable when you select an Encryption Algorithm. Enter the
encryption key, which depends on the encryption algorithm.
DES - type a unique key 8-32 characters long
3DES - type a unique key 24-32 characters long
AES128 - type a unique key 16-32 characters long
AES192 - type a unique key 24-32 characters long
AES256 - type a unique key 32 characters long
You can use any alphanumeric characters or ,;|`~!@#$%^&*()_+\{}':./<>=-".
If you want to enter the key in hexadecimal, type "0x" at the beginning of the key.
For example, "0x0123456789ABCDEF" is in hexadecimal format; in
"0123456789ABCDEF" is in ASCII format. If you use hexadecimal, you must
enter twice as many characters as listed above.
The remote IPSec router must have the same encryption key.
The ZyWALL ignores any characters above the minimum number of characters
required by the algorithm. For example, if you enter
DES encryption key, the ZyWALL only uses
stores the longer key.
Enter the authentication key, which depends on the authentication algorithm.
MD5 - type a unique key 16-20 characters long
SHA1 - type a unique key 20 characters long
You can use any alphanumeric characters or ,;|`~!@#$%^&*()_+\{}':./<>=-". If you
want to enter the key in hexadecimal, type "0x" at the beginning of the key. For
example, "0x0123456789ABCDEF" is in hexadecimal format; in
"0123456789ABCDEF" is in ASCII format. If you use hexadecimal, you must
enter twice as many characters as listed above.
The remote IPSec router must have the same authentication key.
The ZyWALL ignores any characters above the minimum number of characters
required by the algorithm. For example, if you enter
12345678901234567890
uses
1234567890123456
Click OK to save your settings and exit this screen.
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
1234567890XYZ
12345678
. The ZyWALL still
for a MD5 authentication key, the ZyWALL only
. The ZyWALL still stores the longer key.
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