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Table 20 VPN Advanced Wizard: Step 3 (continued)
LABEL
SA Life Time
(Seconds)
NAT Traversal
Dead Peer Detection
(DPD)
Next

4.8.6 VPN Advanced Wizard - Phase 1

Phases: IKE (Internet Key Exchange) negotiation has two phases. A phase 1 exchange
establishes an IKE SA (Security Association) and phase 2 (Key Exchange) uses the SA to
negotiate SAs for IPSec.
Note: Multiple SAs connecting through a secure gateway must have the same
negotiation mode.
Negotiation Mode: Select Main for identity protection. Select Aggressive to allow more
incoming connections from dynamic IP addresses to use separate passwords.
Proposal: 3DES and AES use encryption. The longer the AES key, the higher the security
(this may affect throughput). Null uses no encryption.
Authentication Algorithm: MD5 gives minimal security. SHA-1 gives higher security.
Key Group: DH5 is more secure than DH1 or DH2 (although it may affect throughput).
SA Life Time: Set how often the ZyWALL renegotiates the IKE SA. A short SA Life Time
increases security, but renegotiation temporarily disconnects the VPN tunnel.
NAT Traversal: Select this if the VPN tunnel must pass through NAT (there is a NAT router
between the IPSec devices).
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DESCRIPTION
Define the length of time before an IKE SA automatically renegotiates in this
field. The minimum value is 60 seconds.
A short SA Life Time increases security by forcing the two VPN gateways to
update the encryption and authentication keys. However, every time the VPN
tunnel renegotiates, all users accessing remote resources are temporarily
disconnected.
Select this check box to enable NAT traversal. NAT traversal allows you to set
up a VPN connection when there are NAT routers between the two IPSec
routers.
Note: The remote IPSec router must also have NAT traversal
enabled. See Section 12.4.2.2 on page 243
information.
Select this check box if you want the ZyWALL to make sure the remote IPSec
router is there before it transmits data through the IKE SA. If there has been no
traffic for at least 15 seconds, the ZyWALL sends a message to the remote
IPSec server. If the remote IPSec server responds, the ZyWALL transmits the
data. If the remote IPSec server does not respond, the ZyWALL shuts down the
IKE SA.
Click Next to continue.
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