Protocols And Standards; Fips Compliance; Ike Configuration Prerequisites; Ike Configuration Task List - HP FlexNetwork 10500 Series Security Configuration Manual

DH algorithm
The DH algorithm is a public key algorithm. With this algorithm, two peers can exchange keying
material and then use the material to calculate the shared keys. Due to the decryption complexity, a
third party cannot decrypt the keys even after intercepting all keying materials.
PFS
The Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) feature is a security feature based on the DH algorithm. After
PFS is enabled, an additional DH exchange is performed in IKE phase 2 to make sure IPsec keys
have no derivative relations with IKE keys and a broken key brings no threats to other keys.

Protocols and standards

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RFC 2408, Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP)
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RFC 2409, The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
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RFC 2412, The OAKLEY Key Determination Protocol

FIPS compliance

The device supports the FIPS mode that complies with NIST FIPS 140-2 requirements. Support for
features, commands, and parameters might differ in FIPS mode (see
non-FIPS mode.

IKE configuration prerequisites

Determine the following parameters prior to IKE configuration:
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The algorithms to be used during IKE negotiation, including the identity authentication method,
encryption algorithm, authentication algorithm, and DH group.
Different algorithms provide different levels of protection. A stronger algorithm provides
more resistance to decryption but uses more resources.
A DH group that uses more bits provides higher security but needs more time for
processing.
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The pre-shared key or PKI domain for IKE negotiation. For more information about PKI, see
"Configuring
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The IKE-based IPsec policies for the communicating peers. If no IKE profile is specified for an
IPsec policy, the device selects an IKE profile for the IPsec policy. If no IKE profile is configured,
the globally configured IKE settings are used. For more information about IPsec, see
"Configuring

IKE configuration task list

Tasks at a glance
(Optional.) Configuring an IKE profile
(Optional.) Configuring an IKE proposal
(Optional.) Configuring an IKE keychain
(Optional.) Configuring the global identity information
PKI."
IPsec."
Remarks
N/A
Required when you specify IKE proposals for
the IKE profile.
Required when pre-shared authentication is
used in IKE negotiation phase 1.
N/A
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"Configuring FIPS") and