Monitoring your network
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You can select to either ignore the alarm or take action on the alarm. If “Take Action on Alarm” is
checked, the User Defined Action Upon Alarm is executed.
User Defined Action Upon Alarm. - Enter the name of the application to be launched when
any alarm is generated. The action can be any executable file (for example, an application that
pages the system administrator).
Report Wizard
The Report wizard is used to generate summaries of configuration details and a variety of
reports about the VPN, its components, and how they are performing. This is especially useful
in the configuration debugging process, and as an audit trail to document the overall VPN
configuration. (For accounting, see SYSLOG).
SKIP Algorithm
Mismatch Indicates that a packet for which one of the
three algorithms (compression, encryption, or
authentication) used to secure it did not match
the VPN configuration within the security
gateway where it was received. This alarm
could result from a cryptographic attack.
Invalid Packet
Signature Indicates a packet that failed authentication was
received. May indicate that the packet’s source
is using invalid encryption keys. This alarm
could result from a cryptographic attack.
Packet Parse
Error Indicates the receipt of a packet that could not
be properly decrypted. Usually due to an
incorrect IP packer header.
Improper
Encryption
Encapsulation
Indicates a packet that could not be properly
decrypted was received. This alarm could result
from a cryptographic attack.
Unable to
Reach device Indicates no response was received from a
security gateway to a VPNmanager polling
request for management data.
Table 29: Alarm Descriptions (continued)
Alarm Type Description
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