Billion Electric Company CO1 user manual Phase 1 Settings Description

Billion BiGuard VPN Client

Phase 1 Settings Description

Name: Label for Authentication phase used only the configuration user interface. This value is never used during IKE negotiation. It is possible to change this name at any time and read it in the tree control. Two Phase1s cannot have the same name.

Interface: IP address of the network interface of the computer, through which VPN connection is established. If the IP address may change (when it is received dynamically by an ISP), select "Any".

Remote Gateway: IP address or DNS address of the remote router (in our example: gateway.mydomain.com). This field is mandatory.

Pre-shared key: Password or key shared with the remote gateway.

Certificate (Please see the Appendix A): X509 certificate used by the VPN client (Please see the “Certificate Management” of this on-line manual for detailed instructions and please see the “Appendix A” – the Compatible table of Billion VPN enabled devices and BiGuard VPN Client).

IKE:

~IKE encryption: Select the encryption method from the pull-down menu. There are several options, DES, 3DES and AES (128, 192 and 256).

zDES: Stands for Data Encryption Standard, it uses 56 bits as an encryption method.

z3DES: Stands for Triple Data Encryption Standard, it uses 168 (56*3) bits as an encryption method.

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Chapter 4: VPN Configuration