Cisco Systems 2.5 Add or Edit Pre Shared Key

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Cisco Router and Security Device Manager 2.5 User’s Guide
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Chapter18 Internet Key Exchange
Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
Add or Edit Pre Shared Key
Use this window to add or edit a pre-shared key.
Key
This is an alphanumeric string that will be exchanged with the remote peer. The
same key must be configured on the remote peer. You should make this key
difficult to guess. Question marks (?) and spaces must not be used in the
pre-shared key.
Reenter Key
Enter the same string that you entered in the Key field, for confirmation.
Peer
Select Hostname if you want the key to apply to a specific host. Select
IPAddress if you want to specify a network or subnetwork , or if you want to
enter the IP address of a specific host because there is no DNS server to translate
host names to IP addresses
Hostname
This field appears if you selected “Hostname” in the Peer field. Enter the peer’s
host name. There must be a DNS server on the network capable of resolving the
host name to an IP address.
If you want to: Do this:
Add a pre-shared key to the router’s
configuration.
Click Add, and add the pre-shared key in the Adda new Pre
Shared Key window.
Edit an existing pre-shared key. Select the pre-shared key, and click Edit. Then edit the key in
the Edit Pre Shared Key window.
Remove an existing pre-shared key. Select the pre-shared key, and click Remove.