Cisco Systems ASA 5500 manual Providing Information About the Remote VPN Peer

Chapter 8 Scenario: Site-to-Site VPN Configuration

Implementing the Site-to-Site Scenario

Providing Information About the Remote VPN Peer

The VPN peer is the system on the other end of the connection that you are configuring, usually at a remote site.

Note In this scenario, the remote VPN peer is referred to as Security Appliance 2 from this point forward.

In Step 2 of the VPN Wizard, perform the following steps:

Step 1 Enter the Peer IP Address (the IP address of Security Appliance 2, in this scenario 209.165.200.236) and a Tunnel Group Name (for example “Cisco”).

Step 2 Specify the type of authentication that you want to use by performing one of the following steps:

•To use a static preshared key for authentication, click the Pre-Shared Key radio button and enter a preshared key (for example, “Cisco”). This key is used for IPSec negotiations between the adaptive security appliances.

Note When you configure Security Appliance 2 at the remote site, the VPN peer is Security Appliance 1. Be sure to enter the same preshared key (Cisco) that you use here.

•Click the Challenge/Response Authentication radio button to use that method of authentication.

•To use digital certificates for authentication, click the Certificate radio button, choose the Certificate Signing Algorithm from the drop-down list, and then choose a preconfigured trustpoint name from the drop-down list.

If you want to use digital certificates for authentication but have not yet configured a trustpoint name, you can continue with the Wizard by using one of the other two options. You can revise the authentication configuration later using the standard ASDM screens.

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