4: Configuring the Web Interface

Web work and so on). The implementation of IPsec used by the AlterPath Console Server is FreeSWAN (www.freeswan.org).

You can use IPsec on any machine that does IP networking. Wherever required to protect traffic, you can install dedicated IPsec gateway machines. IPsec can also run on routers, firewall machines, various application servers, and end-user desktop or laptop machines.

Authentication Keys

To establish a connection, the Console Server and the other end must be able to authenticate each other. For FreeS/WAN, the default is public key authentication based on the RSA algorithm.

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