Preface: About This Document

This document describes how to install, configure, and troubleshoot HP-UX IPSec.

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Intended Audience

This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installing, configuring, and managing HP-UX IPSec. Administrators are expected to have knowledge of HP-UX and networking concepts, commands, and configuration.

This document is not a tutorial.

New and Changed Documentation in This Edition

The documentation reflects the following changes to the HP-UX IPSec product:

•IPSec policies, bypass list and startup parameters are now configured using the ipsec_config command-line utility. The ipsec_config utility also supports batch files.

The ipsec_mgr GUI is still used to configure security certificates.

•The IPSec policy, preshared key and startup configuration information is now stored in a configuration database, /var/adm/ipsec/config.db. The policy configuration file (default /var/adm/ipsec/policies.txt), preshared key file (/var/adm/ipsec/pskeys.txt), and startup file (/etc/rc.config.d/ipsecconf) files are no longer used.

•HP-UX IPSec was enhanced to support dynamic configuration updates. Administrators can update the configuration without stopping and re-starting HP-UX IPSec.

•HP-UX IPSec now supports manual keys for IPSec Security Associations.

•HP-UX IPSec was enhanced to secure Mobile IPv6 packets with manual keys when the local system is a Mobile IPv6 Home Agent.

•HP-UX IPSec can act as a gateway (IP router) and forward IP packets, but only for HP-UX Mobile IPv6.

•In previous releases, there was only one type of IPSec policy, which contained both host and tunnel IPSec information. There are now separate host IPSec policies and tunnel IPSec policies. There are also gateway IPSec policies, which are supported only for HP-UX Mobile IPv6.

•ISAKMP policies are now referred to as IKE policies.

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