HP-UX IPSec and MC/ServiceGuard

Step 5: Configuring Authentication Records for CertificatesStep 5: Configuring Authentication Records for Certificates

This section describes configuration requirements for authentication records if you are using security certificates (RSA signatures) for IKE authentication. If you are not using security certificates for IKE authentication, go to “Step 6: Verifying and Testing the HP-UX IPSec Configuration” on page 265.

All nodes in an MC/ServiceGuard cluster share the same certificate and IKE ID configuration. Import or retrieve a certificate and configure IKE ID information on one node in the cluster and transfer the certificate files to the other nodes in the cluster.

Certificates

On one cluster node, obtain and install one certificate for the cluster, as described in Chapter 4, “Using Certificates with HP-UX IPSec,” on page 113. All nodes in the cluster will use this certificate. You will distribute copies of the certificate files to the other nodes in the cluster in “Step 8: Distributing HP-UX IPSec Configuration Files” on page 267.

On each cluster client, obtain and install a certificate for the client.

Authentication Records and IKE ID Information

MC/ServiceGuard systems are multihomed—each node has at least one stationary address, and can be assigned a relocatable or package address at any time. You must configure local ID information in the authentication record for each remote system address. This enables HP-UX IPSec to send the correct local ID type and ID value to the remote systems.

Use the procedure described inChapter 4, “Configuring Authentication Records with IKE IDs” on page 134 to configure authentication records, with the additional requirements described in the following sections.

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