NETGEAR FVG318NA manual Chapter Advanced Virtual Private Networking

Chapter 6

Advanced Virtual Private Networking

This chapter describes how to use the advanced virtual private networking (VPN) features of the VPN firewall. See Chapter 5, “Basic Virtual Private Networking” for a description on how to use the basic VPN features.

The FVG318 uses state-of-the-art firewall and security technology to facilitate controlled and actively monitored VPN connectivity. Since the FVG318 strictly conforms to IETF standards, it is interoperable with devices from major network equipment vendors.

FVG318 VPN Firewall
	FVG318 VPN Firewall

Figure 6-1

Using IKE and VPN Policies to Manage VPN Traffic

You create policy definitions to manage VPN traffic on the FVG318. There are two kinds of policies:

•IKE Policies. Define the authentication scheme and automatically generate the encryption keys. As an alternative option, to further automate the process, you can create an IKE policy that uses a trusted certificate authority to provide the authentication while the IKE policy still handles the encryption.

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v1.0, September 2007