ProSecure Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance

Table 72. Add IKE Policy screen settings (continued)

Setting

Description

 

 

 

Authentication Method

Select one of the following radio buttons to specify the authentication method:

 

Pre-shared key. A secret that is shared between the UTM and the remote

 

 

endpoint.

 

 

RSA-Signature. Uses the active self-signed certificate that you uploaded on

 

 

the Certificates screen (see Manage Self-Signed Certificates on page 422).

 

 

The pre-shared key is masked out when you select RSA-Signature.

 

 

 

 

Pre-shared key

A key with a minimum length of 8 characters and no more

 

 

 

than 49 characters. Do not use a double quote (“) in the key.

 

 

 

Diffie-Hellman (DH)

The DH Group sets the strength of the algorithm in bits. The higher the group, the

Group

more secure the exchange. From the drop-down list, select one of the following

 

strengths:

 

 

Group 1 (768 bit).

 

Group 2 (1024 bit). This is the default setting.

 

Group 5 (1536 bit).

 

Group 14 (2048 bit).

 

Group 15 (3072 bit).

 

Group 16 (4096 bit).

 

 

Note: Ensure that the DH Group is configured identically on both sides.

 

 

SA-Lifetime (sec)

The period in seconds for which the IKE SA is valid. When the period times out,

 

the next rekeying occurs. The default is 28800 seconds (8 hours).

 

 

Enable Dead Peer

Select a radio button to specify whether Dead Peer Detection (DPD) is enabled:

Detection

Yes. This feature is enabled. When the UTM detects an IKE connection

 

 

failure, it deletes the IPSec and IKE SA and forces a reestablishment of the

Note: See also

 

connection. You need to specify the detection period in the Detection Period

 

field and the maximum number of times that the UTM attempts to reconnect in

Configure Keep-Alives

 

the Reconnect after failure count field.

and Dead Peer

No. This feature is disabled. This is the default setting.

Detection on

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 328.

Detection Period

The period in seconds between consecutive

 

 

 

DPD R-U-THERE messages, which are sent only when the

 

 

 

IPSec traffic is idle.

 

 

 

 

Reconnect after

The maximum number of DPD failures before the UTM tears

 

failure count

down the connection and then attempts to reconnect to the

 

 

 

peer. The default is 3 failures.

 

 

 

 

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