Netopia 3300-ENT manual Options

5-6 Firmware User Guide

Advanced IKE Phase	1 Options
Negotiation...	Normal
SA Use Policy...	Newest SAs Immediately
Allow Dangling Phase 2 SAs:	Yes
Phase 1 SA Lifetime (seconds):	28800
Send Initial Contact Message:	Yes
Include Vendor ID Payload:	Yes
Independent Phase 2 Re-keys:	Yes
Strict Port Policy:	No

Return/Enter accepts * Tab toggles * ESC cancels.

Normally it is not necessary to change the settings of the items on the Advanced IKE Phase 1 Options screen. Most of these settings exist for ensuring compatibility with remote IKE implementations that may have certain limitations.

•The Negotiation pop-up menu allows you to specify the way the device will respond to a connection attempt. Normal (the default) is a two-way mode; Initiate Only or Respond Only permit limiting the connection to one-way only.

•The SA Use Policy pop-up menu specifies the policy that the Router will use to determine which Phase 1 SAs to use when multiple valid Phase 1 SAs are available for transmitting traffic on an IPsec tunnel.

Because the Router normally re–keys prior to the expiration of the current Phase 1 SAs, multiple valid Phase 1 SAs may exist during the period of time after the Router has re-keyed and established new Phase 1 SAs and the time at which the old Phase 1 SAs expire.

•If you select Newest SAs Immediately, the Router will begin using the newly created Phase 1 SAs immediately after they are negotiated.

•If you select Old SAs Until Expired, the Router will continue using the old Phase 1 SAs until they expire and will begin using the newly created Phase 1 SAs only after the old ones are no longer valid.

•Allow Dangling Phase 2 SAs toggles whether or not Phase 2 SAs are permitted to survive the expiration of the Phase 1 SAs under which they were created. Phase 2 SAs “dangle” when the Phase 1 SA under which they were created expires before they do. There is no requirement that the Phase 1 SA exist for the duration of the Phase 2 SA’s lifetime, but it is convenient because a Delete message may be sent.

•Phase 1 SA Lifetime (seconds) specifies the duration in seconds for which the SA will remain valid. The range of permissible values is the set of non-negative integer values between 0 and 2^32-1. The default value is 28,800 seconds. The value zero specifies the default.

•Send Initial Contact Message toggles whether or not the IKE negotiation process begins by sending an initial contact message. The default is Yes.