Nokia 7710 manual Updating VPN policies, Checking policy status, Checking certificate status

•Policy server: shows the name of the VPN policy server from where you installed the VPN policy. You give names to VPN policy servers when you define connections to VPN policy servers. This field is hidden if you installed the VPN policy from a SIS file.

•Updated: shows the date when the VPN policy was last updated from the VPN policy server. This field is hidden if you installed the VPN policy from a SIS file.

Checking policy status

Policy status: can have the following values:

In use - you created a connection to a VPN access point that is associated with the VPN policy. When you create a connection, the VPN policy is activated.

Associated with VPN access point - you associated the VPN policy with one or several VPN access points. You can select any of the VPN access points to activate the VPN policy.

Not associated with VPN access point - you must associate the VPN policy with a VPN access point to activate the VPN policy.

Note: The VPN policy details view is not refreshed if the policy status changes while the view is open.

Checking certificate status

Certificate status: can have the following values:

Unknown - VPN client cannot determine the status of the certificates.

OK - at least one valid certificate is available in the smartphone or you do not use certificates to authenticate to VPN gateways.

Expired - lifetime of one or more certificates has ended. If you cannot create a VPN connection, update the VPN policy to enroll new certificates.

No certificate - One or more of the required certificates cannot be found on the smartphone. If you cannot create a VPN connection, try to update the VPN policy to enroll new certificates.

Not yet valid - one or more certificates are for future use. This value might also mean that the date and time on the smartphone are set in the past, time zones are not set correctly, or the daylight-saving setting is turned on.

To delete the VPN policy, tap Delete.

To close the VPN policy details, tap Close.

Updating VPN policies

When you create a connection to a VPN access point, VPN client checks the status of the VPN policy that is associated with the VPN access point from the VPN policy server. If administrators created a new version of the VPN policy, the new version is installed on the smartphone.

If administrators deleted the VPN policy from the VPN policy server, the VPN policy is removed from the smartphone.

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