VPN

Adding/Editing the IPsec Tunnel

When you click the Add button or select an IPsec tunnel and click the Edit button, the following window is displayed:

Configure the following parameters:

Name

Provide a name for the IPsec VPN tunnel to make it easy to identify.

 

Text Characteristics: Maximum of 16 characters, spaces not allowed

Authentication

Specify the authentication method that will be used between VPN peers to

Method

authenticate the VPN tunnel.

 

Data Options:

 

z Shared Secret—A text-based secret that is used to authenticate the IPsec

 

tunnel (case sensitive). This applies to all VPN tunnels (IPsec and

 

L2TP/IPsec).

 

z RSA Signature—RSA signatures are used to authenticate the IPsec

 

tunnel. When using this authentication method, you must download the

 

IPsec RSA public key to the IOLAN and upload the IPsec RSA public key

 

from the IOLAN to the VPN gateway.

 

z X.509 Certificate—X.509 certificates are used to authenticate the IPsec

 

tunnel. When using this authentication method, you must include the

 

signing authority’s certificate information in the SSL/TLS CA list and

 

download it to the IOLAN.

 

Default: Shared Secret

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