RuggedCom RX1000, RX1100 manual List Certificates, VPN Connections, IPsec VPN Connection Details

RuggedRouter™ User Guide

List Certificates

Figure 110: List Certificates

This menu lists available certificate files, their corresponding key files and details whether a public key for the certificate is configured.

VPN Connections

The IPsec main menu “Add a new IPsec VPN connection” link leads to the “Create Connection” menu, creating a new connection and its icon. Selecting the connection's icon from the IPsec main menu displays the same menu, allowing editing and deletion.

An IPsec connection is composed of three types of information. There is information about the the local host, the remote host and about the overall connection between them. The configuration data has been designed in such a way that there are identical connection specifications on both ends. Because of this, connection specifications are written in terms of “left” and “right” participants, rather than in terms of local and remote. Which participant is considered left or right is arbitrary; IPsec figures out which one it is being run on based on internal information.

The Create/Edit Connection menu is reflects this organization by being split into three sections. The first section (IPsec VPN Connection Details) describes parameters relating to the connection itself.

The next two sections (Left System's Settings, Right System's Settings) describe IP networking parameters and RSA signatures at each peer. These two sections are identical and are described once.

IPsec VPN Connection Details

Figure 111: Editing A VPN Connection, Part 1

The Connection name field associates a name with the connection. Do not embed whitespace in the name.

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