ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

19.10 VPN Rules (IKE)

Click VPN to display the VPN Rules (IKE) screen. This is a read-only menu of your IPSec rule (tunnel). To add an IPSec rule (or gateway policy), click the add gateway policy ( ) icon. Edit an IPSec rule by clicking the edit ( ) icon to configure the associated submenus.

Refer to Table 100 on page 313 for descriptions of the icons used in this screen.

Figure 148 VPN Rules (IKE)

The following table introduces some of the general IPSec terms used in the VPN screens.

Table 99 IPSec Fields Summary

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

VPN Tunnel

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnel gives you a secure connection to another

 

computer or network.

Gateway Policy

A gateway policy identifies the IPSec routers at either end of a VPN tunnel and

 

specifies the authentication, encryption and other settings needed to negotiate a

 

phase 1 IKE SA.

Network Policy

A network policy identifies the devices behind the IPSec routers at either end of a

 

VPN tunnel and specifies the authentication, encryption and other settings

 

needed to negotiate a phase 2 IPSec SA.

My ZyWALL

This is the WAN IP address or the domain name of your ZyWALL in router mode

 

or the ZyWALL’s IP address in bridge mode.

Local Network

This is the network behind the ZyWALL.

 

 

Remote Gateway

This is the WAN IP address or domain name of the IPSec router with which you're

Address

making the VPN connection.

Remote Network

This is the remote network behind the remote IPsec router.

 

 

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