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Parameter Descriptions

The following tables describe SafeHarbour’s parameters that are used for an IPSec VPN tunnel configura-
tion:

Table 2: IPSec Configuration page parameters

Field

Description

Name

The Name parameter refers to the name of the configured tunnel. This is
mainly used as an identifier for the administrator. The Name parameter is
an ASCII value and is limited to 31 characters. The tunnel name does not
need to match the peer gateway.

Peer External IP
Address

The Peer External IP Address is the public, or routable IP address of the
remote gateway or VPN ser ver you are establishing the tunnel with.

Encryption
Protocol

Encr yption protocol for the tunnel session.

Parameter values suppor ted include NONE or ESP.

Authentication
Protocol

Authentication Protocol for IP packet header. The three parameter values
are None, Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) and Authentication Header
(AH)

Key Management

The Key Management algorithm manages the exchange of security keys in
the IPSec protocol architecture. SafeHarbour suppor ts the standard Inter-
net Key Exchange (IKE)

Table 3: IPSec Tunnel Details page parameters

Field

Description

Name

The Name parameter refers to the name of the configured tunnel. This is
mainly used as an identifier for the administrator. The Name parameter is
an ASCII value and is limited to 31 characters. The tunnel name does not
need to match the peer gateway.

Peer Internal
Network

The Peer Internal IP Network is the private, or Local Area Network (LAN)
address of the remote gateway or VPN Ser ver you are communicating with.

Peer Internal
Netmask

The Peer Internal IP Netmask is the subnet mask of the Peer Internal IP
Network.

NAT enable

Turns NAT on or off for this tunnel.

PAT Address

If NAT is enabled, this field appears. You can specify a Por t Address Trans-
lation (PAT) address or leave the default all-zeroes (if Xauth is enabled). If
you leave the default. the address will be requested from the remote router
and dynamically applied to the Gateway.

Negotiation
Method

This parameter refers to the method used during the Phase I key
exchange, or IKE process. SafeHarbour suppor ts Main or Aggressive
Mode. Main mode requires 3 two-way message exchanges while Aggres-
sive mode only requires 3 total message exchanges.

Local ID type

If Aggressive mode is selected as the Negotiation Method, this option
appears. Selection options are: IP Address, Subnet, Hostname, ASCII

Local ID Address/
Value

If Aggressive mode is selected as the Negotiation Method, this field
appears. This is the local (Gateway-side) IP address (or Name Value, if Sub-
net or Hostname are selected as the Local ID Type).

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