Parameter description and setup – Netopia 6.3 User Manual

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Section 4

Configure

A typical SafeHarbour configuration is shown below:

Use these Best Practices in establishing your SafeHarbour tunnel.

Parameter Description and Setup

The following table describes SafeHarbour’s parameters that are used for
an IPSec VPN tunnel configuration:

1. Ensure that the configuration information is complete and accurate
2. Use the Worksheet provided on

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Auth Protocol

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

DH Group

Diffie-Hellman is a public key algorithm used between two systems to determine
and deliver secret keys used for encryption. Groups 1, 2 and 5 are supported.

Enable

This toggle button is used to enable/disable the configured tunnel.

Encrypt Protocol

Encryption protocol for the tunnel session.
Parameter values supported include NONE or ESP.

Hard MBytes

Setting the Hard MBytes parameter forces the renegotiation of the IPSec Security
Associations (SAs) at the configured Hard MByte value.
The value can be configured between 1 and 1,000,000 MB and refers to data traf-
fic passed.

Hard Seconds

Setting the Hard Seconds parameter forces the renegotiation of the IPSec Security
Associations (SAs) at the configured Hard Seconds value. The value can be config-
ured between 60 and 1,000,000 seconds

Key Management

The Key Management algorithm manages the exchange of security keys in the
IPSec protocol architecture. SafeHarbour supports the standard Internet Key
Exchange (IKE)

Peer External IP Address The Peer External IP Address is the public, or routable IP address of the remote

gateway or VPN server you are establishing the tunnel with.

Peer Internal IP NetworkThe Peer Internal IP Network is the private, or Local Area Network (LAN) address

of the remote gateway or VPN Server you are communicating with.

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