User's Manual

Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client
5-2 Using the Security Policy Editor
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Table 5-1. Summary of steps
How to Secure All Connections
You can create a single connection called All Connections in your security policy that secures all
IP communications between your computer and every other party.
1. In the Security Policy Editor, click Options>Secure>All Connections. A secure connection
called All Connections is added to the Network Security Policy list.
2. To route all secure communications from your computer through a specific, secure,
IPSec-compliant network gateway, such as a firewall or router, go to Configure a gateway.
3. Click Save.
Step Task
1 • Create one connection that secures all communications, with the option to direct all
connections to a specific gateway
or
• Create multiple connections and specify which ones to secure
2 Select options that apply to all connections in the security policy
3 Identify yourself (the user) through one of these methods:
Select the personal certificate
Let the client automatically select the personal certificate during IKE negotiation
Enter the specific preshared key
4 Select the Phase 1 mode:
Main Mode (high security)
Aggressive Mode (low security)
Manual keys (for troubleshooting only)
5 Add proposals, if needed, and select these options:
Encryption algorithm
Hash algorithm
SA life
Key (Diffie-Hellman) group
6 Add proposals, if needed, and select the options for Encapsulated Security Payload (ESP)
or Authentication header (AH)
7 Identify backup gateways on the network
8 For network administrators or installers only: Create and deploy a customized client
installation package, with the security policy you configured, to users