User's Manual

Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client
5-4 Using the Security Policy Editor
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• The maximum size for the isakmp.log file is 100 KB. When the client computer, the client,
and the IKE service restart and the isakmp.log file size exceeds 100 KB, this isakmp.log
file is deleted and a new one created.
• On computers running Windows 95 and 98, when the isakmp.log file size exceeds 64 KB,
Notepad prompts the user to try WordPad instead because of the file's size. When the user
tries WordPad, however, WordPad prompts the user that it can't open the file because it is
in use by another program (the IKE service).
In this case, to view the file, try one of these options:
– Rename it, and then open it in WordPad.
– Open a read-only version of the file in Microsoft Word.
– Clear the Enable logging to a file check box, and then open the file.
7. If you don't use a smart card and reader or similar device to authenticate your identity, skip this
step.
If you do use a smart card and reader or similar device, the client can, when it detects that the
smart card or reader is removed, delete active keys and end these communications sessions.
This provides extra security. Only connections that use the keys on your smart card are
affected.
To enable this feature, select the Smart card removal clears keys check box.
8. Click OK.
9. Click Save.
How to Configure Other Connections
The security policy includes a connection called Other Connections. This connection, non-secure
by default, is designed to allow all non-encrypted IP traffic through and let you to access the
Internet and other public networks unsecured.
The client processes connections in the order in which they display in the Network Security
Policy list. Because Other Connections is the catchall or default rule for communications that don't
conform to the proposals for individual connections, it is always last in the connections list.
1. In the Security Policy Editor, click Options, point to Secure, and then click Specified
Connections.
2. In the Network Security Policy list, click Other Connections.