Quick Reference Guide

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ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall with SSL & IPsec VPN FVS336Gv2 Reference Manual
The IKE Policies Screen
When you use the VPN Wizard to set up a VPN tunnel, an IKE policy is established and
populated in the List of IKE Policies table on the IKE Policies screen and is given the same
name as the new VPN connection name. You can also edit exiting policies or add new IKE
policies directly on the IKE Policies screen.
Go to VPN > IKE Policies to view the IKE Policies screen. (The example policies that are
listed in the List of IKE Policies table do not correspond to the IKE policies that were created
using the VPN Wizard earlier in this chapter.)
Each policy that is listed in the List of IKE Policies table contains the following data:
Name. Uniquely identifies each IKE policy. The name is chosen by you and used for
managing your policies; it is not supplied to the remote VPN endpoint.
Mode. Two modes are available: either Main or Aggressive.
- Main Mode is slower but more secure.
- Aggressive mode is faster but less secure. (If specifying either a FQDN or a User
FQDN name as the Local ID/Remote ID, aggressive mode is automatically selected.)
Local ID. The IKE/ISAKMP identifier of this device. (The remote VPN must have this
value as their remote ID.)
Remote ID. The IKE/ISAKMP identifier of the remote VPN gateway. (The remote VPN
must have this value as its Local ID.)
Encr. Encryption algorithm used for the IKE SA. The default setting using the VPN Wizard
is 3DES. (This setting must match the Remote VPN.)
Auth. Authentication algorithm used for the IKE SA. The default setting using the VPN
Wizard is SHA1. (This setting must match the remote VPN.)
DH. The Diffie-Hellman (DH) group used when exchanging keys. The DH group sets the
number of bits. The VPN Wizard default setting is Group 2. (This setting must match the
remote VPN.)
To gain a more complete understanding of the encryption, authentication and DH
algorithm technologies, see Appendix D” for a link to the NETGEAR website.