User Manual

Overview
Chapter 12: Working With VPNs 301
Chapter 12
This chapter describes how to use your Safe@Office appliance as a Remote Access
VPN Client, server, or gateway.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Overview ..................................................................................................301
Setting Up Your Safe@Office Appliance as a VPN Server .....................307
Adding and Editing VPN Sites ................................................................312
Deleting a VPN Site .................................................................................343
Enabling/Disabling a VPN Site ................................................................343
Logging on to a Remote Access VPN Site...............................................344
Logging off a Remote Access VPN Site ..................................................348
Installing a Certificate ..............................................................................348
Uninstalling a Certificate..........................................................................355
Viewing VPN Tunnels .............................................................................356
Viewing IKE Traces for VPN Connections..............................................359
Overview
You can configure your Safe@Office appliance as part of a virtual private network
(VPN). A VPN is a private data network consisting of a group of gateways that can
securely connect to each other. Each member of the VPN is called a VPN site, and
a connection between two VPN sites is called a VPN tunnel. VPN tunnels encrypt
and authenticate all traffic passing through them. Through these tunnels, employees
can safely use their company’s network resources when working at home. For
example, they can securely read email, use the company’s intranet, or access the
company’s database from home.
The are four types of VPN sites:
• Remote Access VPN Server. Makes a network remotely available to
authorized users, who connect to the Remote Access VPN Server using the
Working With VPNs