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Miscellaneous, Ike authentication with preshared key, Chapter 3 – Nortel Networks 608(WL) User Manual

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Chapter 3

Configuration via Local Pages

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Page layout with

additional Descriptors

When you click Specify Additional Descriptors, the IKE Security Descriptors area of
the page is updated and shows additional fields where you can specify up to four
alternative IKE Security Descriptors:

These will be used as alternative valid proposals in the IKE negotiations.

Miscellaneous

Comprises the following setting:

Inactivity Timeout:

When no traffic is detected at the peer for a certain period, it is decided that the
tunnel is not used any more, and the IKE session is terminated. All IPSec
connections supported by the IKE session are terminated as well.
This option sets the value of the inactivity timer.

Page layout for pre-

shared key

authentication

When you click Use Preshared Key Authentication, the initial page is updated in the
following way:

IKE Authentication with

Preshared Key

When you select Use Preshared Key Authentication, the following fields have to be
completed:

Preshared Secret:

A string to be used as a secret password for the VPN connection. This secret
needs to be identically configured at both peers (local and remote peer).

Confirm Secret:

The Preshared Secret value is not shown in clear text in the SpeedTouch™
Web page. In order to protect from typing errors, you have to type the key
twice, in order to confirm your original entry.

Inactivity Timeout

default value

seconds

3600

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