VPN Policy Table

When you use the VPN Wizard to set up a VPN tunnel, both a VPN Policy and an IKE Policy is established and populated in both Tables on the VPN Policies screen. The name you selected as the VPN Tunnel connection name during Wizard setup identifies both the VPN Policy and IKE Policy. You can also edit exiting policies, add new VPN policies directly or change the policy hierarchy to the Policy Table. The Policy Table contains the following fields:

! (Status). Indicates whether the policy is enabled (green circle) or disabled (grey circle). To Enable or Disable a Policy, check the radio box adjacent to the circle and click Enable or Disable, as required.

Name. Each policy is given a unique name (the Connection Name when using the VPN Wizard). Client Policies are annotated by an "*".

Type. The Type is "Auto" or "Manual" as described previously (Auto is used during VPN Wizard configuration).

Local. IP address (either a single address, range of address or subnet address) on your local LAN. Traffic must be from (or to) these addresses to be covered by this policy. (Subnet address is the default IP address when using the VPN Wizard).

Remote. IP address or address range of the remote network. Traffic must be to (or from) these addresses to be covered by this policy. (The VPN Wizard default requires the remote LAN IP address and subnet mask for a gateway policy).

AH. Authentication Header. This specifies the authentication protocol for the VPN header (VPN Wizard default is disabled).

ESP. Encapsulating Security Payload. This specifies the encryption protocol used for the VPN data (VPN Wizard default is enabled).