
Configuring IPsec Services
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Creating Security Associations
Security associations enable you to provide bidirectional protection for data
packets traveling between two routers. Each SA establishes security for data
passing in a single direction. A pair of SAs are created, either automatically or
manually, for any IPsec policy configured on a security gateway. Each SA
includes security information such as algorithm and keys.
You should use automated SA creation for greater security and decreased
configuration management overhead.
About Automated SA Creation
IKE creates automated SAs, based on the proposals you configure for an IPsec
policy in Site Manager. Each proposal specifies an encryption and/or
authentication transform for the automated SA. You do not need to specify keys
for automated SAs, because IKE creates them dynamically. You can configure up
to four proposals for a policy, in order of preference. IKE will negotiate an
automated SA, based on the first proposal that matches one configured on the
remote security gateway.
About Manual SA Creation
To protect (encrypt or authenticate) data packets leaving the local IPsec interface,
create a Protect SA and link it to a Protect outbound policy. To decrypt or
authenticate incoming packets at the local IPsec interface, create an Unprotect SA.
(The Unprotect SA does not need to be linked to a policy.) Then, do the same for
the IPsec interface on the remote router.
The cipher and integrity algorithms and keys that you specify in SAs must be
identical on both ends of a connection. You must select either the cipher or the
integrity service or both within the Protect and Unprotect SA parameters. For
example, the cipher key in a Protect SA on the local IP interface must match the
cipher key in the Unprotect SA on the remote router IP interface.
Note:
Manual SAs must be configured to encrypt, authenticate, or both. Site
Manager does not allow you to create an SA if both the Cipher Algorithm and
the Integrity Algorithm parameters are set to None.
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