SonicWall supports IKE key exchanges via Diffie-Hellman group 1, quick, main and aggressive modes. The shared secret is used to encrypt the symmetric key for secure transmission. This symmetric key is then used to encrypt the traffic to be exchanged.
cheers-byron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Osatchuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Firewalls-Owner (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:45 AM Subject: sonicwall pro shared secrets > I have been doing a little research on Diffie-Hellman and I wanted to know > what the shared secret used for vpn's in the Sonicwall Pro does. Does it > have anything to do with IKE? Is it a proprietary device? > > Trevor Osatchuk > Process Solutions Canada Ltd. > Support and Integration Analyst > (780) 452-2227 Ext. 286 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. > - J. Robert Oppenheimer, speaking of Albert Einstein > > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
