"Cencore Security" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all, > > Forgive me if this sounds simple, but this is my first swim in the IPSEC ocean. I'm > trying to configure an 8.2 MNF box to establish a vpn tunnel between it and a 3COM > SuperStack III Firewall. The 3com uses IKE to exchange the public keys and DES or > 3DES for the encryption. One thing I noticed about this is that DES is only 56Bit > and 3DES is only 168bits. Since I believe it's safe to refuse to set up a VPN on > DES, 3DES is my only choice. According to the Mandrake "features list", MNF comes > with a number of different algorithms. > > 1) How do you choose which one to use so that both devices will communicate?
you can't choose ... 3DES is set as default > 2) How do you tell MNF to use IKE? you cannot choose ... IKE is set as default > > 3) Under a normal setup, MNF wants a left and right side client. Does > it really matter which is on the left or right? left is the local side and right is the remote one .. > In short, I'm trying to get this tunnel established with another consultant on the > 3com side in another state and he doesn't believe it can be done. If it cannot (and > I can't see why not) I may have to replace the MNF with a 3com... (READ DON'T WANT > THAT FOR MY CLIENT). > > Slainte, > > Jim -- Florin http://www.mandrakesoft.com http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~florin/
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