May 21, 2012

Finding a satisfying answer.

Over the past few days of labbing I noticed that it’s hard to find a satisfying answer sometimes. Depending on the lab I’m working on I figure there are a few options:

-The vendor forums. -Groupstudy. -Facebook and Facebook groups. -Linkedin groups. -Twitter. -Blog about it and hope for comments.

If I missed any let me know

My question is this: What has proven to be the best means of support for you? Why?

VPN3k CLI only

It is possible to configure a L2L session on a VPN3k using CLI only.  It is a completley different configuration.  Here is the summation of it:

  1. Create an SA
  2. Create inbound and Outbound rules for the hosts to be encrypted.
  3. Apply the rules to the public filter with the action of “Apply IPSec” and attach the Security Association.
  4. Create a group with the preshared key.
  5. Set it to type L2L.

Now it seems like a short list but jumping around in the CLI menus makes it tough.

TIP:

When you are looking at the public filter you want to see the IPSec Rules applied with the Security Association Attached.

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New TWTV: Switching Secrets LIVE today at 10 AM PST

There is a new TechwiseTV show today at 10am.  You can check out the embeded intro to the show from Robb Boyd.  It looks to be pretty interesting!

Check out the TWTV Blog as well!