Cisco RV042 Administration Guide - Page 144

VPN Setting Up a Remote Access Tunnel for VPN Clients (Client To Gateway) 9 - Encryption Key: Enter a key to use to encrypt and decrypt IP traffic. If you selected DES encryption, enter 16 hexadecimal values. If you selected 3DES encryption enter 40 hexadecimal values. If you do not enter enough hexadecimal values, then zeroes will be appended to the key to meet the required length. - Authentication Key: Enter a key to use to authenticate IP traffic. If you selected MD5 authentication, enter 32 hexadecimal values. If you selected SHA1, enter 40 hexadecimal values. If you do not enter enough hexadecimal values, then zeroes will be appended to the key to meet the required length. • Required fields for IKE with Preshared Key Enter the settings for Phase 1 and Phase 2. Phase 1 establishes the preshared keys to create a secure authenticated communication channel. In Phase 2, the IKE peers use the secure channel to negotiate Security Associations on behalf of other services such as IPsec. - Phase 1 / Phase 2 DH Group: DH (Diffie-Hellman) is a key exchange protocol. There are three groups of different prime key lengths: Group 1 - 768 bits, Group 2 - 1,024 bits, and Group 5 - 1,536 bits. For faster speed but lower security, choose Group 1. For slower speed but higher security, choose Group 5. Group 1 is selected by default. - Phase 1 / Phase 2 Encryption: Select a method of encryption for this phase: DES, 3DES, AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256. The method determines the length of the key used to encrypt or decrypt ESP packets. AES-256 is recommended because it is more secure. - Phase 1 / Phase 2 Authentication: Select a method of authentication for this phase: MD5 or SHA1. The authentication method determines how the ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload Protocol) header packets are validated. MD5 is a one-way hashing algorithm that produces a 128-bit digest. SHA1 is a one-way hashing algorithm that produces a 160-bit digest. SHA1 is recommended because it is more secure. Make sure that both ends of the VPN tunnel use the same authentication method. - Phase 1 / Phase 2 SA Life Time: Configure the length of time a VPN tunnel is active in this phase. The default value for Phase 1 is 28800 seconds. The default value for Phase 2 is 3600 seconds. - Perfect Forward Secrecy: If the Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) feature is enabled, IKE Phase 2 negotiation will generate new key material for IP traffic encryption and authentication, so hackers using brute force to break encryption keys will not be able to obtain future IPSec keys. Cisco Small Business RV0xx Series Routers Administration Guide 144