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Enrolling VPN certificates, Viewing the VPN log, Key store passwords

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Virtual private networking the smartphone. If administrators deleted VPN policies from the VPN policy server, the VPN policies are removed from the smartphone. Note: When you synchronise a VPN policy server for the first time, matching VPN access points are created for each policy that you install on the smartphone. VPN access points combine VPN policies with Internet access points. When you connect to a VPN policy server to install or update VPN policies, you might need to enroll VPN certificates from the VPN policy server. Enrolling VPN certificates VPN client creates a certification request for each required certificate and sends the request to the VPN policy server. The VPN policy server enrolls each requested certificate from a certification authority and returns it to VPN client. The certification request and the corresponding certificate contain the identity of the user. Depending on the VPN policy server configuration, the VPN policy server user identity might be used as the user identity in VPN certificates. If this is not possible, VPN management asks the user identity from you for a particular domain. Administrators tell you what information to enter. To create certification requests, in the VPN user identity dialog, enter your certificate user identity for the specified domain in User identity: and tap OK. Viewing the VPN log The VPN log contains log messages that are recorded when you update and synchronise VPN policies and use VPN access points to create VPN connections to VPN gateways. In Log, you can view and clear log messages. You can view the message type, the time when each message is recorded, and the beginning of the log message. indicates error, warning, and information. To view the complete log message, tap Open. Log sorts log messages by the time and date when they are recorded, most recent messages first. You can view messages up to the time when you opened Log. To view the most recent log messages, tap Reload. Log messages can contain error, status, and reason codes. Report the codes to administrators when you report errors. To delete all log messages from the log, tap Clear log. Log messages are recorded to a circular buffer. When the log size reaches 20 kilobytes, new log messages are written on top of the oldest log messages. Key store passwords In Key store password, you can create or change a key store password. A key store password helps protect private keys in the smartphone and VPN policy server connections from unauthorized use. 122 Copyright © 2005 Nokia. All rights reserved.

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Virtual private networking
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Copyright © 2005 Nokia. All rights reserved.
the smartphone. If administrators deleted VPN policies
from the VPN policy server, the VPN policies are removed
from the smartphone.
Note:
When you synchronise a VPN policy server for
the first time, matching VPN access points are created
for each policy that you install on the smartphone.
VPN access points combine VPN policies with Internet
access points. When you connect to a VPN policy
server to install or update VPN policies, you might
need to enroll VPN certificates from the VPN policy
server.
Enrolling VPN certificates
VPN client creates a certification request for each
required certificate and sends the request to the VPN
policy server. The VPN policy server enrolls each requested
certificate from a
certification authority
and returns it
to VPN client.
The certification request and the corresponding
certificate contain the identity of the user. Depending on
the VPN policy server configuration, the VPN policy server
user identity might be used as the user identity in VPN
certificates. If this is not possible,
VPN management
asks
the user identity from you for a particular domain.
Administrators tell you what information to enter.
To create certification requests,
in the
VPN user
identity
dialog, enter your certificate user identity for the
specified domain in
User identity:
and tap
OK
.
Viewing the VPN log
The VPN log contains log messages that are recorded when
you update and synchronise VPN policies and use VPN
access points to create VPN connections to VPN gateways.
In
Log
, you can view and clear log messages. You can view
the message type, the time when each message is
recorded, and the beginning of the log message.
indicates error,
warning, and
information.
To view the complete log message,
tap
Open
.
Log
sorts log messages by the time and date when they are
recorded, most recent messages first. You can view
messages up to the time when you opened
Log
.
To view the most recent log messages,
tap
Reload
.
Log messages can contain error, status, and reason codes.
Report the codes to administrators when you report errors.
To delete all log messages from the log,
tap
Clear log
.
Log messages are recorded to a circular buffer. When the
log size reaches 20 kilobytes, new log messages are
written on top of the oldest log messages.
Key store passwords
In
Key store password
, you can create or change a key store
password. A key store password helps protect private keys
in the smartphone and VPN policy server connections from
unauthorized use.