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Extended Authentication (XAUTH) Configuration, Edge Device., IPsec Host.

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ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual 1. Right-click on the VPN client icon in the Windows toolbar and click Connect. The connection policy you configured will appear; in this case "My Connections\modecfg_test". 2. Click on the connection. Within 30 seconds the message "Successfully connected to MyConnections/modecfg_test is displayed and the VPN client icon in the toolbar will read "On". 3. From the client PC, ping a computer on the firewall LAN. Extended Authentication (XAUTH) Configuration When connecting many VPN clients to a firewall, an administrator may want a unique user authentication method beyond relying on a single common preshared key for all clients. Although the administrator could configure a unique VPN policy for each user, it is more convenient for the firewall to authenticate users from a stored list of user accounts. XAUTH provides the mechanism for requesting individual authentication information from the user, and a local User Database or an external authentication server, such as a RADIUS server, provides a method for storing the authentication information centrally in the local network. XAUTH can be enabled when adding or editing an IKE Policy. Two types of XAUTH are available: • Edge Device. If this is selected, the firewall is used as a VPN concentrator where one or more gateway tunnels terminate. If this option is chosen, you must specify the authentication type to be used in verifying credentials of the remote VPN gateways: User Database, RADIUS-PAP, or RADIUS-CHAP. • IPsec Host. If you want authentication by the remote gateway, enter a User Name and Password to be associated with this IKE policy. If this option is chosen, the remote gateway must specify the user name and password used for authenticating this gateway. Note: If a RADIUS-PAP server is enabled for authentication, XAUTH will first check the local User Database for the user credentials. If the user account is not present, the firewall will then connect to a RADIUS server. 6-22 Virtual Private Networking Using IPsec v1.0, October 2008

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ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
6-22
Virtual Private Networking Using IPsec
v1.0, October 2008
1.
Right-click on the VPN client icon in the Windows toolbar and click Connect. The connection
policy you configured will appear; in this case “My Connections\modecfg_test”.
2.
Click on the connection. Within 30 seconds the message “Successfully connected to
MyConnections/modecfg_test is displayed and the VPN client icon in the toolbar will read
“On”.
3.
From the client PC, ping a computer on the firewall LAN.
Extended Authentication (XAUTH) Configuration
When connecting many VPN clients to a firewall, an administrator may want a unique user
authentication method beyond relying on a single common preshared key for all clients. Although
the administrator could configure a unique VPN policy for each user, it is more convenient for the
firewall to authenticate users from a stored list of user accounts. XAUTH provides the mechanism
for requesting individual authentication information from the user, and a local User Database or an
external authentication server, such as a RADIUS server, provides a method for storing the
authentication information centrally in the local network.
XAUTH can be enabled when adding or editing an IKE Policy. Two types of XAUTH are
available:
Edge Device.
If this is selected, the firewall is used as a VPN concentrator where one or more
gateway tunnels terminate. If this option is chosen, you must specify the authentication type to
be used in verifying credentials of the remote VPN gateways: User Database, RADIUS-PAP,
or RADIUS-CHAP.
IPsec Host.
If you want authentication by the remote gateway, enter a User Name and
Password to be associated with this IKE policy. If this option is chosen, the remote gateway
must specify the user name and password used for authenticating this gateway.
Note:
If a RADIUS-PAP server is enabled for authentication, XAUTH will first check the
local User Database for the user credentials. If the user account is not present, the
firewall will then connect to a RADIUS server.