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a. Click on the icon in the desired VPN site’s row.
A confirmation message appears.
b. Click OK.
The icon changes to , and the VPN site is enabled.
3. To disable a VPN site, do the following:
Installing a Certificate
Note – Disabling a VPN site eliminates the tunnel and erases the network
topology.
a. Click on the icon in the desired VPN site’s row.
A confirmation message appears.
b. Click OK.
The icon changes to , and the VPN site is disabled.
Installing a Certificate
SofaWare Safe@Office supports the use of digital certificates.
A digital certificate is a secure means of authenticating the S-box to other VPN
gateways. The certificate is issued by the Certificate Authority (CA) to entities
such as gateways, users, or computers. The entity then uses the certificate to
identify itself and provide verifiable information.
For instance, the certificate includes the Distinguishing Name (DN)
(identifying information) of the entity, as well as the public key (information
about itself). After two entities exchange and validate each other's certifcates,
they can begin encrypting information between themselves using the public
keys in the certificates.
The S-box supports certificates encoded in the PKCS#12 (Personal
Information Exchange Syntax Standard) format. The PKCS#12 file must have
a ".p12" file extension
Note – To use certificates authentication, each S-box should have a
unique certificate. Do not use the same certificate for more than one
gateway.
If you do not have a PKCS#12, obtain it from your network security
administrator.
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