sonicwall vpn provides secure, encrypted communication to business partners and remote offices at a fraction of the cost of dedicated leased lines. using the sonicwall intuitive web management interface, you can quickly create a vpn security association to a remote site. whenever data is intended for the remote site, the sonicwall automatically encrypts the data and sends it over the internet to the remote site, where it is decrypted and forwarded to the intended destination.

    sonicwall vpn is based on the industry-standard ipsec vpn implementation, so it is interoperable with other vpn products, such as check point firewall-1 and axent raptor.

    this chapter is organized into the following sections:

    the vpn summary tab describes the summary tab and settings.

    enabling group vpn on the sonicwall demonstrates the configuration of sonicwall group vpn settings using the group vpn security association.

    configuring vpn using manual key describes the configuration of a sonicwall appliance and a vpn client using the manual key security association.

    sonicwall vpn for two sonicwalls describes vpn configuration between two sonicwall vpn gateways in manual key and ike keying modes, followed by an example vpn security association between a sonicwall pro 200 and a sonicwall tele3.

    testing a vpn tunnel connection provides directions for testing a vpn tunnel configuration by using "ping" to send data packets to a remote computer.

    enhanced vpn logging settings describes logging settings for both the sonicwall appliance and the vpn client for troubleshooting vpn problems.

    deleting and disabling security associations describes deleting and disabling security associations for vpn access.

    basic vpn terms and concepts provides a glossary defining applicable vpn terms such as encryption methods, authentication methods, and ipsec keying modes.