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Creating Security Associations
Security associations enable you to provide bidirectional protection for data
packets traveling between two routers. Each SA establishes security for data
passing in a single direction. A pair of SAs (a Protect SA and an Unprotect SA)
are created, either automatically by IKE or manually by you, for any IPsec policy
configured on a security gateway. Each SA includes security information such as
algorithm and keys.
Automated SA Creation
IKE creates automated SAs based on the proposals that you configure for an IPsec
outbound policy in Site Manager. Each proposal specifies an encryption
transform, an authentication transform, or both for the automated SA. You do not
need to specify keys for automated SAs, because IKE creates them dynamically.
For examples of how to configure automated SAs, see “
Automated SA (IKE)
Policy Examples” on page C-2.
You can configure up to four proposals for a policy, in order of preference. IKE
negotiates an automated SA based on the first proposal that matches one
configured on the remote security gateway. IKE creates both the inbound and the
outbound SAs based on the results of the proposal negotiation.
12. From the Templates list, select a template
on which to base this policy.
13. Click on
OK
. You return to the IPsec Inbound Policies
window.
14. To create other inbound policies, repeat
steps 10 through 13.
15. Click on
Done
. You return to the IPsec Configuration for
Interface window.
Note:
You should use automated SA creation (IKE) for greater security and
decreased configuration management overhead.
Site Manager Procedure (continued)
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