Chapter 4. Cisco VPN 3000 Remote Access Preshared Key Configuration

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Quick Configuration

• VPN 3000 Concentrator Manager

• Extended Authentication (XAUTH)

• Dead Peer Detection (DPD)

• Split tunneling

• NAT transparency

• Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS)

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Identifying the components of an IPSec remote access tunnel

• Understanding the steps for the CLI initialization of the VPN 3000 Concentrator

• Recognizing the options presented in the Quick Configuration dialog

• Navigating through the screens of the Concentrator Manger

• Configuring users and groups for remote access sessions by using preshared keys for authentication

• Understanding the functions and configurations for split tunneling

• Creating in-depth configurations for IPSec associations, network lists, and access hours

Now that all the fundamentals are out of the way, it is time to get started and configure the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator. This chapter serves as an introduction for the navigation and configuration of the VPN 3000 Concentrator. It looks first at how to initialize the concentrator via the menu-based CLI. This is followed by the intricate details of the GUI-based configuration for remote access, utilizing preshared keys as an authentication methodology.