Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VPN Client HotBrick
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HotBrick VPN Client User Manual.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 2 T able of Content 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 INSTALL 3 2.1 Software installatio n 3 2.2 Evaluation Period 4 3 SOFTWARE MANIPULATION 4 3.1 System Tray 4 3.2 Hidden User interfac e 5 3.3 Main window 5 4 CONFIGURATION 7 4.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 3 1 Introduction HotBrick VPN client is a complete IP Sec VPN solution f or all Windo ws versions. It provi des full IKE supp ort (preshared ke ying and X509 ce rtificates) and Nat Trave rsal.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 4 The license numbe r is a string with hexadecimal characters as "0123456789ABCDEF0123 ". An error message warns user if this value is false. If the License num ber is correct, HotBrick VPN Client is activ ated.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 5 3.1 System T r ay The configuration u ser interface can be l aunch via a dou b le click on ap plication icon (D esktop or Windo ws Start menu) or by single click on application icon in syst em tray.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 6 3.3 Main window The main window is made of several el em ents: • A tree list wind ow (left column) that conta ins all the IKE and IPSe.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 7 • '?' menu giv es access to online h el p and window 'About'. 3.3.2 Status bar The status bar displ ays several inform ati on: • The “USB Tok en box” (left side) indicates whet her the “US B mode” is set “O n” or “Off” ( see also sec- tion 4.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 8 4.1.1 How to set “USB mode" on? • Select menu File > Confi guration Mode • Select USB Stick • Optional: indic ates th e .
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 9 • Copying the configuratio n onto the USB stick: the VPN client will copy the configur ation onto the USB Stick and leave a copy i n the computer. This is used by IT man agers to enable multiple USB Stick s for multiple use rs.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 10 For configuring this co nnection, open wi zar d's window by se lecting menu " Co nfiguration > Wizard " 4.2.1 Step 1 of 3 You specify the type of the equ ipm ent at the end of the tunn el: VP N gateway.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 11 • the preshared key you will u se for this tunnel (this pre shared key must be th e same in th e gateway) • the IP address of yo ur company LAN (e. g. specify 192. 16 8.1.0) 4.2.3 Step 3 of 3 The third step summ aries your configurati on.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 12 4. Configure IPSe c Phase (Phase 2) 5. Once the para meters are set , click on “S ave & Apply ” to take into account the new c onfiguration . That way the IKE service wi ll run with the new parameters 6.
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HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 14 4.4.1 Settings description Once the para meters are set, click on “Save & Ap ply ” to save and to take into account the n ew c onfiguratio n.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 15 4.4.3 Settings description Aggressive Mode If checked, the VPN clie nt will used aggressive mo de as negotiation mode with the r emote gateway Nat port Negotiation port for IKE. Default value is 500.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 16 4.5 IPSec Configuration or Phase 2.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 17 4.5.1 Settings description Name Label for IPSec Configurat ion only used b y the VPN client. This parameter i s never transmitted duri ng IPSec Negotiation. It is possible to change this na me at any time and r ead it in the tree list w indow.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 18 4.6 Certificate manageme nt HotBrick IPSec VPN Clie nt uses X509 cert ificates with PEM format.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 19 4.7 Global Parameters.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 20 4.7.1 Settings description Once the para meters are set, click on “Save & Ap ply ” to save and to take into account the n ew c onfiguratio n.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 21 4.10 Configuration tools 4.10.1 Stopping IPSec VPN Client: option "/stop" HotBrick VPN Client c an be stop pe d at any time by the com mand line: • " [path]vpnconf.ex e /stop " where [path] is the client instal lati on directory.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 22 • At Windows logi n ("login" mode) • Launched by user or from a script ("m anual" mode) 4.10.3 Hiding IPSec VPN Client confi guration user interface: VPNHIDE VpnHide.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 23 Most of the time log level s et to 0 is largely enough for r esolving configur ation issues.
HotBrick VPN Client User Manual Property of HotBrick — 2005 24 7 Contacts Information and update are avai la ble at: www.HotBrick.com . Technical supp ort is available by email: support@HotBrick.
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