IPsec VPN

Monitoring IPsec VPN—Phase I

View IPsec VPN Phase I information.

Select Monitor>IPSec VPN>Phase I in the J-Web user interface.

Table 72 describes the available options for monitoring IPsec VPN-Phase I.

Table 72: IPsec VPN—Phase I Monitoring Page

Field	Values	Additional Information
IKE SA Tab Options
IKE Security Associations
SA Index	Index number of an SA.	–
Remote Address	IP address of the destination peer with which the local peer communicates.	–
State	State of the IKE security associations: DOWN—SA has not been negotiated with the peer. UP—SA has been negotiated with the peer.	–
Initiator Cookie	Random number, called a cookie, which is sent to the remote node when the IKE negotiation is triggered.	–
Responder Cookie	Random number generated by the remote node and sent back to the initiator as a verification that the packets were received.	A cookie is aimed at protecting the computing resources from attack without spending excessive CPU resources to determine the cookie’s authenticity.
Mode	Negotiation method agreed upon by the two IPsec endpoints, or peers, used to exchange information. Each exchange type determines the number of messages and the payload types that are contained in each message. The modes, or exchange types, are: Main—The exchange is done with six messages. This mode, or exchange type, encrypts the payload, protecting the identity of the neighbor. The authentication method used is displayed: preshared keys or certificate. Aggressive—The exchange is done with three messages. This mode, or exchange type, does not encrypt the payload, leaving the identity of the neighbor unprotected.	–

View IPsec VPN Phase II information.

Select Monitor>IPSec VPN>Phase II in the J-Web user interface.

Table 73 describes the available options for monitoring IPsec VPN-Phase II.

Table 73: IPsec VPN—Phase II Monitoring Page

Field	Values	Additional Information
Statistics Tab Details
By bytes	Provides total number of bytes encrypted and decrypted by the local system across the IPsec tunnel.	–
By packets	Provides total number of packets encrypted and decrypted by the local system across the IPsec tunnel.	–
IPsec Statistics	Provides details of the IPsec statistics.	–
IPsec SA Tab Details
IPsec Security Associations
ID	Index number of the SA.	–
Gateway/Port	IP address of the remote gateway/port.	–
Algorithm	Cryptography scheme used to secure exchanges between peers during the IKE Phase II negotiations: An authentication algorithm used to authenticate exchanges between the peers. Options are hmac-md5-95 or hmac-sha1-96.	–
SPI	Security parameter index (SPI) identifier. An SA is uniquely identified by an SPI. Each entry includes the name of the VPN, the remote gateway address, the SPIs for each direction, the encryption and authentication algorithms, and keys. The peer gateways each have two SAs, one resulting from each of the two phases of negotiation: Phase I and Phase II.	–
Life	The lifetime of the SA, after which it expires, expressed either in seconds or kilobytes.	–
Monitoring	Specifies if VPN-Liveliness Monitoring has been enabled/disabled. Enabled - ' U ', Disabled- '—'	–
Vsys	Specifies the root system.	–