Multitech ROUTE FINDER RFIPSC-1, Quick Start Manual

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RFIPSC Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 2 - SSH IPSec Client
Installation and Setup
Introduction
This section describes the SSH Sentinel software, an IPSsec client product by SSH
Communications Security Corp, providing secure communications over a TCP/IP
connection. The Sentinel SSH software is used by client devices for secure connection
to the Multi-Tech RouteFinder model RF650VPN. The SSH Sentinel client installation
and setup procedures are described in the following sections.
The installation of the SSH Sentinel software is a straightforward process guided by an
installation wizard, and you should be able to complete it without studying this manual.
This beginning of this section describes the first installation of the SSH Sentinel
software. During the installation, you create an authentication key pair and a matching
certificate to be used for authentication. However, if a previous version of the software
is already installed on your computer, then launching the installation only updates the
existing software to the new version. The security policy rules and the authentication
keys that you have configured with the previous version of the software are preserved.
You can always remove the software completely and then reinstall it.
Pre-Installation Requirements
SSH Sentinel client software works on the following Microsoft Windows platforms and
versions:
Platform Version Build Notes
Windows 95 OSR1, OSR2 Winsock2 required
Windows 98 SE -
Windows NT 4.0 SP3 to SP6 -
Windows Me -
Windows 2000 SP1 -
SSH Sentinel is a client-type implementation of IPSec; it is not IPSec gateway software,
even though some of the Windows platforms are capable of functioning as routers.
Before starting SSH Sentinel client installation, make sure that there are no other IPSec
implementations, network sniffers, NAT applications, firewalls, or third party
intermediate network drivers installed. SSH Sentinel may affect the functionality of such
software.
The SSH Sentinel installation requires that you have full access rights for the system
files on your computer. On a Windows NT system, you must log in with administrator
rights.