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Table of Contents
Defining remote client identities in Sidewinder . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Managing pre-shared keys (passwords) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Configuring the VPN on the Sidewinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Chapter 4: Installing and Working with Soft-PK . . . . . . . . 4-1
Soft-PK installation notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Starting Soft-PK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Determining Soft-PK status from icon variations . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Activating/Deactivating Soft-PK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
About the Soft-PK program options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Managing certificates on Soft-PK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Setting up Sidewinder self-signed certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Setting up CA-based certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Requesting a personal certificate from a CA on user’s behalf 4-8
Importing certificate in Soft-PK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Configuring a security policy on the Soft-PK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Chapter 5: Deploying Soft-PK to Your End Users . . . . . . 5-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Customizing the user worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Specifying dial-up network instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Specifying installation instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Specifying certificate import/request instructions . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Specifying security policy instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Specifying basic connection information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Appendix A: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Soft-PK Log Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
Soft-PK Connection Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-2
More about the Connection Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-3
To view the details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-3
Sidewinder troubleshooting commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-4