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6.8.1 Defining the IPSec Configuration
Use the IPSec VPN Configuration tab to view the attributes of existing VPN tunnels and modify the security
association lifetime and keep alive intervals used to maintain the sessions between VPN peers. From the
Configuration tab, transform sets can be created as existing sets, modified or deleted.
1. Select Security > IPSec VPN from the main menu tree.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Refer to the Configuration field to define the following:
SA Lifetime (secs) For IKE based security associations, define a SA Lifetime (in seconds) forcing
the periodically expiration and re-negotiation of peer credentials. Thus,
continually validating the peer relationship. The default value is 3600 seconds.
SA Lifetime (Kb) Causes the security association to time out after the specified amount of
traffic (in kilobytes) have passed through the IPSec tunnel using the security
association. The default value is 4608000 Kb.
Apply Click Apply to save any updates you may have made to the screen.
Revert Click the
Revert button to disregard any changes you have made and revert
back to the last saved configuration.