User guide

SSH Sentinel Quick Start Guide

Chapter 2 – SSH Sentinel Client Installation and

Setup

Introduction

This section describes the SSH Sentinel software, an IPSec 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 Multi-Tech‘s

RouteFinders RF650VPN and RF550VPN. 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. The 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 -

Windows XP

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.

To run the SSH Sentinel client software, you need a personal computer with at least the following

configuration:

• Processor: Pentium 100 MHz

• Memory (RAM): 32 MB for Windows 9x, or 64 MB for Windows NT4/2000

• Hard disk space: 10 megabytes of free disk space

• Network connection: TCP/IP network protocol

• A CD-ROM drive