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CHAPTER 9 Configuring Virtual
Private Networks
You use a virtual private network (VPN) to create secure connections
between computers or networks in different locations. The networks
and hosts on a VPN tunnel can be corporate headquarters, branch
offices, remote users, and telecommuters. When a VPN tunnel is cre-
ated, the two tunnel endpoints are authenticated. Data in the tunnel is
encrypted. Only the sender and the recipient of the message can read
it.
About This Chapter
This chapter starts with a section that tells you the basic requirements
for your Firebox® X Edge to create a VPN. Start with “What You Need
to Create a VPN” on page 130.
The subsequent section tells you how to configure the Edge to be the
endpoint of a VPN tunnel created and managed by a WatchGuard®
Firebox X Core or Firebox X Peak. This procedure is different for differ-
ent versions of the WatchGuard System Manager installed on the Fire-
box X.
Information about how to configure a Manual VPN to another VPN
device is also included in this chapter. Use this section to create VPN
tunnels to any other IPSec VPN endpoint.