Nokia E61I Mobile VPN Client User’s Guide

Nokia E61i Mobile VPN Client User’s Guide

Nokia E61i

Mobile VPN Client User’s Guide

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Mobile VPN Client User’s Guide

Select Menu > Tools > Settings > Connection >VPN.

With a virtual private network (VPN), you can create encrypted connections to access information you need while you are away from the office. You are in touch and in control with encrypted access to your enterprise network for email, database applications, and intranet.

To create a VPN connection, a VPN gateway and the mobile device authenticate each other and negotiate encryption and authentication algorithms to help protect the privacy and integrity of the information you access.

Managing virtual private networking

To create VPN connections, you first connect to a VPN policy server to install VPN policies and VPN access points. Then you select a VPN access point whenever you use an application and want to connect to the enterprise network. The VPN connection to the enterprise network is created and data is encrypted according to a VPN policy that is loaded when you connect to a VPN access point.

Note: To use VPN, you need VPN policy server settings from your administrator.

To use virtual private networking

1Connect to a VPN policy server.

See “Connecting to VPN policy servers” on page 7.

2Install VPN policies from the VPN policy server. See “Installing VPN policies” on page 4.

The VPN policy server automatically installs a VPN access point, specifying an Internet access point and a VPN policy to use with the access point.

Note: VPN access points combine VPN policies with Internet access points. When you synchronise a VPN policy server for the first time, matching VPN access points are created for each policy that you install on the mobile device.

3When using an application, select a VPN access point to connect to the enterprise network.

See “VPN and applications” on page 10.

A VPN connection is created on top of the Internet connection.

Mobile VPN Client User’s Guide

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Mobile VPN Client User’s Guide

VPN policies

Select Menu > Tools > Settings > Connection > VPN > VPN management > VPN policies.

VPN policies define the method that a mobile device and a VPN gateway use to authenticate each other and the encryption algorithms that they use to encrypt the data. Administrators create VPN policies and store them on VPN policy servers. You install VPN policies from a VPN policy server. A VPN policy server is a Nokia Security Service Manager (Nokia SSM).

Installing VPN policies

Glossary: VPN policy servers are servers on the enterprise network that contain VPN policies.

To install VPN policies

1Go to an empty VPN policies view, and press Yes when you are asked to install VPN policies.

2Press Yes when you are asked to add VPN policy servers.

3Specify the settings for connecting to a VPN policy server.

•Policy server name—enter a name for the VPN policy server. You can specify any name for the policy server, but it must be unique in the VPN policy servers view. If you leave this field empty, Policy server addr. appears in the field.

•Policy server addr.—enter the host name or IP address of the VPN policy server to install VPN policies from. You can also specify a port number, separated with a colon (:).

You get the policy server address from the administrator.

•Internet access point—associate the VPN policy server with an access point. The access point is used to connect to this VPN policy server.

You get the access point information from the administrator.

4Press Back to save the VPN policy server settings.

5Press Yes when you are asked to synchronise the VPN policy server.

Glossary: Synchronising means that a VPN policy server is checked for new, updated, or removed VPN policies.

6 Create a key store password.

Glossary: A key store password helps protect private keys in VPN policies and VPN policy server connections from unauthorised use.

See “Creating or changing a key store password” on page 9.

You are connected to the VPN policy server.

7Verify the identity of the VPN policy server. You receive a VPN policy server identity code from the administrator. Carefully compare the displayed VPN policy server identity code with the code that you have received from the administrator, enter the missing characters in the field, and press OK.

Glossary: A VPN policy server identity code is the fingerprint of the VPN policy server certificate, which identifies the certificate.

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