General Information on Tunnels

A Tunnel is a mechanism provided by the Firewall that allows secure communications between secure networks over an nonsecure intervening network like the Internet. It constructs a virtual private network (VPN) between two different sites providing authentication and encryption. When you create a tunnel, a complete IP packet, including its header information, is encapsulated in a new IP packet only seen by the source and destination hosts. The original IP packet is protected during the transmission between hosts, according to user specified policy.

Further Information

Creating a Virtual Private Network
Example of Virtual Private Networks

Tunnel ID(s)

Click "Select" to get a list of tunnel id(s). Select the tunnel id(s) you want to export.

Directory Name (Export Panel)

Enter a directory name. The directory name is an arbitrary name that that you create; it does not have to match anything. This directory is where the tunnel information is temporarily placed for export to a tunnel partner.

OK

Press the "OK" button to save changes and close the window.

Cancel

Press the "Cancel" button to close the window without saving any changes.