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Configuring IPsec idle timeout on Windows

I am experimenting with built-in Windows IPsec functionality (advfirewall Connection Security Rules method) against an embedded Strongswan server. I have observed the following behavior: Phase 2 (...
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Error 809 when trying to connect Windows 7 with IPsec

Using IPFire 2.17 Core 89 as the IPsec-server, Windows 7 shows the error message "Error 809: The network connection between your computer and the VPN could not be established because the remote server ...
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Windows 7 IPsec IKEv2 EAP-TLS error

I have set-up Strongswan on a Ubuntu 14.04 server from the official package repo with IKEv2 and rightauth=eap-tls using our PKI infrastructure. I can connect just fine from Android and Linux but not ...
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Is there any way of extracting a shared secret from a PBK file or a similar artefact from a Windows 7 installation?

My company's laptop comes with preconfigured VPN connections to access the company's network. The default setup of the laptop is a bit outdated to say the least and I was wondering if in some cases I ...
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Strongswan IPSEC VPN for Windows 7 road warrior config

Following the Strongswan wiki link for configuring Strongswan for Windows 7 clients: http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Win7EapMultipleConfig I used the sample files as-is with no ...
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Can't connect to pc using Remote Desktop over VPN with Domain user account only

Craziest thing. I can't seem to login to my pc at work using my domain credentials. I am using Remote Desktop with a Cisco VPN and have tried both Mac and Win 7 remote machines. It appears that I can ...
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How to use IPsec?

IPsec is a protocol suite built on top of IP. Originally designed with IPv6, it also exists in IPv4. IPsec enables encrypted communications between hosts at the IP level (that is, upper layers ...
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Is Windows IPsec really needed when using a 3-rd party Firewall?

I have installed COMODO Firewall and I have some knowledge about internet security and i set up my firewall rules so my computer is protected enough (that really doesn't matter in current context). ...
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How to connect to an IPSec VPN through a LinkSys WRT54GL?

I am having trouble connecting to a L2TP IPSec VPN when I use my wireless router. I have a LinkSys WRT54GL v1.1 wireless router with the most current version of tomato (1.28). I have no issues ...
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Windows 7 RTM IPSec VPN

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate RTM 64Bit and need an IPSec VPN client, I've tried Shrew VPN but that caused a BSOD. I've noticed there is a VPN option in the start menu but I'm not sure if it is ...
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