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CHAPTER
10
Scenario: Site-to-Site VPN
Configuration
This chapter describes how to use the adaptive security appliance to create a
site-to-site VPN.
Site-to-site VPN features provided by the adaptive security appliance enable
businesses to extend their networks across low-cost public Internet connections
to business partners and remote offices worldwide while maintaining their
network security. A VPN connection enables you to send data from one location
to another over a secure connection, or tunnel, first by authenticating both ends of
the connection, and then by automatically encrypting all data sent between the
two sites.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Example Site-to-Site VPN Network Topology, page 10-1
• Implementing the Site-to-Site Scenario, page 10-2
• Configuring the Other Side of the VPN Connection, page 10-14
• What to Do Next, page 10-14
Example Site-to-Site VPN Network Topology
Figure 10-1 shows an example VPN tunnel between two adaptive security
appliances.