Creation: ViPNet Network

This chapter and the next two chapters describe how to create a working ViPNet network.

The typical process can be summarized in the following steps:

1. Create the initial ViPNet network structure using ViPNet Network Creation Wizard.

   If you use this step to create key sets and then use those key sets for installing ViPNet software on network nodes, you will need to make manual settings within the software (such as setting IP addresses for coordinators and selecting IP addresses server) in order to set the connections between all nodes of the ViPNet network.

   If you know the parameters of your ViPNet network, we recommend you do not create keys on this step but create them later via the ViPNet Manager interface. This means manual settings on each node won't be required.

2. Register the IP addresses or DNS names for coordinators. If required, register DNS names for clients as well.
3. Select the IP addresses server for the ViPNet Manager workstation. This step is required if you want to select another coordinator as the IP addresses server (not the coordinator on which the workstation is registered).
4. Configure network node connection settings for ViPNet nodes through a firewall. Required if local network computers work with external networks through any firewall or other device with NAT.
5. Register the maximum number of connections, and the IP addresses of these connections, that can be tunneled by the coordinator simultaneously. This step may be required if coordinators carry out tunneling of connections and you know the IP addresses of these connections. This step should also be used if the number of simultaneously tunneled connections between coordinators needs to be redistributed (ViPNet Network Creation Wizard automatically distributes ViPNet network tunneled connections evenly between coordinators).
6. Specify aliases for users of ViPNet nodes. Required if ViPNet CryptoExtension for Outlook software is used on the ViPNet network nodes.
7. Specify a validity period for key sets. Required if you need to limit how long ViPNet software (client or coordinator) will work on some nodes.
8. Create keys sets. Required if you chose not to create them via the ViPNet Network Creation Wizard the first time you ran ViPNet Manager or you have made changes to the network structure.

Note: This chapter focuses specifically on how you create your initial ViPNet network structure. Other chapters cover how to configure your ViPNet network and how to manage your ViPNet network.

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