16.3.2.1. Global IPSec options

The following options apply to every IPSec VPN tunnel. These settings are available on the Global options tab.

  • NAT traversal: Enable Network Address Translation (NAT) of the encrypted packets. If this parameter is disabled, NAT cannot be used on the encrypted VPN packets, because NAT modifies the header of the packets. Modified packets will be rejected by the remote endpoint, because they were modified by a third party (the device performing the network address translation).

    Note

    Port UDP/4500 is automatically opened if the Nat Traversal is enabled.

  • Verbose IKE: Include log messages of the IKE protocol in the logs.

  • Send ICMP notification to the sender when fragmenting packets: If enabled and the VPN interface needs to fragment a packet, then the VPN interface sends a notification to the sender in an ICMP message. This allows the sender to lower its PMTU to avoid packet fragmentation.

  • Hide ToS: Remove the Type of Service parameter from the tunneled packets.

For details on the other options, see the strongSwan documentation available at http://wiki.strongswan.org/.