» Importing Certificates
Setting up a VPN connection is a two step process, firstly you will need to import a digital certificate supplied by us into the Windows certificate store on your computer. Secondly you will have to add a VPN connection to your windows network connections.
- » A computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
- » An PKCS#12 file containing the digital certificate (this will have a .p12 file extension).
- » The password that was used to protect the PKCS#12 file.
- » The host name or IP address of your VPN server.
You must be logged in with Administrator privileges on the Local machine to be able to import the certifcate into the right place.
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Click on Start and then choose "Run..." from the menu.
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Type in "mmc" and click on "OK".
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Click on the "File" menu and select "Add/Remove Snap-in..."
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Click on "Add".
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Select "Certificates" and click on "Add".
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Select "Computer account" and click on "Next >". If you do not see this dialog then you are not logged in as Administrator. You will need to log off and log back in as Administrator.
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Select "Local computer: (the computer this console is running on)" and click on "Finish".
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Click on "Close".
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Click on "OK".
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Right click on "Personal" and select "All Tasks > Import..."
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Click on "Next >".
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Click on "Browse..."
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Select "Personal Information Exchange (*.pfx;*.p12)" from the "Files of type:" drop-down box. Use the dialog to find the PKCS#12 file and click on "Open".
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Type in the password used to protect the PKCS#12 file and click on "Next >".
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Select "Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate" and click on "Next >".
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Click on "Finish".
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You will see this dialog if the digitial certificates were imported successfully. Click on "OK".
You can now setup a VPN connection that uses the certificate you have just imported.