Changes Pending.....a tad confused!

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Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 2:07pm

Hey Guys,

I'm am newbie here so be be gentle!
I've got a changes pending on a remote in iBuilder but I'm not sure what changes have been made on the remote. The changes are:

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[NET_ENC] [NET_ENC]
id=1 id=4

Is it something to do with the VLANs?
For info it's on a NMII+ running 5_0_5 software.

Thanks in advance ;.)

Jan 3^rd, 2008 at 12:51am

Does your network use 3DES link encryption? �

You would more than likely know it if you did, because your NMII+s would have integrated Hifn 7902 chips.....which support Link Encryption. Also, your Protocol Processors must have a Hifn 7951 or 7751 compatible PCI card installed in them (to support link encryption). �You can verify the presence of such hardware by using the lspci command at the prompt on the PPs. �

Normally, the NET ENC portion of a NMII+ options file (that HAS link encryption enabled) looks like this:

[NET_ENC]
id = 35
is_encrypted = 1
enc_algorithm = 3DES
enc_static = 0
enc_key = "key at least 24 chars"
filter_non_ip = 1
enc_session_master = 0
enc_asym_key_bits = 2048
enc_key_rotate_ms = 7200000
enc_retry_ms = 4000

The above ENC is old school technology and iDirect has moved on to FIPS 140-2 (TRANSEC) these days. �

iDS 5_0_5? �Wow! �No offense my friend, but I dont know of anyone using iDS 5.X these days. �Time to upgrade!!!

Jan 3^rd, 2008 at 7:20am

Cheers Mike...appreciate your answer.
Yes I know 5.0.5 is dinosaur now! We're up to 7.0.5 on other networks though which I prefer a lot.
Thanks again ;.)