Thank you Michael. Your answer is very useful for me.

El mar, 28-06-2005 a las 15:57 +0200, Michael Bell escribió:
> Jorge Davila wrote:
> 
> > Which is the reason for this sentence in the openca documentation? 
> > 
> > Certificates for VPN+ Gateways and Machine certificates should include
> > the DNS name and IP address in the subject alternative name.
> 
> F-Secure VPN+ includes like all IPSec products a small IP firewall. If 
> you use the VPN+ clients as road warriors for example then you normally 
> only allow IPSec connects to your VPN gateway and the road warrior use 
> your internal servers for all services.
> 
> The problem is that services are only available if the connection is 
> already been established. If you start the VPN session then you have 
> perhaps no DNS and this is the reason for the sentence. If you start the 
> connection to your gateway then you must be able to verify the identity 
> without DNS. If you forget to add the IP to the subject alternative name 
> then you must allow external DNS via a bypass definition (and try to 
> switch later to internal DNS) or you have simply a problem (e.g. static 
> local DNS entries) ;)
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Michael



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