Updating Vpn Policies - Nokia 7710 User Manual

• Policy server: shows the name of the VPN policy server
from where you installed the VPN policy. You give
names to VPN policy servers when you define
connections to VPN policy servers. This field is hidden
if you installed the VPN policy from a SIS file.
• Updated: shows the date when the VPN policy was last
updated from the VPN policy server. This field is hidden
if you installed the VPN policy from a SIS file.
Checking policy status
Policy status: can have the following values:
In use - you created a connection to a VPN access point
that is associated with the VPN policy. When you create a
connection, the VPN policy is activated.
Associated with VPN access point
policy with one or several VPN access points. You can
select any of the VPN access points to activate the VPN
policy.
Not associated with VPN access point
the VPN policy with a VPN access point to activate the VPN
policy.
Note: The VPN policy details view is not refreshed if the
policy status changes while the view is open.
Checking certificate status
Certificate status: can have the following values:
Unknown - VPN client cannot determine the status of the
certificates.
- you associated the VPN
- you must associate
OK - at least one valid certificate is available in the
smartphone or you do not use certificates to authenticate
to VPN gateways.
Expired - lifetime of one or more certificates has ended. If
you cannot create a VPN connection, update the VPN
policy to enroll new certificates.
No certificate - One or more of the required certificates
cannot be found on the smartphone. If you cannot create
a VPN connection, try to update the VPN policy to enroll
new certificates.
Not yet valid - one or more certificates are for future use.
This value might also mean that the date and time on the
smartphone are set in the past, time zones are not set
correctly, or the daylight-saving setting is turned on.
To delete the VPN policy, tap Delete.
To close the VPN policy details, tap Close.

Updating VPN policies

When you create a connection to a VPN access point,
VPN client checks the status of the VPN policy that is
associated with the VPN access point from the VPN policy
server. If administrators created a new version of the VPN
policy, the new version is installed on the smartphone.
If administrators deleted the VPN policy from the VPN
policy server, the VPN policy is removed from the
smartphone.
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