[vpn-help] Shrew not connecting to SSG

[Kevin VPN]

On 02/18/2013 04:36 AM, Lars Vik wrote:
> FYI, Shrew and SSG goes very well together. I have set up Shrew against
> sevaral SSG boxes, Windows, OSX and Linux.
>
> On 13.02.2013 18:32, James Anderson wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have configured my VPN and Shrew client
>> exactly as listed on the shrew website.
>> When I try to connect using the client,
>> I am getting the following on the Shrew
>> client:

<snip>

>> negotiation timout occurred
>> tunnel disabled
>> detached from key daemon ...
>>
>> Firewall event log shows:
>> 2013-02-13 12:29:52      information     IKE 209.66.114.182 phase
>> 1:The symmetric
>> crypto key has been generated successfully.
>> 2013-02-13 12:29:52      information     IKE 209.66.114.182 Phase 1:
>> Responder
>> starts AGGRESSIVE mode negotiations.
>>
>> It never goes past Phase 1.  Has anyone been able to get this to work
>> on Windows
>> 7?

Hi James,

There's a typo in the SSG HowTo that might cause you to have your Shrew 
client misconfigured.  That would probably cause the negotiation to 
fail.  See this post:
https://lists.shrew.net/pipermail/vpn-help/2011-March/003622.html