What does the IPsec Policy Agent ( PolicyAgent) service do? IPSec stand for Internet Protocol Security. IPSec is a framework developed to provide authentication ( login/password) and encryption at the network layer level rather than at the transport or application layer levels. The IPsec Policy Agent ( PolicyAgent) service is responsible for authentication. When you purchase something online the page used to check out is usually encrypted ( HTTPS).
IPsec Policy Agent polled for changes to the Active Directory IPsec policy, determined that Active Directory can be reached, and found no changes to the policy. The cached copy of the Active Directory IPsec policy is no longer being used. Microsoft Windows XP/Vista has built-in PPTP client and L2TP/IPSec client. We will see how to create L2TP/IPsec between MikroTik RouterOS and Windows. It is possible to run a L2TP connection between RouterOS and Windows but you will need to change a registry entry in Windows.
Business people might connect to their office via a secure VPN connection. All of these are used rely on this service.
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IPsec Policy Agent ( PolicyAgent) service details • Service name: PolicyAgent • Description: Internet Protocol security ( IPsec) supports network-level peer authentication, data origin authentication, data integrity, data confidentiality ( encryption), and replay protection. This service enforces IPsec policies created through the IP Security Policies snap-in or the command-line tool “ netsh ipsec“. If you stop this service, you may experience network connectivity issues if your policy requires that connections use IPsec.
Also,remote management of Windows Firewall is not available when this service is stopped. • Path to executable: C: windows system32 svchost.exe -k NetworkServiceNetworkRestricted • Startup type: Manual Does my computer need the IPsec Policy Agent ( PolicyAgent) service? Your computer doesn’t need the PolicyAgent service to run, but some advanced networking functionality will not work. Should I disable the IPsec Policy Agent ( PolicyAgent) service?
First off, I have to say that it’s best to leave service optimization up to Microsoft. With that said; I would leave the PolicyAgent service alone. Still need help?
Contents • • • • • • • • • Overview Microsoft Windows XP/Vista has built-in PPTP client and L2TP/IPSec client. Ashampoo core tuner 2 v2 015. We will see how to create L2TP/IPsec between MikroTik RouterOS and Windows. It is possible to run a L2TP connection between RouterOS and Windows but you will need to change a registry entry in Windows. RouterOS Configuration L2TP Server configuration / interface l2tp-server server set enabled=yes • Enable L2TP server; / ppp secret add name=12345 password=12345 profile=default-encryption local-address=192.168.1.1 remote-address=192.168.1.2 • Add PPP client, if you don't need to run double encryption use default profile for L2TP and keep with IPSec encryption. Adjust Windows and RouterOS L2TP tunnel properties whether to run encryption or not. • It is also possible to use any DHCP address pool instead of local and remote addresses.
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Both can be assigned from the identical pool. IPSec configuration /ip ipsec peer add address=192.168.1.1 auth-method=pre-shared-key exchange-mode=main-l2tp secret=123456789 hash-algorithm=sha1 enc-algorithm=3des generate-policy=yes • Add IPSec peer settings settings, these settings should match at both ends, • address=192.168.1.1 address of your Windows computer, it's possible to use 0.0.0.0/0, when IP address of remote client is unknown; (Note: Typing 0.0.0.0 (without /0) makes Mikrotik listen to 0.0.0.0 only, therefore disabling any connection. Make sure to specify the network mask using /0.) • port=500 port number; • hash-algorithm=sha1 and enc-algorithm=3des are used by default on Windows XP; • generate-policy=yes to generate IPSec policy automatically.