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<DPDInterval>[[5]-30]</DPDInterval> Specifies the duration of time (in seconds) to wait before
declaring a peer as dead. The interval times listed are incremented by 5, and the allowed values are
5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 seconds.
<DPDAttempts>[3-[5]]</DPDAttempts> Specifies number of unsuccessful attempts to contact a
peer before declaring it as dead. The allowed values are 3, 4 or 5 times.
<DPDAlwaysSend>[Off=0]/On=1</DPDAlwaysSend> Instructs the Global VPN Client to send a
DPD packet based on network traffic received from the peer.
</Peer> For redundant gateways on this connection, repeat all the tags under <Peer>. There can up to 5
redundant gateways for each connection.
</Connection> Defines the end of each connection profile in the configuration file.
</Connections> Defines the end of all connection profiles in the Default.rcf file.
<SW_Client_Policy>
Sample default.rcf File
The following is an example of a default.rcf file. This file includes two VPN connections: Corporate
Firewall and Office Gateway. The Corporate Firewall connection configuration includes two peer
entries for redundant VPN connectivity.
Alert! If you attempt to directly copy this sample file to an ASCII text editor, you may have to remove all
of the paragraph marks at the end of each line before saving it. Verify the file can be imported into the
Global VPN Application before distributing it.
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<SW_Client_Policy version="9.0">
<Connections>
<Connection name="Corporate Firewall">
<Description>This is the corporate firewall. Call 1-800-fix-today for problems with connections.</
Description>
<Flags>
<AutoConnect>0</AutoConnect>
<ForceIsakmp>1</ForceIsakmp>
<ReEnableOnWake>0</ReEnableOnWake>
<ReconnectOnError>1</ReconnectOnError>
<ExecuteLogonScript>0</ExecuteLogonScript>
</Flags>
<Peer>
<HostName>CorporateFW</HostName>
<EnableDeadPeerDetection>1</EnableDeadPeerDetection>
<ForceNATTraversal>0</ForceNATTraversal>
<DisableNATTraversal>0</DisableNATTraversal>
<NextHop>0.0.0.0</NextHop>
<Timeout>3</Timeout>
<Retries>3</Retries>