Connect iConn VPN in Three Easy Steps

Step 1 - Installing Check Point iConn:

1. Launch App Store on your iPhone

2. Search for either Check Point or iConn

3. Install the application

Step 2 - Configuring iConn

To connect to the Check Point demonstration site:

1. Launch the application by tapping the iConn icon

2. Tap Server:

Figure 2-1 Configuring the site and authentication

The Editing Site window opens:

Figure 2-2 Site name and authentication method

3. Define

• The Check Point demo site: phoenix.checkpoint.com as the site
• Keep the default authentication method: username Password.

Note - iConn supports multiple authentication methods, including one-time-password tokens such as RSA SecurID, client certificates with integrated certificate enrollment, and more.

4. Press Save.
The client is now configured.

5. Return to iConn's main page.

Step 3 – Using the iConn VPN Client

Connecting to the Security Gateway

To Connect to the Security gateway:

1. On iConn's main page, enter demo1 as the user name and firebird as the password.

Figure 3-3 Connecting to gateway

2. Press Connect.

3. Accept the gateway's fingerprint. The fingerprint should be identical to the one shown here:

Figure 3-4 Gateway fingerprint

Note -The fingerprint only appears during the client's first connection to the gateway.

Within seconds, a VPN connection to the gateway is established, and the Status field changes to Connected.

Figure 3-2 Connected to gateway

4. Press the Home button (at the bottom center of the iPhone) to close iConn:

Note - Because iPhone applications cannot be run in the background, do not close iConn until the VPN connection is established or the disconnect operation complete.

Important - Even after closing iConn, the VPN connection remains active.

Accessing the Demo Web Site

To test VPN connectivity:

1. Open the Safari web browser

2. Browse to:idemo.checkpoint.com

The demo web site is displayed in the browser:

Figure 3-5 The Check Point demonstration web site

Note - The idemo.checkpoint.com web server is only accessible after the VPN tunnel is established.

DNS resolution for this server also dependant on the VPN tunnel being active.

Disconnecting the VPN

To Disconnect the VPN tunnel:

1. Launch iConn

2. Press Disconnect:

Figure 3-3 Disconnecting the client

Native L2TP Support
Check Point also provides VPN termination for the iPhone’s built-in L2TP client. For directions on how to configure VPN access with the iPhone’s built-in L2TP click here.