| If you've lost your remote management keys,
e.g. through a disk crash or through accidentally deleting the
firewall entry in the firewall manager, you can reestablish contact with
it and retreive its current
configuration.
On the firewall:
- Exit to the boot menu of the firewall (appliances: through the serial
console). One way of doing this
is executing the shutdown console command, and then hitting
a key to abort the core reload
process.
- Select "Revert to Default Remote Mgmt Keys" from the "System" menu.
- Start the firewall again.
In the firewall manager:
- Create a new firewall. Create it as a "Custom" firewall to bypass
the entire intial setup procedure.
- Select "Action" -> "Communication" -> "Revert to Default Remote Mgmt
Keys"
- Select "Action" -> "Communication" -> "Download Configuration"
At this point, you have fully restored contact with the firewall and
have the latest copy of its configuration in your database. However,
one important point remains:
In the firewall manager:
- Select "Action" -> "Communication" -> "Change Remote Mgmt Keys" to
negotiate a new set of
management keys. Running with the default keys is not a good
idea. |