Help Center/ Virtual Private Network/ Best Practices/ P2C VPN/ Configuring Enterprise Edition P2C VPN to Connect Mobile Terminals to a VPC (Certificate Authentication)/ Overview
Updated on 2026-05-14 GMT+08:00
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Overview

Scenario

Digital certificate authentication is used between the mobile client and VPN gateway. During the authentication, public and private keys are used for encryption and decryption, reducing the risk of identity information being stolen or tampered with.

This authentication mode is ideal for enterprises with high security requirements.

Networking

Clients can use the certificates issued by a CA to connect to a VPN gateway for access to a VPC.

Figure 1 Networking diagram

Solution Advantages

Users can connect to a VPN gateway through client certificate authentication, securing data transmission.

Limitations and Constraints

A maximum of 10 client CA certificates can be added.