Description

This article provides information on how to use special characters for security policies and Address book entries.

Symptoms

How to use special characters, when configuring security policies and address book entries, on SRX firewalls and J-series routers.

Solution


  • For security policies : A string that begins with a number or letter and consisting of letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores.
  • For address book or address set : A string that begins with a number or letter and consisting of letters, numbers, colons, periods, slashes, dashes, and underscores.

For information about the use of special characters with IPsec VPN pre-shared keys, refer to KB21159 - [SRX] How to use special characters in pre-shared key [juniper.net] .