21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the translating applies a device-specific translation table to the generic gateway configuration document to produce the device-specific gateway configuration document.
13. A method, comprising the steps of: requesting, through a service call, creation of a virtual private network (VPN) through a VPN client gateway and a VPN server gateway; receiving, in response to the service call, a generic gateway configuration document applicable to the VPN client gateway; and translating the generic gateway configuration document to a device-specific gateway configuration document.