Need a VPN client

[MrKnisely]

Timothy A. Holmes wrote:

>>Tim Frost wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 07:54 -0500, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
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>>>>Good Morning Everyone:
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>>>>Ubuntu is running along sweet on my laptop, and its time for a
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>>>>bit more improvement.  This time, I need a good vpn client
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>>>>with a gui for setup etc)
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>>>>Our vpn here at work is run off a Cisco pix 501 firewall, and is
>>>>compatible with the windows VPN client.
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>>>>I don't know a lot more about it yet (Im very new to VPN) but my
>>>>contractor and I got it set up yesterday, windoze can connect to it,
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>>>>Ubuntu needs to be able to as well.
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>>>There is a package that may be suitable.  It is found in universe:
>>>vpnc - Cisco-compatible VPN client
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>>>And Cisco have a version of their client for Linux.  The installation
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>>>this client requires that a kernel module needs to be compiled.  This
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>>>Hope this helps
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>>>>Thanks
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>>>>Timothy A. Holmes
>>>>IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
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>>>>Medina Christian Academy
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>>>Tim
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>>I run VPNC and it works pretty well.  I use it with Pix-501 as
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>>without issue.  The configuration  is not done through a gui though.
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>>Configuration is a simple file as follows:
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>>IPSec ID GROUPNAME
>>IPSec gateway XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
>>IPSec secret PRE-SHARE-KEY
>>Xauth password PASSWORD
>>Xauth username USERNAME
>>Domain DOMAIN
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>> I don't use Xauth so username, password, and domain are blank for me.
>>Replace Groupname with the vpngroup in your pix config.  Replace the
>>gateway with the public IP of the pix.  Replace the Pre-Share-Key with
>>the group password in your pix config.
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>>To get it going the command is easy:
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>>user at hostname:/#vpnc vpn.conf
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>>Once you're done, a simple vpnc-disconnect drops the tunnel.
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>>I've been using it for a little while now, and it works well for me.
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>>Mike K.
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>[Timothy A. Holmes] 
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>Mike:
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>Thanks a ton - that looks exactly like what I am looking for
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>TIM
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No problem.  I hope it works as well for you as it has for me.  I'm just 
one app away from banishing Windows from my system entirely.  It's a 
GREAT feeling!

Mike K.