cisco vpn client
Pete Nuwayser
nuwayser at pug.ftc.gov
Sat Dec 20 15:05:25 UTC 2003
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:06:58PM -0500, Michael Weiner wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 19:57, Ekhaus, Dave wrote:
> > hi
> >
> > i just installed fedora and would like to know how to install the
> > cisco vpn client. can someone provide directions ?
> >
> > or alternatively, is it an option during the install ? if so - what
> > do i need to select during the install, and i can install it myself.
> >
> > also - how does one update their system with additional packages
> > after they've installed fedora.
>
> The Cisco VPN Client is not available through normal distribution
> channels, and is normally only available to customers of Cisco, and as
> such is not provided with the Fedora Core distribution. So there is no
> option to be found during its install process. However, if you happen to
> have the tarball from Cisco, or received it from your Admin, you need to
> make sure you have the linux release (naturally), and then you simply
> need to unpack the archive, and run the vpn_install shell script
> provided by Cisco. Once the build is complete, you will have a module
> installed that if selected during the build process, will start at boot
> time. Otherwise you would run the correct init and start it manually.
> However, you will need to modify the sample Profiles, or obtain/generate
> your own Profiles from your Admin, and insert the correct information.
> This normally includes, but is not limited to a user or group login and
> associated password, the ip of the secure gateway, and all the rest.
> These are normally located in /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles and
> have a pcf extension by default.
>
> There are some install details included in the tarball you should have
> that explains this as well.
Uh, it's also important to note that the vpn_install script requires the
kernel source, so install that first.
Secondly, the insmod command contained in /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init
will likely fail until you modify it to include "-f" to force the install.
It's been like that ever since
Next: you will have to open up the following two ports on your firewall:
500:udp
10000:udp
there's some good info here:
http://www.michnet.de/vpn/
There is a project called vpnc which is GPL'd and is purported to work
with Concentrator 3000 series. Haven't tried it myself but it might be worth
a shot.
http://alioth.debian.org/projects/vpnc/
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