CISCO VPN Client for Fedora Core 2 Test 1

[Kaj J.Niemi]

> Can anyone tell me how to get the CISCO VPN client running under Fedora
> Core 2 Test1? I currently have Linux Kernel "2.6.4-1.257"
> I believe this has compiled and worked against Red Hat 9.0.

I think it broke somewhere after 2.6.1. Since part of the software is
distributed as binary only it would be best if you took up the issue
with either you Cisco AM/SE and let them know how much you appreciate
them supporting Linux and how you'd like them to release a newer version
which works with later kernels. :)

> Is there a free VPN client that comes with Linux and works with CISCO
> VPN routers?

I'm not aware of anything which would connect to VPN 3000 series
concentrators through NAT and support XAUTH. FreeSWAN/OpenSWAN worked
against IOS IPSec but with static keys and IPs and stuff I think.

If you're uncomfortable of running the Cisco VPN Client installer on
every laptop (or whatever), you can have a copy of the nosrc.rpm I've
been using to build the module with. The benefits are that things get
installed and removed in an organized way. It's available at
<http://www.a51.org/sw/fedora/>. You need to place the vpnclient sources
in your SOURCES (or similar) directory and recompile for your preferred
kernel.



// kaj