CISCO VPN Client for Fedora Core 2 Test 1

[Ernest L. Williams Jr.]

On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 05:34, Kaj J.Niemi wrote:
> > 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. :)
Will do.

> 
> > 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.
Sounds good.


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> // kaj
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