Networking :: DSL and KVPNC

From what I understand, the pcf file contains all you need except that your group password is encrypted. I don't think you can use the pcf file directly but rather use it to create a vpnc.conf file in your /etc/vpnc directory. Example file would contain:

IPSec gateway vpngateway.domain.org
IPSec ID group_id
IPSec secret group_password
Xauth username network_signon
Xauth password network_password

This would save having to enter those values every time you start vpnc.

Quote (Jason W @ Mar. 19 2007,23:50)

Bryan,
Try out this vpnc .dsl and tell me how it works.

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There are graphical frontends for this, of course, but before going to that trouble it would be
nice to know if it works in DSL first. The file:

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=301960

Is this vpnc.dsl file still available anywhere? The url below eventually says the file has been removed once you click through to try and get it.

I'd be interested in testing this out and reporting back on it, I've used vpnc before so I'm happy about testing it out.

RE "encrypted group password" - the newer version (0.4.0) can handle this, and if you have an older version you can derive the clear text from PCF files now :-)

I just tried DSL on a few machines and I'm really impressed, it is very cool! I might start using DSL if vpnc is available.

Chris

Hello,

I've been looking to install vpnc on dsl as well. I would also like to locate this file Jason W was kind enough to post.

Thanks,

Charles.

Hi folks,
I tried that download link and was greeted with racy advertisements but no file to download. I will look for the package, and since there is interest in it I will make an updated one if I cannot find it.

JW

Couldn't find the old file, but here is a new vpnc dsl to try out.

http://74.237.17.82/dsl/vpnc-0.4.dsl

Let me know how it works, and if it does I will submit it.

If the above link does not download by clicking it in Firefox, use wget.

$wget http://74.237.17.82/dsl/vpnc-0.4.dsl

And you do not have to

#modprobe tun

The vpnc script does it for you.

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