UNC Linux Users Group

[Scott Zentz <zentz AT email.unc.edu>]

What about the SSL VPN that campus has? It's client less, uses ONYEN 
auth, and should work for all platforms! Here's the link..

https://vpn.unc.edu/+CSCOE+/logon.html

-scz

Tom Roche wrote:
> Joel J. Adamson Thu Apr 1 12:53:10 EDT 2010
>   
> > I connected to the VPN using vpnc on Fedora 12 with no problems and
> > minimal setup.
> >     
>
> Kelkar, Hemant Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:44 PM
>   
> > I used the vpnc client included in Ubuntu.
> >     
>
> Thanks! Indeed, installing/configuring vpnc was easy, and much easier
> than installing the ITS-provided Cisco client on my 64-bit ubuntu
> karmic, which apparently involves patching/recompiling the kernel :-(
> I'll post the procedure here for the benefit of the next person, and
> in order to point ITS @ this page, in the hope that they'll redo their
> doc to more resemble the very helpful
>
> http://www.cs.umn.edu/help/offsite/vpn.php#ubuntu
>
> 1 Check for vpnc, install if necessary:
>
> * check: click on the Network Manager panel icon and choose 
>
> VPN Connections>Configure VPN
>
>   If you don't see either menu options, you need to install vpnc.
>   If you do see both menu options, and you get a dialog in response,
>   but that dialog lacks a button=Add, you need to install vpnc.
>
> * install: do
>
> $ sudo aptitude update
> $ sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-vpnc vpnc
>
> 2 Add connection for UNC:
>
> * click on the Network Manager panel icon and choose
>
> VPN Connections>Configure VPN
>
>   then hit button=Add
>
> * in resulting dialog, choose default VPN="Cisco Compatible VPN (vpnc)",
>   hit button="Create..."
>
> 3 Enter connection details into resulting dialog. You may find the
>   more detailed information in
>
> https://help.unc.edu/3081
>
>   useful, but entering the following subset worked for me. "<null>" means 
> enter
>   nothing, "<your ONYEN id>" is ... you guessed.
>
> arbitrary: following is what I used, you can probably choose your own
> Name="UNC VPN" (or other name of your choice)
>
> verbatim: the following values probably must be used
> Gateway="vpn.unc.edu"
> Group name="UNCCampus"
> User password=<null> type pulldown=Always Ask
> Group password="tarheel" type pulldown=Saved
> User name=<your ONYEN id>
>
> for rest, take defaults
>
>   and hit button=Apply
>
> * back to tab=VPN in dialog=Network Connections, hit button=Close
>
> 4 Test VPN connection.
>
> * click on panel icon for Network Manager>VPN Connections>UNC VPN
>   (or name you used)
>
> * get seahorse dialog:
>
>   
> > Allow application access to keyring?
> >     
>
>   
> > The application 'nm-vpnc-auth-dialog'
> > (/usr/lib/network-manager-vpnc/nm-vpnc-auth-dialog) wants to access
> > the password for 'VPN group-password secret for UNC VPN/
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc/vpn' in the default keyring
> >     
>
>   hit button="Always Allow"
>
> * get dialog to authenticate, enter ONYEN pw
>
>   You should get a success message from Network Manager.
>
> * test VPNing to your resource, e.g.
>
> me@it:~$ ssh -Y me AT topsail.unc.edu
>
> In subsequent usage, just do
>
> Network Manager>VPN Connections>UNC VPN
>
> and enter your ONYEN pw in response to the resulting challenge.
>
> FWIW, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche AT pobox.com>
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