cisco_vpn_client and citrix_client from pcPuppyOS

[Pizzasgood]

<CISCO_VPN_CLIENT REMOVED DUE TO LICENSING ISSUE>
citrix_client-10.6.pet

These are virtual private networking clients which I understand are often used by companies. Unfortunately, that is all I know about them. Friedsonjm requested them when I was building pcPuppyOS, so I made packages for that. He and several others have confirmed that they work...

I've now packaged them into .pet packages so people who only want one of these can get them without downloading the 600 MB bulk of pcPuppyOS.

They have only been tested in the Puppy 3.01 environment.

Note: The Cisco package installs the vpnagentd_init script, which will be run on every boot. If you would prefer to deactivate this behavior, run this command:
chmod 644 /etc/init.d/vpnagentd_init
or just go there, right-click it, go to "properties", and remove the execute permissions by hand. If you ever want to revert it, run that same command except using the number 755.

Note: The Citrix package will add the group "sys" if it doesn't exist already.

They both add a menu entry to the Network submenu. If you want to add desktop icons, drag these files to the desktop:
Citrix: /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfcmgr
Cisco: /opt/cisco/vpn/bin/vpnui


And that is the extent of what I know. If you need any more info, I'd suggest Google. The Cisco site offers an administrator's manual if I recall correctly.

[3wsparky]

I am Pretty good with the cisco vpn , i installed it from source on 301 but im struggling with the kernel source on 412 I can't install it from source , sadly the pet above doesn't work for 412 , where are the source .sfs files for 412 i can't find them anywhere is that doe differently now ?

btw my kernel is 2.6.25.16 i can only find .15 will this work?

[3wsparky]

ok i have managed to install the cisco ipsec client from source

it has to be patched though due to the following

/usr/src/vpnclient/GenDefs.h:113: error: conflicting types for ‘uintptr_t’

to patch it do the following

cd /path/to/the/vpnclient/folder
wget http://projects.tuxx-home.at/ciscovpn/p ... final.diff
patch < ./vpnclient-linux-2.6.24-final.diff

[rarsa]

The prefered utility to connect to Cisco VPN (IPSEC) is vpnc

http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/

Here are the differences I've seen

Cisco VPN:
Proprietary,
Illegal to distribute!!!!!: I am not kidding. I had prepared the dotpup version some time ago, but when I read the license I saw that only cisco and clients autorized by cisco are allowed to distribute it. Here is an example: http://www.ucs.ed.ac.uk/nsd/access/vpncisco.html
Runs in Kernel space: Requires compilation every time you update the kernel. Usually this involves patching the files provided by cisco

vpnc
Free software
Stable
Runs in user space
Fully compatible

I conect practically every day to the office using VPN with encryption.

I used to use the Cisco IPSEC VPN client and it was a pain. Since vpnc became stable it is a pleasure to use.

[Pizzasgood]

Oops. Wasn't aware of that. Thanks. Link removed.

[3wsparky]

In the case of vpnc is there a GTK gui or a tlc gui for this ?

Has anybody made one that wish to share?