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Old 06-13-2005, 02:51 PM   #1
Leo Leavitt
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VPN Install for Red Hat Enterprise


I have Red Hat Enterprise set up on one of my Linux Systems and I have tried to download and set up Cisco VPN for it and everytime I try to use it it askes me for a Group Password. I am not sure that it is even set up correctly. Can someone point me to the area where I can install and get VPN working on this system. I need this to connect to one of my Customers from my Linux System.

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Old 06-13-2005, 03:35 PM   #2
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oh, my pet subject...

to connect through the cisco client, presumably to a cisco VPN concentrator you need a group login to the box, before you pass in your own login details. in fact you either use a group login, OR a certificate. it's not really a group as such, more a means to say that you are allowed to try to authenticate. when you're actually doing a full-on authentication, you can jump through loads of hoops which can be pretty complex. this is basically an intial, back end set of credentials that let you start trying to log in in the first place.

you should have been given these details by your customer, OR a certificate, but in the scenario you're describing, it's exactly what we do for our providers, and having a cert is daft i'd say.

if you've not already got the right details somewhere, ask for them. if they don't understand what a group login and password is for a concentrator, that's their loss, not yours.
 
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mind you this is assuming that they are asking you to use that client, i'd assume that their client is absolutely useless if it's not a cisco VPN box at the other end.
 
  


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