VPN problems

G

Giorgos

i was given by my school IT support a vpn client for cisco that it needs linux kernel source code to be compiled. But at the directory /compat/lix/usr/src there is nothing. So is it possible to build this vpn client in freebsd, if yes where can i find the linux kernel source and is there a special case to download it on freebsd ? If this is not possible do i have any alternatives?

From the README file of the package:


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CISCO VPN CLIENT 4.8.01.0640 FOR LINUX (Kernel 2.6.24-xx)
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- Unzip and extract the VPN Client on your Desktop (or wherever you want)

tar -xzvf vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.01.0640-k9.tar.gz

- The result is a dirctory vpnclient

- Before you proceed with the VPN Client installation, you need to install the patch program (if it's not ready installed)

sudo apt-get install patch

- Download and install the following patch into your vpnclient directory

wget http://projects.tuxx-home.at/ciscovpn/patches/vpnclient-linux-2.6.24-final.diff

patch < ./vpnclient-linux-2.6.24-final.diff

- Install now the vpnclient

sudo ./vpn_install

- Start the VPN Client Service (you need to start the service every time you reboot)

sudo /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init start

- To establish a VPN Connection execute the command

vpnclient connect AIT_Student (where AIT_Student is the pre-configured profile without the .pcf extension)

- Enter your credentials

username@vpn
password

- disconnect from your VPN Session

vpnclient disconnect
 
The FreeBSD compat layer is for executing Linux binaries only. It does not contain 'Linux source code', so you can't build Linux binaries on it. It may be possible to build the source code on a Linux system and use the binary on FreeBSD (never done this myself, so that's a guess). The compat layer is Fedora-based, btw.
 
I think you need to ask what kind of VPN your school is using. Off the top of my head, FreeBSD is able to do:

* IPSEC
* PPTP
* GRE
* IPIP
* NOS
* L2TP

Natively - it doesn't need any linux binaries or similar hackery to use those protocols...
 
But does FreeBSD have a VPN client for Cisco? ;)
(no idea what that actually means)
 
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