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VPN for university

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1361 / 1 Year ago, thu, november 17, 2022, 10:41:51

Just wondering how to get VPN working on Ubuntu 12.10 for my University because the instructions aren't very good for Linux (as usual). They have a file which I can open with gedit that contains the following:

Description=IT Services  

Host=vpn-gateway.mcc.ac.uk  

AuthType=1  

GroupName=linux  

GroupPwd=  

enc_GroupPwd=050F69C04AECDC0322CAD699CFCDB5579913C3761EF95F2BE74ADA9E4EA678568ED8463E8686760AF824644EE897E8E595079C8419C289C5  

EnableISPConnect=0  

ISPConnectType=0  

ISPConnect=CIGMR  

ISPPhonebook=C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataMicrosoftNetworkConnectionsPbk

asphone.pbk  

ISPCommand=  

Username=  

SaveUserPassword=0  

UserPassword=  

enc_UserPassword=  

NTDomain=  

EnableBackup=0  

BackupServer=  

EnableMSLogon=1  

MSLogonType=0  

EnableNat=1  

TunnelingMode=0  

TcpTunnelingPort=10000  

CertStore=0  

CertName=  

CertPath=  

CertSubjectName=  

CertSerialHash=00000000000000000000000000000000  

SendCertChain=0  

PeerTimeout=90  

EnableLocalLAN=0

So I guessed this much:

Screenshot of what I put in

(The gateway I found on the website somewhere, but it might be wrong)

Any ideas about why it doesn't seem to work? It attempts to connect but just gives up in the end.

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answered 1 Year ago damomnning · Accepted Answer

If you use Cisco VPN you have to install the vpnc package
sudo apt-get install vpnc

After that you can use VPNC as VPN-connection in the network manager. (new VPN connection and select vpnc)

There you can use the gateway, your user and your password. You also will need the group name and group password. The group name seems to be linux(you can see it in your text file). And you will need to encrypt the group-password out of your text file (enc_GroupPwd). You can try to encrypt it here http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/bin/cisco-decode.

If this doesn't work, you should try it with the Cisco Linux VPN client from your University website.