[Balug-talk] cisco vpn client for linux

[William R. Lorenz]

On 3 Aug 2003, ashok kumar wrote:

> no i dont think so can u tell me how

Ashok, in order for FreeS/WAN to work, you will need support for it 
compiled into your kernel.  There's two approaches to doing this: you can 
use pre-build RPMs, or you can do it yourself with the installation notes.

You can find older FreeS/WAN RPMs at the following location:

  ftp://ftp.express.org/pub/packages/rh80/vpn/

The best place to look, if you need just FreeS/WAN & not PPTP, is:

  ftp://ftp.xs4all.nl/pub/crypto/freeswan/binaries/RedHat-RPMs/

Installing these RPMs will give you the kernel support you need.  Also, I
would highly recommend subscribing to the FreeS/WAN mailing lists and
reading the documentation available on the freeswan.org site.  You can
find links to the users mailing list on that site.  FreeS/WAN is one of
the more difficult beasts to configure and get interoperating correctly,
and I think these resources will be very helpful in the process for you.

> On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 16:02, Ravi Simhambhatla wrote:

> > Did you compile the ipsec module?

> > > hi william i found tried to install it and i think it went smooth(it
> > > appears so) but when i try to start the clitne i am getting these

> > > [root at localhost root]# service ipsec start
> > > ipsec_setup: Starting FreeS/WAN IPsec 2.01...
> > > ipsec_setup: insmod: ipsec: no module by that name found
> > > ipsec_setup: modprobe: Can't locate module ipsec
> > > ipsec_setup: kernel appears to lack KLIPS

> > > can you help me solving these issues

> > > > > Can some one please tell me where i can download and how to
> > > > > configure cisco VPN client for redhat 9 thanks -- ashok kumar

> > > > Ashok, you can use FreeS/WAN to establish a VPN tunnel with a
> > > > Cisco router.  If you are interested in PPTP, I'd recommend PoPToP
> > > > also.  More info available at http://www.freeswan.org/ or
> > > > http://www.freeswan.ca/. You can also find FreeS/WAN RPMs at the

> > > >   ftp://ftp.express.org/pub/packages/rh80/vpn/

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