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Hi!

Is there a way to use Hybrid-authentication with vpngui (GUI-Applet for vpnc) on the N900?

I can configure vpnc on the command line to use hybrid-auth and it works, but I found no such option in the GUI...

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Hi, bastler
could you tell me how you used the command line to use hybrid-auth?
Do you need any rootcert?
Did you compile vpnc yourself with hybrid support, or do you use the standard vpnc?

Greetings, pik0r
 
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I used the standard vpnc from the repositories (I think it was in extras-devel at the time). Yes, I have received a certificate from the university for login to the VPN service.
The Hybrid-Auth is a standard configuration file option. Here's a mockup of the default.conf file I use. It works great on the command line. I'm afraid I cannot provide any actual system data or the IT-departement will mob the floor with me...


Code:
# /etc/vpnc/default.conf configuration file
IPSec gateway <<gateway IP>>
IPSec ID <<group-ID>>
IPSEc secret <<group-Password>>
IKE Authmode hybrid
IKE DH group dh5
NAT Traversal Mode force-natt
CA-File /etc/ssl/certs/TUHH-VPN-rootcert.pem
Xauth username <<Username>>
Xauth password <<User-Password>>
hope that helps
 
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I've found that while vpngui (GUI-Applet for vpnc) is a great GUI based tool, it does lack the ability to enable many of the 'advanced' features of vpnc. One of these features which is inaccessible using vpngui is to turn off "dead peer detection", which is required to keep you from getting kicked off your VPN in certain curcumstances. This feature works great from the command line, which is painful, and is lacking in vpngui

It would be great if the author of vpngui would tell us how to make changes to the vpngui program, or perhaps even find time to make the changes himself.

Thank you
 
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