Re: No VPN on 10.9 ?

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Subject	Re: No VPN on 10.9 ?
Date	2013-11-14 13:50 -0500
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In article <qj9fla-qc5.ln1@news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture
<nospam@sture.ch> wrote:

> >>>> To set up a VPN connection, you go into System Preferences > Network,
> >>>> click the [+] button to add an interface, then set Interface to VPN, and
> >>>> follow the prompts.
> >>>
> >>> Ah, thanks.  I thought I had seen something else before.  Did some
> >>> earlier version have a setup assistant in Utilities?
> >>
> >> Earlier versions of OS X had limited VPN support so there was usually a
> >> 3rd party app that handled it.  "CiscoVPN Client" was popular and also
> >> notorious for causing kernel panics.  Juniper Networks has "Network
> >> Connect" that seems to work well if you have the right version for your
> >> OS.
> >
> > I never acquired a third-party client.  But I have a vague (and possibly 
> > wrong) memory of seeing a set-up tool for it in Applications or in 
> > Utilities in a recent OS version.
> 
> I have something called IPSecuritas.app which was recommended to me in
> 2010.  I never fathomed out how to use it though.

first you configure it for an ipsec vpn, which can be a bit confusing
if you aren't familiar with setting up ipsec. 

once it's set up, you just click a button to connect to the remote
network. it works quite well.

apple's built invpn support is limited, thus the need for third party
ipsec clients such as ipsecuritas.

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No VPN on 10.9 ? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-04 13:17 -0500
  Re: No VPN on 10.9 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-04 19:17 +0000
    Re: No VPN on 10.9 ? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-04 14:26 -0500
      Re: No VPN on 10.9 ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-04 23:49 +0000
      Re: No VPN on 10.9 ? Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-11-04 20:25 -0800
        Re: No VPN on 10.9 ? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-11-05 20:11 -0500
          Re: No VPN on 10.9 ? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-11-14 17:16 +0100
            Re: No VPN on 10.9 ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-14 13:50 -0500

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