Questions related to VPN (Virtual Private Network) software
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How to prevent Juniper Network Connect breaking DNS resolutions
Juniper Network Connect has been an issue on 64bit linux for quite sometime. I have found 2 solutions to the Java issue (Solution 1 and 2) but now I am struggling with a new issue.
Network connect ...
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How do I setup OpenVPN so I can securely use the internet from an unsecured hotspot?
Goal: I want to be able to securely use the internet via my home PC while my notebook is connected to an open hotspot/access point.
I do know that I can use a SSH tunnel/SOCKS proxy, but I don't want ...
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How do I set up a PPTP VPN on my own Ubuntu Server?
Assuming I have a Virtual Private Server from someone like Linode, running Ubuntu, how do I easily set up a PPTP VPN so that Ubuntu clients can connect to it?
By default, Ubuntu offers to connect to ...
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Connecting to VPN prevents access to normal web sites
I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed with OpenVPN, and when I connect to a VPN, http access to non VPN sites stops working, until I close the VPN connection. To be more specific, both Chrome and Firefox stop ...
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Enforce VPN connection to access the Internet
I'm using a VPN when I'm online at an unencrypted wifi. Unfortunately, at my university the connection is quite unstable and at every reconnect the VPN connection is terminated and I manually need to ...
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Is it possible to auto-mount sshfs
Is it possible to auto-mount a remote FS using sshfs upon instantiating a proper VPN connection?
Allow me to explain the scenario, I'm working remotely, to do that it helps if I can mount my home dir ...
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How To Debug and Fix PPTP/VPN Client Connection
I am asking a question, which has two sub-questions. Those are how can I get VPN to work on Ubuntu 12.04, either by getting the built-in pptp VPN to work or through manual configuration. Microsoft ...
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No Network Manager icon in the notification area, so I can't use my VPN connection
I've added a VPN using System > Preferences > Network Connections. However, I can't see how to switch it on, because there's no Network Manager icon in the notification area!
nm-applet is running as ...
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Connect/disconnect from VPN from the command line
I have two VPNs setup on my Ubuntu machine, one using vpnc and one using PPTP. These were both setup using the GNOME network manager interfaces and work great. However on occasion I need to access ...
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How can I access Facebook and other forbidden websites in China?
I'm flying to China soon for a long time, so I'd like to know how to configure my Ubuntu 11.04 so I can access forbidden websites (like Facebook)
I've heard about VPN and Proxy, but I don't know how ...
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how to set up a ubuntu server to be (securely) available from internet?
(apologize in advance, I'm a pro-windows newly converted to ubuntu... if my questions are obvious, please tell me).
I want to build a ubuntu server continuously connected to the internet. I own only ...
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How do I get this Cisco VPN client to connect?
I've got Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit and installed network-manager-vpnc and configured the connection but I keep getting this:
NetworkManager[1217]: <info> Starting VPN service ...
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How to resolve “error loading libxml2.so.2” when installing Cisco AnyConnect VPN?
I'm trying to install Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client on Maverick 64-bit. I'm getting the following errors:
Installing Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client ...
Removing previous installation...
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Server certificate problem with Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client
When I try to connect using the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, I receive this error:
Connection attempt has failed due to server certificate problem.
I happened to have this problem in my ...
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What user-friendly VPN software is available?
Other than the Network Manager applet at the Natty panel, is there any other user-friendly VPN tool available. One which has a GUI and can be easily setup.
Ref. question : ConnMan not detecting ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Network Connection menu GUI doesnt work properly
Many a times I have seen When I click on network connection(besides volume icon), I am unable to select any options. When I hover over VPN connections, the list shows nothing. I have added many VPNs. ...
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Fortinet SSL VPN Client and Ubuntu 12.04
I want to install the Forticlient SSL VPN Client on Ubuntu 12.04.
I've downloaded the last version from Fortinent support site but when i try to run the installer (vía command line or gui) it simply ...
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Setting VPN Client
I need to access VPN from my Ubuntu 12.04.
I see that there is VPN connections > Configure VPN in network manager, but it asks for username and password.
All I have is some .crt, .csr, .key, .ovpn ...
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How do I install the Cisco VPN client?
What is best way to install a Cisco VPN client application in Ubuntu?
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How to get a VPN for ubuntu?
I saw a thing called VPN connections under the Internet button at the top of my screen.
So I would like more info on this, and possibly instructions on how to set one up. Thanks!
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Exempt programs from using active VPN connection
When I connect to a VPN, all my network traffic is automatically routed through it. Is there a way to add exemptions to that? I don't know if adding exceptions has anything to do with the VPN ...
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Is there a free service like HotSpot Shield for Ubuntu?
I use Hotspot Shield (Free VPN) on the Window side when I'm out of the house. Do anyone know of a similar tool or service for Ubuntu?
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Which free VPN providers support Ubuntu?
Can't find any free VPN provider for Ubuntu. I tried looking into old questions but they seem to be outdated.
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Install 32bit Java (OpenJDK) on 64bit Ubuntu 12.04
I have to run Juniper VPN on the 64bit Ubuntu 12.04. I have installed openjdk-7-jre, openjdk-7-jdk and icedtea-7-plugin. After the browser prompts to install the Juniper VPN, I check it has been ...
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Is it possible to connect to multiple VPN networks at once via Network Manager?
Is it possible to connect more VPN networks at once via Network Manager?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.
For now I am only able to switch between preconfigured VPN connections. It`s quite annoying ...
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Forticlient SSL VPN binary not running
I've got a Mac running VMWare fusion with Ubuntu 10.10 in that.
I'm currently using the Fortinet client from OSX, but that client is buggy, every time my Mac sleeps I need to reboot to get the ...
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Do any NetworkManager VPN plugins support IPv6?
Do any of the NetworkManager VPN plugins support IPv6? The two I've tried so far (PPTP and StrongSwan) only show an "IPv4" tab. I would have thought at least the IPsec one would support IPv6?
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How to make sure all internet traffic only goes througth VPN?
I have a VPN connection and I want to make sure that all traffic use this VPN connection.
I though of using iptables.
ideas somebody?
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Problems with Cisco QuickVPN client
I've bought a Cisco RVS4000 router, and have set up VPN on the box.
The only way to connect to it seems to be through a client called QuickVPN, which Cisco only releases for windows. I've ...
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How do I run a script after OpenVPN has connected successfully?
How can I associate a script to OpenVPN so that it runs when the VPN is connected successfully?
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Error when trying to connect to VPN on startup
This question has been updated. Please see the tail end of this post.
I am trying to set up my Mythbuntu computer to connect to a VPN service when it starts up. My hope is that the Mythbuntu computer ...
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Config import on network-manager-openvpn
I'm trying to use a free service using the OpenVPN protocol using OpenVPN's GUI module in the network manager.
The config worked perfectly well as .ovpn on Windows. The behavior in Windows is such ...
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How do I connect to a VPN in GNOME-Shell?
I used to be able to choose "connect to vpn" from the network-indicator in Ubuntu but since I've upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 I'm only using GNOME-Shell and I can't find anyway to connect to a VPN from ...
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How can I have my VPN connect automatically when the wireless connects?
I have a working VPN connection using NetworkManager, OpenConnect, and the network-manager-openconnect-gnome package, but I have to start it manually every time I connect to a network, and I have to ...
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PPTP Server - Clients still have original IP [closed]
I have a VPS with an OpenVPN server configured and running without a hitch. However, since I want to be able to use it as a VPN server for my iPhone as well, I've decided to switch to PPTP. I ...
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Connecting to VPN is not allowing me to open public sites simultaneously [closed]
Before going into the details of the issue, I want to mention that my problem is similar to the one here : Connecting to VPN prevents access to normal web sites. Also there are similar discussions in ...
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Internet becomes unavailible after connecting through vpn
I am connecting to vpnc which breaks my internet connection. I understand, that this is because all my traffic is forwarding to vpnc now, so the problem is about routing.
So, how can I manage my ...
