Re: [BLUG] IU VPN connection on Linux

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I do not think the VPN will be going away. The IU Secure SSID does let
you get full network access to all services without the VPN, if you are
OFF campus and in the cloud you will still need the VPN to get an IU IP
address. There are services that also utilize the VPN to restrict
services (some Library online materials) for licensing reasons. I do
not see VPN going away for some time, but one should always keep one's
ear to the ground.

Robert

Steven Black wrote:
> VPN for Wireless access will eventually be going away, to be replaced with the
> "IU Secure" SSID. http://kb.iu.edu/data/awws.html
>
> Currently there are live docs to set it up for Vista, XP, OS X, and iPhone.
>
> I know they've been working on getting documentation for Linux to set this up,
> but it isn't in the KB yet. The author sent me a draft, and I've pinged him to
> see if I could pass it here.
>
> IU Secure is much, much nicer than VPN. Most notably, you can change buildings
> and not drop your connections.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 09:45:43PM -0400, initech wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone gotten the IU or IUPUI VPN connection to work on Linux? I am
>> running Xubuntu on an older laptop and my wife is taking it to IUPUI next week
>> for some classes. She needs to connect to the IUPUI VPN over wireless while
>> there. My wireless works fine and we can connect to the IUPUI VPN on my XP box
>> using the downloaded VPN connector from IUWare Online and her credentials.
>> I've been using the information from http://www.ussg.iu.edu/support/
>> documentation#iuvpn but can't seem to get a connection.
>>
>>
>>
>> If this works, she'll willingly switch the whole house over to Linux (though we
>> may keep a dual-booted XP machine around just in case). I'd appreciate any
>> help on this matter so I can ditch XP as a daily OS in the house and get her
>> onboard with Linux.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>>
>>
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