VPN w/ proprietary server s/w

Do anybody know how to connect Linux to a VPN server running
proprietary s/w?

The vendor is watchguard

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In comp.os.linux.networking mgrd <(E-Mail Removed)> suggested:
> Do anybody know how to connect Linux to a VPN server running
> proprietary s/w?

Yep, ask the vendor for linux client sw. Some offer linux VPN
clients for their VPN solution, IIRC cisco and probably others.

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Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.networking mgrd <(E-Mail Removed)> suggested:
>
>>Do anybody know how to connect Linux to a VPN server running
>>proprietary s/w?
>
>
> Yep, ask the vendor for linux client sw. Some offer linux VPN
> clients for their VPN solution, IIRC cisco and probably others.

Unfortunately they don't provide any Linux/Unix client.

That's why I hope somebody has experiences with setting up the VPN
connection to the proprietary watchguard server s/w

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In comp.os.linux.networking mgrd <(E-Mail Removed)> suggested:
> Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.networking mgrd <(E-Mail Removed)> suggested:
>>>Do anybody know how to connect Linux to a VPN server running
>>>proprietary s/w?
[..]

> Unfortunately they don't provide any Linux/Unix client.

Drop them a polite mail, you'd like to get a linux version.

> That's why I hope somebody has experiences with setting up the VPN
> connection to the proprietary watchguard server s/w

You could try a google search, but I wouldn't expect one, why
should one care to take the time reverse engineering some
proprietary VPN solution?

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mgrd wrote:
> Do anybody know how to connect Linux to a VPN server running
> proprietary s/w?
>
> The vendor is watchguard

There is a howto for connecting an ipcop VPN to a FireBox somewhere on
the ipcop website: www.ipcop.org

No, YOU don't have ipcop - but IT uses the standard IPsec stuff.

Google for "ipcop vpn watchguard".


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