Aun’s Blog

64-bit IPSec VPN client for *nix

Looking for a Cisco IPSec VPN Client to use on your 64-bit *nix OS? Well, for those of you who have already figured out that Cisco has not developed one for 64-bit OS’s, there is, however, a great alternative for people who use a 64-bit *nix OS. As mentioned in a previous post, there is a client developed by Maurice Massar that works with Cisco VPN Concentrators (ASA, 3000 Concentrator and IOS Routers), called vpnc that has worked well for me thus far. I have been using it on my 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 desktop, and have yet to see any issues. You can use vpnc with Cygwin on Windows, however, I am not sure how well Cygwin works with 64-bit Windows.

Disclaimer: This client is not developed or supported by Cisco Systems. So, use at your own risk.

iPhone 2.0 and Cisco IPSec VPN

Looks like the new software will have the Cisco IPSec VPN Client built-in! People won’t have to do L2TP (over IPSec) any more! Yay!

Data Encryption using GnuPG

For everyone who read my post from August ‘07 but didn’t know how to go about setting it up - go here to get step-by-step instructions on how to set it up. It’s easy… really!

Kaspersky Internet Security

Get the latest version for free (after rebate) till the 13th of September ‘07 at Fry’s! I’ve been using the anti-virus on Vista for the past two weeks and so far its been great!

Update: It seems Fry’s has this sale most of the year.