Use this handy script to login to City VPN with OpenConnect in case you are using a Debian-derived Linux distribution and don't want to use Cisco's VPN client software.
- Install necessary packages:
$ sudo apt-get install openconnect lib32ncurses5 lib32tinfo5 lib32z1 libc6-i386 libpkcs11-helper1 openvpn vpnc-scripts - Edit the
VPNUSERvariable in the script with your City Employee ID/login name - Save the script somewhere in your system where it can be picked up by your
$PATH, e.g./usr/local/bin/clbvpn - Make the script executable
$ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/clbvpn - Verify that your script is in your
$PATHwith$ which clbvpn
$ clbvpn
You should see the following output:
Sun Mar 19 22:09:41 2017 TUN/TAP device tun1 opened
Sun Mar 19 22:09:41 2017 Persist state set to: ON
POST https://clbvpn1.ci.long-beach.ca.us/
Attempting to connect to server 204.108.18.93:443
SSL negotiation with clbvpn1.ci.long-beach.ca.us
Connected to HTTPS on clbvpn1.ci.long-beach.ca.us
XML POST enabled
Please enter your username and password.
Password:
Enter the passcode given by your cryptocard into the password prompt to login.
You're connected to the VPN if you see something like this:
POST https://clbvpn1.ci.long-beach.ca.us/
Got CONNECT response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
CSTP connected. DPD 30, Keepalive 20
Keep the shell session open to keep the connection alive. When you're done, you can terminate the VPN session with CTRL+C.
It will be great to get proxy settings working well and/or figure out how to tunnel split.