[Sussex] VPN and Checkpoint-NG

Richie Jarvis richie at helkit.com
Wed Jun 28 14:30:58 UTC 2006


Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've started work at my new employer and for some of the out-of-hours 
> support, I need access to their AS/400 via a VPN.
>
> Does anyone have any experience of connecting a Linux Client to a 
> Checkpoint VPN?  If so, how did you do it? So many sites refer to a 
> now defunct rpm-based client release by checkpoint for 2.4 kernels 
> which is no longer available, nor is the documentation.
>
> I'm running a 2.6 kernel on Gentoo at the moment, so any hints/tips 
> wouild be most useful!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt
Hi Matt,

If you find the answer - let me know - last time I checked, it was not 
possible, which was last year.  Checkpoints 'Linux' client was so out of 
date (Redhat 7) that it is pretty obvious they do not consider this 
worthwhile.  So, I have to stick with 'doze for now :(

Cheers,

Richie




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