A constant issue I have been hearing about lately is the ability or lack there of to connect a Windows Vista (usually x64) to Cisco IPSEC VPN devices. As you may already know, Cisco is moving away from IPSEC VPN on their newer devices and as of this writing have not released any plans to implement IPSEC on x64 or Vista platforms. They are moving toward SSL VPN connections, which in most cases, requires additional license purchase along with your multi thousand dollar initial investment in their ASA line of products.
In the search to fix this problem I have run across an open source implementation that has worked so far so good with Cisco VPN devices. This open source product uses the OpenVPN tapi interface as its backend and a user friendly front end that will import your Cisco VPN client .pcf with ease. IMPORTANT NOTE: When you are finished installing this package, you MUST reboot your computer!! Enough chatter go download already! http://sourceforge.net/projects/vpncfe/
Hope this helps!!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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