VPN Configuration for Gentoo Linux at University of Sheffield
VPN Configuration for Gentoo Linux at University of Sheffield
VPN Configuration for Gentoo Linux at University of Sheffield
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You will have to enable the following option in your kernel configur<strong>at</strong>ion, either directly in the<br />
kernel or as a module, be<strong>for</strong>e compiling and installing your kernel. Note th<strong>at</strong> this is the loc<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ✓driver<br />
within the menuing system <strong>for</strong> kernel v2.6.31, it may differ <strong>for</strong> your kernel.<br />
-> Device Drivers<br />
-> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])<br />
Universal TUN/TAP device driver support.<br />
✒<br />
To ☛ compile and install the new kernel (assuming you are in the /usr/src/linux/ directory. . .<br />
darwin # make && make modules_install<br />
darwin # cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/2.6.31-ice<br />
✡<br />
After compiling and installing, don’t <strong>for</strong>get to upd<strong>at</strong>e your boot loader (whether ist GRUB or<br />
LILO).<br />
4 S<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
This guide uses the vpnc s<strong>of</strong>tware, but users should be aware th<strong>at</strong> there are other options such as<br />
Open<strong>VPN</strong>or Cisco <strong>VPN</strong> Client 4 , but this document uses vpnc as its small, simple and easy to<br />
install and configure.<br />
4.1 Install the s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
How to install vpnc will depend very much on the distribution you are using. Examples <strong>for</strong> a couple<br />
<strong>of</strong> distributions are provided. Install<strong>at</strong>ion is straight <strong>for</strong>ward. Select any <strong>of</strong> the possible USE flags<br />
by adding ✬the<br />
appropri<strong>at</strong>e line to /etc/portage/package.use, <strong>for</strong> example. . .<br />
✩<br />
darwin # equery u net-misc/vpnc<br />
* Searching <strong>for</strong> net-misc/vpnc ...<br />
[ Legend : U - flag is set in make.conf ]<br />
[ : I - package is installed with flag ]<br />
[ Colors : set, unset ]<br />
* Found these USE flags <strong>for</strong> net-misc/vpnc-0.5.3:<br />
U I<br />
- - bindist : Flag to enable or disable options <strong>for</strong> prebuilt (GRP)<br />
packages (eg. due to licensing issues)<br />
- - hybrid-auth : Enable hybrid authentic<strong>at</strong>ion (certific<strong>at</strong>es), only if<br />
not redistributed as compiled binary<br />
- - resolvconf : Enable support <strong>for</strong> DNS managing framework net-dns/openresolv<br />
darwin # echo ’net-misc/vpnc resolvconf’ >> /etc/portage/package.use<br />
✫<br />
✪<br />
Once ✞ you’ve set the desired USE flags simply emerge vpnc. . .<br />
☎<br />
darwin # emerge -av net-misc/vpnc<br />
✝<br />
✆<br />
4 If you have succesfully installed and configured altern<strong>at</strong>ive <strong>VPN</strong> Clients, please consider contributing and expanding<br />
this document. Please contact CICS in the first instance.<br />
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