Open the start menu, search for 'Cisco' and launch the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. Enter in the server address (cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca) and click Connect Select either the UW-Campus or UW-General-Campus group from the group drop down, then type in your WatIAM credentials. OpenConnect is an SSL VPN client initially created to support Cisco's AnyConnect SSL VPN. OpenConnect is released under the GNU Lesser Public License, version 2.1. You can connect to the Campus Cisco AnyConnect server with this package. Please see OpenConnect for details including examples and scripts CSCF VPN for special use. The VPN uses the public Internet to connect a remote computer, such as a home computer or a laptop, securely to the UWaterloo network. The underlying principle is to make the remote computer seem as if it were physically connected to the campus network. Who can use this service.
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- OpenConnect is an SSL VPN client initially created to support Cisco's AnyConnect SSL VPN. * It has since been ported to support the Juniper SSL VPN which is now known as Pulse Connect Secure.
- OpenConnect is released under the GNU Lesser Public License, version 2.1.
- OpenConnect Site and Download lInks Open Source client
Uwaterloo Cisco Anyconnect
OpenConnect command line options documenation
OpenConnect Installation - Linux Ubuntu / Debian / Raspberry PI
Cisco Anyconnect Vpn Software Download
- apt-get install openconnect network-manager-openconnect-gnome
OpenConnect command line usage example for UofW
Campus VPN (Virtual Private Network) - University Of Waterloo
Examples- openconnect -u userid -b cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca
- This will prompt for the watiam password for the given userid
- openconnect -b cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca
- This will prompt for both userid and password
OpenConnect shell script to connect to UofW via the command line
Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client Free
- uw script download link: command line tool for starting and stopping openconnect to the University of Waterloo
- Save file as uw
- As root copy file to /usr/local/bin/uw
- Change permissions: chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/uw
- Examples:
- uw start - start the VPN connection
- prompts for userid and password from WATIAM
- uw status - verify status of VPN connection
- process is running: nnnnn - where nnnnn is the PID of the running openconnect process
- uw stop - stop VPN connection - shutdown openconnect process
- uw start - start the VPN connection
Install Cisco Anyconnect Vpn
OpenConnect GUI interface and source code
Install Cisco AnyConnect VPN - Wiki.uwaterloo.ca
- Source code on github: https://github.com/openconnect/openconnect-gui
- note not working correctly under Ubuntu 14.04LTS - no prompt for userid