KVpnc 0.8.7 review (linux)

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KVpnc is a KDE frontend for various vpn clients

License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
OS: Linux
File size: 1894K
Developer: Christoph Thielecke      
Price: $0.00
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KVpnc 0.8.7 is networking software developed by Christoph Thielecke.
KVpnc is a KDE frontend for various vpn clients. KVpnc project supports Cisco VPN (vpnc) and IPSec (FreeS/WAN, racoon).

vpnc is a replacement for the cisco VPN client and its used as client for the cisco3000 VPN Concentrator, FreeS/WAN (OpenS/WAN) is a IPSec client for Linux 2.4.x and racoon is a IPSec client for Linux 2.6.x and *BSD. It supports also PPTP (pptpclient) and OpenVPN.

You need vpnc >= 0.2-rm+zomb-pre9.

Note: translators still welcome. Kvpnc is currently translated to Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, German, Hungary, Italian, French, Portuguese Brazilian, Polish, Slovak and Spanish.

Here are some key features of "KVpnc":

  • Easy to use KDE gui
  • Docking in kicker
  • Localized GUI:
    Bulgarian
    Chinese
    Dutch
    French
    German
    Hungarian
    Italian
    Slovak
    Polish
    Portuguese Brazilian
    Spanish
  • VPN connection to Cisco concentrator
  • VPN connection to VPN servers by using IPsec
  • FreeS/WAN (Linux 2.4.x) support
  • racoon (Linux 2.6.x/BSD) support
  • PPTP support (pptpclient)
  • OpenVPN support
  • Multiple profiles
  • Preshared secret support
  • X509 certificate support
  • Cisco PCF file import
  • PKCS12 certificate import
  • Ping test
  • Automaticlly setting of routes and firewall rules (iptables) (currently: freeswan/racoon)
  • Automaticlly network device detection (can be overridden)
  • Log file writing
  • DCOP interface
  • user notification for sucessful connect/disconnect
  • NAT-T support (racoon/OpenVPN/vpnc)

    Requirements:
  • KDE >= 3.1.x required
  • vpnc >= 0.2-rm+zomb-pre9 Cisco VPN
  • FreeS/WAN (OpenS/WAN too) IPSec VPN Linux 2.4/2.6
  • racoon (ipsec-tools) > = 1.x IPSec VPN Linux 2.6
  • pptpclient PPTP VPN
  • OpenVPN VPN based on SSL

    What's New in This Release:
    Bugfixes:
  • disable of getting dns from peer now works (pptp)
  • path for pkcs12 file on certificate import within the wizard fixed
  • pptp fixes
  • chap-secrets will now be cleaned up rightly
  • if specified, special path for external programs will be now used
  • pcf import crash fixed
  • vpnc will now right killed at disconnect
  • openvpn import now moves cert files to right place
  • openvpn now works if only a ca cert is set
  • terminating openvpn process no only kills the from kvpnc started
  • profile selection now works in all profile settings

    New features:
  • NT Domain name for authentication added (pptp)
  • support for missing replacedefaultroute at old pppd added
  • userdefinied mtu for cisco added
  • support for ca cert and user authentication added (openvpn)
  • changed info for daemon programs will now shown directly after change
  • Japanese translation added. Thanks to Yukiko Bando who has made it
  • http proxy auth for openvpn added
    KVpnc 0.8.7 supports english interface languages and works with Linux.

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