I've been using the N800 with Cisco's WebVPN (via an ASA). It is a completely clientless VPN application and work perfectly with the OS2008 web browser and OS. (I'm also using vpnc with OS2008) The F5 SSL VPN is much more resource demanding. It essentially uses SSL in an manner to make it identical to IPSec. That's why it is asking for something to be installed on the client. Talk with your network admin about the need for this plugin. It might not be necessary for authentication/authorization or basic communication. The plugin is likely necessary for IPSec-like functionality. -- =Wayne On Jan 7, 2008 2:19 PM, Matthew Alexander <ma4d at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Has anyone had experience getting a browser-based SSL VPN to work on the > n810? Our company uses F5 FirePass which created a browser plugin to > connect to its VPN hardware. I tried to install a plugin both through the > browser and manually as root with the terminal and had no luck. The > components are all in the right places and have the right permissions > according to F5 but the browser just does not seem to recognize the plugin. > F5's directions are below. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I'm going > to have to return this to Nokia if I can't access my work network with it. > > It is supported on these platforms: > > > Linux (see instructions above for Linux/Unix) > > Workstations with libc version 2 and later > Kernel support for PPP interfaces (loadable module or statically built in) > PPPD program in the /sbin directory > Supported Linux platforms: > Debian(R) 3.1r0 > Fedora " Core 2 > Fedora " Core 3 > Fedora " Core 4 > Red Hat(R) 9.0 > Slackware(R) 10.1 > SuSE(R) 9.x Professional > TurboLinux(R) Desktop > > Supported browsers > > Firefox(R) 1.0.x > HP(R) iPAQ 4155, Version 4.20.0 - Windows(R) Mobile 2003, First Edition > -i-mode phone > Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer, version 5.0, 5.5, or 6.0 > Microsoft(R) Pocket PC 2003 and Microsoft(R) Pocket PC Phone Edition 2003 > Mozilla(R) version 1.7.x > Netscape(R) Navigator, version 4.7x or 7.x > OpenWave(R) WAP browser > Mozilla(R) version 1.7.x on Apple(R) Mac OS(R) X 10.2.x systems > Safari(R) version 1.2 on Apple(R) Mac OS(R) X 10.3.x systems > Safari(R) version 2.0 on Apple(R) Mac OS(R) X 10.4.x systems > FirePass 5.5 supports the Safari(R) browser for automatically installing the > network access client. You must manually install the Macintosh network > access client when using other browsers. > Toshiba(R) E800, Version 4.20.1081 > Windows(R) Mobile"2003, First Edition > XDA(R) II, Windows(R) Mobile" 2003 First Edition > > Here are the installation instructions: > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > When you use Network Access for the very first time on a remote system using > recent versions of Netscape or Mozilla browsers, the automatic plug-in > installation mechanism downloads the Network Access client-side components. > > There are two components: the plug-in itself, and a standalone application > that needs to run with root privileges. Therefore, it must be installed on > the remote system as a suid root application. > > The plug-in installation process tries to use 'su' or 'sudo' utilities to > elevate user privileges to perform the installation. Sometimes, due to > policy restrictions, these privileges are unavailable. In this case, you can > download the plug-in and other components, and install them manually. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To install the Network Access plug-in manually, download the plugin and the > SSLVpn.tgz file from the following locations: > > Plugin-- > https://vpn.emory.edu/vdesk/vpn/nogzip/downloads.php/linux/np_F5_SSL_VPN.so > > Other components-- > https://vpn.emory.edu/vdesk/vpn/nogzip/downloads.php/linux/SSLVpn.tgz > > SSLVpn.tgz contains the full paths to the application files (under > /usr/local/lib). Do not attempt to install these in a different directory. > For security reasons, it is important to preserve all the directories > permissions and ownership of the files included in the package (and, of > course, to make sure that the svpn application is suid root). This command: > > cd /; tar xpzvf > > should do the job on most systems. > > [root at mybox]# cd /; tar xpzvf /downloads/SSLVpn.tgz > > usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN/ > usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN/svpn > usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN/etc/ > usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN/etc/version.txt > usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN/var/ > usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN/var/log/ > usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN/var/run/ > > You can install the plug-in np_F5_SSL_VPN.so for a particular user (for > example, in the directory $HOME/.mozilla/plugins) or system-wide (for > example, in /usr/local/lib/mozilla/plugins). > > cp np_F5_SSL_VPN.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins/ > > Restart your browser. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To uninstall Network Acces client-side components from the system, simply > remove (recursively) > > the directory /usr/local/lib/F5Networks/SSLVPN, and > the plug-in from the installed location. > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > >
