Yeah, when I try to access the VPN on the n810 using firefox I get this message: LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /usr/local/firefox/plugins/np_F5_SSL_VPN.so [/usr/local/firefox/plugins/np_F5_SSL_VPN.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] Your post does help because I won't waste any more time trying to make this work. Maybe I can talk F5 into creating a plugin for ARM-based devices. Thanks, Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: <collin at betaversion.net> To: "Matthew Alexander" <ma4d at hotmail.com> Cc: <maemo-users at maemo.org> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 5:33 PM Subject: Re: Web (SSL) VPN on n810 >I guess the library (.so file) is x86 only. The N810 is a ARM-based device. > So no luck with your N810. I know this wont help you but :-( > > Collin > > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:19:04 -0500, "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) >> >> a.. Workstations with libc version 2 and later >> b.. Kernel support for PPP interfaces (loadable module or statically >> built in) >> c.. PPPD program in the /sbin directory >> d.. Supported Linux platforms: >> Debian? 3.1r0 >> Fedora " Core 2 >> Fedora " Core 3 >> Fedora " Core 4 >> Red Hat? 9.0 >> Slackware? 10.1 >> SuSE? 9.x Professional >> TurboLinux? Desktop >> Supported browsers >> >> a.. Firefox? 1.0.x >> b.. HP? iPAQ 4155, Version 4.20.0 - Windows? Mobile 2003, First >> Edition >> -i-mode phone >> c.. Microsoft? Internet Explorer, version 5.0, 5.5, or 6.0 >> d.. Microsoft? Pocket PC 2003 and Microsoft? Pocket PC Phone Edition >> 2003 >> e.. Mozilla? version 1.7.x >> f.. Netscape? Navigator, version 4.7x or 7.x >> g.. OpenWave? WAP browser >> h.. Mozilla? version 1.7.x on Apple? Mac OS? X 10.2.x systems >> i.. Safari? version 1.2 on Apple? Mac OS? X 10.3.x systems >> j.. Safari? version 2.0 on Apple? Mac OS? X 10.4.x systems >> FirePass 5.5 supports the Safari? browser for automatically installing >> the network access client. You must manually install the Macintosh > network >> access client when using other browsers. >> k.. Toshiba? E800, Version 4.20.1081 >> l.. Windows? Mobile"2003, First Edition >> m.. XDA? II, Windows? 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. > >
