On Sun, Nov 09, 2025 at 06:58:07PM +0200, Lars Noodén via Dng wrote:
> On 11/9/25 18:48, tito via Dng wrote:
> > Cisco Secure Client Support for Linux
> > Linux Requirements
> [snip]
>
> Just a guess, but would it be possible to disassemble the installation
> script's package and comment out the systemd parts and then replace the unit
> file manually with an appropriate service script? I followed the link but
> could not spot the actual package to check there.

They don't seem to use any normal package: you only seem to be able to
collect a copy of an installation script once logged in to the
University. It seems to delete itself when it is run. When I have time,
I may try and examine what it is doing.


> Last I checked, which was a while ago, Cisco's VPN products lagged in
> regards to the encryption they used. I've since concluded that Cisco is
> never chosen for security, but for other not so good reasons. If security
> (confidentiality, integrity, availability) were a concern, then OpenVPN or,
> better yet, Wireguard would be deployed instead.

The university used to support one of the open scource vpns: maybe
openvpn. Then they switched to Cisco for no obvious reason.

> what was once the IT department have support for either OpenVPN or
> Wireguard? It'd be worth asking even if the answer is, "no".

As above, the answer used to be "yes", but is now "no" :-(

There used to be a "Computing Service" which employed real computer
scientists. There was also a corporate IT services who were full of
overpaid managers and administrators. Guess who took over the real
experts? At least that is my impression from a distance...

ael