I ended up telling them to open a ticket with Juniper and they were able to get their web based vpn portal to work with OS X. I guess it was an issue where the web portal wasn't telling OS X browsers to launch java properly.
Matt On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt Shields wrote: > > Anyone using the Juniper SA series VPN's? > > We're working with a client that uses a Juniper VPN. (We hate > proprietary VPNs. What's worse is they have it configured to prevent > split networking.) > > We've found that there are per-user settings on the server side that > controls what sort of client you are fed (Java) or what sort of > connection it expects. With OS X you have a choice between the older > Network Connect client and the newer Junos Pulse, which you mentioned. > I'm pretty sure you can't arbitrarily switch between these on the client > side. The server settings have to be switched to match. > > Similarly, we're using OpenConnect as the client on Linux machines, and > before that would work our accounts needed to be switch to "Linux mode" > as the Windows admin called it. > > According to what I've read, OpenConnect will run on OS X, and gives you > a lot greater control over the connection (like the ability to force > split networking). However, to get Juniper functionality working you > really need to build the bleeding edge version of OpenConnect, and even > then might still need to apply a patch posted to the OpenConnect mailing > list. (We've been involved in a few threads on the list. I can send you > a link to the patch if you need it.) > > The funny thing about these proprietary VPNs is that they give the > perception of being easier to use for the non-techie Windows users, yet > then tend to be significantly time consuming to work with for power > users. Open source has taken over most fields. Why are VPNs still a > holdout? Is there not a super easy OpenVPN client for Windows yet? I > know there is commercial support for OpenVPN. > > -Tom > > -- > Tom Metro > The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA > "Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting." > http://www.theperlshop.com/ > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
