[SonicWALL]- Need a VPN Client for MAC which supports XAUTH

[Lyndon Baty]

Hi,   Does anyone know of a VPN Client for MAC which supports XAUTH?   From my investigation, I have found the following information: VPN/w/ipsec already built into MACs: Apple currently does not have a GUI configuration tool for ipsec, but you can configure it manually. This is because IPSec is a complicated specification, and there are currently some incompatibilities between some of the implementations of ipsec on the market. Apple seems to be waiting until this issue is hammered out before it implements a GUI tool for IPSec. Apple has included all the software at the command line to implement a IPSec VPN. NOTE Again: You won't be able to connect to any device that needs a username. The method used to pass a username onto an IPSec device is called "xauth" and the kame IPSec stack in Mac OS X does not support that. This rules out connectivity with some popular large-scale VPN solutions             Freeware, VaporSec: VaporSec an IPSec GUI client that will allow you to create incredibly secure connections between Mac OS X 10.2 machines—or between your machine and third party firewalls using the built-in IPSec capabilities of Mac OS X 10.2. VaporSec has currently been tested between Mac OS X 10.2 machines and with a SonicWall firewall. We're actively looking for situations where this doesn't work so that we can tweak the code. We are also looking for people interested in helping us make this better. We have made some pretty good improvements with this latest version of the software. Joel has personally tested it against numerous SonicWalls and a Linksys BEFVP41.   However, none of these support XAUTH authentication which I require (the admin of our Sonicwall Pro 300 won’t change it for security reasons).   Thanks   Lyndon Baty Software Engineer & Consultant   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network IT (Aust) Pty Ltd Mobile: 0410 471 665 Phone: +61 2 8539 7011 Fax: +61 2 8539 7044 www.networkit.com.au   PO Box 65, Sutherland Sydney, NSW 1499 Sydney Office Level 1, 20a Flora Street Kirrawee, NSW 2232   The information in this message is confidential and may be privileged or subject to copyright. It is intended solely for the use of the intended addressee. The unauthorised use of the information may result in liability for breach of confidentiality, privilege or copyright. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email or telephone call and delete the message and any attached files.