Configuring VPN in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Name of the Document Configuring VPN in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Classification General Audience NIC VPN Users Version 2.5 Date of last

Name of the Document Configuring VPN in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Classification General Audience NIC VPN Users

Version 2.5 Date of last change 1 July 2012

NIC VPN Services Page 1

Manual for Configuring Cisco Any Connect Secure Mobility Client

in Linux Red Hat

A. Installing Digital Certificate

1. Download the digital certificate mailed to you by VPN Support and save it on your

desktop of computer

.

2. Open Mozilla Firefox Browser and go to Edit -> Preference -> Advanced ->

Encription and then click on View certificates as shown below.

3. Click on Your Certificates and then import.





4. Browse your certificate from Desktop and click Open as shown below.

5. Enter the Private Key (Private Key is sent through SMS to you on your registered

mobile number) and click on OK as shown below.





6. An Alert will pop up that ‘Successfully restored your…..’ as shown below.

7. Your certificate will be displayed as shown below.





B. Configuration and connecting VPN in Linux Red Hat

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and type the URL https://sconnect.nic.in in the address bar, as

shown below. Click on ‘Or you can add an exception…’.

2. Click ‘Add Exception…’





3. Click ‘Get Certificate’ and then ‘Confirm Security Exception’.

4. User will be prompted to select a certificate from the list of client certificates currently

available on User machine. Select the one which is issued by NIC VPN services and

select OK as shown below.





5. User will be re-directed to the login page, as shown below. The name will be pre-filled

from User certificate. User has to enter default password mailed by VPN support and

click Login.

6. After Login User will be prompt for new password. Please set a new password and then

select Continue to start connection process.





7. Click Continue.

8. The website will try to install the Cisco Any connect VPN client automatically

If the automatic installation is successful, you can now use the VPN Client to connect VPN

(Refer section D steps for connecting VPN). If the automatic installation is unsuccessful, you can

try the manual installation.





C. Manual installation of the Cisco Any connect VPN Client

1. Sometimes the automatic installation fails and you need to try the manual installation.

If you need to install manually, right-click on Linux i386 and choose "Save Link as..."

2. Save the installation script (vpnsetup.sh) on your computer.





3. Go to terminal and Make the script executable and run it by command given below:





D. Connecting VPN after Installation

In order to connect through the VPN, first start the Cisco Any Connect secure mobility

client.

1. Go to Applications -> Internet and choose the Internet submenu and then Cisco Any

connect VPN Client)

2. Click ‘Connect’.





3. User will be prompted to select a certificate from the list of certificates currently

available on User machine. Select ‘Accept’ Digital Certificate.

4. The name will be pre-filled from User certificate. User has to enter password and

click ‘Connect’ as shown below.

5. Click ‘Accept’ to begin the connection process





6. VPN will be connected in a minute and user will see the following in the bottom right

corner of the screen. The yellow lock over the Any Connect Secure Mobility Client

icon denotes that the VPN session is established.

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