IPSec VPN from Ubuntu Linux to McAfee Next Generation Firewall

 linux, networking, security  4 Responses »
Apr 132014
 

First of, a BIG thank you to my friend Luca Ferrarotti who inspired, actively contributed and helped me with this HowTo.

Then, something I wanted to write since a very long time. Other articles in this blog instruct about how to use OS X or iOS to build a native client to site IPSec VPN terminated on McAfee (formerly Stonesoft) Next Generation Firewall. Since I joined Stonesoft many years ago, lots of people enquired me and Support and my SE colleagues about how to build this configuration… here you are. Your voice has been listened!

I wrote this article using McAfee Next Generation Firewall version 5.5.6 and McAfee Security Management Center 5.7.0, while on client side I am on Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS. Continue reading »

Stonesoft NGFW – The ultimate iOS Mobile VPN HowTo

 authentication, interoperability  14 Responses »
Jun 212013
 

This post is the fruit of quite big experience I’ve done to build what mentioned in the title.

The choice of the NGFW is because Stonesoft is the company where I happened to be working for the last decade… actually for the last 12 years 🙂

Since iOS devices have been announced, this question has been more and more recurring… and I even wrote a kind of a HowTo at one point. Which has been extended by a good friend of mine and published on a blog… which does not exist anymore.
The problem is that HowTo was not completely detailed… and it generated lots of questions and comment, to clarify various aspects of the topic.

Hence I’ve decided to avoid that knowledge to go lost, publishing this post on something that I control (well, sort of 😉 ).

Enriching it with bit more details and side information.

Still reading? Still wanting to have your iThing connected in VPN with the mighty Stonesoft NGFW? Allrite! Read on!

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