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 »