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Aram_Ayazyan_26's avatar
Aram_Ayazyan_26
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Jan 12, 2007

F5 SSL VPN for 64bit Linux

Does someone know if there is a way to connect to F5 SSL VPN from 64bit linux desktop?

 

 

Automatic install of plugin for firefox didn't work.

 

I was able to install it manually using "nspluginwrapper" but I think there is a problem with "other components".

 

I downloaded them and untarred as specified but it doesn't connect anyway. I even tried wrapping svpn with a linux32 call but still no luck.

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

P.S. I'm using Kubuntu 6.10 64bit
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
remote access
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6 Replies

  • Jared_Townsley_'s avatar
    Jared_Townsley_
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    Jan 13, 2007
    Two (untested) ideas:

     

     

    1) Launch firefox under the linux32 wrapper, eg: linux32 firefox

     

     

    or

     

     

    2) Install 32bit version of firefox

     

     

    --JST
  • JG_83183's avatar
    JG_83183
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    May 06, 2008
    It is also not working for me. Using Ubuntu 8.04 with Firefox 3 Beta 5. Where can I download the Linux client software for network connectivity?

     

  • Arooo_6268's avatar
    Arooo_6268
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    May 06, 2008
    Same here ... BtW, I got the 32b client *almost* working ("Status: Connected" + interface ppp0 up + routing tables OK), but couldn't connect my ssh to the remote host trough this connection (in fact, the remote serveur refuses the connection with "Authentication protocol mismatch" although I forced V2) ... it works with the windows plugin client.

     

     

    ... Any idea ?

     

     

  • luke_44458's avatar
    luke_44458
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    Feb 02, 2009
    I got it working on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 with the process below. Summary and other resources available at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1174435. (I'm not sure which actual packages you will need, but these are the names of the .deb files I used for Ubuntu 7.10).

     

     

    download & install:

     

    http://home.comcast.net/~ubuntume/ia32-lib-firefox-amd64.deb

     

     

    run:

     

    sudo apt-get -y install ia32-libs gsfonts alsa-oss

     

    sudo apt-get -y install ia32-libs-gtk lib32asound2 lib32ncurses5 ia32-libs-sdl

     

    sudo apt-get -y --force-yes install ia32-sun-java6-bin

     

     

    download & install:

     

    http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux32/linux32_1-3_amd64.deb

     

    http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gsfonts-x11/gsfonts-x11_0.17ubuntu4_all.deb

     

    http://home.comcast.net/~ubuntume/ia32-alsa-oss_1.0.10-1_amd64.deb

     

     

    download & install:

     

    http://home.comcast.net/~ubuntume/icecat-2.0.0.11-ubuntu_7.10-8.04_amd64.deb

     

     

    Then, install the F5 plugin inside Icecat.

     

     

    The reason I chose to use Icecat is that it will not interfere with any 64-bit or off-version plugins that you may have installed in your normal Firefox installation. I was unable to install both FireBug and the VPN plugin in the same browser, and it seems that firefox32, firefox32-3, and firefox64 all use the same plugins.

     

     

    It is probably possible to separate these installations using some config tweaks, but I thought it would be more reliable, reproducible, and maintainable to use browsers that by default use separate plugin directories.

     

     

    Good luck!