vpn - Bug in latest Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client on Mac OS 10.8.2
2013-10
ale
Cisco forced an update on my Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client on Mac OS 10.8.2 and now I can't connect. The new version is 3.1.02026 and I'm installing using anyconnect-macosx-3.1.02026-web-deploy-k9.dmg
See screenshot for installation error (I uninstalled when the update didn't work and tried a reinstall). My workaround is using a Linux VM to connect to my client's network but this isn't ideal.
The application does appear in /Applications but doesn't load (see the second screenshot).
Is this a known issue? I couldn't find where to submit a bug report to Cisco.
Many thanks.
Cheng Guang-Nan
I'm not a Cisco user, just wonder.
Joey
There are several problems:
- Windows only has PPTP and in more recent versions L2TP/IPSec built-in, Cisco uses its own protocol which uses IPSec but in another way.
- The VPN Concentrators only handle Cisco's own connections in hardware, PPTP has to be emulated in software, severely taxing the machine (even more so when encryption is enabled)
- If I remember correctly, the licenses are even different for PPTP
On Linux/BSD it looks a little different. You can use vpnc there almost without problems. I have heard it can be coaxed to work on Windows too (using Cygwin). But honestly, Cygwin is a tad worse than the Cisco VPN client in my eyes.
The main point however is, that Cisco has its own way of connecting to its own VPN servers and Microsoft has, too. Apple perhaps too, never looked too much into that, though.
AdminAlive
I asked someone that has used it in the past, they stated to me, the overhead seemed too much on a Cisco Client for VPN on an OS, but the security was satisfying to them. That would have been my answer as well, on the security front, Cisco normally provides nice options and robust solutions.