Here are some incomplete notes on campus VPN
INSTRUCTIONS TO GET VPN TO WORK FOR LINUX:
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Status:  note it's not working for me yet
Version  13-jan-2002    (Peter Teuben, teuben@astro.umd.edu)

0) All information (URL etc.) should be double checked with the NOC/VPN
   website, currently in beta at
	http://noc.umd.edu/VPN
   which should redirect you to
	https://noc.net.umd.edu/cgi-bin/VPN/testing

   Addition VPN info for linux at:

	http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/VPN-HOWTO.html
	http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO.html


1) get the tar ball, currently at
   	http://noc.umd.edu/VPN/files/vpn-5000-linux-5.1.5-3des-k9.tar
   but also get the PDF documentation, currently at
	http://noc.umd.edu/VPN/files/linsol51.pdf
	http://noc.umd.edu/VPN/files/lin51rn.pdf
   and read them :-)

2) untar it, cd to COMPvpn and install it:
	./vpn_install
   Most answers can be defaulted, except you do need to have kernel
   source installed, so on an RPM based system 
	rpm -qa | grep kernel-source
   should be a match

3) get the root certification file, currently at
	http://noc.umd.edu/VPN/files/rootcert.txt
   and copy it to the right location
  	cp rootcert.txt /etc/Intraport\ Client/certificates/root/
   (that directory was created by the vpn_install command)

4) edit you vpn_config file

	emacs /etc/vpn_config

   Here's mine, but i don't know if it works yet
----------------------------------------------------------------------
[VPN Root Cert]
CertName = rootcert.txt

[VPN User]
UserName = teuben
IPPrimary = vpn1.umd.edu
IPEnabled = True
#  LAN =- true, but for wireless make it false !!!
ExcludeLocalLAN = True
ExcludeDHCP = True
#	make this true if you have a NAT address
UseFTCP = False 
FTCPDestinationPort = 80
LoginMethod = Manual
----------------------------------------------------------------------

5) start vpn 
	/etc/rc.d/init.d/vpn start

6) open up a connection
	open_tunnel vpn1.umd.edu teuben

   after which it quickly says

	Tunnel closing.

	

   Looking at my kernel logs i see

Jan 12 01:48:48 localhost kernel: VPN: ERROR Unknown ioctl command 0x8b01
Jan 12 01:48:48 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: register event not handled

   but i've been told that is perfectly normal.