Checkpoint VPN-1 SecureClient for OS X 10.5 (leopard)-Connection cancelled

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Checkpoint VPN-1 SecureClient for OS X 10.5 (leopard)-Connection cancelled

Hi All,

I'm a newbie to mac OS, having brought my first macbook pro (late 2008).

I have installed VPN-1 SecureClient R56 for Mac OS X 10.5 and was able to configure it to connect to the gateway and update the information. I get authenticated by the gateway but i then get a message connection cancelled.

I have SecureClient R60 installed on Windows XP (as a dual boot on the same macbook pro) through which I'm able to get connected to my VPN. I've checked and all the configurations seem to be similar.

Could somebody please help me if there's something that might need to be configured/checked more?

Please let me know if any more information needs to be provided

Warm Regards
Narendra

Message was edited by: Narendra Acharya

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 8, 2008 8:09 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 10, 2008 4:30 AM in response to Narendra Acharya

Have you had any luck getting this to work? I'm having the same exact problem...

I've read somewhere that it might be a licensing issue - that the mac licenses are different than the PC licenses. Unfortunately, this is not something that I can test...

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Answer 2

Nov 11, 2008 7:15 AM in response to Paul Wieland

Hi Paul

I still have the same issue. I'll post a reply here (if and when i get a solution). Could you please provide more details regarding the licensing (is it the client/server, MacOS/Checkpoint, etc) maybe I could try to check it out.

Warm Regards
Narendra

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Answer 3

Dec 3, 2008 4:41 PM in response to Narendra Acharya

Our helpdesk manager provided this solution:

shut down SecureClient (right click on the "key" icon and select "Stop VPN-1 SecureClient"
Open a terminal window on the Mac
cd /opt/CPsrsc-50/database
edit the userc.C file
change the phase2 aes_keysize to 256
save and exit the userc.C file
restart SecureClient
attempt to connect

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Answer 4

Dec 22, 2008 8:54 AM in response to ugggghhhh

Awesome. That fixed it!

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Answer 5

jstratos

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Feb 15, 2009 10:24 PM in response to Paul Wieland

I have been following this thread and got as far as:
...shut down SecureClient (right click on the "key" icon and select "Stop VPN-1 SecureClient"
Open a terminal window on the Mac
cd /opt/CPsrsc-50/database

After this I'm stuck? The prompt line of code being displayed is:

Macintosh:database jim$

I'm stuck here for what to type in next? What do you type to edit the userc.C file?

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Answer 6

tjammer

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Feb 16, 2009 4:57 AM in response to jstratos

Hi,

just go to the mentioned file in Finder, open with TexEdit and change the mentioned value (and restart the client of course).

From my experience i can say that it will be changed back with policy updates, so you have to make the
change every once in a while.

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