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Cisco VPN connection active but not access to server

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What a double click on windows does turns out to be a nightmare on ubuntu. I've received a .p12 certificate to connect to the server I'm working at.

What I've done with that file:

  • openssl pkcs12 -in certificate.p12 -out DB.pem -clcerts
  • openssl pkcs12 -in certificate.p12 -nocerts -nodes -out db.key
  • Open Network -> Add new VPN (+) -> Select Cisco AnyConnect
    • Details: Make available to other users
    • VPN Protocol: Cisco AnyConnect or openconnect (I need Cisco)
    • Gateway: server address (received from it admin)
    • CA Certificate: cert.pem
    • User Certificate: DB.pem
    • Private Key: db.key
    • Everything else is unchanged

I can then successfully establish the connection. nmcli connection show returns the following information:

NAME                UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE          
VPN 2               41f0e...............................  vpn       enp7s0          
Wired connection 1  99ce4...............................  ethernet  enp7s0          
br-bca2dbd44efa     b5f2b...............................  bridge    br-bca2dbd44efa 
vpn0                9d5be...............................  tun       vpn0            
docker0             1c8d5...............................  bridge    docker0         
dhzb                b3f4b...............................  vpn       --              
dhzb2               536e0...............................  vpn       --              
HeimWLAN            e12a4...............................  wifi      --              
VPN 1               c78b3...............................  vpn       --             

The intranet website is not reachable.

This site can’t be reached. Check if there is a typo in intranet.abcxxx.de

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

And a ping says 'Name or service not known.'

A remote desktop connection with Remmina is hence also not possible.

I'm thankful for every help and let me know what information are missing to solve the problem.

Solution

sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome network-manager-vpnc network-manager-vpnc-gnome network-manager-openconnect network-manager-openconnect-gnome

openssl pkcs12 -in myfile.p12 -out myfile.pem -clcerts

sudo openconnect -c myfile.pem vpn.myserverxyz.de
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