network-manager-l2tp 1.2.6-2 was accepted into Debian sid : https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/network-manager-l2tp
The Debian package was automatically added to Ubuntu artful (17.10). I've requested an Ubuntu backport of network-manager-l2tp from artful to xenial (16.04) which includes intermediate zesty (17.04) and yakkety (16:10) releases : https://bugs.launchpad.net/xenial-backports/+bug/1697934 Please vote for the backport by clicking the "this bug affects me" link in the backport request. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264691 Title: Please add NM option for connecting to L2TP IPSEC VPN Status in NetworkManager: Unknown Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in network-manager package in Debian: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager Missing feature: You cannot connect to a (Microsoft) L2TP IPSEC VPN with Network Manager. The server I want to connect to expects a login / password and a PSK. When you do a connection in XP you can see the following details on a connection: Device name: L2TP Server type: PPP Authentication: MS CHAP v2 IPSEC Encryption: IPSEC ESP 3DES Compression: MPPC To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/network-manager/+bug/264691/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp