Derek Atkins wrote:
> Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>> No, not at this time with the current Cisco VPN client.  The VPN client
>> needs to be modified to receive passwords and other configuration
>> information from NetworkManager, and when it's connected to send IP
>> configuration information back to NetworkManager.  It currently doesn't
>> do that.  There is already the 'vpnc' plugin for NetworkManager, which
>> is compatible with Cisco VPN concentrators, but it has rekeying problems
>> around the 18 - 24 hour mark when the second set of keys need to be
>> rekeyed.  Other than that it works pretty well :)
> 
> Is it that long?  I seem to recall having issues as soon as 8-10
> hours.  Is there still even any development on vpnc?  Last I saw
> they hadn't had any commits or releases since 2005..  But I admit
> that yes, it works quite well most of the time.

See the following post from Tomas Mraz of Red Hat: 
http://lists.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/pipermail/vpnc-devel/2006-March/000864.html

Fedora carries several patches for this, and I've gone days without 
losing connection.
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