[X4U] OSX VPN vs. Cisco VPN

[Kansas Territory]

On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Nick Scalise wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 11:04AM, Kansas Territory 
> <kansast at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any new information on Tiger's VPN client software ?
>> I know 10.3x  had a VPN client, but I was unable to use this. I had to
>> use Cisco's VPN client because Apple's version did not offer:
>> IPSec over UDP ( NAT / PAT )
>
> It's not specifically mentioned on the Tiger features list 
> <http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/newfeatures.html> so it's 
> hard to say.
>
> Additionally, from Macintouch.com on April 6th:
>
> [Peter Sichel, Sustainable Softworks] I wanted offer a heads up on a 
> comment you made about Tiger application compatibility. From my 
> perspective, this does not paint a complete picture. Specifically, Mac 
> OS X Tiger has changed the API for developing Network Kernel 
> Extensions (NKEs), such that previous NKEs will not load on Tiger 
> without being re-written to use the new stable KPIs (Kernel 
> Programming Interfaces). Although the number of applications dependent 
> on NKEs is small, the changes will require significant work from a 
> small number of developers. Applications that involve low level 
> networking like 3rd party VPN clients, network firewalls, or IP 
> gateways could be affected.
>
> So, if it Tiger's VPN client does not work for you, you will probably 
> also have to wait for Cisco to update theirs...

yea.. I remember reading that..   and was worried about my Cisco VPN 
client.   I sure how they get OSX's VPN client updated some.. I'd just 
as soon use Apple's instead of some third party client.

Thanks for the reply.

Kansas