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      type="topic" style="task"
      id="network-vpn">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="network" />
    <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-10-08" status="draft"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Matthias Clasen</name>
      <email>matthias.clasen@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>
     <credit type="editor">
      <name>Jana Svarova</name>
      <email>jana.svarova@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>How do I preconfigure VPN for all my users?</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Default VPN settings</title>

  <comment>
    <cite date="2012-10-08" href="mailto:mdhillca@gmail.com">Michael Hill</cite>
    <p>Adapted from l-g-o SysAdminGuide page.</p>
  </comment>

  <p><app>NetworkManager</app> stores system-wide connections in the
  <file>/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections</file> directory. Preconfigured
  VPN connections can be installed in this directory.</p>
  
  <p>Here is a sample Cisco VPN configuration:</p>

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[connection]
id=Sample vpnc
uuid=a9894bc6-aa7c-4296-90e6-094f0b13a14e
type=vpn
permissions=
autoconnect=false
secondaries=
 
[ipv6]
method=auto
dns-search=
 
[ipv4]
method=auto
dns-search=
 
[vpn]
service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc
NAT Traversal Mode=natt
ipsec-secret-type=ask
IPSec secret-flags=2
xauth-password-type=ask
Vendor=cisco
Xauth username=dking
IPSec gateway=my-vpnc.my-domain.com
Xauth password-flags=2
IPSec ID=RH-standard
Perfect Forward Secrecy=server
IKE DH Group=dh2
Local Port=0
</screen>
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