Comment 23 for bug 124663

Morgan,

Using sudo is the right way to use vpnc. The problem is not that. This is
explained below:

Case 0: Not connected to VPN
Description: Can browse the web freely. This is heaven. But I can't see my
company's internal stuff. This is intended. I need VPN to connect.

Case 1: You are connected to your office network through VPN on Ubuntu
Description: You can read all pages on your intranet, your company's
internal pages are accessible. However, websites outside your company's
domain are not accessible. Example: Yahoo/Gmal is inaccessible when an
employee is remotely connected to their network through VPN. One can't even
browse through IEEEXplore through the company's login because to do so you
need to be inside the campus. You can't even search something on Google.
Your normal internet traffic is being routed through the VPN and the VPN
gateway does not recognize http://www.google.com You can't ask your company
to change their VPN gateway to a DNS.
Result: User switches to windows in search of better VPN programs. Not VPN's
fault. This is a matter of proxies.

Case 2: You are connected to your office network through VPN on Ubuntu -
This is how things are right now.
Description: User realizes that using the company's proxy will solve a lot
of his problems. He can now browse all those pages of the internet outside
his company's domain that he could access from his office. If the proxy
however blocks a number of websites that the user is interested in viewing.
For example his bank account or his personal email. These are not accessible
through the proxy because they are not accessible in the company campus
either and the same proxy applies everywhere. But connecting remotely has to
add the advantage of being able to access pages of the web that are not
accessible by bypassing the VPN. This is not happening.
Result: User is frustrated. He can't chat or do his personal work when he is
on the company's network. It is plain irritating.

Case 3: You are connected to your office networ through VPN on Ubuntu - This
is how things should be and we want it to be
Description: You can access all websites. If a website is blocked by your
company network, VPN should direct the request out of the VPN directly
through your normal internet connection and let you browse your personal
emails for example. You should be able to chat with your friends or make
personal bank transactions while on company network without having to change
the proxy.
Result: User is very happy! :)

Did you get it?

Thanks,
Balaji

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3:27 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <email address hidden> wrote:

> OK if I connect using network-manager-vpnc, all traffic runs into the
> "please connect to the VPN" gateway page. If I use the "sudo vpnc"
> command,
> though, it all works perfectly fine. Is that the same for you guys?
>
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 5:47 PM, integr8e <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > With me, >>>all<<< network traffic was stopped whenever I connected to
> > my university's VPN tunnel; I got it working, though, following Balaji's
> > post (thanks, by the way). Maybe resolvconf was the culprit???
> >
> > --
> > No default internet traffic after connecting to VPN
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124663
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of the bug.
> >
>
>
> --
> Mackenzie Morgan
> Linux User #432169
> ACM Member #3445683
> http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff
> apt-get moo
>
> --
> No default internet traffic after connecting to VPN
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124663
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> of the bug.
>

--
Balaji