I can confirm this gets you past the hang and lets the config dialog appear. I can't confirm that strongswan itself is functional, as the other end of the connection I'm testing requires a pre-shared key, and the strongswan wiki[1] page on the Network Manager plugin notes that, "PSK is not supported, as it is considered insecure if the secrets are not strong enough." (So PSK is supported by strongswan (as documented elsewhere), just not by the Network Manager plugin. Thanks for the value judgment.)
Here are the steps to install the 12.10 binaries on 12.04:
% wget http:// launchpadlibrar ian.net/ 108979339/ network- manager- strongswan_ 1.3.0-0ubuntu1_ amd64.deb launchpadlibrar ian.net/ 108979332/ strongswan- nm_4.5. 2-1.5ubuntu2_ amd64.deb launchpadlibrar ian.net/ 108979331/ strongswan- ikev2_4. 5.2-1.5ubuntu2_ amd64.deb launchpadlibrar ian.net/ 108979327/ libstrongswan_ 4.5.2-1. 5ubuntu2_ amd64.deb 4.5.2-1. 5ubuntu2_ amd64.deb ikev2_4. 5.2-1.5ubuntu2_ amd64.deb nm_4.5. 2-1.5ubuntu2_ amd64.deb manager- strongswan_ 1.3.0-0ubuntu1_ amd64.deb
% wget http://
% wget http://
% wget http://
% sudo dpkg -i libstrongswan_
% sudo dpkg -i strongswan-
% sudo dpkg -i strongswan-
% sudo dpkg -i network-
I can confirm this gets you past the hang and lets the config dialog appear. I can't confirm that strongswan itself is functional, as the other end of the connection I'm testing requires a pre-shared key, and the strongswan wiki[1] page on the Network Manager plugin notes that, "PSK is not supported, as it is considered insecure if the secrets are not strong enough." (So PSK is supported by strongswan (as documented elsewhere), just not by the Network Manager plugin. Thanks for the value judgment.)
1. http:// wiki.strongswan .org/projects/ strongswan/ wiki/NetworkMan ager
Reinstalling openswan.
-Tom