10.6.4 VPN service issues

Hello, I have a OS X 10.6.4 box running the Workstation version of the software, and have installed iVPN on it to purportedly allow for it to behave as a VPN server. The iVPN software itself is apparently just a GUI for what you could do by hand with editing conf files. I have used the software to set up the VPN service and it appears to be running as a PPTP server, but upon connecting I get the following information in the log on the server:
2010-09-01 15:53:00 CDT Incoming call... Address given to client = 10.0.1.12
Wed Sep 1 15:53:00 2010 : PPTP incoming call in progress from '98.175.XXX.XXX'...
Wed Sep 1 15:53:00 2010 : PPTP connection established.
Wed Sep 1 15:53:00 2010 : using link 0
Wed Sep 1 15:53:00 2010 : Using interface ppp0
Wed Sep 1 15:53:00 2010 : Connect: ppp0 <--> socket[34:17]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:00 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:03 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:06 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:09 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:12 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:15 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:18 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:21 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:24 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:27 2010 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x22093f60> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Wed Sep 1 15:53:30 2010 : LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Wed Sep 1 15:53:30 2010 : Connection terminated.
Wed Sep 1 15:53:30 2010 : PPTP disconnecting...
Wed Sep 1 15:53:30 2010 : PPTP disconnected
2010-09-01 15:53:30 CDT --> Client with address = 10.0.1.12 has hungup
2010-09-01 15:55:11 CDT terminating on signal 15
On the machine I am connecting from, also a 10.6.4 Workstation box, I get the following in the console (note that the timestamps are different, but the content is what I see):
9/8/10 10:42:51 AM pppd[9891] pppd 2.4.2 (Apple version 412.3) started by tmitera, uid 501
9/8/10 10:42:51 AM pppd[9891] PPTP connecting to server '68.96.XXX.XXX' (68.96.XXX.XXX)...
9/8/10 10:42:51 AM pppd[9891] PPTP connection established.
9/8/10 10:42:51 AM pppd[9891] Connect: ppp0 <--> socket[34:17]
9/8/10 10:42:52 AM kernel PPTP domain init
9/8/10 10:42:54 AM pppd[9891] MS-CHAP authentication failed: Access denied
9/8/10 10:42:54 AM pppd[9891] PPTP error when reading socket : EOF
9/8/10 10:42:54 AM pppd[9891] PPTP error when reading header : read -1, expected 12 bytes
9/8/10 10:42:54 AM pppd[9891] Connection terminated.
9/8/10 10:42:54 AM pppd[9891] PPTP disconnecting...
9/8/10 10:42:54 AM pppd[9891] PPTP disconnected
Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be the culprit, or perhaps have a better alternative in getting the machine to act as a VPN server short of buying the Server version of the OS or buying some dedicated VPN hardware?

I also have a similar issue. I configured OS X 10.6.5 for L2PT using a GUI software, but the vpnd dies occasionally, often very soon, leaving the following log. Do I need the OS X Server to get vpnd to actually work? A typical unix feature like this should be fixed immediately...
11/01/04 14:21:03 racoon[98] Connecting.
11/01/04 14:21:03 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 1).
11/01/04 14:21:03 racoon[98] IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 2).
11/01/04 14:21:04 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 3).
11/01/04 14:21:04 racoon[98] IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 4).
11/01/04 14:21:04 racoon[98] IKEv1 Phase1 AUTH: success. (Responder, Main-Mode Message 5).
11/01/04 14:21:04 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 5).
11/01/04 14:21:04 racoon[98] IKEv1 Phase1 Responder: success. (Responder, Main-Mode).
11/01/04 14:21:04 racoon[98] IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 6).
11/01/04 14:21:04 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Information message).
11/01/04 14:21:05 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 1).
11/01/04 14:21:05 racoon[98] IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 2).
11/01/04 14:21:05 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 3).
11/01/04 14:21:05 racoon[98] IKEv1 Phase2 Responder: success. (Responder, Quick-Mode).
11/01/04 14:21:05 vpnd[975] Incoming call... Address given to client = 10.0.1.121
11/01/04 14:21:05 vpnd[975] --> Client with address = 10.0.1.121 has hungup
11/01/04 14:21:06 vpnd[975] Incoming call... Address given to client = 10.0.1.122
11/01/04 14:21:06 vpnd[975] --> Client with address = 10.0.1.122 has hungup
11/01/04 14:21:08 vpnd[975] Incoming call... Address given to client = 10.0.1.123
11/01/04 14:21:08 vpnd[975] --> Client with address = 10.0.1.123 has hungup
11/01/04 14:21:12 vpnd[975] Incoming call... Address given to client = 10.0.1.124
11/01/04 14:21:12 vpnd[975] --> Client with address = 10.0.1.124 has hungup
11/01/04 14:21:16 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Information message).
11/01/04 14:21:16 racoon[98] IKE Packet: receive success. (Information message).
11/01/04 14:22:25 com.apple.SecurityServer[21] Session 0x362790 dead
11/01/04 14:22:25 com.apple.SecurityServer[21] Killing auth hosts
11/01/04 14:22:25 com.apple.SecurityServer[21] Session 0x362790 destroyed

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==
Regarding the Yosemite client connection in the Yosemite server VPN Service log:
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Tue Oct 21 12:18:57 2014 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x93542b1> <pcomp> <accomp>]
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==
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Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : ipcp: returning Configure-NAK
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : sent [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 192.168.1.226> <ms-dns1 192.168.1.2> <ms-dns3 8.8.8.8>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [IPV6CP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr fe80::021c:42ff:febf:bf66>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : Unsupported protocol 0x8057 received
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : sent [LCP ProtRej id=0x2 80 57 01 01 00 0e 01 0a 02 1c 42 ff fe bf bf 66]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [ACSCP ConfReq id=0x1 <route vers 16777216> <domain vers 16777216>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : sent [ACSCP ConfRej id=0x1 <route vers 16777216>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <addr 192.168.1.2>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [ACSCP ConfAck id=0x1]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 192.168.1.226> <ms-dns1 192.168.1.2> <ms-dns3 8.8.8.8>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 192.168.1.226> <ms-dns1 192.168.1.2> <ms-dns3 8.8.8.8>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : ipcp: up
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : found interface en0 for proxy arp
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : local IP address 192.168.1.2
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : remote IP address 192.168.1.226
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : Received acsp/dhcp dictionaries
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : Received acsp/dhcp dictionaries
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : l2tp_wait_input: Address added. previous interface setting (name: en0, address: 192.168.1.2), current interface setting (name: ppp0, family: PPP, address: 192.168.1.2, subnet: 255.255.255.0, destination: 192.168.1.226).
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [ACSCP ConfReq id=0x2 <domain vers 16777216>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : sent [ACSCP ConfAck id=0x2 <domain vers 16777216>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : Received protocol dictionaries
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : Committed PPP store
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : sent [ACSP data <payload len 24, packet seq 0, CI_DOMAINS, flags: START END REQUIRE-ACK>
    <domain: name private>
    <domain: name local>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : rcvd [IP data <src addr 192.168.1.226> <dst addr 255.255.255.255> <BOOTP Request> <type INFORM> <client id 0x08000000010000> <parameters = 0x6 0x2c 0x2b 0x1 0xf9 0xf>]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:54 2014 : sent [IP data <src addr 192.168.1.2> <dst addr 192.168.1.226> <BOOTP Reply> <type ACK> <server id 0xc0a80102> <domain name "local">]
Tue Oct 21 12:09:57 2014 : sent [ACSP data <payload len 24, packet seq 0, CI_DOMAINS, flags: START END REQUIRE-ACK>
    <domain: name private>
    <domain: name local>]
Tue Oct 21 12:10:00 2014 : sent [ACSP data <payload len 24, packet seq 0, CI_DOMAINS, flags: START END REQUIRE-ACK>
    <domain: name private>
    <domain: name local>]
Tue Oct 21 12:10:03 2014 : sent [ACSP data <payload len 24, packet seq 0, CI_DOMAINS, flags: START END REQUIRE-ACK>
    <domain: name private>
    <domain: name local>]
Tue Oct 21 12:10:06 2014 : sent [ACSP data <payload len 24, packet seq 0, CI_DOMAINS, flags: START END REQUIRE-ACK>
    <domain: name private>
    <domain: name local>]
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : sent [ACSP data <payload len 24, packet seq 0, CI_DOMAINS, flags: START END REQUIRE-ACK>
    <domain: name private>
    <domain: name local>]
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : rcvd [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User request"]
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : LCP terminated by peer (User request)
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : ipcp: down
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : sent [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : l2tp_wait_input: Address deleted. previous interface setting (name: en0, address: 192.168.1.2), deleted interface setting (name: ppp0, family: PPP, address: 192.168.1.2, subnet: 255.255.255.0, destination: 192.168.1.226).
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : L2TP received CDN
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : Connection terminated.
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : Connect time 0.4 minutes.
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : Sent 1003 bytes, received 646 bytes.
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : L2TP disconnecting...
Tue Oct 21 12:10:09 2014 : L2TP disconnected
2014-10-21 12:10:09 MDT   --> Client with address = 192.168.1.226 has hungup

1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

I'm in syria and they blocked me from using any VPN service please help without VPN i can't open the store help please ( using iphone 5 version 9.1.4 )

I'm in syria and they blocked me from using any VPN service please help without VPN i can't open the store help please ( using iphone 5 version 9.1.4 )

There is nothing that anyone here on a user forum can do to help you. If it is a local issue in Syria, then you need to take it up with your phone company or authorities there who have prevented you from using VPN.
Nobody here can help you.

Windows 7, XP and VPN Service

Hi All,
Running SLS 10.6.5 with VPN Service. Configured for L2TP.
Works perfect with a half dozen Mac clients connected. plus off and on a half dozen more iOS clients, over both WiFi and 3G - so needless to say, service is configured and firewalls are all configured appropriately.
The issues are:
1) WIndows XP (over NAT-T) - does this work at all with L2TP? From what I can see it just hangs on the XP side and fails to negotiate a phase 1 on the server side? Do I need to hack an anonymous.conf together that avoid AES since XP doesn't support that? The default config should allow failback to 3DES but I've never seen it happen since OS X, iOS and Windows 7 all support AES just fine and Windows XP is never able to connect.
2) Windows 7: I can connect. Everything works. Then I disconnect. Sometimes I can't reconnect again. Sometimes I can. If you wait an hour for the SAD tables to expire the entries (3600 seconds, minus connect time) it works again, but you basically are out of luck for making another connection run again sometimes until this happens.
As a side - I'm noticing the SAD entries on the server side are pretty lazy at expiring - specifically, I have 3 people connected right now (should be 6 entires, one in and out for each) but there are 15 SAD entries still on my server (from 45 minutes ago when there was 7 people) connected. Even here, this should be 14 entries but SLS 10.6.5 has left an orphan. It tends to be that the server to remote SAD gets cleared but there is almost always a stray remote to server SAD that gets left lying around.
Any ideas, or should I call Apple support and slog this out with them?

I have a similar problem.
Slow Leopard Mini server behind a firewall running both L2TP and PPTP.
At home Macs and iPhones connect to the VPN without problem over L2TP.
Windows XP and Vista fail to connect over L2TP, they report server not responding, and no trace on the server side, like they did not reach it at all.
If I use PPTP both the Macs and the Windows machines manage to connect but are disconnected after a dew seconds. The trace on the server side is:
2011-01-30 09:15:36 WET Incoming call... Address given to client = XXXXXXXXXXXX
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : Directory Services Authentication plugin initialized
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : Directory Services Authorization plugin initialized
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : PPTP incoming call in progress from 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX..
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : PPTP connection established.
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : using link 0
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : Using interface ppp0
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : Connect: ppp0 <--> socket[34:17]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:36 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:39 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:42 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:45 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:48 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:51 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:54 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:15:57 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:16:00 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:16:03 2011 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x204e609e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sun Jan 30 09:16:06 2011 : LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Sun Jan 30 09:16:06 2011 : Connection terminated.
Sun Jan 30 09:16:06 2011 : PPTP disconnecting...
Sun Jan 30 09:16:06 2011 : PPTP disconnected
2011-01-30 09:16:06 WET --> Client with address = XXXXXXXXXXXXX has hungup
The bottom line is that I cannot connect with windows machines at all and with Macs only over L2TP. This was tested with all the client machines behind the same router.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
J
Message was edited by: Joaquim Carvalho

How can I configure Lion server to accept inbound VPN (L2TP) connections while connected as client to another vpn service?

I have what I believe to be a unique need;
I have a MacPro (1,1) running Lion with Server app.
I require that this particular machine be connected as a client to a VPN server, while at the same time acting as a VPN server for my network.
The PPTP connection configuration is such that "Send all traffic over VPN connection" is checked.
If PPTP client is NOT connected, I can connect to Lion as VPN server. As soon as I make the connection from Lion as a client, I can no longer
connect to Lion VPN server.
I understand this is because I am forcing all traffic out the virtual interface (tun0) and eth0 is no longer listening on the local network.
1. Is it possible to bind the VPN client (on Lion Server) to a particular interface? If I could tell the PPTP client to only use eth1 as the interface of choice, my assumption would be that eth0 would then be free to accept incoming connections.
2. Is it possible to bind the VPN service (on Lion Server) to a particular interface? if I could tell the vpn serviec to only listen on eth1, and in turn tell the PPTP client to NOT communicate on eth1 but only eth0 then perhaps I could separate the communications?
In my head, it seems as though both of the above options would be required in order to use Lion as both a VPN server and VPN client
Any and all help appreciated.

This is a standard facet of most VPNs - the problem lies in your NAT router since both clients appear to come from the same IP address as far as the VPN server is concerned, and the router can't separate out the traffic.
There are a couple of solutions.
First, the built-in VPN server supports L2TP and PPTP protocols. You should be able to connect one system under each protocol, so that gets your two machines connected.
Second, you can replace your NAT router with one that supports multiple VPN clients (often termed 'VPN passthrough').
Third, setup a site-to-site tunnel so that your entire LAN is connected to the VPN (this saves you from having to run a separate VPN client on each machine, but is typically only worth it when you have more machines).

Lion Server 10.7.4 VPN service not using my Active Directory domain for authentication

I have Lion Server 10.7.4 setup on a Mac Mini and I have enabled the VPN service for both L2TP and PPTP. The Mac Mini is joined to my Windows Domain at a functional level of Server 2008 R2. I have set the authentication paths to point to my domain in Directory Utility.
What I would like to have happen is for my laptop to be able to VPN into my office network remotely using domain credentials and not local account credentials on the Mac Mini itself. This is a process I have done numerous times on Windows boxes, but for some reason the only way I can get the VPN to work on this instance of Lion Server 10.7.4 is by authenticating using local accounts only.
Does Lion Server 10.7.4 only authenticate VPN users based on it's local account schema? Or can it truly authenticate against an active directory domain?
Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Hi g-pirtle,
Yes, I had already done that a few days ago. I was able to add the desired AD group to the allowed users/groups for the VPN service. Thats exactly what is so weird about this...it allows me to search for and add an AD user or group to the list of allowed users/groups, but then when I actually try to use a domain account to authenticate to the VPN is just gives me the "cannot authenticate" error. Very strange.
I wondered if for some reason Apple is only allowing local accounts to be authenticated against. Sounds crazy, but I cannot for the life of me get this to work. I also wondered if Kerberizing the server would help, but when I go to join a Kerberos realm in Open Directory inside of Server Admin, it just has no realm listed in the drop down menu.
Other than that, all other aspects of the Mac Mini being joined to the AD domain seems to be good. I'm really stumped here...
Thanks again,

Lion Server VPN Service/Class C IPs/Bonjour

In order to deploy Lion Server's VPN service, you obviously are required to enter an IP range to assign. We are running a standard class C network here, with systems running on 192.168.1.x. The problem is that if a user is accessing the VPN from a remote location that also uses the same IP scheme, then they won't be able to connect. Is there a simple way to deal with this? Is the only way to fix the problem to re-assign every IP address on our network a more unique address scheme? We have a large network and that would be unwieldy.
Also, will it be possible to use Bonjour over the VPN? We want to be able to share network resources as if the user was physically connected to our LAN.
Thanks in advance for your answers!

Linc Davis wrote:
Also, will it be possible to use Bonjour over the VPN?
Bonjour doesn't work over a routed connection. You would need to use something like this:
Slinkware
Thanks for this link Linc. From descriptions and reviews it sounds like exactly what I was looking for to propagate Bonjour service discovery to a remote Mac. Being a little naive I had set up an OS X Server VPN expecting Bonjour to "just work" once a remote Mac connected!
In particular the Slinkware web site has a detailed description on how to set up certificate authentication which improves security (geeky but very well detailed).

Is it possible to configure the OS X Server VPN Service to use Certificates?

I was attempting to set up the VPN Service on OS X Server 4.0.3 (Yosemite) to use certificates instead of a private shared key. It does not appear that the VPN Server in OS X Server is designed to use anything other than a private shared key (on the server side). I was wondering if I was missing something? The VPN Server works fine using the PSK (L2TP or PPTP) - I just thought I would experiment with certificates - but every example I am finding shows the PSK being used - although some of the "how to" tuturials allude to the fact that VPN certificates are supported for L2TP - but they don't provide any detail on how that functionality would be configured. I tried creating both a VPN Server and VPN Client certificate - however - the certificates show up in the login keychain and do not appear in the certificate window in the Server app. I was hoping that maybe the presence of a VPN Server Certificate would possibly enable an option to use it when configuring the VPN.
~Scott

No unfortunately the 'official' Apple VPN service does not have this ability, furthermore as Apple use a heavily customised version of Racoon you cannot cheat by trying to do this via the command line.
You will have to use a completely different VPN server, Mac and iOS clients can do this but not the Mac server side. I use StrongSwan running in a Linux virtual machine.

"No Service" issue after updating iOS 8.1

My iPhone 5 is really giving trouble after updating all iOS 8.01, iOS 8.02 & iOS 8.1. Cellular network is come to halt, "No Service" issue is regular and i am not able to use my iPhone 5 as phone.
Please help me out else i have to switch to some other phone.

I have similar problem but with a 6:   bought new iPhone 6 four days ago, phone and 3G signal were fine in UK from Sat to Mon.   Yesterday, I traveled to Belgium and have had 'no service' problem since.   I am carrying a Nokia feature phone which is locked on to local network and working fine.
If I power off the iPhone and power on, it comes back and joins the network.   Five or so minutes later, it has dropped the network and will not re-attach if I put in/out of flight mode; needs power reset, and then drops again.
It is conceivable that this is a carrier issue but given that Nokia is fine and all the postings that I'm finding on various discussion sites, then I feel that it is an iOS issue.   I'm booked in to visit the Apple Store at the weekend.   My previous iPhone 4S was running iOS 7 and had no such problems.
So, carrying an expensive brick at the moment and hoping for an iOS update that will resolve this.

No service issue and poor battary life on iphone 5?!?!?!?!?1

cmon Apple./I have had my iphone 5 for over a month and keep getting this no service issue,..,the battary is terrible,.wont even last 8 hours with light browsing and I ahve used all the battary saving tricks,.I dont ask for much from this expensive gadget,.I just use it to text call and look at the net,.all three of which I have had problems with from day one!!!!! My iphone 3gs which I had for 3 years never gave me one problem?I have read countless threads on this issue,.please can you sort it out of help or offer a refund,.I am actually wanting to go back to my 3gs its got so bad and I am tired of reading all day to find a solution,.Apple used to just work!!what happened?

Went to apple again. Same problem. Drains 5% an hour on standby with everything shut and airplane mode. They said this is "normal" and REFUSED to replace my phone as the battery health was normal. They say, "The hardware is ok, so we cannot replace the phone". I had them do a full restore from recovery mode. DId not help.
Just to reiterate. I have done EVERYTHING- restore, full restore, shut apps, turned of location services, wifi, network, push mail, BG app refresh and reduced motion and set auto-lock to 1 min. Even auto-brightness is off and screen is at 30% brightness.
Now I am stuck. Poor battery and uncompramising apple. This is perhaps making me anti-apple from an apple fan.
Just wanted to ask, are such usage times and standby times normal? They are much less than what apple claims.

IPhone 5 No Service Issue

I posted this in the ATT forums but haven’t heard back. Thought I would give it a shot here.
Short story – has anyone with an iPhone 5 had “No Service” issues with ATT and been able to fix it?
Long story – A couple of months ago they upgraded the towers to LTE and now the service is horrible. Whenever my phone switches between LTE, 4G, and E it goes No Service first. It is constantly switching so I cannot complete a phone call lasting longer than a minute. It will also sit in No Service for extended periods since the tower upgrade. I am the only one in the house with an iPhone 5. The other phones are not experiencing this issue.
Has anyone had a similar problem? How did you fix it?
I have called multiple times. I have emailed. I have chatted. I have received no help on this issue. A member of my family plan called them yesterday about this issue. They said they would call me back on her phone at 7 to troubleshoot my phone. They never did call.
Additionally, I have other problems since the “upgrades.” The data usage is way off. I have used a data counter and ATT is claiming I’m using considerably more than my counter shows. I have tried to get credits for this but they say we will give you credits after we fix the phone. They never fix the phone though so I never get the credits. It’s like some weird Kafkaesque Catch-22.
I am really so sick of the whole situation that I just want to switch to a different carrier. I don’t want the cancellation fees though and I want to port my numbers. I would think I wouldn’t be subjected to the fees because the service doesn’t work, but I’m sure there is some weird catch to that as well.
Thanks for any help

Since you didn't tell what troubleshooting steps you took, if any, do the followning steps:
1. Reset phone (no data loss): press both home and power buttons for at least 10 seconds, releasing when the Apple logo appears.
2. Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings
3. Replace SIM card from AT&T
4. Restore phone in iTunes using a backup
5. Restore in iTunes as new, without using a backup.
6. Warranty service from Apple.
iPhone: Troubleshooting No Service
iTunes: Restoring iOS software

Automated Way of Creating VPN Services in Snow Leopard?

I'm looking for a way to have a file/script that can be executed by a user to create a VPN Service for connection to our Cisco VPN server at work. Our IT department believes that by not passing out the Shared Secret (in plaintext), they are increasing security. I don't follow the "Security By Obscurity" principal, especially in this case, but they make the rules, so I need to try and follow them.
When using the Cisco VPN client, the Mac users can load pre-defined profiles which are exactly the same as the profiles the Windows users use. The files that configure the Profile have the shared secret encrypted in their body.
Just curious if there is any way to automatically run through this CPN Service creation process. I created a timestamp file on my HD, created a VPN service, then searched for files newer than the timestamp to see what was modified. The only file that looked like it had any promise was /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist, but I don't really want to go mucking with that file. I'd much rather just argue with the IT department about why not distributing this information isn't helping them out at al.
Steve

I don't understand - when you take some file that already exist on the hard disk and modify it, your script is acting on a file. If the "Service receives selected _files or folders_ in Finder", then your service will be available in the contextual *Services Menu* when you right-click on files or folders, and those selected items will be passed to your workflow.
It sounds like you may not want a service - you can make a script available when the Finder is active by using the *Script Menu* (AppleScript Editor > Preferences > General) and placing your script (or an alias) it in the ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Finder folder. You can't use a keyboard shortcut with the Script Menu though, so you might take a look at FastScripts, which uses the same script locations but adds keyboard shortcuts.
You can also drag a script application onto the Finder's toolbar.

Does anyone know anything about using a VPN service

I was hoping someone here could advise me as to whether there are REAL benefits from using a private VPN service? I understand there is a little slow down utilizing a VPN but I'm sick of every website, my ISP and Tom, Dick and Harry knowing what I'm doing or so it seems.
I'm looking into Hotspot Shield from AnchorFree. This service was rated best in a couple of reviews plus it has apps for iPhone and iPad and my kids Android phones. Plus at 4.99/month or 29.95/year with no bandwidth caps seems a no brainer.
I have nothing to hide but I believe I or we in this country have a right to our privacy. These location based ads starting to come through are terrible. FYI, I do use Ghostery and ADBlock in some form in all browsers. Hope somebody can provide some useful info. Thanks in advance.

Hello:
I was hoping someone here could advise me as to whether there are REAL benefits from using a private VPN service?
IMHO, no.
I have nothing to hide
In that case, why worry? If you live in the USA (post "Patriot Act") the government can find out anything it wants about individuals. If you are concerned about web sites gathering data (they do of course, for marketing reasons), block cookies.
Barry

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