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.

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