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how to encrypt vpnc Xauth password in /etc/vpn/example.cfg file?

when i set up vpnc, i created a /etc/vpnc/example.cfg file so that i don't have to enter everything every time.

one of the lines is "Xauth password " where i have to enter it in plain text. is there a way to encrypt it?

Solution

  • You can use an obfuscated password. Use Xauth obfuscated password XXXXXX.

    Remember that the obfuscated password can be deobfuscated with the cisco-decrypt utility.

    You can create the obfuscated password with the cisco-encrypt tool, which you can build using the code provided here.

    Do this like

    gcc -o cisco-encrypt cisco-encrypt.c -lgcrypt

    (requires libgcrypt)