Quick Start Guide

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NetworkManager-novellvpn-kde4 or NetworkManager-novellvpn-gnome.
NovellVPN support for KDE is not available yet, but is currently being worked on.
OpenVPN
To use this VPN technology, install
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NetworkManager-openvpn and
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NetworkManager-openvpn-kde4 or NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome.
vpnc (Cisco)
To use this VPN technology, install
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NetworkManager-vpnc and
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NetworkManager-vpnc-kde4 or NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome.
PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
To use this VPN technology, install
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NetworkManager-pptp and
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NetworkManager-pptp-kde4 or NetworkManager-pptp-gnome.
After you have installed the packages, congure your VPN connection as described
in Section 5.3, “Conguring Network Connections” (page 56).
5.7 NetworkManager and Security
NetworkManager distinguishes two types of wireless connections, trusted and un-
trusted. A trusted connection is any network that you explicitly selected in the past.
All others are untrusted. Trusted connections are identied by the name and MAC
address of the access point. Using the MAC address ensures that you cannot use a
dierent access point with the name of your trusted connection.
NetworkManager periodically scans for available wireless networks. If multiple
trusted networks are found, the most recently used is automatically selected. Net-
workManager waits for your selection in case that all networks are untrusted.
If the encryption setting changes but the name and MAC address remain the same,
NetworkManager attempts to connect, but rst you are asked to conrm the new
encryption settings and provide any updates, such as a new key.
If you switch from using a wireless connection to oine mode, NetworkManager
blanks the ESSID. This ensures that the card is disconnected.
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