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?
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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?
You can use an obfuscated password.
Use
Xauth obfuscated password XXXXXX.Remember that the obfuscated password can be deobfuscated with the
cisco-decryptutility.You can create the obfuscated password with the
cisco-encrypttool, which you can build using the code provided here.Do this like
(requires libgcrypt)