/openfortivpn

Client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

openfortivpn

openfortivpn is a client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services. It spawns a pppd process and operates the communication between the gateway and this process.

It is compatible with Fortinet VPNs.

Examples

  • Simply connect to a VPN:

    openfortivpn vpn-gateway:8443 --username=foo

  • Connect to a VPN using an authentication realm:

    openfortivpn vpn-gateway:8443 --username=foo --realm=bar

  • Don't set IP routes and don't add VPN nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf:

    openfortivpn vpn-gateway:8443 -u foo -p bar --no-routes --no-dns

  • Using a config file:

    openfortivpn

    With /etc/openfortivpn/config containing:

    host = vpn-gateway
port = 8443
username = foo
password = bar
set-dns = 0
set-routes = 0
# X509 certificate sha256 sum, trust only this one!
trusted-cert = e46d4aff08ba6914e64daa85bc6112a422fa7ce16631bff0b592a28556f993db

Installing

openfortivpn is packaged for Fedora, Gentoo and NixOS under the package name openfortivpn.

For other distros, you'll need to build and install from source:

  1. Install build dependencies.

    • Fedora: gcc automake autoconf openssl-devel
    • Ubuntu: automake autoconf libssl-dev
    • Debian: gcc automake autoconf libssl-dev
    • Arch Linux: automake autoconf openssl
    • Gentoo Linux: net-dialup/ppp
    • macOS: automake autoconf homebrew/versions/openssl101

If You manage your kernel yourself, ensure to compile those modules:

CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m

On macOS, install homebrew to install the build dependencies:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

  1. Build and install.

    aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
make
sudo make install

On macOS :

brew install automake autoconf homebrew/versions/openssl101
aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing
export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl101/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl101/lib"
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc
make
sudo make install

Running as root?

openfortivpn needs elevated privileges at three steps during tunnel set up:

  • when spawning a /usr/sbin/pppd process;
  • when setting IP routes through VPN (when the tunnel is up);
  • when adding nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf (when the tunnel is up).

For these reasons, you may need to use sudo openfortivpn. If you need it to be usable by non-sudoer users, you might consider adding an entry in /etc/sudoers.

For example: visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/openfortivpn

Cmnd_Alias  OPENFORTIVPN = /usr/bin/openfortivpn

%adm       ALL = (ALL) OPENFORTIVPN

Warning: Make sure only trusted users can run openfortivpn as root! As described in #54, a malicious user could use --ppp-plugin and --ppd-log options to divert the program's behaviour.

Contributing

Feel free to make pull requests!

C coding style should follow the Linux kernel Documentation/CodingStyle.