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openfortivpn — A VPN client, for Fortinet's proprietary PPP+SSL VPN solution. More information: <https://manned.org

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Problem

How to use the openfortivpn command: A VPN client, for Fortinet's proprietary PPP+SSL VPN solution. More information: <https://manned.org/openfortivpn>.

Solution

openfortivpn — A VPN client, for Fortinet's proprietary PPP+SSL VPN solution. More information: <https://manned.org/openfortivpn>.

Connect to a VPN with a username and password:

openfortivpn {{[-u|--username]}} {{username}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{password}}

Connect to a VPN using a specific configuration file (defaults to /etc/openfortivpn/config):

sudo openfortivpn {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config}}

Connect to a VPN by specifying the host and port:

openfortivpn {{host}}:{{port}}

Trust a given gateway by passing in its certificate's sha256 sum:

openfortivpn --trusted-cert {{sha256_sum}}

Code Snippets

Connect to a VPN with a username and password

openfortivpn {{[-u|--username]}} {{username}} {{[-p|--password]}} {{password}}

Connect to a VPN using a specific configuration file (defaults to `/etc/openfortivpn/config`)

sudo openfortivpn {{[-c|--config]}} {{path/to/config}}

Connect to a VPN by specifying the host and port

openfortivpn {{host}}:{{port}}

Trust a given gateway by passing in its certificate's sha256 sum

openfortivpn --trusted-cert {{sha256_sum}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/openfortivpn

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