There are several commercial products that have multi vendor VPN support, but they cost a lot. With version 2.2.1 Shrewsoft introduced two versions, standard (free for personal and business use) and Professional $19.99 (with additional features – Split DNS and Secure Domain Login support). Initial steps for OSX port have commenced. Universal VPN client Shrewsoft VPN supports Linux, BSD, Windows 32bit & 64bit and Windows 8 support was added not long ago. It supports importing Cisco client profiles, and you can also export them if you have to share them with your mates or just to have a backup. Screen looks like any other VPN Client, only difference being that you can see several profiles utilising different vendors. Shresoft VPN supports many VPN appliances and that makes it really useful. In this case, you can fix reliable VPN connection by using a third party VPN Client.
One the other hand, end users can have problems if the client is not reliable like is the case with Juniper client. Sometimes have multiple clients installed can cause serious problems, even a blue screen on a Windows PC. IT Technicians have to connect to several VPN networks.
I can think of two scenarios where universal VPN client can be really useful. If you need to connect to many VPN appliances, you will notice how cool it is to have one VPN Client that supports different vendors. Not only did it work great with Juniper, it also worked with Cisco ASA and PIX.
I spent hours looking for a solution how to make Juniper VPN client work with Windows 7. What is more, it was not supported in Windows 7. The same experience I had with Cisco 64 bit vpn client. In my case it saved my butt when I discovered that Juniper VPN Client sucked and was not usable. There are many cases where Shrewsoft VPN comes handy. Why should you use third party VPN Client? Manage and Report Active Directory, Exchange and Microsoft 365 with ManageEngine ADManager Plus.
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