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Created July 25, 2014 15:18
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This fix patches up a Cisco VPN connection on OSX to not disconnect after 1 hour and instead 1 day.
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patch_vpn.sh
sudo mkdir /etc/racoon/remote
sudo mv /var/run/racoon/*.conf /etc/racoon/remote
sudo sed -i.bak 's/lifetime time 3600 sec/lifetime time 168 hours/' /etc/racoon/remote/*.conf
sudo patch /etc/racoon/racoon.conf <<EOF
--- /etc/racoon.orig/racoon.conf 2009-06-23 09:09:08.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/racoon/racoon.conf 2009-12-11 13:52:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -135,4 +135,5 @@
# by including all files matching /var/run/racoon/*.conf
# This line should be added at the end of the racoon.conf file
# so that settings such as timer values will be appropriately applied.
+include "/etc/racoon/remote/*.conf" ;
include "/var/run/racoon/*.conf" ;
EOF
sudo launchctl stop com.apple.racoon
sudo launchctl start com.apple.racoon
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Download the raw file and save as patch_vpn.sh. Then run chmod +x patch_vpn.sh, and execute ./patch_vpn.sh

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