wtf juniper. Anyone else find it irritating that junos pulse services and pulse tray must always running in OS X regardless of whether or not you're currently connected? Yeah, me too. I added the following as aliases to my shell to fix this problem. Be sure to change your /Library/LaunchAgents/net.juniper.pulsetray.plist file to reflect the `Kee…

net.juniper.pulsetray.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>                                             
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">                                                              
<dict>                                                                             
  <key>Label</key>                                                                 
  <string>net.juniper.pulsetray</string>                                           
  <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>                                                
  <array>                                                                          
    <string>Aqua</string>                                                          
  </array>                                                                         
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>                                                      
  <array>                                                                          
    <string>/Applications/Junos Pulse.app/Contents/Plugins/JamUI/PulseTray.app/Contents/MacOS/PulseTray</string>
  </array>                                                                         
  <key>KeepAlive</key>                                                             
  <false/>                                                                         
  <key>Disabled</key>                                                              
  <false/>                                                                         
</dict>                                                                            
</plist>   

OSX-junos_pulse_listenToMe.sh

#################################################################################
# start and stop the vpn from the command line from now on with these two commands
# or rename the aliases as you see fit.
#################################################################################
alias startvpn="sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.juniper.AccessService.plist; open -a '/Applications/Junos Pulse.app/Contents/Plugins/JamUI/PulseTray.app/Contents/MacOS/PulseTray'"
alias quitvpn="osascript -e 'tell application \"PulseTray.app\" to quit';sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.juniper.AccessService.plist"

1. edit /Library/LaunchAgents/net.juniper.pulsetray.plist
2. edit .bashrc and $ source .bashrc
3. run $ vpn-stop (first time only)

# ~~ snip ~~
# VPN
vpn-start() {
        sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.juniper.AccessService.plist
        launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.juniper.pulsetray.plist
}
vpn-stop() {
        launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/net.juniper.pulsetray.plist
        sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.juniper.AccessService.plist
        osascript -e 'tell application "Junos Pulse" to quit'
}