[vpn-help] Shrew soft VPN with certificates issue

[Matthew Grooms]

On 10/22/2010 4:44 AM, Gibson Moses wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am trying to setup the Shrew vpn client on windows/linux but I can't
> seem to get the client to connect to my cisco IPSEC VPN.
> I am using certificates. When I import my CA,Client certificate and the
> client key and try to connect I just get a password prompt which I
> suspect is for the certificate. In my case I haven't created my client
> certificate with a password.
> Can someone point me on the way to go?
> I have the Cisco IPSEC VPN running on a Catalyst 6500 switch(blade)
> I use this device with a Cisco VPN client with the certificates and I
> don't get any issues but when I try the Shrew VPN client this fails.

Gibson,

Have you tried looking at the debug level log output using the VPN Trace 
application? It may give you more insight into the issue.

http://www.shrew.net/support/wiki/BugReportVpnWindows

-Matthew