gutmensch: it would be very helpful for me; i had downloaded the extension from you link, but even if it loads ok, i didn't find how to make it work (don't see the vpnc app in /usr/local, neither in /usr/bin nor in /usr/local/share); do you speak about a new version of this extension that you have built? anyway, i would be glad to test it since my office also force me to use the Cisco VPN client. many thanks in advance