This project allows you to connect to an F5 Networks VPN server (BIG-IP APM) using the proprietary FastPPP protocol but without any graphical frontend.

The script requires svpn, which is a component of the BIG-IP Edge Client. If you already have the BIG-IP Edge Client installed, then you already have svpn.

Otherwise, if you are on macOS, you can get it by going to https://[your-VPN-server]/ in a web browser, clicking on "Edge Client - macOS", unzipping the file you downloaded, and running the installer that you unzipped.

If you are on Linux, choose one of the following options depending on which distro you run.

$ git clone https://github.com/zrhoffman/svpn-login.git
$ cd svpn-login

./svpn-login.py --sessionid=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef [hostname]

You can find the session ID by going to the VPN host in a web browser, logging in, and running this JavaScript in Developer Tools:

document.cookie.match(/MRHSession=(.*?); /)[1]

If your organization does not use 2FA and you are able to log in with just your username and password:

./svpn-login.py [user@host]

• By default, the script will change your DNS servers to the ones provided by the VPN server. Skip this step by by passing the --skip-dns option.

• By default, once connected, the script will route all traffic through the newly-created VPN network interface. Skip this step by passing the --skip-routes option (your VPN connection will be useless if this option is used, so only use it if you plan to set up the routing table yourself).

[user@host] is saved for future invocations, so doesn't need to be specified on future invocations.

Use CTRL-C to exit.

The application will save [user@host] and last session ID in ~/.svpn-login.conf. If no user was given, [host] will still be saved. In case of problems or for reset the session data simply remove that file.