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#Forticlient 6 autostart windows
So, a Start VPN Before Logon feature would be essential in that case.įurthermore, the crendential cache storage of Windows is wrote: In some circumstances this might not be possible without VPN though. So you need to log on at least once before the credentials are being cached. So, would it also be possible to have OpenVPN prompt for the VPN credentials when clicking on that button, so that a user can enter his VPN credentials (username + password) and connect via VPN before logging on to wrote:Īlso such a feature is often not required for domain login: as Windows caches domain login credentials, the user can login and then start the tunnel even if the DC is not reachable before the tunnel is up.įor the credentials to be cached, you first need to be able to log on to the domain controller for Windows to be able to cache the credentials. So, Windows does seem to have a "native" button for this on the log on screen (which is also being utilized by Cisco An圜onnect).
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Windows itself also does offer a similar feature: Is OpenVPN also able to offer a prompt for the VPN credentials before logging on to Windows?Ĭisco An圜onnect does have that feature, it's called "Start Before Logon" or in short "SBL", see for example: having to authenticate on a domain controller). Apparently this is being done by having OpenVPN running as a service:Įstablishing a VPN connection before logging on to Windows is especially useful when needing to log on to a domain joined machine (i.e. Apparently OpenVPN seems to be able to establish a VPN connection before a user logs on to Windows.
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