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Unreliable Linux VPN client
Their Linux VPN client Forticlient is unreliable and works very badly on Debian. They claim they do not have support for Debian but they have for Ubuntu. Usually such software works in both OS:es since they are closely related, but for this it is not the case. It comes in a wide range of versions depending on from where you get it - by official download, official repository or sent to you by an administrator. All should be the same but they are not, there are at least three different numbered versions available. You have to re-install it several times to get it working. It will not connect up until the point you have re-installed it enough - whenever that is, it only hangs on "Connecting". I have no clue why it suddenly started to work so I expect it to suddenly stop to work too. It fiddles with the account key ring randomly and reverts master password for it even though that has been disabled previously so the key ring dialog pops up. And the worst thing, it refuses to connect automatically even if there are such functions built in because there are check boxes for auto connect. It just does not do it unless the login button is clicked. It randomly starts some kind of "vulnerability scan" and when you click the login button it randomly pops up a 5 minute timeout errors and after that an error to try again. Sometimes it just connects. It is completely random. Using an open source VPN client does not work either because they mess with the protocol so they does not work as previously documented, so you have to use their client, which as mentioned does not work properly. Sure, if you manage to get it to connect, then it stays connected without problems, so I suspect that the underlying software to do that part is written by someone else, because it works.