Nimbostratushow to get client-side debug output from Network Access Plugin?
I've been using the F5NAP as a client for ~2 years, after getting it setup on 64-bit linux, to run SSH sessions on a research compute cluster. However now I must make the F5VPN run through a jumpbox, which is not currently working: I can login to the remote access site from the F5NAPed firefox, and start the F5VPN, at which point I immediately lose all DNS. I'm guessing
- The F5VPN is trying to push to my client a reference to a DNS server inside the firewall. I know from past experience that important hostnames (of, e.g., cluster login nodes) are only visible from the LAN or VPN.
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This failure is whacking DNS on my client, because I observe the following repeatable sequence:
1. Start F5NAPed firefox on client (laptop, which remains 64-bit linux).- Test
from a console/terminal: succeeds.nslookup www.google.com - Login to remote-access site with F5NAPed firefox.
- Test
: succeeds.nslookup www.google.com - Use remote-access site's web UI to start F5VPN.
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Test
: fails withnslookup www.google.com;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached-
Use remote-access site's web UI to exit F5VPN (but leaving F5NAPed firefox up and logged-in to remote-access site).
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Test
: succeeds.nslookup www.google.com
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- Test
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The DNS push from the F5VPN is failing due to a routing problem, since the F5VPN worked before the imposition of the jumpbox tunnel.
However I see no way to debug this, since the F5VPN is implemented with a browser plugin. Is there some way to get status/debug output (e.g., stdout, stderr messages) from the F5NAP on linux, the way one could if running a console-based solution? E.g.,
- Can one make the F5NAP log to a file?
- Can one make the F5NAP log to the console from which one runs the F5NAPed firefox?
- Is there a recommended tool for observing relevant messages or other information from within firefox-3.x?
