Monthly Archives: August 2009

Juniper NetConnect on 64 bit linux

If you’re googling for this, you already know the problems, but just as a refresher:

it’s a java applet.
The java applet asks for permission to write to your filesystem, then asks for your root password, then dumps a setuid program in your ~/.juniper_networks directory. (Side note: I usually mount my home directory nosuid,nodev. Guess [...]