{"id":4520,"date":"2012-10-15T09:12:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T13:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:12:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T13:12:39","slug":"new-version-of-the-anyconnect-vpn-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/2012\/10\/15\/new-version-of-the-anyconnect-vpn-client\/","title":{"rendered":"New Version of the AnyConnect VPN Client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, a new version of the Cisco AnyConnect client was deployed. You should get this update automatically when first connecting to <a href=\"http:\/\/work2.bumc.bu.edu\">http:\/\/work2.bumc.bu.edu<\/a> after this date.<\/p>\n<p>This new version of the Cisco AnyConnect client was deployed in order to:<br \/>\n\u2022\tResolve several major bugs and conflicts with various desktop operating systems<br \/>\n\u2022\tProvide reliable support for both Windows and Macintosh<br \/>\n\u2022\tProvide new functions and features, including support for Android clients<br \/>\n\u2022\tPatch identified critical security vulnerabilities<br \/>\n\u2022\tKeep clients in a vendor-supported version<br \/>\n\u2022\tAddress an expired vendor signed certificate with the older client installation bundle<\/p>\n<p>With the update, the name changed from &#8220;Cisco AnyConnect&#8221; to &#8220;Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.&#8221; <strong>Unfortunately, this name change will cause any existing shortcuts to stop working<\/strong>. If you have had trouble connecting to the VPN after October 3, you should delete any shortcuts in use and start fresh by connecting to <a href=\"http:\/\/work2.bumc.bu.edu\">http:\/\/work2.bumc.bu.edu<\/a>. We apologize for any inconvenience.<\/p>\n<p>At this time we are unaware of any other issues related to this upgrade. However, additional information on this release is provided by Cisco. Please feel free to contact the IT Help Center (617-353-4357 or ithelp@bu.edu) or BUMC IT (617-638-5914 or bumchelp@bu.edu) if you have any problems or questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, a new version of the Cisco AnyConnect client was deployed. You should get this update automatically when first connecting to http:\/\/work2.bumc.bu.edu after this date. This new version of the Cisco AnyConnect client was deployed in order to: \u2022 Resolve several major bugs and conflicts with various desktop operating systems \u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5559,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4520"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4523,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4520\/revisions\/4523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}