
If in the VPN, to get the installation file, do:

Note: the first time you run it, you also disable updates either with: To prevent it from updating to a more recent version the first time you run on this directory: sudo touch updates So in your target directory, do: tar -jxvf firefox-48.0.tar.bz2 So after testing a couple of firefox older versions, I settled for firefox 48 that will be just used to login in the VPN. Limited to Adobe Flash, and drops support for NPAPI, impacting pluginsįor Java, Silverlight, and other similar NPAPI based plugins. After some tests, it is evident the latest firefox version does not cut it running the Java applet.īeginning with Firefox 52 (released March 2017), plug-in support is.After everything installed, accessing the VPN URL in firefox each time you need to use the VPN.Downloading the snx Linux client installation after logging in the Web VPN client interface.The VM itself does not run Java nor a graphical interface, and I am running Firefox on a remote X server on my notebook when I need to connect to our corporate network.

Ultimately, I decided to settle on authenticating with Firefox+Java ( and then later on, changed my mind, see the related link at the bottom). See the new accepted answer for newer VPN/firewalls. These 2018 instructions are for older CheckPoint VPN pre R80 (R80.10?) releases.
