Tunneling Through

From time-to-time I have need to connect to VPNs, usually when doing work directly for one of my government partners. For a reason that utterly escapes me, Cisco hides its AnyConnect client behind a login that requires a license. And it’s a heavyweight install to boot. Ugh. I’d rather use a CLI; enter openconnect.

It can be a bit tricky to get the parameters right, so I put together a little helper script that abstracts some details, not the least of which is storing the VPN password in the local keyring for quick retrieval.

Posting it here for posterity. Enjoy!