In oder to set up a working Remote VPN connection to SISSA, follow the above steps:

• using your preferred browser (Firefox, Chrome, and Safari are supported) connect to the site https://vpn.sissa.it

• insert your SISSA credentials (username/password)
• download the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client package

• choose Save File to save the package in a local directory

• 1. Locate the downloaded Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client package (usually in the Download directory under your home)
• 2. Open a terminal window in order to insert the shell commands needed to install the package

• 3. from the shell prompt type ls and look for a “Download” directory
• 4. move to the Download directory with the command cd Download
• 5. look for the downloaded package with a list command ls -l. You should see a file named like anyconnect-linux64-x.x.x-core-vpn-webdeploy-k9.sh
• 6. change file's permission to executable with the command chmod a+x anyconnect-linux64-x.x.x-core-vpn-webdeploy-k9.sh
• 7. now the file should be executable, check again with an ls -l, you should now see the file's permission as -rwxrwxr-x and the file should be displayed in green
• 8. install the package with root privileges using the sudo command: sudo ./anyconnect-linux64-x.x.x-core-vpn-webdeploy-k9.sh
• 9. Confirm the command typing your user's password, installation should start…
• 10. You should see a series of lines like Extracting installation files to /tmp/vpn.xxxx and the last 2 lines should be Starting Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Agent… and Done!