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This article shows you how to downloadand install the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client on aWindows Computer.This article is ONLY applicable to the Cisco Small Business RV34x series routers, not Enterprise products.

AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is a modular endpoint software product. It not only provides VirtualPrivate Network (VPN) access through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)Internet KeyExchange version2 (IKEv2) but also offers enhanced security through various built-in modules.

AnyConnect client licenses allow the use of the AnyConnect desktop clients as wellas any of the AnyConnect mobile clients that are available. You will need aclient license todownload and use the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. A client license enables the VPNfunctionalityandaresold in packs of 25 from partners like CDW or through your company's device procurement.

If you purchased a license and you are unable to download AnyConnect, call Cisco Global Service Relations at +1 919-993-2724. Select option2. You will need to know your Cisco ID (the one you use to log into Cisco.com) and the sales ordernumber when you call. They will get that situation all straightened out.

Check your Downloads folder to locate the AnyConnect files. Browser based downloads are often depositedinto the downloads folder on your device on windows. The path to the file often resemblesC:\Users\[Your User ID]\Downloads with the C:/ referring to your devices storage drive.

By the way, once the configurations are complete on the router, you can view your connection on the lowerright-hand of your screen. Click the up arrow and hover over the AnyConnect icon to see thedetails.

A vulnerability in the client update process of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Software for Windows and Cisco Secure Client Software for Windows could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to those of SYSTEM. The client update process is executed after a successful VPN connection is established.

This vulnerability exists because improper permissions are assigned to a temporary directory that is created during the update process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by abusing a specific function of the Windows installer process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with SYSTEM privileges.

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I have the need to store more than one VPN profile on my anyconnect client. I am a consultant and have mulitple clients using AnyConnect. The old VPN client used pcf files. From what I've been about to gather, an XML file can be used to simulate this same function. I tried to work with that, but had no luck. The preferences file gets overwritten with that last successful connection.

Can anyone help me out with this? Please keep in mind, from a VPN standpoint, I'm just a user. Not an admin. Quite honestly, I'm not even sure what to ask. I just want this AnyConnect client to display all my VPN connections like the old one.

For the first profile I used a few weeks ago, it wasn't showing up. Then after a few days and PC restarts, suddenly the profile surprised me and showed up which I wasn't expecting as it hadn't changed anything ...... and from there on, it worked great.

The more i think about it, the messier it appears. As you are not the admin and also need to connect to different customer VPN gateways, i can foresee a situation where user controllable attributes set on the different VPN gateways keep overwriting whatever you get or configure personally - and rightly so. There is also the issue of what happens if you've got an old client and the ASA is configured to update your client if it has a more recent version?

Probably best going with Marvin's suggestion and creating your own VPN profile XML file and copying it into the right directory for your endpoint...and see what happens when you connect to the next VPN gateway

Seems like Cisco may have missed the mark on this one. I too connect to many locations using the Anyconnect client, and have no control over the ASA configuration that manages their settings or deploys new versions. I am constantly having to enter the hostname I wish to connect to, and modify my credentials. XML is pretty flexible and it seems to me that the client could use the SSL thumbprint and hostname to define a schemed XML entry for each gateway. One step forward, two steps back.

You can manually create and save profiles in the AnyConnect profile directory. AnyConnect checks the directory on startup. If you add a new profile, you will need to stop and restart AnyConnect for it to appear in the drop down.

@BigR off

rem Version 1.0.1

rem Change 0.1 - Added comment to (1) unhide C:\ProgramData or (2) run as administrator.

rem For easy right-click paste, Enable Defaults ^> QuickEdit Mode in your command window.

rem PROGRAM

@BigR ^ > "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\%HostName%.xml"

@BigR ^ "^> >> "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\%HostName%.xml"

@BigR ^ >> "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\%HostName%.xml"

@BigR ^%HostName%^ >> "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\%HostName%.xml"

@BigR ^%HostAddress%^ >> "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\%HostName%.xml"

@BigR ^SSL^ >> "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\%HostName%.xml"

@BigR ^ >> "C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\Profile\%HostName%.xml"