AP, I need you help seeing into the future. When will Duke offer a VPN client for the new Mac OS, 10.4?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: OIT says they’re waiting on Cisco, who makes the VPN client, to come out with a version compatible with 10.4 (the current VPN client is compatible with 10.2). There is no projected arrival date, although “three or four months” is a guesstimate.
If you’re just interested in offsite access to library databases, the workaround is to use the proxy server method, which just requires a few configuration settings in your browser.
http://www.oit.duke.edu/remote_access/proxy.html
The instructions show examples only for IE, Netscape, and Safari. Maybe you can figure out how to fudge the settings to work on another browswer. Be sure to read the disclaimer regarding security issues with the proxy server.