Unpacking Software Livestream

Join our monthly Unpacking Software livestream to hear about the latest news, chat and opinion on packaging, software deployment and lifecycle management!

Learn More

Chocolatey Product Spotlight

Join the Chocolatey Team on our regular monthly stream where we put a spotlight on the most recent Chocolatey product releases. You'll have a chance to have your questions answered in a live Ask Me Anything format.

Learn More

Chocolatey Coding Livestream

Join us for the Chocolatey Coding Livestream, where members of our team dive into the heart of open source development by coding live on various Chocolatey projects. Tune in to witness real-time coding, ask questions, and gain insights into the world of package management. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with our team and contribute to the future of Chocolatey!

Learn More

Calling All Chocolatiers! Whipping Up Windows Automation with Chocolatey Central Management

Webinar from
Wednesday, 17 January 2024

We are delighted to announce the release of Chocolatey Central Management v0.12.0, featuring seamless Deployment Plan creation, time-saving duplications, insightful Group Details, an upgraded Dashboard, bug fixes, user interface polishing, and refined documentation. As an added bonus we'll have members of our Solutions Engineering team on-hand to dive into some interesting ways you can leverage the new features available!

Watch On-Demand
Chocolatey Community Coffee Break

Join the Chocolatey Team as we discuss all things Community, what we do, how you can get involved and answer your Chocolatey questions.

Watch The Replays
Chocolatey and Intune Overview

Webinar Replay from
Wednesday, 30 March 2022

At Chocolatey Software we strive for simple, and teaching others. Let us teach you just how simple it could be to keep your 3rd party applications updated across your devices, all with Intune!

Watch On-Demand
Chocolatey For Business. In Azure. In One Click.

Livestream from
Thursday, 9 June 2022

Join James and Josh to show you how you can get the Chocolatey For Business recommended infrastructure and workflow, created, in Azure, in around 20 minutes.

Watch On-Demand
The Future of Chocolatey CLI

Livestream from
Thursday, 04 August 2022

Join Paul and Gary to hear more about the plans for the Chocolatey CLI in the not so distant future. We'll talk about some cool new features, long term asks from Customers and Community and how you can get involved!

Watch On-Demand
Hacktoberfest Tuesdays 2022

Livestreams from
October 2022

For Hacktoberfest, Chocolatey ran a livestream every Tuesday! Re-watch Cory, James, Gary, and Rain as they share knowledge on how to contribute to open-source projects such as Chocolatey CLI.

Watch On-Demand

Downloads:

7,483

Downloads of v 2.2.2.1:

333

Last Update:

04 Jan 2017

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Shrew Soft Inc.

Tags:

windows vpn ipsec shrewsoft admin

Shrew Soft VPN Client

Downloads:

7,483

Downloads of v 2.2.2.1:

333

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Shrew Soft Inc.

Shrew Soft VPN Client

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Some Checks Have Failed or Are Not Yet Complete

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Failed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
WARNING

This package was rejected on 14 Feb 2017. The reviewer chocolatey-ops has listed the following reason(s):

w0ndersp00n (maintainer) on 28 Dec 2016 10:19:50 +00:00:

User 'w0ndersp00n' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 28 Dec 2016 10:55:00 +00:00:

ShrewSoftVpn has passed automated validation. It may have or may still fail other checks like testing (verification).
NOTE: No required changes that the validator checks have been flagged! It is appreciated if you fix other items, but only Requirements will hold up a package version from approval. A human review could still turn up issues a computer may not easily find.

Guidelines

Guidelines are strong suggestions that improve the quality of a package version. These are considered something to fix for next time to increase the quality of the package. Over time Guidelines can become Requirements. A package version can be approved without addressing Guideline comments but will reduce the quality of the package.

  • The iconUrl should be added if there is one. Please correct this in the nuspec, if applicable. More...
  • The nuspec has been enhanced to allow packageSourceUrl, pointing to the url where the package source resides. This is a strong guideline because it simplifies collaboration. Please add it to the nuspec. More...
Suggestions

Suggestions are either newly introduced items that will later become Guidelines or items that are don't carry enough weight to become a Guideline. Either way they should be considered. A package version can be approved without addressing Suggestion comments.

  • The nuspec has been enhanced to allow more information related to the software. More... Please consider adding one or more of the following to the nuspec, if available:
    • docsUrl - points to the location of the wiki or docs of the software
    • mailingListUrl - points to the forum or email list group for the software
    • bugTrackerUrl - points to the location where issues and tickets can be accessed
    • projectSourceUrl - points to the location of the underlying software source

w0ndersp00n (maintainer) on 28 Dec 2016 11:13:03 +00:00:

User 'w0ndersp00n' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 28 Dec 2016 11:33:50 +00:00:

ShrewSoftVpn has failed automated testing.
This is not the only check that is performed so check the package page to ensure a 'Ready' status.
Please visit https://gist.github.com/da21a45e93f0fbca61366cc0e17c40ee for details.
The package status will be changed and will be waiting on your next actions.

  • NEW! We have a test environment for you to replicate the testing we do. This can be used at any time to test packages! See https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-test-environment
  • Please log in and leave a review comment if you have questions and/or comments.
  • If you see the verifier needs to rerun testing against the package without resubmitting (a issue in the test results), you can do that on the package page in the review section.
  • If the verifier is incompatible with the package, please log in and leave a review comment if the package needs to bypass testing (e.g. package installs specific drivers).
  • Automated testing can also fail when a package is not completely silent or has pop ups (AutoHotKey can assist - a great example is the VeraCrypt package).
  • A package that cannot be made completely unattended should have the notSilent tag. Note that this must be approved by moderators.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 28 Dec 2016 11:45:10 +00:00:

ShrewSoftVpn has passed automated validation. It may have or may still fail other checks like testing (verification).
NOTE: No required changes that the validator checks have been flagged! It is appreciated if you fix other items, but only Requirements will hold up a package version from approval. A human review could still turn up issues a computer may not easily find.

Suggestions

Suggestions are either newly introduced items that will later become Guidelines or items that are don't carry enough weight to become a Guideline. Either way they should be considered. A package version can be approved without addressing Suggestion comments.

  • The nuspec has been enhanced to allow more information related to the software. More... Please consider adding one or more of the following to the nuspec, if available:
    • docsUrl - points to the location of the wiki or docs of the software
    • mailingListUrl - points to the forum or email list group for the software
    • bugTrackerUrl - points to the location where issues and tickets can be accessed
    • projectSourceUrl - points to the location of the underlying software source

w0ndersp00n (maintainer) on 28 Dec 2016 12:23:55 +00:00:

The Gist shows an exit with code 0 and 1/1 package installed successfully. I don't understand which corrective action I should take. Especially since a few moments after the automatic testing passed.

flcdrg (reviewer) on 29 Dec 2016 22:38:48 +00:00:

Rerunning tests.
Auto Verification Change - Verification tests have been set to rerun.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 29 Dec 2016 23:16:34 +00:00:

ShrewSoftVpn has failed automated testing.
This is not the only check that is performed so check the package page to ensure a 'Ready' status.
Please visit https://gist.github.com/0a6a4803f7d78c2f982300d91c9c7138 for details.
The package status will be changed and will be waiting on your next actions.

  • NEW! We have a test environment for you to replicate the testing we do. This can be used at any time to test packages! See https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-test-environment
  • Please log in and leave a review comment if you have questions and/or comments.
  • If you see the verifier needs to rerun testing against the package without resubmitting (a issue in the test results), you can do that on the package page in the review section.
  • If the verifier is incompatible with the package, please log in and leave a review comment if the package needs to bypass testing (e.g. package installs specific drivers).
  • Automated testing can also fail when a package is not completely silent or has pop ups (AutoHotKey can assist - a great example is the VeraCrypt package).
  • A package that cannot be made completely unattended should have the notSilent tag. Note that this must be approved by moderators.

espoelstra (reviewer) on 03 Jan 2017 16:58:15 +00:00:

Oddly I don't see it attempting the automatic uninstall on this package in the verifier. Typically it will either run the chocolateyUninstall.ps1 if present or attempt to uninstall using the new auto uninstaller logic, it doesn't appear have done either. When I ran an AppVeyor build against your repo it appears to have installed correctly but it doesn't know how to uninstall the package silently as there are no "silent uninstall" args in the registry. Perhaps a chocolateyUninstall.ps1 could take care of that?

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dragon788/w0ndersp00n-chocolatey-packages/build/1.0.1

w0ndersp00n (maintainer) on 04 Jan 2017 21:47:18 +00:00:

User 'w0ndersp00n' (maintainer) submitted package.

w0ndersp00n (maintainer) on 04 Jan 2017 21:51:12 +00:00:

User 'w0ndersp00n' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 04 Jan 2017 22:25:21 +00:00:

ShrewSoftVpn has passed automated validation. It may have or may still fail other checks like testing (verification).
NOTE: No required changes that the validator checks have been flagged! It is appreciated if you fix other items, but only Requirements will hold up a package version from approval. A human review could still turn up issues a computer may not easily find.

Guidelines

Guidelines are strong suggestions that improve the quality of a package version. These are considered something to fix for next time to increase the quality of the package. Over time Guidelines can become Requirements. A package version can be approved without addressing Guideline comments but will reduce the quality of the package.

  • This package uses the admin tag which suggests that one of the Admin Helpers is being used, however, none were found. More...
    • NOTE: We're extending converting this to a requirement to 01 May 2016 to give folks plenty of time to prepare and make changes.
Suggestions

Suggestions are either newly introduced items that will later become Guidelines or items that are don't carry enough weight to become a Guideline. Either way they should be considered. A package version can be approved without addressing Suggestion comments.

  • The nuspec has been enhanced to allow more information related to the software. More... Please consider adding one or more of the following to the nuspec, if available:
    • docsUrl - points to the location of the wiki or docs of the software
    • mailingListUrl - points to the forum or email list group for the software
    • bugTrackerUrl - points to the location where issues and tickets can be accessed
    • projectSourceUrl - points to the location of the underlying software source

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 04 Jan 2017 23:43:44 +00:00:

ShrewSoftVpn has failed automated testing.
This is not the only check that is performed so check the package page to ensure a 'Ready' status.
Please visit https://gist.github.com/46cc95f9e70b77a80328858149b5737d for details.
The package status will be changed and will be waiting on your next actions.

  • NEW! We have a test environment for you to replicate the testing we do. This can be used at any time to test packages! See https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey-test-environment
  • Please log in and leave a review comment if you have questions and/or comments.
  • If you see the verifier needs to rerun testing against the package without resubmitting (a issue in the test results), you can do that on the package page in the review section.
  • If the verifier is incompatible with the package, please log in and leave a review comment if the package needs to bypass testing (e.g. package installs specific drivers).
  • Automated testing can also fail when a package is not completely silent or has pop ups (AutoHotKey can assist - a great example is the VeraCrypt package).
  • A package that cannot be made completely unattended should have the notSilent tag. Note that this must be approved by moderators.

w0ndersp00n (maintainer) on 06 Jan 2017 09:49:19 +00:00:

I've added the uninstall script, but the result is the same. A successful install which somehow failed. Still the log doesn't show me any errors.

flcdrg (reviewer) on 10 Jan 2017 10:43:47 +00:00:

I'd suggest asking on Gitter to see if Rob or others might have some suggestions

David

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 30 Jan 2017 10:46:44 +00:00:

We've found ShrewSoftVpn v2.2.2.1 in a submitted status and waiting for your next actions. It has had no updates for 20 or more days since a reviewer has asked for corrections. Please note that if there is no response or fix of the package within 15 days of this message, this package version will automatically be closed (rejected) due to being stale.

Take action:

  • Log in to the site and respond to the review comments.
  • Resubmit fixes for this version.
  • If the package version is failing automated checks, you can self-reject the package.

If your package is failing automated testing, you can use the chocolatey test environment to manually run the verification and determine what may need to be fixed.

Note: We don't like to see packages automatically rejected. It doesn't mean that we don't value your contributions, just that we can not continue to hold packages versions in a waiting status that have possibly been abandoned. If you don't believe you will be able to fix up this version of the package within 15 days, we strongly urge you to log in to the site and respond to the review comments until you are able to.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 14 Feb 2017 10:50:22 +00:00:

Unfortunately there has not been progress to move ShrewSoftVpn v2.2.2.1 towards an approved status within 15 days after the last review message, so we need to close (reject) the package version at this time. If you want to pick this version up and move it towards approval in the future, use the contact site admins link on the package page and we can move it back into a submitted status so you can submit updates.

Status Change - Changed status of package from 'submitted' to 'rejected'.

Description

The Shrew Soft VPN Client for Windows is an IPsec Remote Access VPN Client for Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7/8 operating systems ( 32 and 64 bit versions ). It was originally developed to provide secure communications between mobile Windows hosts and open source VPN gateways that utilize standards compliant software such as ipsec-tools, OpenSWAN, StrongSWAN, Libreswan, isakmpd. It now offers many of the advanced features only found in expensive commercial software and provides compatibility for VPN appliances produced by vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, Netgear, Linksys, Zywall and many others.

#### Package Parameters
The following package parameters can be set:

* /NODESK - Do not create shortcut on desktop.
* /NOMENU - Do not create menu items.
* /STANDARD - Install standard edition instead of professional.

These parameters can be passed to the installer with the use of -params.
For example: -params '"/NODESK /STANDARD"'.

Bump in version number is just for the new package. The developer of the software uses no more than 3 numbers.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$packageName = 'ShrewSoftVpn'
$url         = 'https://www.shrew.net/download/vpn/vpn-client-2.2.2-release.exe'
$checksum    = '573B26315D49AB55E10EC39AA092F43FF0A061F3472AD99D3F5F106DADD18C3D'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName            = $packageName
  fileType               = 'EXE'
  url                    = $url
  silentArgs             = '/S /STANDARD'
  checksum               = $checksum
  checksumType           = 'sha256'
  validExitCodes         = @(0)
  registryUninstallerKey = $packageName
}
Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$uninstaller = '%PROGRAMFILES%\ShrewSoft\VPN Client\uninstall.exe'
$silentArgs = '/S'

Stop-Process -processname iked.exe, ipseca.exe, ipsecc.exe, ipsecd.exe, ipsect.exe

& $uninstaller $silentArgs

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status

This package has no dependencies.

Discussion for the Shrew Soft VPN Client Package

Ground Rules:

  • This discussion is only about Shrew Soft VPN Client and the Shrew Soft VPN Client package. If you have feedback for Chocolatey, please contact the Google Group.
  • This discussion will carry over multiple versions. If you have a comment about a particular version, please note that in your comments.
  • The maintainers of this Chocolatey Package will be notified about new comments that are posted to this Disqus thread, however, it is NOT a guarantee that you will get a response. If you do not hear back from the maintainers after posting a message below, please follow up by using the link on the left side of this page or follow this link to contact maintainers. If you still hear nothing back, please follow the package triage process.
  • Tell us what you love about the package or Shrew Soft VPN Client, or tell us what needs improvement.
  • Share your experiences with the package, or extra configuration or gotchas that you've found.
  • If you use a url, the comment will be flagged for moderation until you've been whitelisted. Disqus moderated comments are approved on a weekly schedule if not sooner. It could take between 1-5 days for your comment to show up.
comments powered by Disqus