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Kindly help.I am new to VPN.

SSL-VPN in Sophos was initially configured in such a way that, when I download a ssl-vpn.exe package from the sophos user portal and install it on my windows machine, I find config files under: C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos SSL VPN Client\config

company_name@gateway (ssl-vpn config file)
company_name.ca security certificate 
company_name.user certificate
company_name.user.key certificate.

I have no idea about these certificates. I tried to create a new VPN Profile with firewall rules and downloaded the vpn.exe package from user portal,after installing it on my windows machine, there is just one ssl-vpn config file no certificates are present under C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos SSL VPN Client\config

company_name@gateway (ssl-vpn config file)

without any certificates.Obviously I cannot connect via the newly created profile. I get this error:

 Wed Feb 14 12:21:28 2018 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: test: No     such host is known.
 Wed Feb 14 12:21:28 2018 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1518607288,RESOLVE,,,,,,
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  • You should contact whom ever configure your workstation originally and have them fix it's current configuration. "Cannot resolve host address: test" - indicates you are attempting to connect to a non-exist host or you have a misconfigured client device since your device no longer is aware of how to resolve the ip address.
    – Ramhound
    Feb 20, 2018 at 19:40
  • Ask your Administrator for a copy of the certificate
    – Ramhound
    Feb 21, 2018 at 11:08
  • Its a new vpn-profile, shouldnt sophos automatically generate the certificates?
    – Shruthi
    Feb 21, 2018 at 13:47
  • “I tried to create a new VPN Profile with firewall rules” Well, that sounds like your problem right there. What exactly did you do? // The certificates and key could be embedded, so that’s not what’s wrong. Indeed, the error message is quite clear: “Cannot resolve host address: test: No such host is known”.
    – Daniel B
    Feb 21, 2018 at 17:16
  • Under Remote Access->SSL->Settings->Override hostname I gave my public ip address. Now it works fine
    – Shruthi
    Feb 22, 2018 at 11:04

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I did it by entering my public ip address in Override Hostname.That solved the issue. The new version does not seem to include certificates.

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