I just had to sludge through getting SSL working on the new HUNAN box, and found a pretty good guide for setting it up. Here it is for my personal record.
VPN Starter is a extremley simple dashboard widget for OSX used to connect to Cisco VPNs. Note the huge red button graphic that is impossible to not understand. This is my holy grail for end-user VPN connection programs.
Here’s a tip for Firefox. An extension called BugMeNot enables you to right click on “general” forms and say “Login with BugMeNot.” Firefox will call the BugMeNot extension which looks up in an external database login information. For instance, www.nytimes.com requires a login, which is a great place to test it out.
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/bugmenot