INSTALLING THE PULSE SECURE VPN CLIENT ON A MAC
Temporarily change your security preferences.
Before you can install the Pulse Secure client, you must temporarily change your Security preferences:
Jan 17, 2020 Pulse Secure has qualified macOS Catalina 10.15 with Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure 9.1R4 and Pulse Desktop Client 9.1.4.1761. The software can be downloaded from our support site. Download Pulse Secure installer from the link below: PulseSecure.dmg. Install Pulse Secure. Enter your macOS Username and Password. Download the Pulse Secure Client. Download the Pulse Secure Client for Mac from the Smith Software site. Scroll down to the Misc. Double-click the plusev5.pkg to start the install. Accept the defaults and if prompted, enter for your username and password to install new software. Restart your computer.
- Click the Apple Menu and choose System Preferences, then Security & Privacy.
- Click the padlock icon and enter your computer password.
Note: If you are using a Smith-owned Mac that is bound to AD, enter your network password. - On the General tab, change the Allow apps downloaded from: setting to App Store and identified developers.
- Leave the Security & Privacy window open for now.
Download installer appropriate for RPM-based Linux (such as CentOS) Linux 64 bit. Download installer appropriate for your OS. Download installer appropriate for your macOS. Mac OS 10.13+ and Mac OS 11.x. The user will see a first prompt to allow 'Pulse Secure' application load, and a second prompt to approve 'Network Filtering'. In both cases credentials are required. User approval of System Extensions (part of PDC starting in Catalina) is required as per macOS design. This is a macOS limitation. Junos Pulse 5.1 for Mac is available as a free download on our application library. The most popular versions of the tool are 5.0, 4.2 and 3.1. The bundle id for this application is net.juniper.Junos-Pulse. The program is categorized as Internet & Network Tools. Our antivirus check shows that this Mac download is clean.
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Download the Pulse Secure Client.
- Download the Pulse Secure Client for Mac from the Smith Software site. Scroll down to the Misc. section.
- Double-click the pluse_v5.......pkg to start the install.
- Accept the defaults and if prompted, enter for your username and password to install new software.
- Restart your computer.
Configure a Connection to Smith
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- Open Pulse Secure. A Pulse Secure icon (a fancy S for Secure) will appear in the top menu bar.
- From the Connection Bar, click the plus-sign to add a connection.
- The Type of Connection should read: Policy Secure (UAC) or Connect Secure (VPN)
- In the Name field, enter a name for your Profile (for example, Smith).
- In the Server URL field, enter vpn.smith.edu
- Click Add to save the profile.
- Click connect and login with your Smith username and password (do not include the @smith.edu to the username)
- You will be prompted to input a Secondary Password. This is to indicate the authentication method you want Duo to use. For a push to the Duo App enter Push, to have Duo call you enter Phone. For more information on this step please follow these instructions.
You are now using the Pulse Secure for a secure connection back to Smith.
Restore your Security preferences.
Return to the Security & Privacy window you modified in Part 1 to restore your previous settings:
- Change the Allow apps downloaded from: setting to Mac App Store and identified developers.
- Click the padlock icon to save your changes and prevent further changes.