I've been using the Remote Access VPN client for a few years across a few machines and MacOS releases, from 10.13 - 10.15. But now I have one new machine that cannot run the Remote Access VPN.
But - I have a Mac mini 2018 that has a clean install of Catalina - that is, a disk wipe and MacOS re-install. On that machine, I cannot install the 82.50 or 83.20 clients. The install of either version works, but fails on startup. It gives the error that the "connectivity with the VPN service is lost".
I already did the following:
- Allowed the cpfw.kext in the System Preferences->Security main tab (the message about legacy system extensions).
- Added the Endpoint Security VPN app to the "Full Disk Access" entry in the Privacy tab.
- I also verified the cpfw.kext was loaded.
The error message in the Console shows it crashes in a QtCore / QtGui call. The actual error is deep in CoreFoundation with __NSPlaceholderArray initWithObjects:count:. The call in Endpoint_Security_VPN is from _ZN7QString6removeERK7QRegExp
Any ideas? This looks like some kind of missing file or setting type of thing, but it is a clean install, with all traces of Checkpoint removed before install.