Security :: Virtual Private Network

As part of the closed border firewall project [1], Humboldt State University deployed a Virtual Private Network (VPN [2]) server. This ensures secure communications through a simple web interface for those staff and faculty members who use Remote Desktop or Virtual Network Computing (VNC [3]) to connect to their office computers from off campus.

If you need to access applications on your office desktop and network resources beyond your Network Folder remotely, work with your ITC [4] to configure your office computer appropriately and then follow these instructions [5] to initiate and use the VPN connection. All you need on your remote computer is a Java-enabled browser; no special software is required.

If you only need to connect to your Network Folder [6] to access files, we recommend you use SFTP [7] rather than the VPN.