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Category Archives: Remote access
Updated OpenVPN server
The Chemistry department has a VPN service providing remote access to our internal network. We’ve recently set up a second VPN server instance running a newer version of the VPN software with updated cryptography libraries and a great many bugfixes … Continue reading
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ZendTo – sending large files
ZendTo is a piece of software intended to let members of the Department send or receive files that are too large to attach to emails: it provides a website that lets people drop off files that can be collected by … Continue reading
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TeamViewer and remote access
Some of you may have read a recent story about possible security problems concerning TeamViewer, for example: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/01/teamviewer_mass_breach_report/ There are a number of supported remote access technologies in the Department, as described at http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/computing/remote-access Our recommended method for remotely connecting … Continue reading
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ssh fingerprints for bastion hosts
Those of you who use our bastion host (citadel.ch.cam.ac.uk) may know something about ssh fingerprints: these are identifiers used by ssh servers which allow you to check that you really are connecting to the right server, and allow you to … Continue reading
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Upcoming OpenVPN changes
Many people in the department use our OpenVPN service to get access to the Chemistry network when they are not physically in the building. If you use OpenVPN, you need to make some changes before 22nd October 2015 to ensure … Continue reading
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Remote webpage access
There are many websites that are only accessible from either a University or a Department IP address – for example, many journal websites, internal Departmental pages (such as those with .private. in the address). One method for accessing such pages … Continue reading
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VPN for iPhone and iPad
The department of Chemistry has a popular VPN service which uses software called OpenVPN. VPN is a service that allows you to log into the department network from anywhere on the Internet and then appear to the network as if … Continue reading
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