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VPN

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) enables members of Philipps-Universität to securely access resources and data of the university and some external providers via the Internet. Essentially, the VPN makes it possible to work without the need to be physically present within the university's IT infrastructure and without having to forego the advantages available to university members on the physical network.

Important: VPN access always requires an additional, second security feature (two-factor authentication)!

Safety information

If you enter "VPN Uni Marburg" in search engines, for example, you may come across dubious fake VPNs. This is malware or fraudulent software that encrypts data on your computer or reads your passwords.
Therefore, please only ever download the VPN client via the links below!

Manuals:

• Android
• iOS / iPadOS
• Windows
• macOS
• ChromeOS
• Linux

Target group

Target group: students, staff

Requirements

• Central User Account (Uni Account) with VPN authorization and two-factor authentication (2FA token)

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Support and Help

  You can reach the helpdesk team the following ways:
  
  e-mail: helpdesk@hrz.uni-marburg.de
  phone: +49 6421 28-28282
  
  Please include your username (uid) when making inquiries.
  
  All contact points for help and advice can be found at:
  https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/hrz/help-and-advice/contact-points

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Related services

  Research in paid trade journals, databases and other offers is no longer carried out exclusively via VPN. For many offers, the modern registration service Shibboleth is used; this only requires a web browser. An overview of the access is available at the University Library.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Worth knowing

  The VPN protocol used is DTLS. It was originally developed and standardized by the manufacturer Cisco. In addition to Cisco's own Secure Client, the free client openconnect was developed, which you can also use. Despite some technical similarities, DTLS is not compatible with OpenVPN. In the Windows version of openconnect, however, the TUN/TAP driver of OpenVPN is also used.