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VPN Access

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) enables members of the Philipps-Universität Marburg to access university resources and data over the Internet in a secure way. Essentially, the VPN allows them to work without the need for physical presence within the university's IT infrastructure and without sacrificing the benefits available to university members on the physical network. In order to use a VPN connection, you need to install a VPN client, which establishes and secures the connection between the user and the university's VPN.

In addition, a WebVPN service is available that can be used via a browser.

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

You can find the quick start for the most important operating systems here:

• Windows (GER)
• Android (GER)
• iOS (iPhone, iPad) (GER)
• MacOS (GER)
• Linux

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  • VPN - Eine Einführung (07:38 min)
  • Windows (05:11 min)
  • Linux (03:21 min)

Target group and requirements

Target group: students, employees

• Central User Account (Uni Account) with VPN authorization

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  You can reach the VPN team at vpn@hrz.uni-marburg.de. Please provide your account and, if possible, the exact web link (URL) to the desired resource.

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  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. A further addition is the WebVPN service, which also requires only a web browser. An overview of the access is available at the University Library.

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  The VPN protocol used is DTLS. It was originally developed and standardized by the manufacturer Cisco. In addition to Cisco's own client Anyconnect, 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.