VPN62015-03-11 17:17:53akrevl52013-04-18 22:19:00akrevl42013-04-18 21:47:03akrevl32013-04-18 21:46:53akrevl22013-04-18 21:14:41akrevl12013-04-18 20:03:52akrevlVPNOne option of accessing all the computing resources of our group is to establish a VPN connection to one of the servers. We are using the standard OpenVPN SSL VPN connections. The connection behaves very similar to a regular https connection that your web browser might make. Getting startedRequest a keyThe connection uses a combination of a symmetric cipher and public key cryptography. That is why we need to generate a pair of keys for you. You can request a key by sending an e-mail to your local sysadmin (il-action@cs or akrevl@cs). Copy the keyOnce you get a reply from your sysadmin you can copy the key via SSH from the whale.stanford.edu server. Windows usersYou will need a program that can transfer files via the SSH protocol. Here is one suggestion: Once you have the program up and running use your CSID credentials to connect to the whale.stanford.edu server. You will find your keys in the /tmp/openvpn directory. Download the your_CSID_win.zip file. Configure your OSCentOS 6 OpenVpnCentOs6 Mac OS X OpenVpnMacOsX Ubuntu 12.04 OpenVpnUbuntu1204 Windows 7 OpenVpnWin7