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Virtual Private Network

Overview

The VPN provides a secure connection to campus from any computer that has an Internet connection. Students, faculty and staff can use the VPN to check e-mail, access a personal directory on a departmental server, access network shares, print to campus printers, and more.

Features

  • Desktop IPSec client available for download from BevoWare
  • Web-based SSL client for Windows XP users
  • Enables connections to your desktop Exchange client to read e-mail stored on a campus Exchange e-mail server
  • Connect to a mapped drive, personal folder on the network, or printer from off-campus
  • Use certain departmental services
  • Protect transmissions between your home computer and the UT network from being intercepted and read by someone on the Internet
  • VPN Private groups allows department network TSCs to grant off-campus access to members of their private groups using TSC utilities

Cost

The VPN solution is available at no cost to UT students, faculty, staff, and official visitors.