From fdb2c4444cd8384c4b81b1d0b94bf6a5995146f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Weetile Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 00:55:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fbc1eea..935cfb1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -68,14 +68,32 @@ Once you have your keypair saved, you can upload it to the Linux servers using t ssh-copy-id USERNAME@linux.cim.rhul.ac.uk You can confirm the SSH key has been added by authenticating to the server. If it doesn't ask you for your password, it's all set! -### Accessing Linux server off-campus in the evening +### Setting up Royal Holloway VPN (allowing access to Linux server off-campus in the evening) ![image](https://github.com/Weetile/weetile-compsci-rhul-resources/assets/7700383/b953bf4b-b5ca-4655-bbd7-8f901ae5e31e) -The RHUL Linux machines **aren't able to be accessed off-campus in the evening** due to security reasons. To circumvent this, you can **connect to the RHUL VPN** by following [this guide](https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/students/help-support/it-services/access-off-campus/vpn/vpn.aspx). The following information in this section is copied verbatim from that guide. +The RHUL Linux machines **aren't able to be accessed off-campus in the evening** due to security reasons. To circumvent this, you can **connect to the RHUL VPN** by following [this guide](https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/students/help-support/it-services/access-off-campus/vpn/vpn.aspx). This allows off-campus users to routing your network traffic through the campus, giving you a Royal Holloway network address, behaving exactly like it would if you were on campus and this allowing you quick access to restricted services, like library services, your Y: drive and evening access to the Linux servers. -- On **Linux**, download and install [this file](http://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/it/programs/pangplinux-5.2.4-c14.tgz) to connect to the VPN. +- On **Linux**, Royal Holloway officially recommends using the GlobalProtect app on Linux to connect to their VPN, found on [this page](https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/students/help-support/it-services/access-off-campus/vpn/vpn.aspx). + + **That being said,** I would strongly encourage using the free and open source utility [GlobalProtect-openconnect](https://github.com/yuezk/GlobalProtect-openconnect) to connect instead. It is avaliable as an official package on all major Linux distributions, maintains a persistent installation and is more convenient as it provides a graphical user interface. + +![image](https://github.com/Weetile/weetile-compsci-rhul-resources/assets/7700383/7a299138-02b5-428a-85a5-859285fa0bb7) + + For Ubuntu and Mint, the installation instructions are as such: +``` +sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yuezk/globalprotect-openconnect +sudo apt-get update +sudo apt-get install globalprotect-openconnect +``` +For Arch Linux, simply install: +``` +sudo pacman -S globalprotect-openconnect +``` + +After installed, run `gpclient` to start the UI then enter `student-vpn.royalholloway.ac.uk` as the portal address. + - On **Windows**, follow these instructions to download and install the VPN: @@ -143,4 +161,3 @@ gcc filename.c -o outputfile ``` Note that these flags will also work for compiling C++ code using `g++`. -