The OPAL Discussion Forum

["Adelmann Andreas (PSI)" <andreas.adelmann AT psi.ch>]

Please note well:

Upcoming changes to VPN access into PSI as of 3 October 2016 

As already published in PSIaktuell on 2 August 2016, we would once more like to refer to the pending changes. 

• VPN connections into PSI from the above date will only be available to registered users. The existing IPSec-based VPN solution will no longer be available after the above date. 
• VPN access can only be granted via an application process, which must also be approved by a line manager. The required SecurID token will be available via the Consumer Self Service Tool → css.psi.ch, under Request Fulfillment / IT Service Catalog. 
• Access to the ETH webmail is still possible without VPN. VPN is required if you want to do e.g. home office and access the group or project drives or you want to take influence from home or on the road to systems at PSI. 
• For home office, we recommend the use of so-called soft tokens, they are easier to handle and less expensive. An app is running on your smartphone which generates the token (part of the password). The soft token app on your Smartphone works offline and needs no network connection. 

Please read the comprehensive information on the upcoming changes here: https://www.psi.ch/computing/vpn

Cheers Andreas 

------
Dr. sc. math. Andreas (Andy) Adelmann
Staff Scientist
Paul Scherrer Institut WBBA/219 CH-5232 Villigen PSI
Phone Office: xx41 56 310 42 33 Fax: xx41 56 310 31 91
Phone Home: xx41 62 891 91 44
-------------------------------------------------------
Friday: ETH CAB F 37  +41 44 632 75 22
============================================
The more exotic, the more abstract the knowledge, 
the more profound will be its consequences.
Leon Lederman 
============================================