VPN

Introduction

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) client allows access to resources ordinarily hidden from the internet. OxCIN and the University operate several VPN services, allowing different levels of access to protected resources.

Several OxCIN services hosted at FMRIB require you to either be on the FMRIB ethernet network or to use the FMRIB VPN service, for example accessing the printers from Eduroam WiFi.

Similarly, some OHBA resources, for example remote access to Linux desktops, require you to utilise the MSD-IT VPN service - connection details below

The University also offer a VPN service which can also be used to access selected OxCIN services.

FMRIB VPN

The FMRIB VPN service requires the use of FortiClient VPN and uses secure web technology to encrypt traffic (TLS) so should operate from networks that restrict use of the legacy IPSec VPN protocol.

Setup information is on our FMRIB VPN page.

Oxford IT VPN

The Oxford IT VPN will allow to currently connect to the servers clint.fmrib.ox.ac.uk and sftp.fmrib.ox.ac.uk and the OOD virtual desktop service at https://ood.fmrib.ox.ac.uk. It will not let connect externally to any other FMRIB hosts but is possible to 'hop' to other hosts using a SSH tunnel.

Please see https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/vpn for installation instructions.

MSD-IT VPN

The MSD-IT VPN is mostly used by OHBA based researchers to connect to Linux desktops and other OHBA local services.

Please see https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/for-staff/resources/information-technology/document-and-file-storage/vpn for installation instructions.