CommunityData:Northwestern VPN

NUIT instructions (works for most)

Northwestern IT has instructions for how to set up VPN on multiple operating systems using the GlobalConnect client. For most people, their instructions should work fine.

Alternative Linux option

Mako has built an alternative configuration (suitable for anybody running Debian or Ubuntu is) that doesn't require the GlobalConnect client. This has two main benefits: (1) it doesn't require installing the normal client which includes a proprietary sort of spyware tool that sends details on what packages are installed to NU every time you use it, and (2) it allows you to proxy only a single ssh connection and not your entire Internet connection. Folks who are not at NU may want to use this.

To install it you can download the software from the CDSC Git repository like:

git clone git@code.communitydata.science:nu-vpn-proxy

Details on how to set use that code are up are in the README-CDSC file in that repostiroy.

There are two modes supported by the scripts:

1. A mode that proxies only for SSH connections to kibo.
2. A mode that proxies your entire connection.

Please commit any changes to the code and/or or the documentation in the git repository.