[Englecturers] FW: [Staff] WebVPN Announcement

[Susan Brown]

Dear Campus Community:

UCR's Libraries and Computing & Communications (C&C) are pleased to 
announce the availability of a web enabled Virtual Private Network 
service known as WebVPN.  This new service enables the campus 
community to securely access UCR systems and web content from 
anywhere in the world.

UCR's WebVPN service not only allows faculty, staff, and students to 
initiate secure Internet browser connections, but WebVPN will also 
allow the campus to retire its Proxy Server, which will be 
discontinued effective June 15, 2007 due to security concerns.

By utilizing WebVPN in lieu of the Proxy Server, faculty, staff, and 
students will be able to access nearly all of the Library's online 
digital resources from anywhere on the Internet (at home, at other 
UCs, while traveling, etc.). As with other UCR systems, you must have 
a UCR NetID to use WebVPN.

Please note that while WebVPN can be used for most resources, there 
are some licensed library resources (as well as software 
applications) that still require using UCR's client VPN software.  In 
such cases, the client VPN is installed on your computer and is 
available and downloadable from campus servers (please visit the web 
site provided below for more information).  The following online 
resources provide additional information and guidance on using the
WebVPN:

For a general introduction to UCR's VPN services, please visit the 
following web site:

http://www.cnc.ucr.edu/vpn/


For information on campus resources that require the client VPN as 
well as download instructions, please visit the following web site:

http://library.ucr.edu/?view=help/remoteaccess/clientvpn.html


For information on using WebVPN, please visit the following web site:

http://library.ucr.edu/?view=help/remoteaccess/webvpn.html


For more information on WebVPN and Library services, please visit the 
following web site:

http://library.ucr.edu/?view=help/remoteaccess.html


Finally, to use the new WebVPN service, please simply visit 
https://webvpn.ucr.edu

If you have any questions or encounter trouble using the new WebVPN 
service, please contact C&C's Help Desk at 2-3555 (or e-mail
helpdesk at ucr.edu).

We hope you find WebVPN an effective tool supporting both academic 
and administrative initiatives, projects, and efforts.


Dr. Ruth Jackson
University Librarian

Chuck Rowley
Associate Vice Chancellor, Computing and Communications



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