VPN - Virtual Private Network

 

All licensed online resources of the SULB/ Med. Dept. can also be accessed by UdS members from their home computer. Access to these online databases, journal and e-book platforms is checked via the IP (=Internet) address of the computer. The address ranges of Saarland University are known to the providers, so access from the Homburg campus is automatically guaranteed. At home, you have to "dial in" to this address range of the university with your central UdS identifier (not the library user number!) using an access software, the Cisco VPN client "AnyConnect".

Authentication takes place with the central user ID of the computer centre, which is not identical to your library user ID. A detailed description of the VPN procedure with a download option for the required software is available from the HIZ here: