THE eduVPN is a VPN service (Virtual Private Network) developed by GÉANT and aimed at the international research and education community and promoted in Portugal through the FCCN Unit.
The service's goal is to provide more secure access to public and private networks for the research and education community. The essential eduVPN user experience should be: "open your laptop and be online safely."
The eduVPN service was developed specifically for the academic community. It creates a tunnel that protects data traffic from prying eyes, even when browsing on an unsecured network.
Through the eduVPN solution, students and researchers can access resources from their home institution, from anywhere, without worrying about security, in a cost-effective way and without advertising interruptions (common with other VPN solutions).
The eduVPN instances offered by NRENs and Higher Education institutions allow students, researchers and staff of participating institutions to obtain a VPN on their work devices, to access known terminals.
THE eduVPN can be implemented mainly in two cases:
Secure and private access to public networks: providing gateways secure access to trusted networks, to which the end user can create connection tunnels, if using unsecured networks (e.g., in particular, public Wi-Fi access points).
Access to private networks: This is a "corporate VPN" solution, allowing end users to access resources on their institution's internal network. In this case, eduVPN has similar features to a typical VPN concentrator. The service can also be used to connect different campuses or networks (VLANs) within a single institution.
ACCESS:
THE eduVPN It is offered as software that can be implemented by any NREN or interested institution. THE Installation guide now available in Portuguese, as well as a quick guide with a summary of the service's advantages.
More information:
The software source code (server and client) and supporting documentation can be found at: https://github.com/eduvpn/documentation.
The original Installation Guide (in English) is available at: https://github.com/eduvpn/documentation/blob/master/README.md#deployment
Contacts:
eduvpn@fccn.pt
The installation application can be found at: https://app.eduvpn.nl/
