A Confidential Connection – VPN at the RWTH Aachen University
Many will already know the three big letters – V P N. This is the abbreviation for “Virtual Private Network”.
Using various available protocols, an encrypted connection, a so-called “tunnel”, is established between your computer and the VPN server. All data traffic into the RWTH network – or, depending on the operating mode, all traffic – passes through this encrypted tunnel. Only from the VPN server onwards does the data begin its conventional unencrypted path into the network. Logically, the user’s computer has moved to a subnet of the RWTH Aachen University: In the “Full Tunnel” he now appears to third parties with an IP address of RWTH Aachen University.
Secure access to the RWTH network via VPN – we explain how it works.
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RWTHonline Survey 2020 – Your Opinion Matters!
This week a special RWTHonline survey for students of the IT Center has started. We would like to hear from you how you would rate the usability of RWTHonline and our support for RWTHonline.
Through our annual user satisfaction surveys (unfortunately only available in German) you gave us already a lot of critical feedback about RWTHonline, which was already used to improve this service.
Thank you for participation!
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Nice to Know: eduroam
eduroam – a word you will comes across quite often at the RWTH Aachen University. Whoever uses this service can hardly imagine a life without it. You are unsure what eduroam is all about and perhaps have difficulties setting it up? Do not worry! In today’s “Nice to know” post we will tell you everything you need to know about it and show you how to use this IT service aswell.
Generate login data & manage devices with the eduroam device manager
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Nice to Know: Things You Should Know about the RWTH E-mail Address and the RWTH Service Account
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In our “Nice to know” posts we provide useful tips about IT services at RWTH Aachen University. Did you ever wondered how to set up an e-mail client or what “role administration” actually is? Well, this series will provide you with answers to all your questions. In todays article, we will take a closer look at RWHT e-mail addresses.
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Nice to know – Name change
You can easily change some of your personal information via the Selfservice. For example, you have the possibility to change your address and your contact e-mail address on your own. But what about a name change? Whether due to a change in your life or a simple spelling mistake in your name, a name change is sometimes not inevitable. In this case, you cannot make the change yourself, but in today’s “Nice to know” article we will tell you what to do to make a name change.
Your name is not spelled correctly or has changed? Now a name change is necessary. You can read how to do this here!
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Nice to know: sciebo
In today’s “Nice to know” article we would like to introduce another special service that you can use as a member of the RWTH Aachen University: the cloud service sciebo.
Sciebo – the campus cloud
Sciebo is a free cloud storage service for research, study and teaching. The service enables the automatic synchronization of data on different end devices. You can not only share your data with other users, but also work together on documents. Each user has 30 GB of free storage space available. For research projects, project boxes of up to 2 TB are provided. Employees can even increase the quota of 30 GB to 500 GB on their own.
Welcome to sciebo
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Old Link, New Structure – Our RWTHmoodle Documentation is Now Available in IT Center Help!
How do I create a course room? Who can use RWTHmoodle? And how do I upload a video?
RWTHmoodle in IT Center Help!
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For these and many more questions about RWTHmoodle we have built up a comprehensive documentation since the start of the teaching and learning platform in summer semester 2019. Here, our users can find many answers and, with the help of click-through instructions, create and try out activities in the RWTHmoodle course rooms themselves.
Thank You! The SysAdmin Appreciation Day 2020
Thank You, dear SysAdmins!
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Once a year, on the last Friday in July to be exact, we celebrate the System Administrator Appreciation Day. A very big thank you to you, dear SysAdmins!
It is clear that this year is a very special one and especially the digitalization has become a much more important part of our everyday life.
