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Web VPN Quick Start Guide

For users who want to get started immediately and do not need, or want, to customize the SSL VPN system to their needs, here is the quickest way to get started.

Note: not all features are available on all platforms or with all web browsers. If you are NOTusing Safari on MacOS X or Internet Explorer on Windows please, verify that your software is listed in the supported platforms list.

Connecting to the VPN

The Web vpn@ucsf service is accessed through your web browser by going to https://vpn.ucsf.edu . You will be greeted with a login page that prompts you to enter your VPN username and password. Entering them in their respective boxes and clicking Sign In will log you into the system.

If you do not have a VPN username and password, or you do not remember your password, please visit  getting VPN access.

Accessing Network Resources with Browse

In the top right-hand corner of the Home screen is an input window much like the one in your web browser.  This window allows you to quickly access many of the basic functions of the web VPN system immediately.

Quickly Accessing Web Sites

In the Browse field at the top of the Home page, enter the full URL (including the web prefix of http:// or https://) to a webpage and then click on the Browse button.

http://server.ucsf.edu

The website will replace the Home page in your web browser but a small toolbar will appear in the top right side for most web browsers.

To return to the VPN Home page, click the Home icon in the browsing toolbar. If the site is one you will visit often, you can add it to the Home page by clicking on the Bookmark Page icon .

Web access is the default behavior of the Browse button so you can also enter just your server name or URL in the Browse window to view the site.

www.server.ucsf.edu

Quickly Accessing Other Network Resources

There are many other network services you can access through the Browse window. Each type of service is determined by a prefix added to the server name (for example, web sites use http:// or https://).

Windows File Servers

To access file systems shared with the Common Internet File System (CIFS), prefix the host name with smb://.

smb://server.ucsf.edu/share

CIFS is the file sharing system included in all Windows systems, MacOS X systems which have Windows File Sharing turned on, as well as any UNIX systems running Samba.

As a shortcut, you can also use the Windows Universal Resource Indicator (URI) method of accessing shared CIFS servers:

\\server.ucsf.edu\share

Secure Shell Servers

To access network devices accepting Secure Shell connections, prefix the host name with ssh://.

ssh://server.ucsf.edu

Telnet Servers

To access network devices accepting Telnet connections, prefix the host name with telnet://.

telnet://server.ucsf.edu

Windows Remote Desktop / Windows Terminal Servers

To access Windows systems which have Remote Desktop activated or Windows Terminal Servers, prefix the hostname with rdp://. (This only works for Windows clients)

rdp://server.ucsf.edu

Citrix Terminal Servers

To access Windows servers running Citrix Terminal Services or Windows Terminal Servers with the Citrix Terminal Services add-on, prefix the hostname with ica://. (This only works for Windows clients)

ica://server.ucsf.edu

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