Access to Computer Lab Systems

A selection of pages covering the means of access to Computer Lab Systems and security related issues.

• Remote Access to Lab Systems: an overview.
• Using the secure shell ssh to connect to the Laboratory.
• The one-time password system, that allows safe connection to lab unix systems in an insecure environment.
• Password complexity when creating or changing your Windows/Linux password.
• Mobile Access to Services
• Accessing the Lab when "on the road" — at conferences, etc.
• Some means of connecting home machines to the Internet (and related issues):
  • VPN access via ISPs (indeed, anywhere else on the internet).
  • Most "outside" ISPs require DHCP set up before you can connect to their network.