Remote Access Services

Two types of virtual private network (VPN) services are provided to the University community to access IT facilities on campus and on the cloud services provided by the University.

• Campus Remote Access Service
  This VPN service facilitates staff, students who assist in departmental projects and other users to access the IT resources on the campus network from remote access in a secure way. There are four kinds of VPN:
  1. Staff VPN (for all PolyU staff)
  2. Restricted Access VPN (for staff, research assistants or vendors who need to perform server administration work on data centre)
  3. Research VPN (for students who help departments carry out research and need to access departmental hosts)
  4. CPCE VPN (for CPCE users accessing CPCE services on PolyU campus)
     
     

• Cloud Express II VPN Service
  Cloud Express II VPN service provides a higher-resilience multiple-entry secure VPN service for staff in Mainland to access cloud services provided by the University such as LEARN@PolyU, irrespective of the telecom carriers of the Internet service provider subscribed by the staff.

Remarks:

-          Research Postgraduates who are required to conduct research in Mainland China for an extended period may apply for the Cloud Express II VPN service with the endorsement regarding such need from their research supervisor.

-        Taught Postgraduates and Undergraduates who are allowed to station in Mainland China and attend PolyU classes remotely may apply for the Cloud Express II VPN service with the endorsement regarding such need from their programme leader.