VPN
In order to integrate your PC or notebook into the University network and thus be able to use access-restricted services and offers bound to our IP address range, your PC/notebook must be temporarily assigned an IP address of the KU. This is made possible by adding a so-called VPN connection (Virtual Private Network) between your PC and our University network. The data traffic between your PC/notebook and the VPN server is encrypted with a powerful encryption method (AES, 256 bit).
The University Computer Center works with a VPN access based on OpenVPN.
configuration file / certificate
KUEI-2024-01-31-0846.ovpn [8 KB | OVPN]
OpenVPN for Windows
InstructionsTunnelblick for macOS
InstructionsOpenVPN for Android
InstructionsOpenVPN for iOS/iPadOS
InstructionsOpenVPN for Ubuntu
InstructionsOpenVPN with a certificate / OpenVPN for Windows and Kabel-KUE
InstructionsCertificate for Windows
Here, you will find the current valid certificate which you should replace in time before the old certificate expires. In order to do so, please replace the file zertifikat.p12 in the directory C:\Program files\OpenVPN\config.
The current certificate:
zertifikat.p12 (valid until January 31, 2024)
If you encounter problems, you can also carry out a new installation of the OpenVPN client. This also includes the correct configuration files with the current certificate.
Source code
For legal reasons, we are obliged to also provide the source code of the software. However, this is not required for a functional installation.