Accessing JHU resources from off campus

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Use the JHSecure VPN to access resources on the Hopkins network from an off-campus location. However, these tools generally will not allow you to access certain resources such as Merlin or the registrar's student directory.

For bizarre and unknown reasons, the following trick will allow you to access everything, including Merlin and the student directory.

[edit] How to use RAUL broadly

  • RAUL used to be a proxying solution we could use, but it appears to be dead now. See wiki history for details, if you want. Aug 18 2008

[edit] External links

  • Mozilla Firefox users might appreciate the SwitchProxy extension.
    • tip: if you install SwitchProxy and begin having problems with Firefox hanging, disable the "notify me of updates" option in SwitchProxy preferences.