VPN

VPN services enable remote access to Fyskium and SU services. Besides a full VPN, different gateway and proxy solutions are available to provide remote access to journal subscriptions and ssh login.

There are two VPN services available to users at Fysikum. Firstly, SU has a service that all employees can use to access SU's general services. This service uses the FortiClient programme. In addition, we at Fysikum have our own service that uses the Wireguard client. It is primarily intended for users who want to connect remotely to computers located at Fysikum. More information about this can be found further down the page.

Read more about VPN at SU here.

Proxy via ssh (Linux, Mac)

Works for Linux and Mac. Start a ssh connection to ssh.fysik.su.se like:

kinit -f username@SU.SE
ssh -D 1337 -f -C -q -N username@ssh.fysik.su.se

The "1337" is a port number and the one chosen does not matter, but remember the port for later.

Firefox

In your browser's settings go to "Network Settings" at the bottom. Set your proxy configuration to manual and then set as SOCKS v5 proxy hostname *localhost* and then the port that was set above.

SSH access

Fysikum runs an ssh-login server to access Fysikums networks. After logging in to the server you can continue to log into any other ssh-servers within the fysikum network.

To log in, first obtain a kerberos ticket, and then log into the ssh gateway:

kinit -f yourusername@SU.SE

ssh -A yourusername@ssh.fysik.su.se

Wireguard VPN

Fysikum has its own VPN service based on Wireguard. The service is primarily intended for users who want to connect remotely to a computer located at Fysikum.

Installation instructions for most platforms are available on the Wireguard website.

After installation you need to generate a private-public key pair. Please send the public key to dsa@fysik.su.se and a request of what you want to access, then you will receive a configuration file.

Last updated: 2025-11-07

Source: Department of Physics