Private Internet

This service permits authorised staff to connect to the internet from their workstations on the UCT network. It consists of the following components:

• a 50 Gigabyte per month unshaped ADSL account,
  
• a 4 Mbps ADSL line, and
• a OpenVPN configuration
  

Unix

1. Install openvpn
2. Download csinet.conf and cs-ca.crt files and put them in /etc/openvpn

1. Open a console or text terminal
   
2. Login in as root or use sudo
   
3. Run openvpn /etc/openvpn/csinet.conf
4. When prompted enter your CS unix username and password
5. Leave the console window running openvpn open
   

Mac OS X

1. Download and install Tunnelblick.app in your application folder. You may want to include it in your start-up items (you can do this in the 'User' section of Preferences).Do not run Tunnelblick just yet.
2. Create a folder called 'openvpn' in your local Library directory e.g.  /Users/gaz/Library/openvpn/
3. Download csinet.conf and cs-ca.crt files and put them in this folder.
   
4. Run Tunnelblick. It will create an icon in the top-right of the screen, but will not appear in the dock.
5. Click on the icon and select the "Connect 'csinet'"
6. The connection should then just work!