2FA access for central TU VPN gateway

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2025/10/22

As part of the introduction of two-factor authentication (2FA), new profiles with 2FA are now available for the central TU VPN (vpn.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de).

In addition to the existing access points to the VPN gateway ‘external’ and ‘campus’, two additional profiles, “external_2fa” and ‘campus_2fa’, are now available. The second factor is already requested for both new profiles. The login accepts TOTP or HOTP tokens

We recommend setting up another software token with an authenticator app on your mobile phone in addition to the password manager. If you do not have a mobile phone, you can alternatively purchase a hardware token via the usual hardware ordering process.

The introduction of the new profiles serves to test the functionality of your created tokens for VPN access. Please use the time until the final changeover to carry out this test.

New profiles in the central VPN gateway at TU Darmstadt
New profiles in the central VPN gateway at TU Darmstadt

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