Access to CERN using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) service will be discontinued on 29 January 2008. This is because of continued incidents and the growing security risks posed by the service. New registrations will no longer be accepted.
Users are requested to stop using VPN immediately and instead use the methods recommended for connecting to CERN from the internet. These are outlined at http://cern.ch/security/Internet.
Background information to the closure of the service can be found at http://cern.ch/security/vpn/vpn-closure.asp.