The software products listed there are available only to Penn State faculty, staff, and students, so you must log in or authenticate using your Penn State Access Account user ID and password (the "thumbprint" screen). The Software at Penn State site provides central access to all ITS-supported software. Here you will find software applications, updates, related information and read-me files for ITS-supported and managed software.
Quoted from the site: "Please note that by downloading software from this site, you agree to the terms outlined in the license agreements for each product. Please read this information once the product(s) is/are downloaded to your computer."
Of interest to students would be the following categories of software:
- Connecting to Penn State - what you need to connect to and through Penn State's Internet.
- If you are on a Penn State campus, you will need VPN in order to access the wireless network.
- E-mail Clients - software to help you read your e-mail
- File Transfer - programs to help you transfer files from your computer to a remote server, safely and securely
- Virus Detection/Spyware Tools - tools to help you protect your computer from viruses, worms, and other forms of malicious code
- Get these before you need them!
- Web Browsers - software that gives you access to websites on the Internet
- You can get these other places on the Internet as well.