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Connecting third parties to the SURF network

Easier and safer collaboration with partners

If your institution is connected to the SURF network, you can register third parties to use the network. These are collaboration partners who are (usually) based on your campus. These third parties then only have a network connection via SURF, not additional SURF services. Network use by third parties must be approved by SURF.
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Advantages

Sharing SURF network with collaboration partners

You can offer parties with whom you collaborate intensively in research, development or operations access to the SURF network.

Easy and safe collaboration

Connecting to the same SURF network makes collaboration easier and more secure. This way, we use the SURF network as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Do you have a question about Connecting third parties to the SURF network?

Sander Klemann

Sander Klemann

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sander.klemann@surf.nl

What must a third party comply with?

  1. The third party is a legal entity.
  2. The third party's network is managed by the institution connected to the SURF network and is directly liable for and accountable for any incidents caused by the third party.
  3. The third party's staff size is less than 100 full-time employees.
  4. The third party belongs to the SURF target group or is a collaboration partner in research and development or operations of the SURF-network member institution.

Network connection only, no additional services

A third party connected to the SURF network does not receive a user agreement. The third party will therefore only receive the network connection of Internet and thus not access to additional services such as SURFconext or SURFdomains.

The counterparty will ensure that the third party's use of the SURF Network does not generate excessive data traffic that may adversely affect the functioning or availability of the SURF Network.

If the third party belongs to the SURF target group and does wish to have access to SURF's supplementary infrastructure services, it can also connect directly to the SURF network.

Charges and registration

With the introduction of the All-In network tariff in 2024 for SURF members, there will no longer be a need to pay extra for new third parties connections. However, approval must still be given by SURF.

Are you connected to the SURF network and would like a third party to use Internet? Mail SURF Klantsupport, at klantsupport@surf.nl.