Abstract: A method for producing a safety net, to a safety net, and to the use of such a safety net for protection from avalanches, falling rock or timber, mudslides, earth flows, or for slope protection. In the inventive method, firstly at least a first net element and at least a second net element are individually produced, self-contained, from respectively at least one rope, and are arranged parallel to each other and at a distance apart in a longitudinal direction of the safety net to be formed. Then the two net elements are connected to each other with the aid of at least one connecting rope, wherein the connecting rope is guided between the first and the second net element such that a self-contained connecting net element is obtained.