The network maintenance scheduled for this morning has concluded and initial testing of core services has been completed. All services are expected to be operating normal at this time.
[COMPLETED] Network Maintenance – Boca Raton and HBOI Campuses
[RESOLVED] Office 365 Authentication Issues
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The authentication issue related to Office 365 applications has now been resolved.
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We are experiencing issues with authentication related to Office 365 applications including Outlook Web Access and Sharepoint. We are aware of the issue and investigating.
Network Maintenance – Boca Raton and HBOI Campuses – Friday July 14th from 4:00 until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing network maintenance on the Boca Raton and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute campuses from 4:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. Maintenance at Harbor Branch campus is expected to be completed before 5:00 a.m. During the maintenance window, connectivity will be sporadic including 10-15 minute outages affecting network services and internet connectivity on the Boca Raton and HBOI campuses. We will post an update when all maintenance is concluded.
Intermittent Connectivity Issues Resolved
FAU had intermittent connectivity issues to some services located on the Boca Raton campus between 6:00 a.m. and 6:50 a.m. today due to issues encountered during early morning maintenance. All services are expected to be working at this time.
Posted in Network and Telecom
Recovery from Network Connectivity Issues
Around 6:20pm today we experienced a second round of network and Internet connectivity issues. At this time connectivity has been restored and all services should be operational. We believe we have identified the root cause and have performed some initial corrective actions.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.
OIT
Posted in Network and Telecom
[Completed] VPN Maintenance
The VPN Maintenance scheduled for today has been completed. All VPN services are expected to be operational at this time.
VPN Maintenance – Saturday February 25 from 4:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing maintenance on the Faculty/Staff VPN from 4:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. During this time, VPN services will be intermittent. The backup VPN will be available during this time for those users that need to utilize the VPN. Additional details on the backup VPN are available at the vpn page: www.fau.edu/security/vpn.php
[Completed] Network Maintenance Saturday February 11th from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
The network maintenance scheduled for this morning has been completed.
[Network Maintenance] Saturday February 11th from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing maintenance on core network equipment on the Boca Raton campus from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. During this maintenance window we anticipate approximately 10 minutes of service disruption to networks and services located on the Boca Raton campus including Blackboard, Banner and access to the internet from some parts of campus.
External DDoS Attack Affecting Connectivity to Non-FAU Sites and Services
An external denial of service attack is affecting connectivity to many large sites and services external to FAU. These services include Workday, Paypal, Twitter, Ellucian, Spotify, Reddit, Soundcloud, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and many other services. At this time, connectivity to the sites mentioned and many others on the internet may not be possible until the issues are resolved. This attack is not directed at FAU, but it is affecting access to many services on the internet for users inside and outside of FAU.