ITS System Announcements

ITS completed its maintenance early and all systems are online and functioning as of 10:00 am this morning.

Systems affected – All ITS systems including file storage, PeopleSoft Systems, Moodle, Millennium and email. (Internet access will continue to work from campus).  ITS will be performing hardware maintenance on Saturday, June 21 from 7 am to Noon.  This maintenance arose after unexpected power outages that affected the data center on Memorial Day.  Because email will … Read more

Microsoft has recently released a software patch fixing a serious vulnerability in their Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser. The patch is available for installation via Windows Update. Most Wesleyan PCs are configured to automatically install this patch at 6PM this evening, but the process requires that machines be rebooted to activate the patch. PC users … Read more

WesFiles went off line for about 20 minutes from 10:40 to 11:00 am.  ITS has resolved the issue.  Xythos Drive users who were working on documents should save their files again before continuing. If you have any trouble saving your file, contact your Desktop Support Specialist and do not close the file.

News about the Heartbleed security threat continues to circulate.   Many users in our community have contacted ITS asking for advice about changing passwords and whether they need to change their Wesleyan password.  While ITS continues to believe that our risk for exposure was very low, we have systems that use OpenSSL and responded accordingly … Read more

Another Internet security story has made the headlines. This new threat, referred to as Heartbleed, exploits a vulnerability in an application in widespread use called OpenSSL. Many of you may have heard about this on NPR or in the news. Here is a link to a good explanation of this issue: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/04/08/300602785/the-security-bug-that-affects-most-of-the-internet-explained ITS reacted swiftly … Read more

Microsoft will end support for Windows XP tomorrow, April 8.  (More information can be found on the ITS website.) Many of you have been working with ITS staff to have machines upgraded.  Because we expect that there will be attempts by malicious people to exploit these machines rather quickly, we have been prioritizing this effort and ITS … Read more

ITS experienced a hardware problem overnight that affected email for a large segment of our community between approximately 2:30 and 7:30 am.  Email was not lost in this time and was delivered when services were restored.  Other services affected by this issue were the card swipe system/cash registers and EMS.   All services are back … Read more

There was a disruption to network and Internet access today from noon to 1:00 when DHCP was disrupted.  A hardware configuration issue led to a problem with DHCP.  While there are redundant services in place, there was a problem with the failover state.  ITS was able to diagnose and resolve the issue within the hour. … Read more

On Saturday, Feb 8 from 6 am to 6 pm, Millennium and any related EPortfolio apps will be offline for system maintenance.