{"id":4619,"date":"2021-01-28T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T22:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T20:04:24","slug":"tscommunications-network-firewall-maintenance-friday-jan-29-5-a-m-6-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2021\/01\/28\/tscommunications-network-firewall-maintenance-friday-jan-29-5-a-m-6-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"[Tscommunications] {NETWORK} Firewall Maintenance, Friday Jan 29, 5 a.m.- 6 a.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">This is an announcement from Technology Services (TS). Please see details below:  <\/span><span style=\"font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;color:#212121\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:3.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times\",serif;color:#C00000\">Network:  <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times\",serif;color:#C00000\">Firewall and VPN<b>  <\/b>Planned Maintenance<\/span><span style=\"font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;color:#C00000\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt;font-family:\"Times\",serif;color:#C00000\">Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 from 5:00 a.m.- 6:00 a.m.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;color:#C00000\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">SYSTEMS IMPACTED:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">  <\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif\">Inbound and Outbound Internet will be intermittingly unavailable for short periods (~3-5 minutes).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:6.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\"><b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">REASON FOR IMPACT:  <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">To ensure a secure, reliable computing environment TS will be completing routine  <\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif\">updates on our firewall.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;color:#212121\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\">  <b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  <\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;color:#212121\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\">  <span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121\">&middot;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:7.0pt;color:#212121\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif\">Additional work on our primary firewalls is required.&nbsp; This will   necessitate the rebooting of the firewalls again.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\">  <![if !supportLists]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">&middot;<span style=\"font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <\/span><\/span><\/span><![endif]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif\">I<span style=\"color:#212121\">nternet access  <\/span>will be intermittent as equipment is rebooted<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\">  <![if !supportLists]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">&middot;<span style=\"font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <\/span><\/span><\/span><![endif]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif\">VPN connections may disconnected<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\">  <![if !supportLists]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">&middot;<span style=\"font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <\/span><\/span><\/span><![endif]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif\">VPN Clients will automatically ask you to upgrade once our maintenance is completed<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\">  <![if !supportLists]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol\"><span style=\"mso-list:Ignore\">&middot;<span style=\"font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <\/span><\/span><\/span><![endif]><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif\">All internal services will continue to work as normal including phone services.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline\">  <span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121\">&middot;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:7.0pt;color:#212121\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">Thank you for your patience as we conduct this important   work.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;color:#212121\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px\">  <span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#212121\">&middot;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:7.0pt;color:#212121\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">For more information on Technology Services&#8217; Incident   Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/about\/offices-services\/technology-services\/help-support\/service-announcements\/\">  Service Announcements<\/a> site.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;color:#212121\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#212121\">For support questions please contact the TS Service Desk via phone at 253-879-8585.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an announcement from Technology Services (TS). Please see details below: Network: Firewall and VPN Planned Maintenance Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 from 5:00 a.m.- 6:00 a.m. SYSTEMS IMPACTED: Inbound and Outbound Internet will be intermittingly unavailable for short periods &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2021\/01\/28\/tscommunications-network-firewall-maintenance-friday-jan-29-5-a-m-6-a-m\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/523"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}