{"id":5186,"date":"2026-01-29T11:54:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/?p=5186"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:00:04","slug":"pugetsound-network-planned-firewall-maintenance-various-dates-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2026\/01\/29\/pugetsound-network-planned-firewall-maintenance-various-dates-times\/","title":{"rendered":"{PUGETSOUND NETWORK}: Planned Firewall Maintenance, Various Dates\/Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:0pt\" align=\"left\" id=\"gmail-docs-internal-guid-458915fe-7fff-85a0-9234-4e7a2e4d365d\">\n<table style=\"border:none;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"592\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:98.25pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(102,0,0);padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"><span style=\"border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:276px;height:105px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/files\/2026\/01\/image-6.png\" alt=\"This logo identifies the Technology Services department within the University of Puget Sound\" width=\"276\" height=\"105\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:412.5pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Dear members of the Puget Sound community,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Technology Services (TS) will be performing scheduled maintenance on our network security devices. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">No outage or interruption to services are expected.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> Details on the maintenance being performed are available below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Network Security Devices (Firewalls): Configuration Updates<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Wednesday, February 4 | 8:30 p.m. &#8211; 9:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Thursday, February 5 | 8:30 p.m. &#8211; 9:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Monday, February 9 | 10 p.m. &#8211; 11 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Wednesday, February 11 | 8:30 p.m. &#8211; 9:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">All campus network connectivity and hosted systems should remain available.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">No outage or interruption to services are expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">If you encounter an issue accessing an affected system from off-campus after the change, please <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.pugetsound.edu\/TDClient\/158\/Portal\/Requests\/ServiceDet?ID=5755\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">report an issue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">If you manage an affected system and have questions or concerns prior to the change, please contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ts_infosec@pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\"><a href=\"mailto:ts_infosec@pugetsound.edu\" >ts_infosec@pugetsound.edu<\/a><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">SYSTEMS IMPACTED:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1st-MO78JmKU3I8YsHQ5noQFDlWCSEJ55rzID0kiZ4Tc\/edit?usp=sharing\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">spreadsheet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> (university login required)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">REASON FOR MAINTENANCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">To modernize security policies on the firewalls, TS will be making minor configuration updates to policies affecting incoming connections to publicly accessible systems hosted or redirected on-campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">The changes are intended to continue allowing legitimate use cases, while reducing the risk of attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Policies for affected systems will be modified over multiple days. Please refer to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1st-MO78JmKU3I8YsHQ5noQFDlWCSEJ55rzID0kiZ4Tc\/edit?usp=sharing\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">spreadsheet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> for specific dates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">For more information on Technology Services&#39; Incident Communication Plan or to view a list of our Critical Systems and definitions, please visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/technology-services\/help-support\/service-announcements\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">Service Announcements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> page on the Puget Sound website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Thank you for your patience as we conduct this important work. If you have any questions or concerns, please don&#39;t hesitate to contact the TS Service Desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:94.5pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(102,0,0);padding:5pt;overflow:hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">TS Service Desk<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Walk-In Support: Tech Center in Collins Library<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Phone Support: (253) 879-8585<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Online Help:<\/span><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/support.pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\">support.pugetsound.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(250,250,250);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\">Email Support: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@pugetsound.edu\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(217,217,217);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline\"><a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@pugetsound.edu\" >servicedesk@pugetsound.edu<\/a><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear members of the Puget Sound community, Technology Services (TS) will be performing scheduled maintenance on our network security devices. No outage or interruption to services are expected. Details on the maintenance being performed are available below: Network Security Devices &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/2026\/01\/29\/pugetsound-network-planned-firewall-maintenance-various-dates-times\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186","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\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/tsmaintenance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}