Technology Services

Category: GAC IT

  • Wireless Improvements to Come

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    sommere

    We have discovered that during peek usage times, our wireless network is too big. We just have too many users on one network. We split out the wireless in the library into its own network named “GACLibrary” and it seems to have made a huge difference. In addition, our current system of dealing with guests…

  • New anti phishing tool now in use

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    doachs

    Earlier this week we started using a new tool to fight against phishing email.  A group of higher ed email administrators has put together a list of email addresses used for phishing. As new addresses are discovered, they are added to the list.  We have modified our email server to quarantine any email sent to…

  • Gustavus, now with 50% more bandwidth

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    doachs

    Earlier this afternoon we upgraded the internet connection for the campus from our previous 100Mbit/s to the new 150Mbit/s.

  • Internet Connection Down ( Wed. Night ) [ update ]

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    doachs

    The internet connection for the campus is currently down ( 7:00pm Wednesday Nov, 12). It appears to be a problem with our upstream provider. We are working with them now to try and fix whatever is causing the problem. I will try to report back here when I learn more. [UPDATE Thursday Morning] By 1:00am…

  • Single Sign On Launched for Google Calendar

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    sommere

    In order to improve security and our users’ experience, we have begun to implement a Single Sign On system. With this system, you can log in once and gain access to several of our services without having to log in again. Right now, if you go to http://google.gustavus.edu you will be prompted with a log…

  • Reminder from GTS: Never send your password via email

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    doachs

    Gustavus Technology Services would like to remind you that passwords should NEVER be sent via email.  GTS will never need to ask you to email us your password. In recent weeks more and more people have replied to phishing attempts with their Gustavus password.  These phishing attempts are sometimes very authentic looking email messages that…

  • Never send your password by email

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    doachs

    I would like to pass along a short reminder to everyone.  Never send your password by email.  Gustavus will never ask you to respond to an email with your password.  Even if we did, don’t respond with your password. What happens if you do respond to a phishing email with your password?  Chances are your…

  • Google Calendar up and running

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    sommere

    In response to requests for a campus wide calendaring system, GTS has implemented Google Calendar for Gustavus. If you go to http://google.gustavus.edu you can log in with your Gustavus username and password and take a look. If you are a Faculty member or Student, all your fall term courses have been pre-populated. That has two…

  • More phishing attempts this weekend

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    doachs

    As many of you noticed, there was another batch of phishing email sent to Gustavus email accounts over the weekend.  Thank you to all of you who forwarded us the email.  Your quick response allowed us to block any replies to those messages and keep the users who fell for it from divulging their passwords.…

  • Mailserver Issues Last Night

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    doachs

    Yesterday at about 5:00pm an email was sent to all students with a very large email attachment.  As a result of that email some of our mailservers ran out of disk space causing users to see a variety of issues with their email. Thursday morning we were able to free up some disk space and…