We are pleased to report that the Safe Links service issue is now resolved and we have re-enabled Safe Links. To recap, Safe Links provides extra protections for the Middlebury community from phishing attacks and other malicious email activity by providing time-of-click verification of web addresses (URLs) sent via email. Thank you for your patience […]…Continue Reading Issue RESOLVED – 503 errors when attempting to open links to websites sent via email
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Issue UPDATE – errors when attempting to open links to websites sent via email
Microsoft is making significant progress towards resolving the issue with the Safe Links service. In most all cases now, clicking on a link sent to you via email works on the first try. If it doesn’t work, you can typically try again, and the linked website will open. We are sorry for this disruption in service […]…Continue Reading Issue UPDATE – errors when attempting to open links to websites sent via email
ISSUE – 503 errors when attempting to open links to websites sent via email
We are experiencing an issue with the Microsoft Safe Links service which means you may receive a “503” error if you attempt to click on a link someone outside the organization sent to you via email. We are working closely with Microsoft to resolve this issue as swiftly as possible. Microsoft has confirmed that this […]…Continue Reading ISSUE – 503 errors when attempting to open links to websites sent via email
Attention VPN (Pulse Secure) Users!
On January 31, 2019, Information Technology Services (ITS) will enable a feature on the Virtual Private Network (VPN) system that will detect if your VPN software needs to be upgraded to the latest release. If an upgrade is indicated, you will see a popup window from the Pulse Secure VPN application informing you that “An […]…Continue Reading Attention VPN (Pulse Secure) Users!
Update on New York Times access
You may be aware that we’ve had an access problem with the New York Times web site over the past few months. The short version of the issue is that SGA was providing online access until NYT discontinued that program…which no one on campus realized until our access ceased (there’s more detail in this Campus […]…Continue Reading Update on New York Times access
ILLiad scheduled upgrade and down-time
The ILLiad Web pages will be down at 9:00 am on Tuesday 1/8/19 while we upgrade the ILLiad software. The ILL web site should be inaccessible for only a short time, assuming all goes well with the update.
If anyone has problems after 2:00 pm please con……Continue Reading ILLiad scheduled upgrade and down-time
SCAM Alert – “Sextortion” Scam Emails
ITS is aware of an influx of sextortion scam emails received by members of the Middlebury community. These are indeed scams, identified as such by online security sources (see below) and making the rounds on the Internet once again. Recent samples have been personalized with older passwords stolen from breaches of third-party websites, such as Linkedin, […]…Continue Reading SCAM Alert – “Sextortion” Scam Emails