Monthly Archives: January 2017

NX service upgrade

On Thursday 26th January we plan to upgrade the NX remote desktop service. All that will happen is that at about 09:00 we will change the DNS aliases (nx.inf and staff.nx.inf) to point to the new machines. This change can … Continue reading

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macOS Sierra

The university information security office recommends keeping system software up to date as the first basic requirement to protect yourself online. Users of self-managed machines, particularly laptops and tablets that are used outside the School need to be particularly vigilant. … Continue reading

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blog.inf upgrade to SL7

We are planning to upgrade the WordPress server providing blog.inf from SL6 to SL7, and to this end a clone of blog.inf running on SL7 has been set up. If you wish to test that your blog and any associated … Continue reading

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Disruption to Informatics services based in Appleton Tower

Following on from the recent reminder of disruption to Informatics and central University systems on Tuesday 10th January, here is a bit more detail. A fault was recently identified in the Appleton Tower “essential services” electrical supply, which amongst other … Continue reading

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