Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Jul 09, 2025 - 19:00 BST
Scheduled
GlobalProtect Staff VPN (ras.cf.ac.uk)
What is being done? University IT is migrating the Staff VPN onto new firewalls as part of ongoing service improvements.
When is it being done? Work commences at 19:00 on Wednesday, 9th July should take no longer than 1 hour.
Who will be affected? All users.
How will this affect service users? GlobalProtect Staff VPN (ras.cf.ac.uk) will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes at some point after 19:00. All centrally provided IT services that require the Staff VPN will be at risk overnight and possibly into the following day.
Why is it being done? This forms part of ongoing service improvements to university IT infrastructure.
We apologise for the short notice.
Posted Jul 09, 2025 - 07:33 BST
This scheduled maintenance affected: Network (Virtual Private Networks (VPN)).