Author Archives: Andy P Efting

VPN holds steady during COVID-19 crisis

Emory’s virtual private network (VPN) has handled a dramatic increase in usage the past two weeks. We have been running various versions of the F5 SSL VPN here at Emory since at least 2012. Never before, though, has its reliability been as critical as it is today with mandated work-from-home and remote student learning. We […]

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Change regarding Duo and the “Remember Me for 30 days” option

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We have made a change to Duo, Emory’s application for two-factor authentication. Previously, the “Remember Me for 30 days” option was tied to the specific application for which you had set that option. Setting this option for one application had no impact on your authentication to other Duo-protected applications. We have modified the use of […]

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Important change coming to on-campus use of the VPN

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An important change is coming this month to Duo two-factor authentication and VPN usage. Prior to the roll out of Duo, LITS required RSA two-factor authentication for VPN access to certain protected Emory network cores. This was true regardless of whether one was connecting to the VPN from off campus or not. When Emory switched […]

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