The latest news from the Office of Information Technology
In September 2007, NACS changed the configuration of the campus network to improve security. UCI’s Internet firewall (a device that controls off-campus access to UCI computers) now denies inbound connections except the ones that have been approved in advance by faculty and staff. This protects most campus systems from unauthorized access while preserving off-campus connectivity [...]
NACS is always looking for new ways to protect users on UCInet from network-based attacks. One upcoming strategy is to deny inbound connections to campus computers except the ones that have been approved in advance by faculty and staff. This will protect most campus systems from unauthorized access while preserving off-campus connectivity wherever it is [...]
As the number and severity of security challenges continues to grow, NACS works hard to ensure that UCInet remains a useful, robust, and safe place to work. Towards that end, NACS now offers campus units the opportunity to block incoming network connections to their systems. Connections initiated from systems on your network will continue to [...]
Computers on UCI’s network (and thus the Internet) have two kinds of identities: a numerical Internet Protocol (IP) address, such as 128.200.222.100, and a “host name,” such as www.uci.edu. Computers tend to use numbers to find and talk to one another, but human beings prefer names, finding them both more memorable and more descriptive. The [...]