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End of Support for RHEL 6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6) support ends
November 30, 2020 –
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:2319

Running a device with an operating system past its end of life
is not compliant with the “software patch updates” standard of
the campus MSSND (Minimum Security Standards for Networked Devices) at
http://security.berkeley.edu/MinStds

Devices currently running RHEL 6 can be

1) removed from the network
2) upgraded to a supported operating system
3) obtain paid extended RHEL 6 support and contain an approved exception to the campus MSSND.

The campus ISO (Information Security Office) has a
RHEL 6 end of life web page –
https://security.berkeley.edu/news/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-end-life

We expect ISO to start issuing vulnerability tickets for devices running
RHEL 6 after November 30 2020. By the second week of December, we expect that ISO will be requesting that RHEL 6 devices be removed from the network,

If you have any questions, please contact the IRIS Helpdesk (help@eecs).

SDH 1F Wi-Fi Outage

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As of around 6:46 PM, Sutardja Dai first floor wi-fi is offline due to an apparent failed switch. Staff will be onsite tomorrow and we expect to restore service by the early afternoon.

Update 10/15 8:13AM: Thanks to an assist from one of our IST colleagues who was in the area, wi-fi service on SDH 1F has been restored earlier than expected. We will continue to monitor for stability.

Changes to Firewall Ruleset for Berkeley Way West

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Summary

This announces the upcoming change to the firewall ruleset for the 8th floor of Berkeley Way West (BWW) on the 128.32.175.0/24 network.  On September 15, 2020, the network border firewall policies will be brought in line with the existing IRIS (EECS) firewall ruleset for secure production networks. This change is to help facilitate moving all IRIS networks to the campus Palo Alto firewall infrastructure. Also, going forward, emailed requests for BWW firewall exceptions will no longer be needed.  The standard IRIS network registration forms will be utilized to make web servers at BWW available to the outside Internet.

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