Penn State WebAccess Update
On Wednesday, August 29, 2007, Information Technology Services will add a
fourth Penn State WebAccess server to handle both browser access and
Cosign filters that check cookies. The update will take place between
6:00 and 6:30 a.m., during the regularly scheduled maintenance window
(5:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.). Intermittent outages for WebAccess-protected
services may occur, but are expected to be no longer than five minutes
at a time.
Since the various filters only look up the address records for
webaccess.psu.edu when they start, server administrators will need to
restart their respective Web servers to recognize the additional server.
If a server is not restarted, then the filter will only contact the three
original servers; however, authentication should still function.
The Information for Firewall Users
Web page has been updated to reflect this information, although the DNS
change won't be done until that morning. In addition, this information
is noted on the WebAccess Developers' Web site.
