FastX authentication change - FastX and VPN downtime on Monday, July 12th
- Posted by Benjamin Nacar
- on July 1, 2021
On Monday morning, July 12th, between 7 am and 8am, there will be scheduled downtime for both the FastX cluster and the CS department VPN.
After this maintenance window, FastX will use the same authentication mechanism that the department SSH gateway now uses, namely SSH keypairs (see https://cs.brown.edu/about/system/connecting/ssh/). Keys can be managed via the department website at https://cs.brown.edu/account/sshkeys. If you currently have a working SSH keypair in place, it will do double duty for FastX with no further action on your part.
The planned VPN update is less exciting - from a user perspective it will work basically the same as before.
Also, during this downtime, the SSH gateway will remain available for general use by the CS department community.
Any questions or concerns, email problem@cs.brown.edu.