Information Technology Services

VPN/DUO Service Interruption

Outage category: VPN

Location: All Campuses

Status: Closed

Resolved Alert:

Initial Symptoms

During the initial VPN authentication, users did not receive DUO push to continue with the authentication process.

Root Cause Analysis

Cause

DUO proxy servers failed to bind with Active Directory, after a security policy rollout to increase the security for AD and client communications.

Resolution

The change was reverted. We are looking into alternatives to implement this Microsoft recommendation.

Prevention

Schedule this type of changes during midnight hours or Sunday maintenance windows with a test plan in place.