ResNet's Firewall
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It has been a long-term goal for the ResNet team to have a firewall placed between ResNet and the rest of the University's network. Over the past few months we have made the necessary changes to our infrastructure and today have made this live. Essentially, nothing should have changed from a user's perspective as all previous rules on the 'main' firewall have been copied to the ResNet firewall.
If nothing has changed then why have we done this?
The answer to this is greater flexibility in how we separate ResNet (a network of personally owned machines) from the rest of the University's managed network. Our intention is to give ResNet attached devices full access to the University's educational resources but limit access to unnecessary things such as faculty desktops; something that has previously been impossible to do.
In the unlikely event that something which previously worked, now does not, then please contact the Help Desk via the usual channels.