March 2010
Dear Students:
Over spring break, the secure certificate in place on campus for our wireless access expired requiring all users of the "TLU-STUD" wireless network to update to a new certificate. The instructions on how to install the update are below. If you do not have wireless (or have not been using it) on your computer you may disregard this message.
1) Instructions for Windows users (XP, Vista, 7) from a Residence Hall connection or off-campus
- Connect to the TLU Intranet (http://tlu.tlu.edu)
- Click on the link to the IT Download page of the TLU intranet site (http://tlu.tlu.edu/ithelp/tluwififix.exe). You may also go to the page on the IT Intranet site and click on the red message "To fix your Student Wifi Click Here"
- Chose to Run the program and click finish when it completes (Note: If the program does not run, save it to your desktop and run it from there)
- You should now be able to connect to the "TLU-STUD" wireless network as before.
2) Instructions for Windows users (XP, Vista, 7) with no hard-wired connection
- Connect to the TLU-WGN wireless network on campus
- Open up a browser and login with a username of: fixwifi and password: bulldog when prompted (note: this wireless network will only be available temporarily to help fix the expired security certificate)
- Connect to the TLU Intranet (http://tlu.tlu.edu)
- Click on the link to the IT Download page of the TLU intranet site (http://tlu.tlu.edu/ithelp/tluwififix.exe). You may also go to the page on the IT Intranet site and click on the red message "To fix your Student Wifi Click Here"
- Chose to Run the program and click finish when it completes (Note: If the program does not run, save it to your desktop and run it from there)
- You should now be able to connect to the "TLU-STUD" wireless network as before.
3) Macintosh users will be prompted to accept the new TLU-STUD wireless certificate upon connection automatically. Accept the certificate and you should be able to connect as before.
If you have trouble updating the security certificate or have a question you may contact the TLU IT Help desk at ishelp@tlu.edu or by calling 830-372-6000. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 8am-9pm, Friday 8am-5pm.
Thank you,
William R. Senter
Director of Information Technology
Texas Lutheran University
830-372-6550
February 26, 2010
Dear Faculty & Staff:
Many of you have reported seeing a number of suspicious alert messages telling you that to continue using your e-mail account you must validate yourself by sending your account and password to a generic address. These are spammers who are “phishing” for legitimate e-mail accounts that they can take over and use to send out more spam (in your name)! It is unfortunate that there are people who have nothing better to do but there are there so we just need to be prepared. Here are some things that might help:
· TLU Information Technology will never ask you for your account and password via an e-mail
· When we send out any campus-wide alert, we will sign it with our name instead of using a generic tag line.
· Automated messages from TLU that indicate that you have reached your e-mail quota limit will only advise you to delete some of your old e-mails to clear up space. They will not ask for an account name or password or direct you to a web-site to confirm your usage.
· If you are ever unsure please feel free to contact the Help desk at
ishelp@tlu.edu or by calling Ext. 6000; we don’t mind.
While the above steps are not 100% foolproof, I am hopeful they will cut down on the confusion. If you do get one of these e-mails I recommend just deleting them.
Thanks,
Bill Senter
William R. Senter
Director of Information Technology
Texas Lutheran University
830-372-6550
Example of recent “phishing” attempt: (see below)
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From: ngant@enet.vn [mailto:ngant@enet.vn]
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:04 PM
Subject: Mail Quota alert
Mail Quota alert -Error Code #1997142DDE
Your email has exceeded it's storage limits you may no longer be able to
recieve mails
your email account therefore requires verification for continous activity.
So to ensure your email's continous activity,you are to reply to this email
leaving the subject line intact. You are required
to verify your account (manually) using this format:
email username:
email password:
error code number:
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This is an automated email alert that requires immediate response.
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