April 2021 technical issue

Updates 

go.sfu.ca and applicant.sfu.ca are now available. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. 

To address a technical issue at SFU, remote access to on-campus computers and select services will require SFU's virtual private network (SFU VPN) as of April 25th, 2021.

Many online resources will be unaffected by this change (such as Canvas, SFU Mail, Zoom, SFU Vault). For a list of impacted services, see the information below.

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The new steps you will need to take (impacted services)

FINS and myINFO 

Available to faculty and staff

FINS and myINFO are only available while connected to the SFU on-campus network. To remotely access these services, sign in to SFU's virtual private network and have your SFU account protected by multi-factor authentication

Remote connections to on-campus computers 

Starting April 25th, 2021, you will need to sign in to SFU's virtual private network before remotely connecting to any on-campus computer (such as an office PC or Mac). 

Windows

Available to faculty and staff

For remote desktop connections to on-campus PC's see our online resources.

Secure Shell (SSH)

Available to faculty and staff

For remote SSH connections to on-campus devices, you will need an MFA-protected SFU account and be signed in to SFU VPN. To get started with both services, please see our online resources.

Mac

Available to faculty and staff

For remote connections to on-campus Mac computers see our online resources.

Student computer Labs

Available to students

Remote access to computer labs is unavailable at this time. If access is required, please visit the on campus lab.

goSFU 

Update: Access to go.sfu.ca was restored as of 8:00 PM (PDT), April 26th.

applicant.sfu.ca 

Update: Access to applicant.sfu.ca was restored as of 8:00 PM (PDT), April 26th.

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