Primary web server moved to new hardware
On Tuesday, August 15th, the primary VCU web server (www.vcu.edu) was successfully move to new hardware. The new server will not only be able to handle the ever increasing request for web pages, but also improves security by 1) requiring only secure transmission of files to the server and 2) no longer supporting FrontPage extensions. A couple of years ago, we implemented secure login to the primary server and now files can only be transferred to the server via secure FTP (sFTP). Non-secure FTP is no longer support. Technology Services will continue to support FrontPage extensions, but only on our windows servers. The removal of the FrontPage extensions from the primary web server, will allow the system engineers to install security patches more quickly without the fear of conflicts with the FrontPage extensions.
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