Major incident
Brown University: VPN Experiencing Connectivity Issues
Sep 17, 2026, 11:39 UTC
started
12:30 UTC
resolved
51 min
duration
Affected: VPN - Virtual Private Network
Current status of Brown University: Operational — live Brown University status
Timeline
- Sep 17, 2026, 11:39 UTCinvestigatingOIT’s VPN service is currently experiencing a problem with its SSL certificate. OIT is aware of the outage, and is working to a solution.
- Sep 17, 2026, 12:30 UTCresolvedThis incident has been resolved.
Updates as published by Brown University (original).
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