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Minor incident

Northwestern Information Technology: Arthur Rubloff Building Firewall Service Interruption

Oct 23, 2026, 04:46 UTC
started
23:57 UTC
resolved
19 h 11 min
duration

Affected: Wired Network Services (Network Connectivity)

Current status of Northwestern Information Technology: Under maintenance — live Northwestern Information Technology status

Timeline

  1. Oct 23, 2026, 04:46 UTC
    identified
    Northwestern Information Technology is working to resolve an issue with a firewall that serves the Arthur Rubloff Building. The next update will be by 10:00 CDT on Friday, October 23rd.
  2. Oct 23, 2026, 18:06 UTC
    identified
    Northwestern Information Technology is continuing to investigate and resolve an issue with a firewall that serves the Arthur Rubloff Building. The next update will be provided by 9:00 CDT on Monday, October 26th.
  3. Oct 23, 2026, 23:57 UTC
    resolved
    Full redundancy has been restored to the firewall that serves the Arthur Rubloff Building. A root cause for this issue is still being identified with the vendor.

Updates as published by Northwestern Information Technology (original).

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