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UC (Cincinnati, not California) first day of classes is today too, I always hate that out IT doesn't allow 2FA except Due. I always wanted to request an excepti

UC (Cincinnati, not California) first day of classes is today too, I always hate that out IT doesn't allow 2FA except Due. I always wanted to request an exception, but my previous experience with them refusing to allow IMAP access to my email because it is not secure!.

cridenour 3y ago
Not often I see UC mentioned on HN. What program are you in?
- elashri 3y ago
  Hi, yes it is rarely mentioned. I am in the physics program
yodigital 3y ago
Did you notice that 2FA went away around 10 am? I worked on the team that made that happen. Its back now that the outage is over. We do have an app that lets faculty exempt students from 2FA, but it's mostly for students who need the exception when taking tests etc. You are going to see a big change in the tech at UC very soon. The old guard is getting the boot.
- elashri 3y ago
  > Did you notice that 2FA went away around 10 am? I worked on the team that made that happen. Its back now that the outage is over. Yes, altough I did not get affected that much. I was just trying to renew overdue book from the library system. But I'm sure ~45k student got affected harshly in their first day of the semester. > We do have an app that lets faculty exempt students from 2FA, but it's mostly for students who need the exception when taking tests etc. It would be better if there is an option to allow graduate students who do research (PhD candidates) to be treated differently as they are not students anyway. And Duo is annoying. I understand that this is not something that will happen specially with the reputition of UC IT department (sorry but you problably know) > You are going to see a big change in the tech at UC very soon. The old guard is getting the boot. This is something I have been hearing since I joined but without the old guard getting the boot part. Each year with increasing student enrollment, we can't even provide stable internet connection. I still remember two years ago the outage of the auth server for wifi system on the first day of classes (after covid) and this stayed the case for almost a week.

cridenour 3y ago

Not often I see UC mentioned on HN. What program are you in?

elashri 3y ago
Hi, yes it is rarely mentioned. I am in the physics program

yodigital 3y ago

Did you notice that 2FA went away around 10 am? I worked on the team that made that happen. Its back now that the outage is over. We do have an app that lets faculty exempt students from 2FA, but it's mostly for students who need the exception when taking tests etc. You are going to see a big change in the tech at UC very soon. The old guard is getting the boot.

elashri 3y ago
> Did you notice that 2FA went away around 10 am? I worked on the team that made that happen. Its back now that the outage is over. Yes, altough I did not get affected that much. I was just trying to renew overdue book from the library system. But I'm sure ~45k student got affected harshly in their first day of the semester. > We do have an app that lets faculty exempt students from 2FA, but it's mostly for students who need the exception when taking tests etc. It would be better if there is an option to allow graduate students who do research (PhD candidates) to be treated differently as they are not students anyway. And Duo is annoying. I understand that this is not something that will happen specially with the reputition of UC IT department (sorry but you problably know) > You are going to see a big change in the tech at UC very soon. The old guard is getting the boot. This is something I have been hearing since I joined but without the old guard getting the boot part. Each year with increasing student enrollment, we can't even provide stable internet connection. I still remember two years ago the outage of the auth server for wifi system on the first day of classes (after covid) and this stayed the case for almost a week.