The desktop firewall policy has been updated for the most recent Java release:

• Exceptions for Java 8u73 (two versions back) have been removed
• Exceptions for Java 8u91 (latest version) have been added

Java 8u91 released yesterday (the 19th), the fleet should be getting rolled to the new version automatically as per Ninite running last night / this morning. Check c:\logs\ninite.log to see if there’s an entry for ‘Java 8 : OK’ as to if Ninite was able to update it on a particular machine.

The following customers will have their accounts unified tomorrow evening (the 5th):

Cascades Campus
Browne, Neil (brownen –> browneco)

Ag Ed
Henderson, Thomas

EOARC-Union
Erickson, Karen (ericksok –> erickska)

HAREC
Murphy, Alexzandra (murphya –> mckinnia)

MCAREC
Riedl, Helmut

NWREC
McReynolds, Robert

Pharmacy
Mance, Kristyn
Watts Kinsella, Lindsey

CPHHS – BPHS
Dixon-Ibarra, Alicia
Hamm, Jessica
Kirk, Katelyn
Leung, Chun
Nery, Mara
Osibanjo, Oyinda
Pawlowski, Jill (pawlowj –> pawlowsj)
Ross, Samantha
VanGarde, Aurora

CPHHS – Dean’s Office
Oakley, Lisa

FCH Deschutes
Russell, Stephanie (russells –> russeste)

CPHHS – SOBE
Doan, Lan
Dowhower, Dan (dowhowd –> dowhowed)
Finders, Jennifer

UABC
Babcock, Carol

Public Safety
Gardner, Ian

Grad School
Collins, Rich
Murphy, Carol
Rettig, Bruce (rettigb –> rettigr)

Academic Technologies
Molla, Azaher

Client Services
Hinds, Mike (hindsm –> hindsmi)

INTO
Chowdhury, Mamta

Library
Chau, May

Ext Umatilla
Sanders, Colleen

Ext Warm Springs
Duggan, Scott
Sanders, Rosanna (sanderro –> sanderos)

Ext Wasco
Black, Lynette (blackl –> blackjl)

Sea Grant
Cone, Joe

SMILE
Renee A. O’Neill (renee.oneill –> oneillr)
Well, Jay (jay.well –> wellj)
Williams, Brendan F (williamsb –> williab2)
Utevsky, Nora

Honors College
Hendricks, Jon

Writing Center
Bartlett, Lily

The desktop firewall policy has been updated for the most recent Java release:

• Exceptions for Java 8u71 (two versions back) have been removed
• Exceptions for Java 8u77 (latest version) have been added

Java 8u77 released last Wednesday (the 23rd), the fleet should be getting rolled to the new version this coming Tuesday evening as part of our normal update process.

GPOs to mitigate Locky (a newer piece of ransomware that encrypts files) will be implemented at the end of the day for the following units:

Academic Affairs
Academic Programs
Alumni Relations
Board of Trustees
Counseling and Psychological Services
Enrollment Management
Finance and Administration
Financial Aid and Scholarships
Graduate School
Information Services
Institutional Research
International Programs
Office of Admissions
Office of Audit Services
Office of the General Counsel
Office of the President
Office of the Provost
Office of the Registrar
Research Office
Student Affairs
Student Life
Undergraduate Studies
University Shared Services Enterprise

The specific settings that the GPOs enforce are:

• VBA Macros that are not digitally signed are not able to execute (no notification is provided, it’s as if it wasn’t there at all)
• VBA Macros that are digitally signed are disabled by default, but the notification bar will be displayed to allow the user to enable the content
• 2016 only: Word/Excel/Powerpoint files from the internet are not able to run macros at all

For unsigned macros that need to run, there are two routes to get things enabled:

Option one: digitally sign the macros. Folks can request a code signing cert via the process at http://is.oregonstate.edu/dca-support/dca-service-request-forms/webform/incommon-ssl-certificate-request-preferred-ssl-option
Once the macro is signed, it will be able to run normally.

Option two: put the file in question in a trusted location. Trusted locations should be used as sparingly as possible. Never set up the built in downloads/documents/other common folders as trusted, as it means all outside files will be trusted by default!

To add a trusted location to any office application:

File -> Options
Click on the Trust Center heading on the left
Click on the Trust Center Settings… button to open the trust center
Click on the Trusted Locations heading on the left
If you will be adding a network location, you must check the “Allow Trusted Locations on my network (not recommended)” box first
Click on the Add new location…
Enter the path to the trusted folder, or browse to it
If subfolders of that folder should also be trusted, there is an option for that
(optional) Enter a description
Click on OK/OK/OK to close out of the Trust Center
Reopen any documents in the newly trusted locations

The following customers will be unified the evening of 2-29:

Career Services
Moore, Marian (moorema –> mooremar)

CTL
Tolar Burton, Vicki

CFTH
Byrne, John

CBARC
Ball, Daniel A
Machado, Stephen

COMES
Dewitt, Christina
Park, Jae W (parkjae –> parkj3)
Su, Yi-Cheng

EOARC-Union
Kennedy, Pat (kennedyp –> kennepat)

College of Ag – Dean’s Office
Loper, Joyce

College of Pharmacy
Gross, Michael

EESC
Savonen, Carol

F&A Administration
Adams, Ronald (adamsrl –> adamsron)
Green, Michael

Business Affairs
Dickason, Jessica

AABC
Wolcott, Lori

Facilities Services
Formiga, Sergio

Library
Straley, Brandon

NROTC
Hoffman, Carson

Office of the Registrar
Leong, Laura (leongl –> leongla)

Extended Campus
Ulman, Bethany

Ext Jefferson
Boley, Sandra (boleys –> boleysa)

Ext Warm Springs
Beamer, Bethann
Rogers, Sara (smithsar –> smithsa6)

Space Grant
Milstein, Randall

Student Affairs Communications & Marketing
Boyd, Carolyn

Diversity & Cultural Engagement
Jason J. Dorsette (dorsettej –> dorsettj)

Healthy Campus Initiatives
Govier, Diana

Writing Center
Walters, Samantha (walterss –> waltesam)