Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is currently expanding its connection to the German Research Network (DFN). As part of the transition from the previous cluster connection to a standard connection, the available Internet bandwidth will be increased from the current 3 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s. The connection will continue to be configured redundantly, ensuring a high […]
Kristina Haase
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21. Jul 2026
Security Vulnerabilities in WordPress
On Friday, a set of security vulnerabilities in WordPress known as wp2shell came to attention. These were exploited to attack several blogs. As a result, potential user data from some blog instances was compromised, and blogs were taken over. The specific data affected is currently still being investigated. The incidents were detected this morning around […]
7. Jul 2026
Maintenance of Central Firewall Components
To maintain and improve the security of the Internet connection, central firewall components will be updated on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. The update and the necessary reboot will result in an outage of the Internet connection, as well as Wi-Fi and external telephone services. General internal university data traffic and VPN access will not be […]
24. Jun 2026
[Resolved] Opencast malfunction
Update June 24, 5:30 p.m.: The issue has been resolved, and the first recordings have already started again.There is currently an issue with Opencast. Scheduled recordings must be started manually. You may encounter errors when uploading videos to Opencast. We are currently working to resolve the issue. Please start recordings manually in the lecture halls […]
19. May 2026
[Resolved] System malfunction in HalDoc
It is currently not possible to initiate a PhD procedure in HalDoc. The corresponding application form cannot be successfully submitted online. We are working on a solution. The issue is expected to be resolved following the system restart on the morning of May 20, 2026.
16. Apr 2026
[Resolved] General network issue
[Update] The issue has been resolved and the network is now fully operational again.
