dialup.mit.edu server maintenance

Scheduled for Aug 17, 17:00 EDT - Aug 20, 00:00 EDT

Scheduled

The Athena dialup.mit.edu servers will be taken out of service and rebooted, in two groups, in order to receive software and security updates.
Most users will not need to take any action, but users with persistent sessions will need to be mindful of the following schedule and migrate their session accordingly:

Monday evening, August 17:
- all-night-tool
- barber-pole
- castle-on-a-cloud
- hack-to-the-future

Wednesday evening August 19:
- csail-squared
- hackapult
- senior-house-tombstone
- snowhenge

Posted Aug 13, 2026 - 13:34 EDT

This scheduled maintenance affects: Academic Services.