Here at N4L we aim to ensure connections are working well for all schools using the Managed Network. However, events can happen that disrupt the network. These events range from hardware failures (e.g. power cuts in specific geographic areas) or fibre cuts, to...
As the new school year gets underway no doubt there is a lot of planning and preparing happening, and for many of you classes have already started! One of the many things your school may be thinking about is digital technologies, and how they can be successfully...
Recently we have seen an increasing amount of inaccurate and misleading information being published about N4L’s Web Filtering service provided as part of your fully-funded Managed Network connection. In an effort to ensure your school is able to make informed...
Did you know that around 60% of all web traffic across the N4L Managed Network is via secure websites - and growing?! This changing trend is important for schools to be aware of and we recently contacted all schools to recommend that they review their existing web...
Schools wanting to implement Individualised Filtering as part of N4L’s Web Filtering are now able to do so using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) as their authentication method. This means school now have 3 options when implementing Individualised Filtering -...
Following the below email we have identified that schools using Secure Website Inspection or Individualised Filtering after the 5th of November 2015 will have problems signing into Chromebooks if no action is taken by your Web Filtering administrator . If you are the...
As of June 23rd, Google is now using HTTPS to deliver all of their search websites. HTTPS - is an encrypted protocol for providing web pages to users. Trade Me, Amazon, online banks and many other websites all use HTTPS to protect their users data and identity as they...