IAS Portal – Staff
User Guide
Division of Information Technology
February 2016
Contents
Document Management History ......................................................................................................3
Navigating This Guide .....................................................................................................................4
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................4
Getting Started.................................................................................................................................4
Using the IAS Portal ........................................................................................................................4
Summary Tab...............................................................................................................................4
Quota Tab ....................................................................................................................................6
Usage History Tab .......................................................................................................................6
Session History Tab .....................................................................................................................7
Audit History Tab..........................................................................................................................8
Access Level Tab .........................................................................................................................8
Further Assistance ...........................................................................................................................8
Document Management History
Version
2.0
Date
8/2/2016
Author
Tim Brown,
Communications
Technology Team
Comments
Updates to access
levels
Navigating This Guide
The Guide is broken into sections describing the various tabs available on the portal and their
function
Introduction
The Internet Access System (IAS) user portal provides a means by which users can view
information about their Internet usage and access levels.
The portal provides access to the following:
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Past 30 days usage summary
Information on current active Internet sessions
Detailed and historical reporting on usage
Historical reporting on user access sessions
Current access level information
Getting Started
The portal can be access by using a web browser and going to ias.csu.edu.au
Using the IAS Portal
The portal provides this information on a number of different tabs including:
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Summary
Quota
Usage History
Session History
Audit History
Access Level
The function and usage for each tab is explained on the following pages.
Summary Tab
Login Detail
This page shows basic user summary information, including your name, username, access level
and role (Staff/Student).
It gives information on your quota allocation and a graph showing your usage for the month.
Current Sessions
The lower section of the page shows a user’s active Internet login sessions.
This shows the IP address of the session, the machine (host) name if available and when the
session started.
It will also tell you the type of session it is (see below for session type descriptions).
Session Type
Description
AD Integration
This session has been authenticated through the
IA client running on a staff machine
Dot 1x
This session has been authenticated through the
use of your wireless username and password
Web
This session has been authenticated through the
user entering their username and password in
the Web Authentication page
Quota Tab
This tab is for student use only.
Staff members do not have a quota restriction at this time. Staff will show up as “In Quota”
(Unlimited).
Usage History Tab
This tab allows you to select a period in time and review your usage history for that period.
You can select day, month, and year options and then select the appropriate day, month and year
to display.
The middle portion of this tab shows your traffic by protocol, giving you a breakdown of the types
of traffic that make up your usage for the selected reporting period.
The lower portion of this tab shows a list of the larger files you have downloaded during the
selected reporting period.
Session History Tab
This tab allows reporting on your login sessions.
You can select a time period using the ‘date range’ drop down and further refine this using the
start and end date dropdowns.
Very specific queries can be made by also using the hostname and IP address filter fields if this
information is known.
Audit History Tab
This tab enables reporting on audit events that relate to a user (e.g. the addition of quota, or
changes to subscriber type).
Others common audit types show if a user has gone over their quota or been disabled for some
reason.
If an audit type does not show any detail for you then you have not had an audit record of that type
generated (i.e. you have not done anything to generate that type of audit record).
Almost all audit type records will not apply to staff.
Access Level Tab
This tab enables a user to change the level of access they have to/from the Internet. The options
available vary between staff and students.
Note: all staff have a standard level of Internet access applied to their CSU owned computing
device/s. This cannot be changed.
Standard access allows staff to connect to all Internet services (both known and unknown) but any
connections back that are not related to your web browsing will be denied. Staff will not be able to
host services (such as web pages) and have them accessible from the Internet under the standard
access level.
Additionally, some Internet services are ALWAYS blocked for security policy reasons. These
services are NOT available on ANY access level or by request.
CSU also recommends you have anti-virus software and Internet security/firewall software on your
device to protect you from unsolicited access from the Internet.
Further Assistance
Contact for IT Service Desk for further information.