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Order services directly on DIY

Miek Gieben — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100

A new, for now experimental, feature is live on DIY, where you can “order” services directly by clicking the + on the right side.

Ordering a product.

This includes:

Accounts: temporary logins, new groups, or guest accounts.
Storage: new volumes or cloud endpoints on volumes.
Email: create new aliases and mailman lists.
Contact us: send an email to the helpdesk.

Some services are directly provisioned, for others we still send an email to helpdesk@science.ru.nl where we need to implement the request manually.

HSTS on ru.nl

Simon Oosthoek — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100

Some websites under science.ru.nl may be inaccessible

Several users have reported that they can no longer access websites such as http://example.science.ru.nl. Browsers block these connections because the parent domain ru.nl now requires HTTPS, while some websites, often served directly from devices or sensors, do not support encrypted connections.

We are working on a general solution and will update this article once it becomes available.

Background: HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)

Modern browsers enforce HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to prevent unencrypted HTTP access. Domains can opt in by being listed on hstspreload.org. Once listed, all subdomains must use HTTPS, and browsers will block HTTP entirely.

WWW Service

Simon Oosthoek — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:05:18 +0000

Starting a new WWW service

This document gives a short description which decisions have to be made before a new WWWW service within the Science Faculty can be started.

Contact Communications

C&CZ is not the communications department, officially all communication and therefore websites should be provided and endorsed by the communication department.

However, sometimes a website is actually an application with a web interface and this can usually not be provided via the official communication website.