ISG-news April 2004

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 01 May '04

01 May '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mailserver upgrade http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1083325468 Our [1]mailserver is at the end of its [2]disk capacity. We will add more storage on sunday afternoon and need to stop mailservices during this time. Expect one or more outages between 10:00 and 18:00. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/email/ 2. http://bb.phys.ethz.ch/mrtg/wiggis-imap.ethz.ch-year.png ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 30 Apr '04

30 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows Security Bulletin April 2004 http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1081933379 Last night [1]Microsoft has released the [2]Windows Security Bulletin Summary for April 2004. Be sure to run [3]Windows Update (with Internet Explorer) today on all the Windows Workstations and Servers to install the Security Updates, they are marked as Critical. References 1. http://www.microsoft.com/ 2. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/winapr04.mspx 3. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Problems with spam http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080210856 [1]Spam, also known as [2]UCE or [3]UBE or simply called junkmail, is the most frequently reason why [4]we are contacted during these days. Read on to see why you get so much junkmail and why you get errors for mails you never sent. References 1. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/S/spam.html 2. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/U/UCE.html 3. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/U/UBE.html 4. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/contact/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mailserver improvement http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080745718 During the last week, we had several times more incoming mails then our [1]mailserver was [2]able to process. Most of them was [3]spam - but the processing of "good" mails was delayed for several hours. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/email/ 2. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/1080745718/stats.html 3. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080210856/index_html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dynamic DNS entries http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1081431601 All computers in networks which get their IP from our [1]DHCP server are now registered automatically in the DNS server. Read our article when you need to find your computer over the internet. References 1. http://bb.phys.ethz.ch/bb/html/biferten.dhcp.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Linux kernel problem http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082042318 A security problem in the iso9660 filesystem of the [1]Linux [2]Kernel below [3]2.4.26 was discovered. See the [4]advisory from [5]SuSE. Update: All our managed [6]workstations are now rebooted. References 1. http://www.linux.ch/ 2. http://www.kernel.org/ 3. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ 4. http://www.suse.de/de/security/2004_09_kernel.html 5. http://www.suse.com/ 6. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/workstations/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Network Interruption http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082546076 On Wednesday, April 28 the network infrastructure will be reworked by the [1]ID/Kommunikation. Between 7:30pm and 10:30pm in the evening we should expect some losses of network connectivity. [2]Update: The outage took the whole night and our services are back since 07:50. References 1. http://www.kom.id.ethz.ch/ 2. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082546076/index_html#update ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Filetype list http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082113453 Quite often we are asked how to open a specific file received by E-Mail or downloaded from the web. We try now to collect such information in a [1]Readme. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/113 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VPN with MacOS X http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080565047 Using the [1]VPN access of [2]ETHZ is a nice thing to use [3]fileservers or journals from everywhere in the world. It's also needed to use [4]wireless LAN in our campus. But on MacOS X [5]10.3 you will discover some problems. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/31 2. http://n.ethz.ch/ 3. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/files/ 4. http://www.wireless.ethz.ch/ 5. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1067501462/index_html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 29 Apr '04

29 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes How to use PHYS-W2kXP-Apr04 CD-ROM http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/47 How to use PHYS-WNT-Apr04 CD-ROM http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/48 How to install Windows http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes How to Use VPN + Students docking http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows Security Bulletin April 2004 http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1081933379 Last night [1]Microsoft has released the [2]Windows Security Bulletin Summary for April 2004. Be sure to run [3]Windows Update (with Internet Explorer) today on all the Windows Workstations and Servers to install the Security Updates, they are marked as Critical. References 1. http://www.microsoft.com/ 2. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/winapr04.mspx 3. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Problems with spam http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080210856 [1]Spam, also known as [2]UCE or [3]UBE or simply called junkmail, is the most frequently reason why [4]we are contacted during these days. Read on to see why you get so much junkmail and why you get errors for mails you never sent. References 1. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/S/spam.html 2. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/U/UCE.html 3. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/U/UBE.html 4. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/contact/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mailserver improvement http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080745718 During the last week, we had several times more incoming mails then our [1]mailserver was [2]able to process. Most of them was [3]spam - but the processing of "good" mails was delayed for several hours. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/email/ 2. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/1080745718/stats.html 3. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080210856/index_html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dynamic DNS entries http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1081431601 All computers in networks which get their IP from our [1]DHCP server are now registered automatically in the DNS server. Read our article when you need to find your computer over the internet. References 1. http://bb.phys.ethz.ch/bb/html/biferten.dhcp.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Linux kernel problem http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082042318 A security problem in the iso9660 filesystem of the [1]Linux [2]Kernel below [3]2.4.26 was discovered. See the [4]advisory from [5]SuSE. Update: All our managed [6]workstations are now rebooted. References 1. http://www.linux.ch/ 2. http://www.kernel.org/ 3. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ 4. http://www.suse.de/de/security/2004_09_kernel.html 5. http://www.suse.com/ 6. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/workstations/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Network Interruption http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082546076 On Wednesday, April 28 the network infrastructure will be reworked by the [1]ID/Kommunikation. Between 7:30pm and 10:30pm in the evening we should expect some losses of network connectivity. References 1. http://www.kom.id.ethz.ch/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Filetype list http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082113453 Quite often we are asked how to open a specific file received by E-Mail or downloaded from the web. We try now to collect such information in a [1]Readme. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/113 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VPN with MacOS X http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1080565047 Using the [1]VPN access of [2]ETHZ is a nice thing to use [3]fileservers or journals from everywhere in the world. It's also needed to use [4]wireless LAN in our campus. But on MacOS X [5]10.3 you will discover some problems. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/31 2. http://n.ethz.ch/ 3. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/files/ 4. http://www.wireless.ethz.ch/ 5. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1067501462/index_html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 24 Apr '04

24 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Not pingable http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 22 Apr '04

22 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Network Interruption http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082546076 On Wednesday, April 28 the network infrastructure will be reworked by the [1]ID/Kommunikation. Between 7:30pm and 10:30pm in the evening we should expect some losses of network connectivity. References 1. http://www.kom.id.ethz.ch/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Printing with Photoshop http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 20 Apr '04

20 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes How to Use Email with Mozilla / Netscape 6 (IMAP) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 17 Apr '04

17 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Filetype list http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082113453 Quite often we are asked how to open a specific file received by E-Mail or downloaded from the web. We try now to collect such information in a [1]Readme. References 1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/113 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Access to your backups with SMB (Windows, MacOS X, Linux/BSD/UNIX) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/110 Filetype Table http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/113 Text File http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/114 Webpage http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/115 Portable Document Format http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/116 JPEG Picture http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/117 GIF Picture http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/118 MS-DOS Executable http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/119 Word Document http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/120 Excel Spreadsheet http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/121 PowerPoint Presentation http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/122 TeX File http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/123 DVI File http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/124 Postscript http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/125 Encapsulated Postscript http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/126 ZIP Archive http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/127 BinHex http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/128 How to Use The Fileservers http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Linux kernel problem http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1082042318 A security problem in the iso9660 filesystem of the [1]Linux [2]Kernel below [3]2.4.26 was discovered. See the [4]advisory from [5]SuSE. We will reboot all managed [6]workstations Friday morning. References 1. http://www.linux.ch/ 2. http://www.kernel.org/ 3. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ 4. http://www.suse.de/de/security/2004_09_kernel.html 5. http://www.suse.com/ 6. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/service/workstations/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISG News Mailinglist Go to https://webmail.phys.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/isg-news to unsubscribe or change your settings. ISG Department Physik <isg(a)phys.ethz.ch>

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