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Windows login on LTSP Thin Clients
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1225459893
Incited by the success of our [1]Linux-based noiseless thin clients we
were highly motivated to further increase the benefit of these clients
to our users.
Today, we are happy to announce the availability of Windows logins on
these machines.
Read on if you're interested in giving it a try.
References
1. http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1204219612
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New or updated readmes
Readme
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/1
Windows Terminal Server login on LTSP thin clients
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/251
Printing with SMB (Windows)
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/8
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Downtime of D-PHYS Webserver this evening
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1225197664
To resolve some performance issues with our main webserver "zwoelfi"
by updating its BIOS, there will be short downtime of the webserver
this evening at about 17:30.
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Microsoft announced an high critical security bulletin
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1224839746
Last night [1]Microsoft has released an high critical [2]Security
Bulletin (MS08-067).
Users running any version of Windows must install the patch today
urgently!
The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected
system received a specially crafted RPC request. It is possible that
this vulnerability could be used in the crafting of a wormable
exploit.
References
1. http://www.microsoft.com/
2. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
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Downtime of all essential D-PHYS servers on Saturday
http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/1222863544
This Saturday, 4th of October 2008, we will move most of the D-PHYS
servers to the new server room in the HIT building. This results in a
downtime of nearly all ISG D-PHYS services from approx. 9am to approx.
6pm, including but not limited to file servers, mail server, web
server, authentication servers, backup servers, etc. DHCP will
continue to work.
Read on for a more detailed description of what won't be available on
Saturday.
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