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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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ISG Newsletter
by ISG Department Physik 15 Apr '04

15 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 09 Apr '04

09 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes How to Use The Backups http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/109 Access to your backups with SMB (Windows, MacOS X, Linux/BSD/UNIX) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/110 Access to your backups with AFP (MacOS 7, 8, 9, MacOS X) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/111 Hostliste für DNS-Migration http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

------------------------------------------------------------------------ New or updated readmes Readme http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/1 How to Use The Backups http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/109 Access to your backups with SMB (Windows, MacOS X, Linux/BSD/UNIX) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/110 Access to your backups with AFP (MacOS 7, 8, 9, MacOS X) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/111 Access to your backups with NFS (Linux/BSD/UNIX) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/112 How to Use IRC http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/13 How to Use Email with Netscape 4.x (POP3) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/15 How to Use Email with Netscape 4.x (IMAP) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/16 How to Use Email with Eudora (IMAP) - short version http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/17 How to Use Email with Eudora (POP3) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/18 How to Use Email with Pine (IMAP) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/19 How to Use Email with Mutt (IMAP) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/20 How to Use Email with (X)Emacs and VM (IMAP) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/21 How to Use Email with (X)Emacs and VM (POP3) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/22 How to get Email with fetchmail http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/23 How to Use Email with Mozilla / Netscape 6 (IMAP) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/24 How to configure webbrowsers http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/26 Setting up a Mailing List http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/27 Access to your files with FTP (any system) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/3 PPTP with Linux http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/32 How to Use Email with Eudora (IMAP) - long version http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/33 How to improve your MacOS X workstation http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/34 How to enable User Logon/Logoff logging on Windows 2000 http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/35 Access to your files with SMB (Windows, MacOS X, Linux/BSD/UNIX) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/4 How to install Netbackup http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/43 How to enable Windows XP to join the Samba Domain http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/45 Setting up a (new) Windows 2000 Workstation http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/46 How to allow only specified users to logon to a workstation (with D-PHYS Logon) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/49 Access to your files with AFP (MacOS 7, 8, 9, MacOS X) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/5 How to enable SSL in Eudora http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/51 How to enable SSL in Mozilla / Netscape 6.x / 7.x http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/53 How to enable SSL in Netscape 4.x http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/54 How to enable SSL in Windows Explorer and Outlook / Outlook Express http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/55 Access to your files with NFS (Linux/BSD/UNIX) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/6 How to create subfolders in folders with Mozilla / Netscape (IMAP) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/70 How to add a Domain user to a local group (Power Users / Administrators) http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/71 How to move "My Documents" to your home drive http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/72 How to install local printers http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/75 How to connect to the X: drive http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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