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ANNOUNCEMENT - Windows XP Discontinued: Phase-out begins June 30th
NOTICE - Veritas Account Space Limit
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REMINDER - File Sharing and Policy Notice
ANNOUNCEMENT - New Plotter Available
NOTICE - A202 Temperature: 77.95F - Updated: Wed Jul 23 20:10:32 2008

Switch to IU Secure, the new wireless network

IU Secure, the new wireless network, is now widely available for you to use in academic buildings across IUB and IUPUI. Installation in many residence halls has begun and will continue though the fall semester. You will notice IU Secure among available networks, in addition to the existing IU Wireless network. IU Secure is based on a new authentication framework that is more stable and secure and does not require VPN. The first time you use IU Secure, you will be asked to supply your IU Network ID username and password and accept a digital certificate. IU Secure works seamlessly with Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3, iPhone 2.0, and Mac OS 10.3 or higher. For details on how to configure your computer or iPhone to use IU Secure, please visit: http://kb.iu.edu/data/awws.html

Using the GPFS scratch file system

Accessible from Big Red, Quarry, and Libra, the General Parallel File System (GPFS) scratch file system provides working space for running programs and short-term storage for program output. If you use the GPFS, please be sure to back up important data -- this is a temporary scratch file system and is not intended for long-term storage. Data erased from the scratch file system cannot be recovered. Beginning June 1, files that have not been accessed in more than 180 days will be automatically removed from the GPFS scratch file system to free up space. To learn more about storage options for your files, visit: http://kb.iu.edu/data/ajay.html

New recommendations for secure alternatives to SSH and FTP/SFTP

When connecting to Webserve or Steel to work with your web pages, you must use a secure telnet or FTP client. Until recently, for Windows users UITS recommended SSH Secure Shell from SSH Communications Security. Because this product is no longer free to download, it is no longer available from IUware or the SSH web site. If you are an existing user and have already downloaded SSH Secure Shell to your personal computer, you can continue to use it for free. And, as long as it is for educational purposes, you can even continue to load SSH Secure Shell on new computers from the media you currently have. SSH Secure Shell will remain on IU's Student and Residential Technology Center (STC and RTC) computers. After the summer upgrade to Vista, there will be three options for secure telnet or FTP from these computers:

• SSH Secure Shell (already available on the Windows STC/RTC computers)
• WinSCP (already available on the Windows STC/RTC computers for graphical file downloads and uploads)
• PuTTY (a new alternative for SSH Secure Shell)

For download to personal computers, the University Information Security Office (UISO) recommends WinSCP and PuTTY as alternative SSH clients. Departments can also provide commercial SSH software for hosting in specific labs or, in the case of site-wide licensing, in STC/RTC builds across campus. Download WinSCP from IUware at: https://iuware.iu.edu/title.aspx?id=785 Download PuTTY from IUware at: https://iuware.iu.edu/title.aspx?id=781