US-CERT Technical Alerts and Bulletins
    Campus Encrypted Wireless -- MoobilenetX -- Now Live
    By: gribble  on: Tue 02 of Oct, 2007 [18:03 UTC]  (3160 reads)
    Network
    Many keen CS people have been asking about the mysterious MoobilenetX wireless network that has been popping up around campus. This new wireless network is being deployed while leaving up the original campus wireless network — Moobilenet. MoobilenetX has many advantages over Moobilenet including faster logons and better roaming; however, the encryption MoobilenetX offers makes it a recommended choice of wireless networks — when it is available.

    More information about MoobilenetX use.

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    Microsoft Extends XP until June 2008
    By: gribble  on: Tue 02 of Oct, 2007 [17:26 UTC]  (2783 reads)
    Mark Your Calendar
    Check for details at Network World.

    Microsoft XP will be available on an OEM basis until June 30th of 2008.
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    Web-based Computer Science Email
    By: gribble  on: Mon 16 of Jul, 2007 [18:40 UTC]  (3286 reads)
    New Service
    If you are using our IMAP server and receive your email at an
    @cs.ucdavis.edu address, you may be interested in using a new
    service we have been testing. We have a server running SquirrelMail
    (http://www.squirrelmail.org). You will need no assistance from us as
    your email is already accessible there if you are already connecting
    your email client to imap.cs.ucdavis.edu.
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    SSG-Support and CSIFdocs Wiki update
    By: gribble  on: Thu 31 of May, 2007 [18:01 UTC]  (2963 reads)
    Work Notice
    We are upgrading the wiki server this week. The upgrade includes upgrading the main virtual server, so we moved the virtual services off the main server to some lesser hardware.

    During this transition some brief outages will occur, probably less than 5 minute outages, and less than one a day. So, if you have a hard time reaching this page later, just try again in a few moments.
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    Virtually New Wiki Server
    By: gribble  on: Thu 24 of May, 2007 [20:45 UTC]  (3003 reads)
    New Service
    The SSG support wiki server (this wiki) has been upgraded and moved to new virtual hardware. If you run into any problems with it, please write support@cs.ucdavis.edu!
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    Blocking Outbound Email Except From Known Hosts
    By: gribble  on: Tue 03 of Apr, 2007 [23:02 UTC]  (7757 reads)
    Email
    Following up on my previous email regarding blocking outbound email traffic (SMTP), we will be implementing the new firewall rules at the CS network border at noon (PST) tomorrow, Wednesday April 4 2007. It is possible, although unlikely, that you will not be able to send email to us in case you have a problem following this change. In that case, please contact us by telephone, click here for our numbers.

    --
    Ken Jones
    Director of Computing Services

    For further information on mail services click Read More (below).
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    Archive. And Archive Often.
    By: gribble  on: Fri 02 of Feb, 2007 [19:31 UTC]  (1867 reads)
    Recently the Systems Support Group has been helping people with issues surrounding their email client. Many of these problems would not have happened if the size of the Inbox involved was smaller. For details on how you can save your Inbox from such troubles, please read Email Archiving with IMAP - Why and How.
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    Fedora Core 5 Kernel has Buggy Delay (2.6.18-1.2200.fc5smp kernel)
    By: gribble  on: Thu 02 of Nov, 2006 [19:50 UTC]  (4289 reads)
    There are reports of a bug that makes boot up time take longer, with errors about ATA drives. The errors might look like:
    ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFE20 ctl 0xFE32 bmdma 0xFEA8 irq 217
    scsi0 : ata_piix
    ata1.00: ATA-6, max UDMA/100, 78125000 sectors: LBA
    ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 8
    ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
    scsi1 : ata_piix
    ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient
    ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs)
    ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF)
    ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100)
    ata2: softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs
    ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF)
    ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100)
    ata2: softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs
    ata2: SRST failed (status 0xFF)
    ata2: SRST failed (err_mask=0x100)
    ata2: reset failed, giving up
    Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD400BD-75JM Rev: 05.0
    Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05

    This is apparently harmless, except for the boot delays it causes.

    For more information:

    http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=625356#post625356
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211591
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211757

    Thanks to Earl Barr for the heads up!
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    Microsoft Windows, Outlook and Exchange Vunerability (Patch available now)
    By: gribble  on: Wed 11 of Jan, 2006 [16:10 UTC]  (4505 reads)
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    Microsoft releases WMF Vulnerability patch early - today!
    By: gribble  on: Thu 05 of Jan, 2006 [23:37 UTC]  (4897 reads)
    Fixes
    Microsoft has released the patch for the Microsoft WMF Vulnerability. The procedure below covers removing the WMFHotFix patch and installing the new Microsoft update.

    Installing the Windows WMF security patch:

    Synopsis
    If you did not install the WMFHotFix patch: Perform a Windows Update

    If you installed the WMFHotFix patch: Using Add or Remove programs, remove the WMFHotFix MSI Version...” program. Perform a Windows Update, Restart.

    For details and Step by Step instructions, click "Read More"
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