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Get your free copy of Duckware 2003 for Mac or PC! The discs are distributed at numerous campus locations. New this year is a special supplementary Windows Security CD for Windows users. See stories on pp. 2, 17.

IN THIS ISSUE… Security Welcome to Campus! What You Need to Know about the New Windows Security CD...... 17 Free Duckware 2003 and Windows Security CDs...... 2 Simple Passwords Expose Your PC to ‘Backdoor’ Attack.. 13 How to Start Using Your UO Computing Account...... 3 Update to Avoid Axis Network Camera Vulnerabilities .. 13 Get Acquainted with UO Computing Resources: A Guide to Protecting System Integrity ...... 14 Consulting Help, Campus Computing Labs ...... 4 Security Alerts ...... 18 Computing Center Electronics Shop Services...... 6 Technology Updates Computing Center Documents Room Resources...... 7 Information Technology Workshops...... 7 UO Prepares for Increasing Wireless Use on Campus...... 11 Large Timesharing Systems...... 8 UO Libraries’ Tech Services Continue to Grow...... 12 Blackboard Upgrade Introduced this Fall...... 12 UO Web Email...... 9 Mathematica 5.0 is Here ...... 23 Administrative Computing Update: Web-Based Banner...... 10 Selected Elements of the 2003 University Home Page A Broad Overview of Statisical Computing at the UO....20 Study...... 25 Email Interesting Sites Prepare to Move from Oregon to Darkwing...... 10 Sites Worth Seeing...... 23 Non-Delivery Notices for Mail You Didn’t Send...... 22 Industry News...... 26 Get Your Free Duckware 2003—and WindowsWindows Security!—CDs The latest edition of Duckware has just what you need for computing at the UO. For Windows users, a special supplemental security CD is part of the deal this year.

and is free to all currently enrolled • Microcomputer Support Center students, faculty, and staff. (151 McKenzie Hall) Both versions contain step-by-step • Documents Room Library (175 AsAs i itt h hasas e everyvery f fallall f foror t thehe p pastast McKenzie Hall) seven years, the Computing Center’s instructions on how to use the Microcomputer Services group university’s modem pool, wireless • CC-McKenzie Lab (101 has released a new edition of the network, and VPN connections. McKenzie Hall) Duckware CD-ROM. Windows Users. This year’s Windows • CC-EMU Microcomputing Lab (22 EMU) Duckware 2003, a collection of the edition includes Norton AntiVirus latest antiviral, network, and word- 2003, OpenOffi ce 1.1 for Windows, • CC-Klamath Lab (B13 Klamath processing software designed to help Internet Explorer 6, Netscape 7, Hall) Mozilla 1.4, and more. you with computing at the UO, is • CC-Millrace Lab (113 Millrace I) available in both Mac and PC versions New! Windows Security CD: UO • Knight Library Information Windows users will also need to Technology Center (second fl oor) pick up a copy of the new Windows Security CD, which contains vital • Science Library Information antiviral updates and system patches Technology Center (lower level, specifi c to Windows machines. Be Onyx Bridge Building) COMPUTING CENTER sure to run this CD before you Campus housing distribution. connect to the campus network!! Students living in campus housing COMPUTING NEWS Mac Users. The Mac Duckware CD can get Duckware at Residence Hall VOL. 18 #4 contains Norton AntiVirus 9, Fugu 1.0, and Family Housing area desks in the Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Netscape, University Inn, Carson, Spencer View Computing News is pub lished quar terly by and an updated and improved VPN and Westmoreland. the User Services and Network Applications client, among other offerings. staff of the Computing Center. Reuse and Recycling © University of Oregon 2003 Because the Mac operating system If you decide you no longer want Contact: Joyce Winslow is immune to the Blaster worm and your copy of Duckware 2003, please [email protected] other viruses that target Microsoft don’t throw it away! We’ll gladly take Photography: Dave Ragsdale products, Mac users do not need a it back and give it to someone else. [email protected] supplemental security CD. Just drop it off at the Microcomputer Joe St Sauver, Ph.D. System Requirements Support Center, or mail it via campus Director, User Services mail to “Microcomputer Services, 151 PC users: To use Duckware 2003 for and Network Applications McKenzie Hall.” [email protected] Windows, you’ll need Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP. Website: Help http://cc.uoregon.edu/cnews/ Mac users: The Macintosh version For additional Duckware help Telephone: (541) 346-1724 is compatible with Mac OS 9 and or information, contact the Mac OS X. Microcomputer Support Center at [email protected] or Got Extras? Where to Get Your CDs call 346-4412. If your campus de part ment Campus locations. Students, faculty, re ceives sur plus copies of Com put ing News, you and staff may pick up a copy of the You can also drop by 151 McKenzie may return them to the Duckware 2003 CD and Windows Hall weekdays from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., UO Com put ing Cen ter for Security CD at the following campus or visit their website at re dis tribu tion. locations: http://micro.uoregon.edu/

computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 2 NEW USER SECTION NEW USER SECTION 3 Welcome to Campus! How to Start Using Your UO Computing Account When you register for classes, we automatically generate a computing account for you that consists of a username Note: Your modem access is for casual use—no more than and password. Your com put ing account provides both a few hours a day on average. If you need ded i cat ed or email and dialin access. near-ded i cat ed network ac cess, you’ll want to con tact a com mer cial Internet Ser vice Pro vid er. You should also (If for some reason you don’t have a UO computing be aware that we have recently installed security fi lters account, pick up a copy of the handout, “How to Get that inhibit the use of Microsoft networking from dialup a Computing Account,” available in the Documents modems. If you really need to use Microsoft networking, Room Library (175 McKenzie Hall), or online at the workaround is to install and run the VPN software http://cc.uoregon.edu/policy/get_account.html) included on Duckware.

How Do I Start Using Email? High-speed DSL or cable modem connections. If you There are three ways to get your email information: have an account with a commercial Internet Service • via DuckWeb ( http://duckweb.uoregon.edu/ ) Provider, you may want to log in to your UO account • in person, by going to the Microcomputer Support using the UO’s Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. Center (151 McKenzie Hall) and presenting your VPN allows you to securely access resources normally photo I.D. restricted to on-campus use—such as the UO’s software • by accessing the AUTHORIZE program from your web distribution sites, UO Usenet News servers, or restricted browser ( https://password.uoregon.edu/authorize/ ) library databases. If you do not use VPN, for security purposes we recommend using end-to-end encryption What About Passwords? tools (such as the SSL included in your web browser, or We recommend you select your own password instead of SSH for shell and fi le transfer). using the one that’s generated for you when you register For a good overview of VPN, see Microcomputer for classes. Here’s how: Services’ general information page at 1. Open your network browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet http://micro.uoregon.edu/getconnected/vpn_overview.html Explorer) and go to https://password.uoregon.edu/ Instructions for connecting to VPN are available at 2. If you remember your old pass word, enter your http://micro.uoregon.edu/getconnected/ username and old password in the spaces provided. Type in your new password and en ter it again for What About Wireless? verifi cation. You can also access UOnet throughout several public 3. If you don’t know your old pass word, you’ll need areas on campus via an 802.11a or 802.11b card in your to know your stu dent ID number and PAC code. Go laptop computer. Your device must have appropriate to https://password.uoregon.edu/authorize/ Enter your drivers for your wireless card and a web browser that student ID and PAC code in the spaces provided, and supports SSL encryption. To connect to UOnet, you will follow the in struc tions for creating a new pass word. need to authenticate with your Darkwing or Gladstone account username and password. Password security: Passwords should be 6 to 14 characters long and must be very secure. We Security Note: Wireless users are especially vulnerable recommend choosing a password that includes a to electronic eavesdroppers. If you’re using a wireless mixture of mixed-case letters and numbers. Dictionary device and an application that lacks end-to-end words and any part of your name are not allowed. For encryption, you may wish to use the VPN software for more detailed information on password policy, see added protection. http://cc.uoregon.edu/policy/passwd_policy.html For more in for ma tion on campus wireless and current What About Off-Campus Connections? areas of coverage, including detailed set-up instructions, see http://micro.uoregon.edu/wireless/ Your computing account username and password are the same ones you’ll use for accessing UOnet from off-campus, What About Campus Housing whether you’re dialing in with a traditional modem or Connections? connecting via the UO’s VPN service through commercial DSL or cable modem service. Every room in every UO residence hall has an ethernet connection (ResNet). Your computer will need an ethernet Traditional modem. If you’re dialing in via modem, the card. If you are a UO student living in the Residence Halls, only dif fer ence you’ll notice is that you must type in University Housing can not only sell you an ethernet your full username address to dial in, in clud ing your card for your computer, but install it and set it up free of account’s hostname (e.g., [email protected] charge. For more information about ResNet and details or [email protected]) The modem number for about pur chas ing an ethernet card, see accessing UO net, the campus network, is 225-2200. http://housing.uoregon.edu/resnet/ computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 2 NEW USER SECTION NEW USER SECTION 3 New to Campus? Get Acquainted with Some UO Computing Resources

Help Desk consultants in 151 McKenzie are on hand to assist you with a wide range of computing questions and problems, including how to get your new student computing account information. The Help Desk is also one place you can pick up your copy of Duckware and the Windows Security CD.

Consulting Help for Your PC or Machine Check-In. For customers who encounter par tic u lar ly complex or hard-to-di ag nose problems, Mac, and More… Mi cro com put er Ser vic es offers a ma chine check-in If you have Windows or Macintosh problems of almost service that costs $80.00/hour, billed by the quarter hour. any description, Microcomputer Services can help. Typ i cal prob lems requiring machine check-in include Located on the ground fl oor of McKenzie Hall in Room those that require re in stal la tion of op er at ing sys tem 151, this fa cil i ty is staffed with consultants who can soft ware, diagnosis of corrupt data, vi rus re mov al, and answer ques tions about a variety of hardware and res o lu tion of par tic u lar ly diffi cult hard ware con fl icts that software co nun drums, including man i fest them selves in soft ware. New! As a convenience to customers, Microcomputer Services now accepts Visa • how to connect to the Internet from home or on and MasterCard. campus • how to get your new student computing account Multimedia Facilities information Microcomputer Services also has public stations in 151 • password problems McKenzie for scanning, CD copying and burning, and • how to transfer fi les digital video acquisitions. (As in all electronic copying • virus problems and protection activities, copyright restrictions must be observed.) These services are available to UO students, faculty, and staff. • system software confi guration, troubleshooting, Current services include: and installation • damaged fi les and disks PC Station (Windows XP, 45GB disk, 256MB RAM, • how to access public domain software Firewire support, Plextor 8x20 SCSI CD-R, Viewsonic G790 19" monitor): Student Accounts. Microcomputer Ser vic es staff can help with student ac counts and password changes. • scanning: OCR (Optical Character Recognition), New stu dents can also obtain their ac count in for ma tion regular, and slide via DuckWeb (http://duckweb.uoregon.edu/) using their • CD-ROM creation and duplication stu dent ID number and PAC code. • video in and out • direct VHS/S-VHS into MPEG-1 in real time For complete in for ma tion about student ac counts, see • direct VHS/S-VHS into MPEG-2 in real time http://micro.uoregon.edu/getconnected/ or pick up a copy of the hand out “New Stu dents: Get Online!” in 175 • Some editing features using Adobe Premiere and McKenzie (the Com put ing Cen ter’s Doc u ments Room Photoshop Library). • ZIP (100MB) and JAZ (2GB) drives

computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 4 NEW USER SECTION NEW USER SECTION 5 New to Campus? Get Acquainted with Some UO Computing Resources Mac Station (Mac OS X 10.2, dual 1 GHz processor, Each station has a two-hour time limit and is available 512MB RAM, 75GB hard drive, CD-RW, DVD-R, Firewire on a fi rst come, fi rst served basis. support): Storage media. You may purchase up to 5 CD-R disks at • scanning $2 each in 151 McKenzie Hall if you wish. If you need • video in and out more, you’ll want to purchase them before coming in. • video editing with iMovie and Adobe Premiere ZIP or JAZ cartridges are not available. • CD-ROM creation and duplication • DVD creation using iDVD Help. Microcomputer Services staff is available to assist • some editing features using Adobe Photoshop you with basic use and start-up questions. If you need • ZIP (100MB) and JAZ (2GB) drives in-depth training on such skills as how to create CD- The PC is outfi tted with two 18.1 GB, high-speed SCSI ROMs, capture video, or edit images, you will probably hard drives to facilitate the capture of large video fi les. want to take some classes fi rst. To speed the transfer of data over UOnet, both the PC and For more in formation, contact Microcomputer Services at Mac machines have 100MB/sec Ethernet connections. (541) 346-4412 Monday through Friday, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Instructional and Drop-in Computing Labs on Campus Hardware and software in all the computing labs man- Drop-in labs. Besides instructional space, the Computing aged by the Computing Center have been upgraded for Center also maintains drop-in labs. There are drop-in lab fall term. Many of the labs are equipped with new 2.6 facilities at each of the instructional sites, plus a large GHz Dell Pentium 4s running Windows XP Pro and 1 drop-in lab located in the basement of the EMU: GHz iMacs running Mac OS X. CC-EMU Lab. 22 EMU (in the base ment near the Instructional labs. The Computing Center has four com- Rec re ation Center and Arcade). 346-1769. puting labs available for use by instructors. Windows Millrace I Lab.113 Millrace I. 346-0316 labs are located in B26 Klamath and 101A McKenzie, and Macintosh labs in B13 Klamath and 113 Millrace. Each CC-Klamath Lab. In Kla math B13 and B26. 346-4781 lab is equipped with 20 to 24 computers and a variety of CC-McKenzie Lab. 101 McKenzie Hall (ground fl oor). software. New software this year includes Macromedia 346-0787 Director MX, Maya 5, InDesign, and Premiere 6.5. Other Campus Computing Labs: Reserving a lab for instructional use. Instructional labs Knight Library ITC - 346-1935 are generally reserved for classes and lab sessions several Science Library ITC - 346-1331 terms prior to the term needed; however, there are a few Social Science Instructional Lab - 346-2547 times that are still available for instructional use. If you For com plete details about the soft ware and ser vic es are interested in reserving a lab, please contact Mary in all of these labs, as well as other computing labs on Bradley ([email protected], 346-1737). cam pus, see http://cc.uoregon.edu/campuslabs.html

The CC-McKenzie drop-in lab in 101 McKenzie Hall has been outfi tted with all-new Dell Pentium 4s for fall. computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 4 NEW USER SECTION NEW USER SECTION 5 Computing Center’s E-Shop is Set to Handle All Your Microcomputer Repairs and Upgrades Conveniently located on campus in 151 McKenzie Hall, the Computing Center’s Electronics Shop‘s experi- enced technicians offer extensive per son al com put er hard ware sup port and repair services to UO students, fac ul ty, and staff. E-Shop Services include: Apple Repair. The shop is a Level 1 Apple-authorized service cen ter and can perform warranty, AppleCare, and out-of-warranty re pairs on nearly all Mac models and pe riph er als. Windows/Intel Repair. A Dell certi- fi ed Tier 1 Service Pro vid er, the shop can perform non-warranty re pairs on all desktop and laptop mod els. The shop also offers non-war ran ty repairs E-Shop technician Robert Bennett repairs a laptop. The shop also for most Win dows/Intel machines. stocks a wide selection of parts and popular backup solutions such Upgrades. E-Shop technicians can as the thumb drive (see below). help you de ter mine the best and most cost-effective way to upgrade your selection at the shop. The shop stocks All shop services are available on a machine. The shop keeps memory many PC parts, as well as ethernet fi rst-come, fi rst-served, carry-in basis. in stock for vir tu al ly all Mac and cables and cables for printers and On weekdays, bring your com put er Windows or Intel-based desktop monitors, so you won’t have to wait equip ment to 151 McKenzie Hall and computers, and other items can be or travel far to get what you need. check it in with the re cep tion ist. ordered upon request. Rates. Upgrades and out-of-warranty Weekends. UO Bookstore customers Custom Systems (including backup re pairs are charged on a time-and- can also drop off equip ment from 10 solutions such as Firewire/USB and materials basis. The initial diagnostics A.M. to 6 P.M. Sat ur day and from noon CD-RW drives or DVD superdrives). fee is $40, and the current labor rate is to 6 P.M. Sun day at the Bookstore’s If you need a backup solution or a $80/hour, billed by the quarter hour. “Digital Duck” de part ment. The E- cus tom system con fi g u ra tion, like a Shop will call you when the work has serv er with multiple SCSI controllers New! As a convenience to customers, been com plet ed, and you may pick up and mir rored disk drives, talk to the the shop now accepts Visa and your machine at the McKenzie Hall tech ni cians. The shop may be able to MasterCard. re cep tion desk. build you a ma chine at considerable sav ings. Hours and Policies. The shop is open from Who to Contact. If you have any 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through Friday, ques tions concerning repairs or Parts. If you need more cables, except holidays. Parking is avail able in up grades, send an email message to computer batteries, power strips, the McKenzie park ing lot on the west side [email protected], or ethernet cards, you’ll fi nd a wide of the building. or call 346-3548.

Lightweight USB Flash Drives are a for up to 10 years. Compact USB handy backup-and-go solution. These colorful translucent drives, barely big- The E-Shop stocks USB thumb drives Thumb Drives ger than your thumb, are small enough in four sizes: 16MB ($15), 64MB ($30), to fi t on your key chain and can be 128MB ($50), and 256MB ($75). A fi fth Offer Nifty plugged into any USB port. No power size, 512 MB, will also be available supply or cables are needed. soon. Storage Despite their toylike appearance, the Detailed product information is also drives have a lifetime of up to one available at the vendor’s website: Solution million rewrites and can retain data http://usbkeydrive.com/USB_Drive.htm

computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 6 NEW USER SECTION NEW USER SECTION 7 Technical Information and Training Resources: the Computing Center Documents Room Build your tech skills with Docs Room’s “workshops-to-go”

If you’re feeling the need to update your computer skills To see a complete list of the training CD-ROMs and but are having trouble fi tting a workshop or class into videos, go to http://docsrm.uoregon.edu/ and type your busy schedule, consider taking a video workshop “training.” Then hit “search.” on VHS tape or CD-ROM. Books and magazines. In addition to its collection of The Documents Room Library (175 McKenzie) has a videos and CD-ROMs, the Documents Room offers books growing collection of training materials covering such and magazines on a wide range of computing topics popular applications as Photoshop, Dreamweaver, including computer security, Linux, Java, handheld PageMaker, Flash, InDesign, and the various Microsoft computers, and web design and creation. You can search Offi ce products, as well as the Mac OS and Windows its catalog 24 hours a day at http://docsrm.uoregon.edu/ operating systems. Books circulate for two weeks, videos and CD-ROMs for one week, and magazines for two days. All materials These tapes and CD-ROMs are movie-based tutorials that are renewable, unless another patron has requested the include several hours of instruction by experts skilled in item. software training. The CDs feature high-quality visuals, especially noticeable in the shots of computer screens. Contact Information. The Documents Room is open 9:30 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday through Friday. Call 346- Two of our most recent acquisitions are Learning 4406 for more information or visit the Doc u ments Room Illustrator 10 and Learning GoLive 6, both from the website at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~docsrm/ publisher lynda.com (Lynda Weinman).

The Computing Center Documents Room (175 McKenzie) provides a comfortable setting for study and catching up on the latest technological developments.

FREE WORKSHOPS: THE INFORMATION See the fall schedule of classes at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/it/ TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 6 NEW USER SECTION 7 Large Timesharing Systems at the UO Find out what system resources are available to you

Faculty/Staff off campus to the university’s modem the Computing Center Documents Faculty and staff will normally pool (see “What About Off-Campus Room (175 McKenzie Hall), or online use Darkwing, a large shared Sun Connections?” on page 3.) The mo- at http://cc.uoregon.edu/policy/ Enterprise 5500 Unix system targeted dem number for accessing UOnet, the for compute-intensive academic campus network, is 225-2200. (Note: Large Systems Help applications as well as email and Your modem access is for casual If you have any questions about using web access. use—no more than a few hours a day the UO’s large timesharing computers, on average. If you need dedicated or If you have accounts on additional contact the large systems consulting near-dedicated network access, you will machines, please be sure to routinely group in 225-239 Computing Center want to contact a commercial Internet check your email on all systems, or (346-1758, consult@darkwing or Service Provider. One list of ISPs is forward your email from your less consult@gladstone ). They can help available at http://www.thelist.com/ ) preferred account to your favorite with questions about email, multi- account (forwarding instructions media delivery, scientifi c and CGI DSL and cable modem subscribers are available at http://cc.uoregon.edu/ programming, and web page develop- can connect via the UO's Virtual mailforward.html ). ment. For more information about these Private Network, or VPN (you’ll services, see http://cc.uoregon.edu/ Undergraduate Students fi nd an overview of VPN online at unixvmsconsulting.html http://micro.uoregon.edu/getconnected/ Undergraduate student accounts are vpn_overview.html). Software to automatically created on Gladstone, a access the Internet and cam pus Site-Licensed Software large Sun Enterprise 5500 Unix system. fa cil i ties from home is avail able The UO has site licenses for a number of software pack ages you can use on your Among other things, Gladstone on the Duckware CD-ROM, which campus work sta tion, in clud ing: accounts can be used for electronic is free to all faculty, staff, and mail and serving personal web pages. reg is tered stu dents (see article • Norton Antivirus. Available on We also offer an expanded range of on page 2). You may also ac quire the Duckware 2003 CD (see article academic software on Gladstone, such shareware from the Com put ing on page 2). See also as SAS and Mathematica (see software Center’s public do main libraries http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ chart on page 9). ( http://micro.uoregon.edu/pd/ ). • SAS. SAS users may install SAS on their PCs both at work and at home. Graduate Students Special Accounts for Go to http://sas.uoregon.edu/ Graduate students automatically Classes and Departments • Mathematica. See have accounts created for them on If you’re teaching an undergraduate http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~hak/ Darkwing; however, if they wish, mathematica/ they can also create an account on class and your students need to access Gladstone. software available only on Darkwing, • ESRI (GIS and mapping software temporary accounts can be created such as ArcInfo, ArcView) See Administrative Systems for their use. For more information, http://esri.uoregon.edu/ Daisy. Daisy is a large Alpha admin- contact Connie French at 346-1738. istrative system running OpenVMS/ Statistics Consulting AXP. The primary application running Departments or university-recognized If you need help with a statistical on Daisy is Banner, an administrative institutes, labs, or organizations can analysis project, make an application environment based on arrange for a departmental account. appointment with Robin High, Oracle, a popular large system da- Such accounts are offered solely the Computing Center’s resident tabase. Access to Daisy is restricted to provide an authoritative and statistical consultant. Call 346-1718 to staff members who are performing unchanging home for departmental or write [email protected] to make administrative tasks like grade pro- web pages and offi cial departmental arrangements. cessing and payroll. For more details email, and must be offi cially requested on administrative systems, see the by the department head or institute You may also want to visit Robin’s Administrative Services website at administrator. statistical resources page at http://ccadmin.uoregon.edu/ http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~robinh/ Acceptable Use. Finally, please note statistics.html Off-Campus Access that all use of university computing resources is subject to the university’s This page offers guides for using SAS, Your account on Darkwing or Acceptable Use Policy, which is SPSS, and MINITAB, as well as essays Gladstone enables you to dial in from available in printed format from on pertinent data analysis issues.

computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 8 NEW USER SECTION NEW USER SECTION 9 Software on Darkwing and Gladstone Type of Software Darkwing Gladstone

Statistics Packages sas eqs sas eqs lindo bmdp spss bmdp spss rats/estima Splus rats/estima Splus minitab minitab

Text Editors pico pico vi vi emacs and xemacs emacs and xemacs TeX and LATex TeX and LATex eve eve

Network Software ftp (remote fi le transfer) ftp (remote fi le transfer) lynx (web browser) lynx (web browser) pine (email) pine (email) trn, tin, nn (USENET News) trn, tin, nn (USENET News) ssh (secure login) ssh (secure login) pgp (encryption) pgp (encryption) spam assassin spam assassin

X Window Only netscape (web browser) netscape (web browser) xv (image manipulation) xv (image manipulation) openoffi ce (Offi ce Suite) openoffi ce (Offi ce Suite) acroread (Acrobat Reader) acroread (Acrobat Reader) gimp gimp

Programming cc and gcc cc and gcc c+ and g++ c+ and g++ f77, f90, f95 (FORTRAN) f77, f90, f95 (FORTRAN) pc (Pascal) pc (Pascal) NCAR fortran graphic libs NCAR fortran graphic libs Java developer’s kit Java developer’s kit tcl/tk tcl/tk

Mathematics mathematica magma mathematica matlab maple matlab

Miscellaneous RealAudio server RealAudio server Adobe Acrobat distiller Adobe Acrobat distiller On the Road? Access Your UO Email via Secure UO Web Email at http://email.uoregon.edu/ Your UO computing account gives you access to secure, it in addition to your other favorite email clients like SSL-encrypted webmail at http://email.uoregon.edu/ Eudora and Outlook without worrying about messages being moved around as they’re read. For example, if you UO web email is a good choice for new students read and save Monday’s mail with UO webmail, you’ll and others who access their email from multiple be able to fi nd all the messages you saved if you decide locations. To use it, just open your web browser to open your mail with Eudora on Tuesday. to http://email.uoregon.edu/ and choose Gladstone or Darkwing as your email server. Enter your UO For step-by-step instructions on using UO web email, computing account username and password in the as well as links to frequently asked questions about dialog box that opens, and you're on your way! using email at the UO and other helpful resources, see the Computing Center’s “Email at the UO” section at Another benefi t of UO webmail is that you can use http://cc.uoregon.edu/email.html computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 8 NEW USER SECTION NEW USER SECTION 9 Administrative Computing Update: Web-Based Banner is Here! Campus Banner and Data Warehouse users will notice some changes this fall…

Susan Hilton NT domain or map a drive to Huey available for download at Director, Administrative Services or Dewey in order to run Banner. http://ccadmin.uoregon.edu/banner/ [email protected] For more details on using the new dwhs_install.shtml version of Banner, including answers This summer has been a busy one to frequently-asked questions, please Long-term plans include working for the developers who support see https://inb.uoregon.edu/ with Oregon Hall and representatives Banner. from departments to look at Complete your migration to INB other Data Warehouse solutions, We’ve upgraded to Oracle 9i, installed before Thanksgiving. When Banner perhaps one that is web-based. a number of interim Banner “point” 6.0 is installed on Thanksgiving releases, and added considerable weekend this year, the current cli- What about LDAP? An unrelated functionality to the data warehouse. ent-server method of running Banner topic that people are asking about We’ve also continued to enhance will no longer be supported. This is the LDAP (light directory access system security and are working to means everyone will need to protocol) directory. reduce unscheduled downtime by be using INB before that date. providing additional redundancy After a long delay in equipment of our systems. Data Warehouse. Data Warehouse delivery, we fi nally received the users will also be impacted by the hardware and have begun work The big news is that the web-based demise of the old client-server mode. confi guring the directory service. version of Banner, Internet Native They will need to install the Oracle Our fi rst project will be to rewrite Banner (INB), is now available at networking software, Sql*Net, on the online directory to utilize the new the UO. People have quietly begun their desktops rather than access- LDAP- based directory service. We using it and initial reports are very ing it from the fi le servers Huey will provide more detailed informa- favorable. We continue to address and Dewey. tion as we progress. some of the issues that accompany any conversion and should have most We’ve developed an installation Questions? of them resolved very shortly. program that will remove Huey/ Dewey from the user’s Windows To learn more about administrative With INB, Banner users will no longer PATH environment variable and computing services and staff, see need to log on to the Banner Windows install Sql*Net. The program is http://ccadmin.uoregon.edu/ Prepare to Move from Oregon to Darkwing

As most of you know, by fall 2004 Currently enrolled students, faculty, • “The Great Change” we will have discontinued service and staff will fi nd instructions* for ( http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/ on Oregon, the academic OpenVMS migrating their mail from Oregon to ~majordom/great-change.html ) A system (administrative users on Daisy Darkwing or Gladstone at useful set of tools to help you and Donald are not affected). http://cc.uoregon.edu/cnews/fall2002/ manage various facets of the mailmove.html migration. Now would be a good time to move • “Moving Day” your email and web pages off Oregon Information resources. For details ( http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/ and onto Darkwing or Gladstone. on the Oregon system phase-out, ~majordom/moving-day.html) Five (Note that new Darkwing addresses see the Fall 2002 Computing News easy steps for moving your email may be shortened to the form article at to Darkwing and updating your [email protected] ) http://cc.uoregon.edu/cnews/fall2002/ list subscriptions. oregonout.html Beat the rush. It would be a good idea to migrate sooner rather than later. Special heads-up for list owners: * Note to UO Faculty Emeriti: That way, you’ll have it in time to meet The Computing Center’s Listmaster Instead of following these instruc- publication deadlines for directory has put together some vital online tips tions, please contact Lucy Lynch updates, as well as reprints of business for list owners to help them update ([email protected], 346- cards and other official stationery. their list subscriptions in time for the 1774) for help with the migration. migration: 10 computing news fall 2003 computing news fall 2003 11 UO Prepares for Increasing Wireless Use on Campus With the growth of wireless networks, there’s no need to stay tethered to a network jack

Greg Bothun Professor, Department of Physics [email protected]

Networking is rapidly moving towards wireless communication. Indeed, all of technological society is moving to an “on-demand” and location- independent mode of information access, with high throughput.

In principle, if you have the proper wireless network appliance, you Students work on an assignment in the wireless classroom in 204 Condon. should be able to be anywhere on the planet that has wireless connectivity and access your favorite site on the Internet. At the UO, our main wireless standard Wireless access to the campus is 802.11b, but in early 2004 we will network and the global Internet has Here at the UO, we recognized early be installing 802.11g equipment; the many potential benefi ts to the campus on that wireless would become an data rate for g is about fi ve times that community. Information can now increasingly important component of b. fl ow more easily from place to place of our basic network infrastructure. and you can access it without being Since the year 2000, Network Services, Students contemplating wireless tethered to a network jack. Indeed, in largely funded by student Ed Tech options should be aware that many the wireless world, students would dollars, has worked aggressively to versions of the Palm Pilot or the Pocket always be “jacked in.” build out wireless access throughout PC are now wireless compliant. This the campus community, including means you won’t necessarily need a Network Services will continue to many outdoor spaces. laptop to access UO wireless and the increase the coverage and effi ciency global Internet. of wireless networking on the UO These days, increasing numbers of campus. In turn, students should start students can be observed accessing Although the display on these hand- to pay attention to this new service the wireless network from various held devices is generally limited to and the kinds of wireless network locations on campus. Indeed there 320x240 pixels, it still allows you to appliances that are available. are even whole classrooms in which access some useful information. the use of wireless laptops by students Resources is an integr