U n i v e r s i t y o f O r e g o n C O M P U T I N G N E W S FALL 2001 IN THIS ISSUE Your Campus Computing Resources UO Computing Account........................ 2 Campus Housing Network Connections..2 Duckware 2001 CD ................................. 3 Microcomputer Labs, Consulting, Repair.. 5 Large Timesharing Systems .................. 6 Administrative Services ......................... 7 Email ......................................................... 8 Wireless Coverage ................................ 11 Newsgroups .......................................... 11 Acceptable Use ...................................... 12 Improved Spam Blocking on UNIX ... 12 IP/TV Video .......................................... 14 ‘Blackboard’ Service ................................. 24 Computing Center Organization Chart ... 26 Features Technology Plays Role in UO Sports..... 15 Who’s Who at the Computing Center ... 16 Goodbye to the PDP7 ............................... 19 Volatile Market Conditions Affect Network Infrastructure Companies ...... 21 Tech Tips Online Travel Resources ...................... 13 Ping Plotter ............................................ 13 Try PHP to Create Dynamic Web Pages.. 14 Route Views Archive Online .............. 17 Use Chime to View Chemical Molecules... 20 Looking for Network Stats? ........................ 25 Itanium-based Systems Beginning to Ship..20 Networking IETF Meeting Videos Online .................. 14 NSF Networking Lecture Series ............. 18 UO Joins ‘The Quilt’ ................................. 20 Internet Traffic Reports Online .............. 25 Security Lessons Learned from Code Red ....... 22 Upgrade Cisco 675 DSL Routers ................ 23 Microsoft Passport Vulnerabilities ..... 24 Gartner Group Recommendations ..... 24 BlackICE and Code Red ....................... 24 Nimda Virus .......................................... 25 IT Training Training Videos and CDs ........................ 18 Fall Workshops ......................................... 26 Welcome to campus! Our fall issue is packed with the information you’ll need for computing at the UO. If you’re moving into the dorms like the freshman pictured here, you’ll enjoy direct ethernet connections via ResNet. To learn more about your UO computing account and computing resources on campus, see pp. 2-12. Welcome to Campus! How to Get Started Using Your UO Computing Account When you register for classes, we have • via the AUTHORIZE system choose a password that includes a automatically generated a computing (to access AUTHORIZE, enter mixture of symbols, numbers, and account for you that consists of a https://password.uoregon.edu/authorize/ mixed case. Dictionary words and any username and password. Your com- in your web browser's “Location” part of your name are not allowed. or “Address” field) puting account provides both email What About Dialing In and dialin access. Complete instructions for each of these (If for some reason you don’t have a methods are outlined in the handout, From Off-Campus? UO computing account, pick up a “NEW STUDENTS: GET ONLINE,” available Your computing account username copy of “How to Get a Computing in the Computing Center’s Documents and password are the same ones Account.” This handout is Room Library (Room 175 Grayson) you’ll use for dialing in via modem. available in the Documents Room and online at The only difference you’ll notice is Library (175 Grayson), and online at http://micro.uoregon.edu/get_started.html that you must type in your full http://cc.uoregon.edu/policy/get_account.html) username address to dial in, includ- Note: All the software you’ll need for ing your account’s hostname (e.g., If you’re wondering how to get started these operations is available on the [email protected], using your email account, read on. new 2001 Duckware CD-ROM (see [email protected]) story on page 3). There are three ways to get your email The modem number for accessing UO- information: What About Passwords? net, the campus network, is 225-2200. • via DuckWeb (http://duckweb.uoregon.edu) We recommend you select your own Note: Your modem access is for casual use—no • in person at the Microcomputer more than a few hours a day on average. If you password instead of using the one Support Center (151 Grayson Hall) need dedicated or near-dedicated network ac- that’s generated for you when you cess, you’ll want to contact a commercial register for classes. Here’s how: Internet Service Provider (ISP). UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 1. Open your network browser (e.g., What About Wireless Access? COMPUTING CENTER Netscape, Internet Explorer) and go to https://password.uoregon.edu You can also access UOnet throughout several public areas on campus by in- 2. If you remember your old pass- COMPUTING NEWS serting a PCMCIA wireless ethernet word, enter your username and old VOL. 16 #4 card in your laptop computer. For more password in the spaces provided. information about wireless access, see Computing News is published quarterly Type in your new password and en- “Campus Wireless Coverage Ex- by the User Services and Network ter it again for verification. Applications staff of the Computing pands” on page 11. Center, 1212 University of Oregon, 3. If you don’t know your old pass- Eugene, OR 97403-1212. word, you’ll need to know your stu- What Software is Available? © University of Oregon 2001 dent ID number and PAC code. Go to For detailed information about the soft- https://password.uoregon.edu/authorize/ ware installed on Gladstone, Darkwing, Contact: Enter your student ID and PAC code in Joyce Winslow and our other large timesharing sys- [email protected] the spaces provided, and follow the in- tems, see “…What Large Timesharing structions for creating a new password. Joe St Sauver, Ph.D. Systems Are Available?” on page 6. Director, User Services and Password security: Passwords should You’ll find a discussion of UO site-li- Network Applications be 6-14 characters long and must be censed software in the overview of Mi- [email protected] very secure. We recommend you crocomputer Resources on page 4. Website: http://cc.uoregon.edu/cnews/ Telephone: (541) 346-1724 Connecting to UOnet from Campus Housing Got Extras? Every room in every UO residence hall has a fast ethernet connection (ResNet). You don’t need a modem to use it, but you will need an ethernet card. If you are If your campus department re- ceives surplus copies of Com- a UO student living in the Residence Halls, University Housing can not only puting News, you may return sell you an ethernet card for your computer, but install it and set it up free of them to the UO Computing charge. For more information about ResNet and details about purchasing an Center for redistribution. ethernet card, see http://www.housing.uoregon.edu/resnet/ 2 computing news fall 2001 What Can the New Duckware 2001 CD Do for You? • The latest versions of Norton • Science Library Information Antivirus for both Mac and Technology Center (Onyx basement) Windows. (Use “Live Update” to get minor patches and new virus Students living in campus housing definitions.) can get Duckware at Residence Hall and Family Housing area desks in the • SSH secure shell encryption soft- University Inn, Hamilton, Carson, ware for both Windows and Spencer View, and Westmoreland. Macintosh • Web-based email interfaces for Reuse and Recycling Gladstone, Darkwing, and Oregon If you decide you no longer want your that are fast and more secure than copy of Duckware 2001, please don’t The new CD has just other web-based email services throw it away! We’ll gladly take it about everything you’ll Other updated applications that make back and give it to someone else. Just need for computing at the new CD a very useful tool include: drop it off at the Microcomputer Sup- port Center, or mail it via campus mail the UO • Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack to “Microcomputer Services - 151 2 (Windows CD only). The newest Grayson Hall.” version of Internet Explorer includes Duckware 2001 is here! As it does each improved support for DHTML- and Thanks to the UO Campus Recycling fall, the Computing Center’s Micro- CSS-based web design. computer Services group has released Program, you may also recycle the an updated version of the Duckware • Cisco IP/TV v 3.0. The IP/TV Duckware CD-ROM in designated bins CD-ROM. Due to the generosity of Viewer enables you to view diverse at any of these locations: broadcast programming on your Sony Disc Manufacturing in Spring- • Computing Center main foyer computer, including university lec- field, this year’s CD was manufactured • CC-EMU, CC-Klamath, CC- without charge. Thanks, Sony! tures, news clips, foreign language programs, and scientific projects. Grayson, or CC-Millrace Labs The new Duckware CD contains just • the Knight and Science Library ITCs about everything you’ll need for com- System Requirements: You can drop the white paper sleeve in puting at the UO: antivirus software To take advantage of Duckware 2001, any paper recycling bin on campus. and a network applications installer you’ll need: for web, news, email, and file transfer Questions? • a PC running Windows 95/98/ME/ applications. For additional Duckware help or in- 2000/NT/XP… or Duckware 2001 comes in separate ver- formation, call or write the Micro- • a Mac running System 8.1 or better sions for Mac and Windows. These are computer Support Center (346-4412; available to all current UO students, [email protected]). You can faculty, and staff at no cost. Where Can You Get It? also visit them in Room 151 Grayson Students, faculty, and staff may Hall weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm, or What Can Duckware Do pick up their copy of the Duckware check out their website at 2001 CD at one of the following http://micro.uoregon.edu/ for You? campus locations: The Duckware CD-ROM contains soft- • Microcomputer Support Center ware that can help you connect to the (151 Grayson Hall) Too late to make Internet from home or on campus. This • Documents Room Library (175 includes network application install- Duckware… Grayson Hall) ers for MacOS and Windows.