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Upgrade your Web Browser CIS advises users of the older Netscape browser versions to upgrade to Firefox or SeaMonkey as soon as possible. Netscape 7.x is more than 2 years old and your browsing experience suffers.

Please upgrade your VPN client Please upgrade your system to the current version available on the WHOI ftp site. The latest version does support Vista. iPass client update Version 3.62 is available (19Sept2008) and includes many improvements. Please update now, using a fast connection.

CIS maintenance and upgrades on Friday, November 28, 2008 from 8 a.m until noon On the day after Thanksgiving, CIS will be upgrading servers, network switches and performing various maintenance tasks that need doing. The main Web server, www.whoi.edu, will be periodically unavailable from 9 until 10 a.m. The backup tape libraries will be off throughout the four-hour period. Our secondary Internet router will be upgraded starting early. This will affect VPN and RAS users briefly as we move their network connections. Internet service will not be affected. Email will be unaffected. Please bear with us as we perform these necessary upgrades. If you have any concerns, please contact the Helpdesk at ext. 2439. 11/25/2008

iPass - flat rate charging CIS announces that our mobile networking partner has changed the model for charging us for usage. You will see a flat fee of $25/month. Please read the reasons for the change, the advantages we hope you'll appreciate and additional information. 11/19/2008

About the Spam digest service CIS announces its Spam digest service, a daily personalized list of messages that were blocked for your email account. Because Spam rejection is an imperfect science, our intention is to put the information regarding what we have blocked for you into your hands. We also have developed more options for viewing your list of rejected Spam. 3/25/2008

Access incoming mail at an External account If you have another email account (e.g., Google, Yahoo, MSN), there may be times during which you prefer to monitor your new WHOI email messages using an external account. Add an additional address to your LDAP settings! Then, all email sent to your WHOI email account will go to your other account as well as your WHOI account. 1/8/2008

Sending Authenticated Email CIS has defined an alternative Email configuration allowing you to send encrypted Email from outside WHOI without a VPN connection. Authenticated Email will work internally and externally, with or without a VPN connection. 9/14/2007

Laptop Battery Recalls Many of the laptop manufacturers have discovered that batteries may overheat dangerously. Please check the list we have compiled as well as visiting your laptop maker's web site for complete information. This is a safety issue! 9/29/2006

An easier-to-read Spam Rejection Log CIS has responded to your requests for a better format for the 'List of Rejected Spam'. The format is now sorted and grouped by sender address. 7/18/2006

ftp.whoi.edu notice As of 10AM this morning, WHOI's ftp server, ftp.whoi.edu, is now being hosted on a new server. If you experience any difficulties, please contact the CIS Helpdesk. 12/5/2005 RAS 800-number username change Beginning on September 6, users connecting to the RAS 800-number will be required to enter a valid 4-digit telephone billing code as part of their RAS username. 8/18/2005 iPass for Linux CIS has been able to confirm a workaround enabling computers without an iPass client to use the iPass service. This includes Linux and older versions of Windows (9x/ME/NT) and MacOS (9 and earlier). 7/21/2005 Unix Break-Ins at WHOI On the morning of February 23, four Unix computers were broken into by an attacker using a compromised account at MIT's AI Lab. 3/1/2005 LDAP Service Upgrade On February 16, CIS will replace the aging Netscape LDAP service and its hardware to ensure reliability. 2/9/2005 WHOI Network Registration System (NetReg) You can now use WHOI NetReg to connect your computer to the WHOI network - faster and easier! 7/20/2004 Protecting Linux & Unix Systems from Password-Based Attacks Over the past week, a number of Linux computers on WHOInet have been compromised by an outside attacker. We ask that Unix and Linux system operators on WHOInet take several steps to stop these attacks and protect WHOI computers from future attacks of this sort. 6/15/2004 Home Page Builder The Home Page Builder is a self-service Web application that allows each member of the WHOI community to create and modify a basic site containing contact information, research interests, photographs, a resume, and lists of ongoing projects. Please check it out at http://www.whoi.edu/hpb/Start.do. 6/3/2004 Email Archiving Service CIS announces an e-mail archiving service. Additionally, we are making available a platform-independent tool to search, sort and read the email messages that you archive. 4/21/2004 Backup Service CIS announces a backup service available for computers attached to WHOInet. We use a client installed on your system, your connection to the network and a massive tape library. 3/16/2004 WHOI Wireless Networks CIS announces a wireless networking service. 3/9/2004 iPass - a remote connectivity service CIS announces a new service linking mobile employees to the Internet via wired and wireless connections around the world. 9/9/2003 Messages indicating you have sent a Virus Generally, these messages are a result of a forged email message. To be on the safe side if you are running a Windows operating system, perform a full system scan of your computer after downloading the latest virus definitions. If the virus scan does not find any viruses, then you can be quite certain that the message referred to in the email was forging your email address and it was not sent from your own computer. 9/8/2003

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