September 2005 Archives
September 30, 2005
Worm Free but not Worry Free
UTS scanned the network for Windows PCs vulnerable to Windows MS05-039 Plug & Play exploits, and once again there are dozens of potential victims and none of them are in Math and Stats. That said, chances are your Windows laptop was not checked so it might still be vulnerable. Run Windows Update to make sure that you aren't open to nasty worms of the zotob ilk.
September 22, 2005
AppleShare on Mathserv
Macintosh OS X users can now mount home directories and web sites from mathserv.
Continue reading AppleShare on Mathserv.
September 20, 2005
Yay Us - We're Worm Free
UTS reports that McMaster got hit by a worm earlier this week. Math & Stats is clean, I'm pleased to report.
Continue reading Yay Us - We're Worm Free.
September 19, 2005
Mathserv Interruption
Mathserv was unavailable this afternoon from ca. 2:00 to 2:15.
Continue reading Mathserv Interruption.
September 14, 2005
R: 2.1.1 is now Default Version
R 2.1.1 (the latest version) is now the default on bayes and the msprime workstations.
September 4, 2005
Server Reboot
Mathserv was rebooted at ca. 10:00 am on Sunday, September 4th, in order to resolved a problem that was preventing imap/pop mail access (one could still read mail via pine or mail.math.mcmaster.ca).
Continue reading Server Reboot.
