Secure IT! News: Web Appls, BlackBerries & More
The latest edition of the Secure IT! newsletter is now online:
- Learn How to Avoid Getting Caught Up in a Security Breach (classes open for registration)
- Polishing the Web Appl: Keeping Your Site Secure
- How to Keep Your Blackberry Out of the Wrong Hands
- Meet Chris Grossi, Manager of Help Desk Level 2
- Don't Lose Your Internet Access (a copyright reminder)
- STUDENTS! Still Time to Enter a National Security Awareness Video Contest
Students: Another chance to get your PAW Prints card
Each academic year, students are offered a PAW Prints card that allows them to print for free up to a cost quota. This year the quota is $30. If you did not get your PAW Prints card in the Fall, then you are eligible to receive it now for the spring semester. You can pick up your card at the CIT distribution window during the office hours: Mon – Fri, 11am - 5pm. The cards are available for pickup until Wed 2/28 . You will need to bring your BrownID in order to receive your PAW Prints card.
Wireless Expansion Project Status
Last summer CIS embarked on a large-scale project to expand wireless networking service to campus areas including dormitories, classrooms, outdoor areas, and other locations. To date, 34 of the 48 dormitories have wireless coverage reaching all student rooms and common areas in those buildings. However, this coverage has come at a higher cost than anticipated due to both technology and construction issues. The project is taking some time out to assess the situation and re-plan the remainder of the work. Further information about the wireless project will be forthcoming in the near future.
Decommissioning of news.brown.edu
On Feb 28, 2007, CIS will be decommissioning the newsgroup service which is currently running at news.brown.edu. The specific groups that were hosted here at Brown for our own community, such as brown.bboard.forsale, will come to an end. The news.brown.edu server has also been used to provide access to newsgroups outside of Brown – so in order to read outside newsgroups after Feb 28, users will need to make sure they are no longer going through news.brown.edu.
Newsreaders are not supported by the Help Desk, but we do have a document to assist users who need to switch to an alternative newsgroup source: https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/CISDOC/Newsgroups