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Author: doachs

  • Southwest Hall Wireless

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    doachs

    Wireless is now in place in Southwest hall.  Yesterday Ethan, Joel, and I finished installing a total of 14 802.11g wireless access points, about 2 per floor per wing.  Initial testing shows that there is now good wireless coverage in most if not all of the dorm.  I was able to take my WIFI VOIP…

  • Wire for Wireless

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    doachs

    We just finished pulling more wire to places in Southwest hall where we are planning on putting wireless access points.  There will be 14 access points in all which will hopefully cover the entire dorm in a nice coating of 802.11g.

  • SpamAssassin Upgrade Again

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    doachs

    Well, it was bound to happen.  Since I just recently finished upgrading SpamAssassin to version 3.1.2, they released 3.1.3 to fix a security hole.  So, SpamAssassin has been upgraded once again.  Here’s hopeing that this version is a good one.

  • Spamassassin Upgrade

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    doachs

    This morning I upgraded our version of Spamassassin from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2.  No major changes with this release that I can see.  I also ran sa-update to get the most recent patterns and stuff.  Hopefully this will help it catch even more of those stock spams we are seeing these days.

  • Moving Time

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    doachs

    Ethan and I decided it was time for a change of scenery.  As a result, we have just finished moving from our old office (Olin 132) to our new office (Olin 122).  The new office has not been occupied since Kathy left a few months back.  It has a nice window and a little more…

  • MS Word Vulnerability and Exploit

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    doachs

    It looks like there is a newly discovered vulnerability in MS Word that is being exploited via email.  I have not yet seen any sign of this here, but no doubt we will see something soon enough. See the following articles for more information: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1965042,00.asp http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1347 http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/05/19/1718203.shtml

  • Gustavus WebMail Beta

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    doachs

    There is a new version of Gustavus WebMail that is now available for testing.  If you use WebMail frequently, please give the new version a try at https://webmail-beta.gac.edu/horde/ If you have any feedback about this new version of WebMail, please send it to webmaster@gustavus.edu. As with many beta’s, access to this service may disappear at…

  • More unexpected downtime

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    doachs

    At about 2:00pm something happened on the network in the Art building such that by 4:00pm it caused major network issues and our core router was unable to handle the load. As a result all network traffic was unusable. At this time we have it narrowed down to 3 possible ports in the Art building.…

  • Downtime – Dead UPS

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    doachs

    At about 5:45pm today the UPS in the Carlson Admin building died. As a result all network access to datatel, the admin building, and the student center was down. At about 6:25pm Ethan and I routed the power around the UPS and directly to the wall which restored access. Webadvisor access was unavailable until I…

  • Mailserver, Email, Quota and Archived Mail Issues

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    doachs

    At about 3:20pm or so yesterday we had an issue with our mailserver.  This information from Tami should shed some light on what happened: Yesterday (May4th) a user on campus sent a very large (25 mb) email message to hundreds of users on campus. This message has caused multiple problems for you to be aware…