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November 2002
Codesurfer:
From GrammaTech. A source code analysis/maintenance tool.
2. New/Upgraded Software on MS Windows Graduate NT Lab (Room 1239): MSDN Visual C++ Components:
Microsoft Developers Network information In addition to these packages, the saving of IE favorites to H:\favorites has been enabled. On Citrix: TPPT and DB2 have been installed to enabled CSE502 students to work from the Citrix environment, and therefore to be able to work remotely from home. You will find them under the Programs listing. Citrix is a Windows session which runs under Unix and allows you to use Microsoft and other Windows applications from your Unix desktop. For more information please see http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/FAQ/MiscWindowsApplicationsOnUnix.html The following downloads have been made available on our web site at http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/Downloads/index.html MacSFTP,
a ssh version 2 ftp client for the MacOS In order to keep us in compliance with license agreements most license files are available only through a department host. To access these license files from home you need to either save them in advance to your home directory, or set up an ssh tunnel that will allow you to run a browser on a department host and display back to your home machine. See the FAQ entries on ssh tunnels for further information. FAQs and Documentation An FAQ has been added on how to sftp to the department. At this
point the non-encrypted services ftp and telnet are no longer available
from outside the department. At a future date it will also be necessary
to use an encrypted ssh tunnel to access mail via POP. See the website
for free ssh client downloads and FAQs on every aspect of encrypted
access. If you have questions about this which are not addressed
in the FAQ please All of the translab documentation has been reorganized and rewritten. See http://www.translab.cs.sunysb.edu/website as a starting point for answers to most questions pertaining in that lab. In particular the connection method to DB2 has changed from that of previous semesters, see http://www.translab.cs.sunysb.edu/website/db2/db2connect.html for current information. Web Pages Servlet development will be available on intrawww within the next few weeks. Send mail to root if you are interested. Please note, they will not be available for course work at this time, only for experimentation. The Web committee will be reconvening to continue development and codification of the Look and Feel of the proposed new web site. Hiring is underway for a full time webmaster. The Distinguished Lecture Series web page has been redesigned and added to our Research listings as there has proven to be considerable outside interest in this series. Abstracts are added as they are submitted and archives of previous years' abstracts are also available. Next month's lecture is Friday, December 6, and is titled "Adventures at Google". New labs The new faculty office suite on the second floor has been completed and is now occupied. It includes 4 offices and a conference room. The old classroom on the second floor has been renovated and is now the Design and Analysis Research Lab. It includes 10 cubicles. The Concurrency Lab has been renovated to include 10 cubicles and a conference/lounge area. The old Xerox room has been renovated into the IS lab under the direction of Dr. Kelly. The old Vision lab (Theo's lab) on the second floor has been renovated and is the new Secure and Reliable Systems Lab. It includes 13 cubicles and a conference room. Disk Upgrades Disk upgraded have been performed on stuserv, facserv and www. Student disk quotas have been expanded to 65 MB and will be increased additionally to 100 MB over intersession. New Network Facilities Wireless access is available in the area of rooms 1203, 1204 and 1239. Access will extend down the hall including all of the student offices as soon as electrical power is run. See the FAQ entry http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/FAQ/InternetWireless.html for configuration information. More laptop ports have been added to 1203 to address increased usage. There is a desk available at each port and there are lockers in the room to store personal belongings. See http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/facilities/graduate/GraduateLaptopAccessRoom.html for laptop configuration information. Remote access to citrix via the rdp client has been enabled, complete configuration information is available at http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/FAQ/InternetSbwin2.html. Rdp over ssh will give you a faster, more secure connection to citrix from a remote location. Antivirus and service packs have been applied to a number of supported laptops and desktop PCs. Send email to ntadmin if you have a department PC that needs these upgrades. Future plans Renovation of the old biology lab on the second floor has begun. The finished room will become a conference/seminar room with 70 seats, multimedia, wireless access, and laptops for instructional use. Plans have begun for the new Center of Excellence in Wireless Internet and Information Technology. We are hosting databases for the Society of Women Engineers and the Linguistics department Professional Education Program. A presentation of the various Computer Science facilities was made to high school students considering Stony Brook as their college. Work has begun in collaboration with the Graduate School on an on-line application/student tracking system. 6. ***** HOW TO REPORT A PROBLEM ***** First you should check the FAQ pages at: http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/FAQ/index.html. There is also a link to an index of FAQs. If the answer to your question is not in the FAQ's, send email to the following addresses: Unix and network problems: root AT cs dot sunysb dot edu When in doubt, feel free to send to staff AT cs dot sunysb dot edu and we will see that the message gets to the right person(s). Your problem report must include the following information for us to be able to help you promptly: The room you are working in, either room number or lab name. The name of the host you are working on (hostname command in Unix, machine number in 1239, the number written on the bookshelf by your desk in the student offices). The sequence of things you did just prior to having the problem as best you recollect. The exact text of any error message you see on the screen, or a complete description of the problem that occured. Also, please report problems promptly as they occur so they can be investigated under the same set of conditions as far as possible. Back to Index of Newsletters |
