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Maintenance Outage: Wired and Wireless Networks 6/1/13
SCS Computing Facilities has received the following maintenance outage notification from Computing Services. Details
Kerberos Service Outage and Kerberos 4 Phase-Out
On June 5, 2013, SCS Computing Facilities will discontinue support for Kerberos 4, the AFS Kerberos-based authentication service (kaserver) and the Kerberos version 5-to-4 ticket translation service (krb524). Details
Off-campus recursive DNS access to be disabled
On Wednesday, May 29, 2013, SCS Domain Name Servers (DNS) will no longer accept recursive DNS queries from off campus. Details
Network Maintenance: 300 South Craig Street 5/28/2013
On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 SCS Computing Facilities staff will upgrade network components at 300 South Craig Street. Details
May 2013 Critical Windows, Adobe, and Office 2011 for Mac patches
On May 14, 2013, Microsoft released critical patches for Windows and Office 2011 for Macs. Adobe has also released critical patches for Reader, Acrobat, and Flash Player. Details
Action Required: Elimination of Single-DES Support
SCS Computing Facilities continually works to enhance computer security for the SCS community. The latest effort involves eliminating the use of single-DES (Data Encryption Standard) in favor of stronger cryptographic algorithms, contributing to a more secure computing environment. This change will require all users to change their SCS Kerberos passwords by Monday August 12, 2013. Details
Upcoming Instance Manager Changes
On Thursday, April 25, 2013 SCS Computing Facilities will will make changes to the Kerberos Instance Manager to enable the management of SCS Windows accounts. Details
iPass Service Alert: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
SCS Computing Facilities has received the following service alert from iPass. Details
EOL Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) LTS - Desktop
At the end of April 2013 the support period by Canonical for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) LTS - Desktop formally ends. Details
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SCS Facilities Support for Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x
SCS Computing Facilities is pleased to announce support for Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.x). Details
Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 End of Life Support
On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will end support for both Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003. After this date Microsoft will no longer publish security updates for either of these packages. As a result, SCS Computing Facilities will also end support services for computers running Windows XP and will no longer provide support for Office 2003 beginning on April 9, 2014. Details
SCS Facilities Support for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
SCS Computing Facilities is pleased to announce the addition of Linux support for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for 64 bit systems. Supported Ubuntu Linux hosts will now run the SCS Dragon computing environment. Details
If you are new to SCS
Our introductory documentation has some information to help you get started, including the slides from the 2012 Facilities Immigration Course talks.
Popular links
User account related links Machine related links
SCS account application (PDF)   Recommended PC configurations
SCS Cluster-only account application (PDF)                           as of April 2013
SCS Email client configuration settings           laptops and desktops
SCS Email Address Management Page                   SCS network registration
SCS Kerberos password reset                   PC software installation/upgrade request form
SCS web reports                   Mac software installation/upgrade request form
Use your Andrew username and password
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                  How to keep your Windows PC secure
                    Mailing list creation and management
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