Hi all,
I'm pleased to announce that we do in fact now have a working machine,
hosted in Worcester, with the firewall finally sorted so it is
accessible.
The setup is not yet complete - I need to make user management actually
work in a sensible fashion, wait for OUCS to unblock smtp and http at
their firewall, and connect it to stanley (our other server) - but we
finally have something.
If you are interested in having an account on the new server, please
fill in a copy of the account application form [0] and get it to me
(bring it along tonight, or pidge me at Worcester), and I'll try and
sort you out an account.
If you used to have an account, and want one again, please get in touch
with me directly.
I should point out that this new server is hosted on the Oxford network,
and is subject to the same rules as all the other servers there. This
means that this machine is not a playground from which to nmap every
host in the world - if I have to go and explain to Worcester that
they've got complaints from OUCS because someone was bored and felt
like probing firewalls, I will not be happy (and neither will they).
I'm sure this won't happen, however.
Right, I should go and do some of this 'work' stuff. Hopefully see many
of you tonight for the OpenStreetmap talk.
Michael
0:
http://www.ox.compsoc.net/network/apply/accountform-new.pdf
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Michael Howe
Treasurer and Sysadmin, Oxford University Computer Society
http://www.ox.compsoc.net/