LAMONT WEEKLY REPORT

March 28, 2003

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

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<> REPORT SUMMARY <>

<> New FTP Server<>
<> Managed Norton Antivirus Service <>
<> Letter from the Director <>

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<> NEW FTP SERVER

Lamont's public FTP server (ftp.ldeo.columbia.edu) is about to be replaced by a new upgraded and expanded server.  The transition to the new ftp server will be on Wednesday April 2nd..  Existing files in /pub will be moved at that time.

The primary purpose of the FTP server is to house those files we wish to make publicly available either to LDEO users with accounts or to 'anonymous' external users without local accounts.  The ftp server also accepts incoming material (usually too large for an email attachment) from the outside from both users with and without LDEO accounts.  The two main shortcomings, lack of space and unrestricted anonymous access, have been addressed with the new server which has the same name, but uses new faster hardware with much expanded RAID disk.

-- IMPORTANT CHANGES:

LDEO users will continue to store files for public access in the /pub directory, however, outsiders will no longer be able to write into the /pub area.  As is the case now, files placed in the /pub directory or in a named directory under /pub will remain in place until deleted by the user.  All incoming files will have to be uploaded to a new /incoming directory.  LDEO users are encouraged to make a directory in the /incoming area (or request that the sender do so) to segregate files destined for them from other files and directories.  LDEO users can collect files from the /incoming area and copy them to another location, but they cannot remove them.
Anonymous users can write to the /incoming area, but they cannot see (ls or dir) or download files in /incoming.  All files older than 30 days in the /incoming area will be automatically deleted.

The actual NFS automounted locations of the ftp /pub and /incoming directories will not change and are as follows:

/home/ftp/pub and /home/ftp/incoming

These directories are also accessible from PCs or other clients via SMB (Samba) as follows:

\\smb\shared\home\ftp\pub and \\smb\shared\home\ftp\incoming


<> MANAGED NORTON ANTIVIRUS SERVICE

Lamont now has a Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition Server running.  This server works with your MS Windows Norton Antivirus client and alerts both you and the Computer Support Group when your computer becomes infected.  It also provides local virus definition updates, and virus scanning scheduling.  If you are interested in participating, or if you would like more information please visit the following URL:

www.ldeo.columbia.edu/network/nav

or call
Rob Kakascik x8303 or E-mail robk@admin.ldeo.columbia.edu

Please note this centralized service is currently only available for MS Windows clients.


<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

I will practice the escapism that pervades our country today and talk this week only about simple things without concern for the troubling events in the greater world.

I am in Honolulu as I write this – I flew out on Wednesday afternoon and will spend Friday flying home.  The meeting will initiate key activities essential to the implementation of the new Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP).  The Corporation that will manage the new Ocean Drilling Program has been established and is incorporated in Delaware – the name is IODP Management International (IMI).  There are currently 22 members of this corporation: seven from Japan and fifteen from the US. (Not surprisingly, Lamont is one of the members!)  The Board of Governors is divided equally between the US and Japan. IMI will act for IODP in many ways as JOI acted for ODP. Within IODP JOI is competing to be the organization that will manage the US contributions to the bigger international program.  The Observatory is heavily engaged with JOI preparing the major proposal to NSF that is due in about a month, that will attempt to win for us at the Observatory, once again, a leadership role on ocean drilling for the next decade.

Earlier this week, we attended another meeting of the Earth Institute Academic Committee and made progress with deliberations about the construction of the strategic plan for the Earth Institute.  This will continue to demand a substantial amount of our effort and attention over the next couple of months.  At the Observatory, we have a special meeting of Lamont members of the EI Academic Committee and some of our ExCom members this coming Monday – to insure that there is adequate discussion about how best to represent the basic research imperatives of the Observatory within the broader EI structure.

Marc Spiegelman is our speaker at our public lecture this Sunday afternoon (3:00 pm in the Monell Auditorium) – he may be mobbed by wild fans following his late night appearance on the Daily Show earlier this week (though admittedly I am not sure whether or not it aired- because I was travelling…).  As previously, we will be entertaining a few special guests to dinner following the lecture – and I have great confidence that Marc’s presentation will be excellent.  He continues to be recognized for the quality of his teaching – most recently being selected for the Fu SEAS Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award that is presented annually by the Columbia Engineering School Alumni Association.  Congratulations Marc.

By the way, it’s raining and cloudy in Honolulu, and the meeting I am attending is in a classic windowless room in the same hotel as I am staying in, so in reality I may as well be in ………Fort Lee.

Have a great weekend,

Mike

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