The A3C Connection, 2000-2001

The A3C Connection, Summer (PDF), for printing.

• The ACCC Network Services Kit
  

  The Network Services Kit ... -- Web-based NSKit Upgrades ... -- Automatic Dialin Configuration for Windows 95, 98, and Me ... -- Norton AntiVirus ... The NSKit Fine Print ... NSKit Version 5.0 Applications

• List of NSKit Applications
  
• The Requirements for Dialing In
  

  1. A computer. The minimum requirements are: ... 2. Connection hardware for your computer. ... 3. A connection to the Internet. ... 4. A UIC netid and a valid, active ACCC account and password. ... 5. Software to use with the Internet -- the NSKit

• The Basic Steps
  

  1. Get and Install the NSKit CD-ROM. ... 2. Configure Your Computer to Connect. ... 3. Connect to the Internet.4. Use the NSKit Internet Applications. ... 4. Use the NSKit Internet Applications. ...5. If you dialed in to connect, disconnect when you're done. ...6. Regardless of how you connect, don't forget security.

• Internet Access and the ACCC
  

  What We Do ... You are not limited to a single ISP or connection type. ... If you're connecting on campus, use a campus network connection. ... Don't use the ACCC dialin lines when connecting from on the UIC campus. ... If you're connecting from off campus, consider using the ACCC dialin service, but it might not be best for you.

• Getting Help
  

• Getting Help on Your Own ... Getting Help from the CSO ... How Should You Contact the CSO? ... You Can Help Us Help You ... To Sum It Up

• Living with a Hostile Internet
  

  July 17: SirCam ... July 19 and August 4: Code Red I and II ... September 18: Nimda ... So Why Should You Care? ... What You as an Individual Can Do ... What You as a "Sysadmin" Can Do

• About the A3C Connection

The A3C Connection, April/May/June 2000 (PDF), for printing.

• Who Can Use Mailtools Email Filters?
• Email Filters and the Email Tools Page
  

  What Makes Mailtools Filters Different? ... How to Set Up Mailtools Filters ... Getting Started: Email Tools Web Page ... Vacation Reply Messages ... Other Mailtools Filters ... -- Antispam Filter ... -- Attachment Filter ... -- Customizable Filters ... The Tale of Ima Historian

• Canned Spam Filters
  

  Spam and What to Do with It ... Setting Up Your Antispam Filter ... What If You Use Eudora, etc., with POP? ... Oops, Did You Forget Something?

• How Mailtools Filters Work
  

  In General ... The Antispam Filter in Particular

• SSH: Do You Know Where Your Password Is?
  

  Passwords and Security ... What's Safe Besides SSH? Bluestem, WebMail, ACCC Dialins (sort of) ... Privacy and Logging In ... SSH: Strong Security for Remote Logins ... -- Confused by the Names? ... To Install SSH Secure Shell ... To Login Using SSH Secure Shell ... Using SSH Secure sFTP ... To Exit SSH Secure Shell ... For More Info

• Secure X Windows with SSH
  

  What is X Windows and Why Would You Want to Use It? ... How X Windows Works with SSH Xhost "Security" ... Does Your UNIX Host Support SSH X11 Tunneling? ... Setting Up to Use X11 Tunneling ... Running X Windows with SSH

• About the A3C Connection

The A3C Connection, January/February/March (PDF), for printing.

• About These Articles -- and About Videoconferencing at the ACCC
  
• Videoconferencing in the New Millennium
  

  Overview ... Network Requirements ... Components of a Videoconferencing System ... Types of Videoconferencing Systems ... - Software-only Desktop Units ... - Hardware-assisted PC Clients ... - Integrated USB Desktop Units ... - Stand-alone Set-top Units ... IP Videoconferencing at UIC ... Using Videoconferencing with Other Technologies ... For More Information ... - Related Links: ... In Summary

• IP Videoconferencing Applications at the U of Illinois
  

  Collaborative Art History ... Interactive Pathology of the Eye ... Distributed Classrooms ... What these examples show

• How Videoconferencing Works
  
• U of I Policy on Software Piracy
  

  About this article: ... What Is Software Piracy? ... The Bottom Line ... The University of Illinois Software Piracy Policy ... Software Piracy Q and A ... 1. What do I need to know about software and the U.S. Copyright Act? ... 2. Can I loan software I have purchased myself? ... 3. If software is not copy-protected, do I have the right to copy it? ... 4. May I copy software that is available through facilities on my campus, so that I can use it more conveniently in my own room? ... 5. Isn't it legally "fair use" to copy software if the purpose in sharing it is purely educational? ... 6. I can't legally copy the software I need and I don't have a lot money to spend on software. What can I do? ... 7. If my campus has negotiated a license for a software package can I freely copy that package or give copies to other members of the campus community? ... 8. Can I share software, text, or data that I've downloaded from the Web or a gopher or FTP site?

• Server Services: Lots of Legal Software, Cheap!
• Downloadable Software: The Cheap, the Free, and the Buyer Beware
  
• UIC-STARBRIGHT Project  
• About the A3C Connection

The A3C Connection, October/November/December 2000 (PDF), for printing.

• Slamming Spamming
  

  What Is Spam ... The Origins of Spam ... Why Email Spam is Bad ... How to Complain ... - Don't expect to receive personalized replies. ... - Spam Complaint Web Pages ... Tricks to Minimize Email Spam ... About UIC Usenet Groups

• Figure 2: Headers of a Legit Email Message
  

  The Headers ... Where Did All These Headers Come From? ... - The Message As I Sent It ... - The Message as My ISP's Outgoing Email (SMTP) Server Passed It On: ... - The Message When It Came to UIC: ... - The Message When It Arrived:

• Figure 3: A Typical Spam Email Message
• Reading Email Headers
  

  Displaying Email Headers ... Received: Headers ... - The Last Received: Header: ... Other Headers

• nslookup: Matching Host Names and IP Addresses  
• More Info on Reading Email Headers and Spam
• Designing Accessible Web Pages
  

  The Accessibility Goal ... Creating Web Pages ... The Importance of Web Design ... Web Accessibility at UIC -- An Example ... Making Your Web Page Accessible ... W3C Web Accessibility Initiative ... - W3C Quick Tips ... Navigating a Web Page From the Perspective of a Surfer With a Disability ... - Screen Magnifiers ... -- Overall Structure of the Page ... - Screen Readers ... - Graphics and the ALT Tag ... - Reading Tables ... - Frames and Drop Down Menus ... Additional Accessibility Features ... Testing Your Page ... How Accessible Is My Web Page? ... Resources ... For More Information

• UIC Web Accessibility Contest  
• About the A3C Connection

The A3C Connection, July/August/September 2000 (PDF), for printing.

• Welcome Back!
  

  FaCT Faculty Computers ... AHEAD Help Desk ... New NSKit ... New Dialin Lines ... New Way of Printing: U-Print ... -- Quotas and Charges ... -- How U-Print Works

• XML and the Future of the Web
  

  Warning: High Risk of Acronym Overload! ... Ancient History: Plain Text ... Recent History and the Web ... SGML and the Solution ... Enter XML ... Netscape and XML ... And Getting Back to Plain Text

• XHTML: Straddling the Fence Between HTML and XML
• Processing XML: XSLT, A Matter of Style
  

  Style Sheets ... HTML Style Sheets -- CSS ... XML Style Sheets -- XSLT ... An Example Is Worth 1000 Tags ... -- Modifying the Processing Order ... -- Processing the XML with the XSL Rules

• SOAP: XMP Under the Covers  
• RSS: Spreading the News
  

  Are you drowning in news? ... How RSS Works

• Web resources on XML and related protocols  
• Eudora vs. a Roaming Laptop  
• About the A3C Connection

The A3C Connection, April/May/June 2000 (PDF), for printing.

• Save Yourself from Email Worms (like the Love Bug!)
  

  Never open any email attachment you're not expecting. ... Turn off automatic execution of scripts. ... Turn off ActiveX.

• How to Connect to the Internet  
• On Campus  
• On the Road  
• Connecting From Home
  

  Boy, do you have choices here! ... Home Connections at a Glance ... Searching for an ISP -- any kind of ISP?

• Dialin: Casual Use and On the Road
  

  Should You Use a Dialin ISP? ... Selecting a Dialin ISP ... International Standard for 56 Kbps Modems

• For Everyone Else: Broadband
  

  About Broadband ... Cable Modems ... DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) ... ISDN and Wireless: the Old and the New ... Where is broadband now?

• Broadband and Broadband ISPs
  

  General ... About Cable Modems ... About DSL ... About Satellite ... Just For Fun

• Warning: When you connect through an commercial ISP, you are not "on the UIC campus"  
• In-Home LANs: Sharing Your Home Internet Connection  
• Home LANs and Sharing Your Internet Connection  
• You've Been Hacked
  

  Do you have an "always on" Internet connection? ... Turn Off Sharing Now ... Get and Use a Personal Firewall ... What a Firewall Can Do For You ... Personal Firewalls for Windows ... Personal Firewalls for Macs ... Need help interpreting your firewall's logs? ... For More Information ... For more information: ... Don't Think This Applies To You?

• About the A3C Connection

• Pretty Good Personal Privacy
  

  Why worry now? ... OK, I'm worried. Now what? ... Getting Started: Symmetric and Asymmetric Cryptography ... Privacy, Take 1: Symmetric Cryptography ... Privacy, Take 2: Asymmetric or Public Key Cryptography ... Authenticity and Integrity: Digital Signatures in Public Key Cryptography ... Privacy, Take 3: Public Key Cryptosystems ... Both or Just One ... Keys, PKIs, and Other Questions ...And the Answers Are... ... Want to Try PGP Yourself?

• Spoofing and Sniffing
• PGP, PGP/MIME, OpenPGP, and S/MIME: A Short History
  

  PGP Encryption ... A Tale of Three Protocols

• More Information on PGP and Data Security
  

  About Cryptography ... About PGP ... How to Use PGP ... About S/MIME and OpenPGP ... Other Stuff

• SMTP Servers and Open Relays
• Do you do email on your personal computer?
• Do you run a Lotus Notes, Novell, UNIX, or Windows NT server?
• ACCC Server Services News
  

  Remote Software Distribution ... New Windows Software ... Office Installation Choices ... Disk Space Used on the Server ... Reporting Server Services Problems

• About the A3C Connection

The A3C Connection provides news and information about the use of computers and computer networking at UIC. It is published four times per year by the UIC Academic Computing and Communications Center.