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Will we be notified when ssh is up and running aga...

2009-05-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

Will we be notified when ssh is up and running again?

Is everything right, or not right? It looks lioke...

2009-05-04T05:34:00.000-07:00

Is everything right, or not right? It looks lioke things are up but when I try to log in it says I've got my password wrong -- which I don't. So either my password got changed in some fascinating way, or something's still f*cked up, but I can't tell which.

doc server is up, but has the ssh keys page been u...

2009-05-04T01:35:00.000-07:00

doc server is up, but has the ssh keys page been updated?

Kristine, I've restored our documentation server....

2009-05-03T23:05:00.000-07:00

Kristine,

I've restored our documentation server. All the information you need should be available at http://docs.ocf.berkeley.edu/wiki/.

Stephen, can you post instructions on how to confi...

2009-05-03T21:53:00.000-07:00

Stephen, can you post instructions on how to configure Outlook Express to access OCF email? (I normally use Pine, SSH, or webmail but none of those are working right now, and I am eager to read my email which I am sure has piled up over the past week.) Thanks!

"Stephen Denney said...
I am able to access my OCF email through Thunderbird at home and Outlook Express at work"

I am able to access my OCF email through Thunderbi...

2009-05-03T12:25:00.000-07:00

I am able to access my OCF email through Thunderbird at home and Outlook Express at work, but not able to send out mail from my Thunderbird client (something to do with a uclink certificate). My question, though, is there a way I can check my quota while OCF login is disabled, in order to get my quota under limit?

I know we cannot log in to our email accounts now,...

2009-04-30T23:27:00.000-07:00

I know we cannot log in to our email accounts now, but is it possible to have incoming email to my ocf address automatically forwarded to another email address, or are all incoming emails being bounced back?

The main website actually is up, anonymous -- ocf....

2009-04-30T09:27:00.000-07:00

The main website actually is up, anonymous -- ocf.berkeley.edu goes to conquest/apocalypse (the login servers, which are down) and is supposed to redirect to www.ocf.berkeley.edu (the web server, which is up).

The login servers are NOT ready for general user l...

2009-04-29T22:38:00.000-07:00

The login servers are NOT ready for general user login. We are still in the process of rebuilding them, and they're only online to allow staff to work on them.

We'll make an announcement when they are ready for use (along with information about the new SSH keys).

Can I go ahead and try to log in, then, or shall I...

2009-04-29T22:36:00.000-07:00

Can I go ahead and try to log in, then, or shall I wait longer?

the rsa keys have changed on the login servers. Th...

2009-04-29T20:30:00.000-07:00

the rsa keys have changed on the login servers. This is expected given recent events---but it would be nice for ocf staff to confirm the new key/fingerprints for login servers. The main web site is down, the keys are normally published there.

p.s. - this happened just now when I tried to log...

2009-04-29T12:10:00.000-07:00

p.s. - this happened just now when I tried to login to my email reader, which is in Pine/unix mode.

I received a "WARNING" that host identification ha...

2009-04-29T12:09:00.000-07:00

I received a "WARNING" that host identification has changed and that it is not recommended that I login until I have contacted the system administrator. I chose not to proceed and did not login. Does anyone know what this message might mean? It said either the administrator of the remote host has changed the host identification, the SSH protocol has been upgraded from SSH1 to SSH2, or someone could be eavesdropping on me right now (man in the middle attack). The message gave me a lengthy fingerprint of the host public key.

For those who wish to upload files to their websit...

2009-04-29T12:05:00.000-07:00

For those who wish to upload files to their website location you can go to the OCF FTP web based application.

I just uploaded some htm files to my web site via this web URL:

https://secure.ocf.berkeley.edu/net2ftp/index.php

So it does work until they finish fixing the various servers.

Charles

Hi, OCF Staff: Many thanks for the information. J...

2009-04-29T08:35:00.000-07:00

Hi, OCF Staff:

Many thanks for the information. Just so you will know in case this will help in your work:

"I attempted to login via SFTP, got an error message about the change in the key footprint and finally an error that an FTP error occurred with a possible problem with password or login name."

I am assuming that is because of the break in and changes you are implementing.

Again, thanks and hopefully you will have it all resolved and up again soon.

Kindest Regards,

Charles
banway IST AS Release Management

Thanks for working on this. This is a big task fro...

2009-04-29T06:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks for working on this. This is a big task from a frustrating situation.

Is this break-in tied in with the accounts that were disabled as a result of supsected ssh key interception, and are there plans to re-enable these accounts?

Thanks for the update, Michael. It's very much ap...

2009-04-28T22:03:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the update, Michael. It's very much appreciated. The silence was getting a bit worrisome!

Good luck to you and staff with getting everything back up and running, and thanks to everyone for your efforts.