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Vulnerability in Zoom Client on MacOS

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A vulnerability has been publicly disclosed in the Mac version (<= 4.4.1) of Zoom that allows any website to forcibly join a user to a Zoom call, with their video camera activated, without the user’s permission.

If you have the Zoom conferencing client software installed on a Mac, please be sure to update it to the latest version, or uninstall it completely.

See also the campus security announcement and recommendations here:

NetApp fileserver maintenance – Phase III: Mon, July 22, 6-8pm

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On Monday evening, July 22, we will be taking the next step in our fileserver migration: moving network interfaces from the old system to the new system. This will result in brief interruptions of access to home directories and project shares.

Our expectation is that each move of a network interface should only take a minute or so, and that most NFS and CIFS clients will likely recover just fine without a reboot. Any ongoing file copies or moves will be interrupted and terminated; any unsaved file editing should be closed before the maintenance period.

For any systems experiencing issues after maintenance is completed, a reboot would be recommended.

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15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Recall

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If you received a 15-inch MacBook Pro from our Summer 2016 bulk purchase, you’ll likely be eligible to have your battery replaced, avoiding a potential fire safety risk.

Under “About This Mac,” eligible models should be displayed as “MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015).”  If you have that model, please visit the Apple support page below, where you can enter your serial number to confirm whether your laptop is eligible for battery replacement, and you can find instructions for getting it replaced:

https://support.apple.com/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recall

New winterm.eecs Windows login server

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We are happy to announce the new version of winterm.eecs, our Windows Remote Desktop server. On Wednesday morning, June12, during the Windows patch cycle, we will update IP addresses to put the new server in place.

The new winterm.eecs runs Windows Server 2016, so it has the look and feel of a Windows 10 device. All of the usual software has been installed for you — if you notice something missing that you’ve been relying on, feel free to let us know at help@eecs. We have copied local profile data from the old winterm.eecs to the new one, to ease your transition.

The old winterm.eecs will remain available as “winterm-old.eecs.berkeley.edu” until the end of June.

NetApp fileserver maintenance – Phase II: Wed, June 19, 12-2pm

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As part of our NetApp fileserver refresh cycle, we have a NetApp technician scheduled to be on site June 19, to assist with installation of the new hardware, and transfer of storage racks from the old NetApp system to the new one. Work is planned to take place between noon and 2pm.

Our expectation is that this work will not be disruptive to existing fileservice, but it involves a good amount of work around the existing hardware, so there is potential for unexpected problems.

Maintenance downtime for repo.eecs — May 6, 10am-noon

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repo.eecs will be unavailable on Monday, May 6, 2019 from 10am – noon. Staff will be performing maintenance on the virtual machine infrastructure that supports repo.eecs.

During this maintenance window, repositories hosted on repo.eecs will not be accessible, and the web interface at https://repo.eecs.berkeley.edu will also not be accessible.

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