IRIS

The main UPS in Soda 290 computer room failed this morning. It is now on bypass mode, which means our critical servers are now on city powers only. The staff is working on identifying the cause and working on a solution, including get vendors to do onsite emergency repairs. However, there is no estimate when this will be fixed.

Since our servers are now without the protection of UPS, we want to let you know that we are subject to power outages. If that does happen, there could be considerable downtimes. We will update the status over the IRIS website and helpdesk phone.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Cory Hall 2nd floor including wireless services will be down during
this time. However, the service outage may not last all that long.

Also during this time, The link to BWRC will be down. This means that
they will not have Internet access at that time, which includes wireless.

I apologize for any inconvenience this will cause.

Bruce

There will be a network downtime on Thurday morning Jan. 26 between 8:00AM and 9:00AM. We will be upgrading network firmware for the BWRC switch.

This will affect users who use a wired connection in BWRC. Since the BWRC wireless network feeds into this switched infrastructure, there will also be an outage to the wireless network in BWRC.

I regret any inconvenience this may cause. Please make your plans accordingly.

The EECS Helpdesk in 313 Soda Hall will be operating on a reduced set of hours this week (01/23/2006–01/27/2006). During this period, the Soda desk will be open from 9:00am–1:00p, Monday–Friday.

The EECS Helpdesk in 395 Cory Hall will be open, as usual, 9:00a–5:00p, Monday–Friday.

We appreciate your patience as we continue to work out our staffing schedule.

Oracle has just released their January “Critical Patch Update.” IRIS staff will be applying this update to our Oracle database beginning at 6pm on Sunday, Jan 22. We estimate this process will take three to four hours, but could take up to six. During this time, applications which rely on the database will be unavailable. This includes the Network database query and request forms, and the Account request and query forms.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

Please send questions or comments to help@eecs.
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On Friday, January 20 between 07:00-0:800, there will be a couple of brief outages to the Cory Hall wireless network. This will affect coverage on floors 1-3 only. All other wireless services will be unaffected. I regret any inconvenience this may cause.

The EECS Helpdesk office in 313 Soda hall will be using a reduced schedule this week due to temporary staff shortages.

Specifically, the Soda Helpdesk will be open from 9:00a – 5:00p on Wednesday, Jan 18 and Friday, Jan 20 and closed on Tuesday, Jan 17 and Thursday, Jan 19.

The EECS Helpdesk office in 395 Cory hall will be open, as usual, 9:00a – 5:00p for the rest of the week.

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have both desks open full-time in the coming weeks.

We had a problem receiving email for the CS.Berkeley.EDU domain last night and earlier today. All email for that domain should be automatically re-sent; however, the senders may have received a 4 hour notice (“Your message could not be delivered for 4 hours”). There is nothing you or the senders need to do. Most likely by the time you see this announcement, you will have received all the mail from last night. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin for January 2006
Issued: January 10, 2006
Version Number: 2.0
Bulletin: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=58872
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Security patches defined by Microsoft as "critical" or "important"
MUST be applied within 10 business days of notification. Should there
be active exploits, the time will be adjusted and users will be
informed appropriately. Hosts unpatched after the defined time are
subject to scanning and removal from the EECS network as per campus
IT security policies (http://socrates.berkeley.edu:2002/MinStds/).



Patching is sometimes dependent on the service pack level of the
Microsoft OS, and installed applications, please read requirements
carefully.



Critical Security Bulletins
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MS06-001 - Vulnerability in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow
Remote Code Execution (912919)



- Impact: Remote Code Execution



- Affected Software:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems



- Review the FAQ section of bulletin MS06-001 for information
about these operating systems:
- Windows 98
- Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
- Windows Millennium Edition (ME)



- Version Number: 1.0






MS06-002 - Vulnerability in Embedded Web Fonts Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (908519)



- Impact: Remote Code Execution



- Affected Software:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems



- Review the FAQ section of bulletin MS06-002 for information
about these operating systems:
- Windows 98
- Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
- Windows Millennium Edition (ME)



- Version Number: 1.0






MS06-003 - Vulnerability in TNEF Decoding in Microsoft Outlook and
Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (902412)



- Impact: Remote Code Execution



- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3
- Windows Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Pack 3 with the Exchange 2000
Post-Service Pack 3 Update Rollup of August 2004



- Version Number: 1.0

Tomorrow morning, January I will be upgrading to the most current code on the wireless infrastructure. This will occur between 06:00 and 08:00. During this window, there will be several short outages of all wireless networks within EECS and CITRIS, including AirBears service. The scope of this outage will be confined to Cory, Soda, BWRC, Brewed Awakening and part of HMB. I expect that the network will be stable by 08:00.