For many years the Department has operated an anonymous ftp server at ftp.eecs.berkeley.edu and ftp.cs.berkeley.edu. Before web sites, this was how software and papers were distributed to the public. Since web sites are the preferred way to distribute digital assets these days, no new content has been published on our ftp servers for over a decade. We will be ending support for anonymous ftp access effective May 1, 2024. After that time, the current contents of our ftp archive will continue to be made available via a web page at https://ftp.eecs.berkeley.edu and https://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/.
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February 19, 2020 Linux Server Patching
Routine Red Hat Linux operating system patches have been released which require system reboots. Starting at 6pm Wednesday, Feb 19, IDSG will be patching and rebooting affected servers. The following services will experience outages of 30 minutes or less between 6pm and 7pm.
- Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
- Department ftp server (ftp.eecs / ftp.cs.berkeley.edu)
- Department jabber/xmpp service (jabber.eecs.berkeley.edu)
- IRIS Roster/Network applications (iris2.eecs.berkeley.edu)
ftp.eecs / ftp.cs service interruption
The Department’s ftp server ftp.eecs.berkeley.edu (aka ftp.cs.berkeley.edu) has been offline since 10am due to a firewall misconfiguration. We expect it to be back online by 12pm.
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A few IRIS services will experience brief outages May 15, 2019 between 6pm and 7pm while systems are restarted following patching.
Routine Red Hat Linux operating system patches have been released which require system reboots. Starting at 6pm Wednesday, May 15th, IDSG will be patching and rebooting affected servers. The following services will experience brief outages of 10 minutes or less between 6pm and 7pm.
- Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
- Department ftp server (ftp.eecs / ftp.cs.berkeley.edu)
- Department jabber/xmpp service (jabber.eecs.berkeley.edu)
- IRIS Roster/Network applications (iris2.eecs.berkeley.edu)
December 2018 Linux Server Patching
Routine Red Hat Linux operating system patches have been released which require system reboots. Starting at 6pm Wednesday, Dec 12, IDSG will be patching and rebooting affected servers. The following services will experience brief outages of 10 minutes or less between 6pm and 7pm.
* Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* Department ftp server (ftp.eecs / ftp.cs.berkeley.edu)
* Department jabber/xmpp service (jabber.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* IRIS website (iris.eecs.berkeley.edu)
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November 2018 Linux Server Patching
* Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* Department ftp server (ftp.eecs / ftp.cs.berkeley.edu)
* Department jabber/xmpp service (jabber.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* IRIS website (iris.eecs.berkeley.edu)
Resolved as of 2018-11-14 18:33:00
October 2018 Linux Server Patching
* Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* Department ftp server (ftp.eecs / ftp.cs.berkeley.edu)
* Department jabber/xmpp service (jabber.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* IRIS website (iris.eecs.berkeley.edu)
Resolved as of 2018-10-10 19:00:00
March 2018 Linux Server Patching, Wednesday March 14 6pm
* Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* Department website content hosted on www2.eecs.berkeley.edu
* Department ftp server (ftp.eecs / ftp.cs.berkeley.edu)
Resolved as of 2018-03-15 18:00:00
Brief outages to a few IRIS services, Feb 14, 6pm
* Department mailing list services (lists.eecs.berkeley.edu)
* Department ftp server (ftp.eecs / ftp.cs.berkeley.edu)
Resolved as of 2018-02-14 18:08:00
Power Failure in Soda Machine room 11:40am Dec 20
The lists.eecs.berkeley.edu mailing list server is still being rebooted but should be back shortly.
Resolved as of 2017-12-20 14:07:00