twm
window manager
swm
window manager
Workstations with less than 200MBytes local disk will no longer be supported as of January 1, 1996. We recommend expanding systems to a minimum of 1Gbyte disk and 64MBytes memory. We will notify administrators of workstations that do not meet these requirements.
All models of DEC workstations running Ultrix will no longer be supported as of January 1, 1996. After this date, all files required to support DEC/Ultrix workstations will be purged from the ALW file system. Any DEC/Ultrix workstations still configured as ALW clients will no longer function as of the termination date. We recommend replacing DEC workstations with Sun, Hewlett-Packard, or Silicon Graphics workstations, which are supported by ALW. We currently do not plan to support the DEC AXP ("Alpha") workstation models.
The Island Draw/Paint/Write application suite will no longer be available as of 3/1/95. Please contact the ALW staff for advice on alternatives.
Workstations running SunOS 4.1.1 will no longer be supported as of 7/1/95. We will notify the administrators of machines requiring upgrade to SunOS 4.1.3 or higher.
twm
window manager
The
twm
window manager will no longer be supported as of 7/1/95. This is the window manager selected by setting
LOOK_FEEL
to
MIT
in your
~/.login
file. We recommend switching to
MOTIF
instead.
swm
window manager
The
swm
window manager will no longer be supported as of 7/1/95. This is the window manager selected by setting
LOOK_FEEL
to
SWM
in your
~/.login
file. We recommend switching to
MOTIF
instead.
SMTP mail access will be removed from the machine
alw.nih.gov. As alternatives, we recommend use of
messages, vui, or
cui
on ALWs, SMTP mail on helix, or DCRT's POP mail service.
NOTE: this will affect only those who log in to the machine named
alw.nih.gov
to read their mail.
Also, ALW applications will not be available on the machine
alw.nih.gov.
Access to hosts
cyclic.dcrt.nih.gov
and
sapporo.dcrt.nih.gov
will be restricted to only those machines registered for ALW support services. Access by ALW users will only be allowed through the kerberized remote shell (rsh). Access from non-ALW machines (such as PCs and terminals) will no longer be permitted. As alternatives, we recommend use of the UNIX timesharing service on
helix.nih.gov, or purchase of an ALW-supported workstation (Sun, HP, or SGI).
We plan to deploy versions of
rsh,
rcp,
rlogin,
telnet, and
ftp
that use Kerberos authentication to further protect the privacy of passwords in our networked environment and eliminate the use of
~/.rhosts
and
/etc/hosts.equiv
for host access control.
We plan to automatically e-mail to ALW administrators warnings of potential security vulnerabilities found on client workstations as a result of routine periodic monitoring by ALW security monitoring software.
We plan to automatically e-mail to ALW users warnings of security vulnerabilities found on the Access Control Lists (ACLs) of home and group storage directories as a result of routine periodic monitoring.
telnet,
rlogin, and
ftp.
Keith Gorlen