http://grok.lsu.edu/Rss/WeeklyUpdatees.xml Updated GROK articles, refreshed hourly. en-us 60 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:01 GMT LSU provides a web based client for free access to the LSU mainframe for authorized users. This client, called Host on Demand, is a Java based client that will run on most computing platforms. The Host-on-Demand client defined for LSU... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12461 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12461 Departmental printers can be defined as LSU mainframe printers for distributed printing of mainframe reports. Mainframe batch jobs and on-line transactions often generate report output that can be routed to the destination of choice for a mainframe... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12458 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12458 Many administrative applications are hosted on the mainframe. A Log in ID is required to access the mainframe. Your use of this Log in ID must be in accordance with PS-107 (Use of Computing Resources). Secure (encrypted) access to mainframe... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13249 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=13249 The ITS Help Desk is the primary customer interface for Information Technology Services (ITS) at Louisiana State University (LSU). The Help Desk provides support via walk-in, telephone and e-mail. Remote Desktop support is also available and is... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11846 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11846 SPSS is a modular, tightly integrated, full-featured product line for the analytical process-planning, data collecting, data access, data management and preparation, data analysis, reporting, and deployment. LSU currently supports the following... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11968 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11968 A Long Distance Authorization Code is a seven digit number that allows LSU faculty or staff to make a long distance telephone call from any LSU campus telephone. Each month all phone calls made by a long distance authorization code are itemized in... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11844 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11844 Friendly name to internet address (IP) resolution services for the entire campus. We administer lsu.edu along with non-lsu.edu domains per request and approval. Management of the lsu.edu domain is delegated to individual departments on campus via an... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11841 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11841 The LSU wireless network is available to all LSU students, faculty, and staff. It provides all the conveniences of a regular wired connection without the need for cables. As a shared resource, wireless networking is intended primarily to supplement... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12924 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12924 ITS offers a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to allow LSU Faculty, Staff and Students to connect to the LSU network from off campus. This service will allow users to access LSU resources from anywhere on the Internet through an encrypted, secure... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12942 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12942 The mission of University Networking & Infrastructure (UNI) is to design, implement and manage solutions which provide for the University's voice, data and video communications. Services provided by UNI include installation and maintenance of... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12999 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12999 Cox Communications offers a discount on high speed internet service to current students, faculty and staff. Service Name Cox High Speed Internet... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12854 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12854 Faculty and Staff can set up a guest account for visitors to the University by going to netguest.lsu.edu. This account gives guest access to the LSU network and is valid for lsusecure and lsuguest wireless networks, as well as MAC address... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12925 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12925 ITS provides the acquisition, configuration and support for approved mobile telephone devices. Service Name Mobile Phone Acquisition and Support... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12524 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12524 Cable television services are provided by an authorized State Contract Vendor at State Contract Rates. ITS will facilitate the ordering, installation and billing of this service. Service Name ... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12853 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12853 Cable television services are offered from Cox Communications for Residential Housing at LSU. Service Name Cable TV for Residence Halls and... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12855 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=12855 Large format printing services in Middleton Library (141) includes the production of projects printed on large paper, which can range from two to more than 15 feet in width. Such printing jobs typically require inkjet technology to print on a... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11948 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=11948 A mechanism used to upgrade Novell client software during the logon process by executing four separate programs called by the logon script. Automatic Client Upgrade can be very useful when all client workstations use standard configurations. http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1444 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1444 A feature of a modem that allows it to open a telephone line and start a call. To auto-dial, the modem sends a series of pulses or tones that represent a stored telephone number. http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1443 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1443 A feature of a modem that allows it to answer incoming calls automatically. http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1442 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1442 The provision of rights or permissions based on identity. Authorization and authentication go hand in hand in networking; your access to services is based on your identity, and the authentication processes confirm that you are who you say you are. http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1441 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1441 The process of preparing a multimedia presentation or a Web page. This involves not only writing the text of the presentation or Web page, but also the production of the slides, sound, video, and graphical components. http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1440 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1440 Hardware that is identical in function to an original. For example, an IBM clone is a PC that uses an Intel (or similar) microprocessor and functions in the same way as the IBM PC standard. A Macintosh clone functions in the same way as a computer... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1118 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1118 Text that has not been encrypted in any way and that can be intercepted and read easily while in transit; usually applied to an unencrypted password. http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1108 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=1108 Pronounced "cash." A special area of memory, managed by a cache controller, that improves performance by storing the contents of frequently accessed memory locations and their addresses. A memory cache and a disk cache are not the same. A ... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=963 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=963 A VPN freeze may occur on some Linux boxes. Until now, only users with the SuSE flavor of Linux reported a VPN freeze in some Linux boxes. If the vpnclient freezes when trying to connect, the user may be running into the following scenario: ... http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=416 http://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=416