(Originally announced on May 8 ,2012)
ULM Students,
As you return to the ULM Campus during the Summer and Fall semesters this year, you will begin to experience a change in most of your ULM computer labs. The University is making enhancements to set up as many computer labs as possible to have an authentication measure in place. This will require Students to use your Warhawks account as desktop authentication for lab computers. Essentially, before...
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Posted 08/29/2012 - 7:27am
Recently, various news sources have reported security problems with the 1.7 version of Oracle's Java product. The reported issue is that code can be introduced onto the affected system which may lead to a variety of problems. Some sources have recommended that Java use should be halted until such time as a proper fix is implemented. This is unrealistic for those people who have application dependent upon Java for correct operation. Instead, we are recommending any Java 1.7 user to remove all...
Posted 08/15/2012 - 2:37pm
For a while, Java ran fine with BANNER. Then came Java version 1.6.19 which broke compatibility by employing an improved security model. These later versions break BANNER because of a security issue that occurs when BANNER creates pages mixing both secure and insecure content. The newer security model in use by Java, by default, prevents the display of insecure items and secure items together (i.e. the page cannot be secure if insecure items are also there). This means that BANNER mixed...
Posted 07/06/2012 - 12:23pm
No, it is not the end of the world....not yet at least. The malware, "DNSChanger" is problem software that has been around for years. The creators have long since been caught and jailed for such misbehavior and there has not been a new variant. So what is the problem now?
Some background
DNS or Domain Name Server is a computer established to translate people-friendly names such as google.com and cnn.com into computer-friendly...
Posted 07/02/2012 - 9:15am
BANNER INB currently cannot use JAVA Version 1.7.
The latest rated version that works with BANNER is version 1.6.32 which is available on the Computing Center website (http://www.ulm.edu/computingcenter/downloads). The Java runtime will prompt people to update their Java installation. If anyone does do the update to version 1.7, BANNER IBM will not function properly.
Java may also prompt...
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