Number 12, December 1992

A publication providing information of interest from University of Washington Computing & Communications.

• New Connections Electrify Old Habits

  "The potential of the networks is extraordinary."
  --Professor Douglas Schemske

• The UW Information Infrastructure

  The objective of this infrastructure is to provide a network computing environment that supports the academic and research goals of the UW.

• The Infostructure

  It should not matter whether a particular information or computing resource is located in the next room or on the other side of the world.

• Standards

  Some of the specific standards underlying the network computing environment at the UW.

• Glossary of Acronyms

• Electronic Mail and the Infostructure

  The UW Infostructure is based on a client-server mail paradigm. The recommended mail-access protocol is called IMAP.

• The Network

  The goal of the campus network is to provide connections to all applicable offices on the UW campus. Eventually, this system should be viewed as a basic utility just like telephones and electricity.

• The Infostructure and Unix

  Unix stands out for its open-ness, flexibility, and rich networking abilities.

• Canonical Departmental Computing Environments

  A preferred departmental computing environment in the UW Infostructure consists of one or more of the "four basic food groups" of desktop computing (PCs, Macintoshes, Unix workstations, and X terminals) supported by one or more shared servers.

• Hello Carson and Stein, Good-Bye Milton

  UW users can now enjoy quicker response times, additional disk space, and an easy-to-use interface provided by two new Unix computers: Carson and Stein.

• Hard-to-Guess Passwords Help Secure Computing

  Strict password standards protect you and your Uniform Access account.

• C&C Policy on Account Expiration

  To maximize performance and reclaim inefficient use of space on disk drives, C&C must periodically remove Uniform Access computer accounts.

• The Micom is Going, Going...