Ed McGuigan, who has served as an extraordinary designer and leader of RITS since its conception, is stepping into the role of senior technician and technical advisor in the programming area mentioned above. This announcement will be followed by more detailed information as the new organization takes shape. ITSS' move to using Kerberos 5 was recommended by Stanford's outside audit firm. And once one account has been compromised, it can open the door very quickly to hundreds or thousands of accounts being compromised. Individuals who were not able to change their passwords by the December 15 deadline are now being contacted by their supervisor to take that action.
Avoidance is futile.
The Leland Systems staff will shortly be making list of non-kerberized POP mail access, and we'll work with those staff. Thanks for attending to these important security items. We want ITSS to serve as a role model for the rest of the University. As Stanford continues its efforts to inform and update our faculty and staff on Y2K issues, an interesting article is published in the January 1999 edition of Scientific American. This article outlines the Year 2000 problems, details of some of the strategies software developers are using to overcome the challenge, and a brief view of where the international community stands with respect to the millenial change.