News Hub Servers Three new Sun servers will be installed as the campus electronic mail and news machines this summer. A SparcServer 1000 with 4 CPUs upgradeable to 8 CPUs will be the new mail spool hub. 670MPs Rocky and Bullwinkle will be opened to interactive user logins, taking over the functions of Hamlet and Othello. Bullwinkle at least will be available for public use by early to mid-August. New Strategy for Passwords on IT Systems Information Resources will change the way passwords are created on the IT-managed systems this summer.
Most password cracking programs search a large dictionary looking for matches.
Password lifetime can be extended beyond the current 90 days and users will have more freedom in selecting their passwords. Contributors to Inside IT for the July 22 issue include Ivars Balkits, Dana Drennan, Jennifer Koester, Manel Kappagoda, Peter Peterson, Tom Arons, Brian Hill, Paul Schneeman, Johnson Lai, and Doug Dull.