FAS recently changed their server configuration, causing the login system for group accounts to break. If you are prompted for a password instead of being able to directly log in from FAS, we are working with them to resolve this issue, and will post again here, when the issue is resolved.
In the meanwhile, if you need some critical material right away, email acctserv@hcs and we will try to help you get what you need ASAP!
We apologize for the inconvenience.
- HCS Systems Team
The Harvard Computer Society has been a "driving force" in the development and deployment of computers at Harvard since well before the fall of the Soviet Union (or the very least, we've met weekly to talk about computers and technology and eat pizza since at least 1983). We do whatever we're interested in (and, by proxy, whatever you're interested in, if you join us) but we have a number of ongoing and currently active projects that tend to consume our time.
HCS is proud to be hosting Scott Bradner, the University Technology Security Officer at Harvard. He'll be talking to us about security and privacy at Harvard and beyond, about his work with ARIN, IETF, and the Internet Society, and about the early days of building the Internet. Hopefully, he'll share some stories from the early days of HCS, too - he was one of our early advisors. If you want to know about how the internet is governed, how new technologies are being integrated at Harvard, or just want to hear about the state of security at Harvard, join us!
We'll be visiting the Network Operations Center (NOC) at UIS's 60 Oxford St. facility, courtesy of Harvard's Network Manager Jay Tumas. Harvard's network is huge and serves a large number of people. Plus, Harvard is very closely involved with several big external projects, such as Internet2 and even the IETF. Plus, how can you turn down the opportunity to see a cold-war style operations center with screens on the wall, flashing maps, alarms when things go wrong. . .
Prof. Greg Morrisett will be joining us on Tuesday, April 22 at 4 PM to talk about Cyclone, a safer version of C. This will be a good talk for anyone interested in what software vulnerabilities are, why they keep happening, how we can fix them, or why a course like CS152 or CS153 might be interesting and useful. The talk will be in MD 123
