(Local) Notice of Tentative Network Suspension (DONE)

Users. The following operation was finished without a trouble. If you have a trouble regarding the network at the following building, please contact us. The network will be suspended at the following area during the following period. [Date]: October 9, 2012 (Tuesday)  12:00 — 13:00 [Area]: Library, East and Common Building. [Influence]: During this period, the network will be suspended. [Purpose]: Countermeasure of the breakdown of the building network machine due to the instantaneous power  interruption . [Operation]: Installation of UPS to the core network machine in the building.  This aims to cope with the breakdown issue of the building network machine due to .*About the issue in  last fiscal year, please see...Read More

Renewal of Education poster for Information Security in Kyoto University

Dear all. IT Security Office of Kyoto University renewed the education poster for the information security. Please look over the following poster and respect the rule. Especially, please be careful about the prohibited matters.   Related Information Handling of P2P File Sharing Software in the network of Kyoto University (KUINS)  * This information is provided in only Japanese, but you may be understand the name of “P2P” file sharing software. 24th September, 2012 Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.

Firefox 15.0.1 Released

Firefox 15.0.1 was released on September 6, 2012. About the detail information, please check the release note.  The future of this version is only for the security fix regarding the private browsing mode. New Features Nothing particular. Release Note Firefox 15.0.1 Release Note 11th September, 2012  Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.

Improvement of View system for the manual documents

Manuals have been posted to  Column or Frequent Inquiries. However, it becomes hard to search the manuals because their articles have been increased. Therefore, the Office added new category called “Manual – Article” in the “Link” of global navigation menu. 30th August, 2012 Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.

Firefox 15 / Thunderbird 15 Released

Firefox 15 and Thunderbird 15 were released on August 28, 2012. About the detail information, please check the release note.   The future of this version is “Implementation of Silent Update for Windows OS”. When new version comes, Firefox will automatically update itself. After it updated, new version  automatically enables when it is restarted. New Features (Firefox) Implementation of Silent Update for Windows OS (Firefox)  Support version 3 of new protocol called “SPDY”  produced by Google (Improvement of the web browsing speed). (Thunderbird) Added FileLink” function with the external online storage (YouSendIt) for sending  an attached document of large size to “Ubuntu One”. Fixes of security vulnerabilities. Release Note Firefox 15...Read More

Kyoto University Library system called “KULINE” was Renewed.

Dear Division members. Kyoto University Library system called “KULINE” was renewed.By this renewal, there are the following notices.  Emergency Maintenance According to the announcement of KULINE web site (Announcement is only Japanese),  KULINE will be maintained at the following period because a user cannot login KULINE at some PCs or some networks. August 29, 2012   18:00 — 19:00 Troubleshooting Basically, if you have an inquiry regarding KULINE, please contact the Library of Kyoto University. FAQ (Cannot login KULINE)  According to the information of KULINE web site, please check the web proxy setting in your web browser. The network of Kyoto University requires the web proxy setting. However, it needs to...Read More

How to colorize the folder for Windows

Macintosh supports to colorize the folder for the arrangement of information, but Windows does not support yet. Windows only supports to change the icon. This is very inconvenience, so I would like to introduce the free software. Software  I’m sorry that I could not find out the complete free software. Each software has something of a restriction.Now, the following software cannot install or use in the Kyoto University.  Folder Maker Free The license of this free version is for Home use, so you cannot use in the office. [How to Install it] Download the software from http://www.foldermarker.com/download.php. Open downloaded file and install it. [How to use it] Please right click on...Read More

(Local) Final call of “PC Scan” implementation

Dear the division members in the Center. As the Office has already informed  several times, the Center has managed the CSEAS security software license by doing “PC Scan” every year. In this fiscal year, its implementation was carried out during June, 2012. However, there are unscanned PCs. About the unscanned PCs, the following measure will be taken. Therefore, PLEASE carry out “PC Scan” if you have the unscanned PC. Supervisors need strongly  instruct your management staff  to do  “PC Scan” by seeing the user list of te unscanned PC.  Measure for unscanned PCs  [Targets]: * Of course, the target is the PCs which the CSEAS security software is installed.   [Measure]: The...Read More

Firefox 14.0.1 / Thunderbird 14 Released

Firefox 14.0.1 and Thunderbird 14 were released on July 18, 2012. About the detail information, please check the release note.  In this version, the security is improved. Firefox 14.0 was not released. The future of this version is “Improvement of secure communication regarding the search keyword” and “Improvement for MacOSX Lion”. New Features (Firefox) Implementation of encrypted communication regarding the search keyword in the location bar, address bar, and so on. (Firefox) Fullscreen support for MacOSX Lion. Fixes of security vulnerabilities. Release Note Firefox 14.0.1 Release Note Thunderbird 14 Release Note 18th June, 2012  Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.

Microsoft Office 2011 (14.2.3) for Mac Released

Users. It was released on July 10, 2012.This version includes  the serious security vulnerabilities. Please update latest version if you use Microsoft Office 2011. [How to update] There are two approaches. Click “Check for Updates” in the “Help” menu after one of Word/Excel/PowerPoint is started up.  * In case of using company or university network, the update may sometimes be failure because of using closed network with proxy system. If you cannot update it, please use “No.2” method. Download Standalone updater and install it. Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac 14.2.3 * Requirement  14.1.0 (Service Pack 1) before install latest version. Please see the following HP about version history. 12th July, 2012  Chief of...Read More