Basic Internet Service:
- Simeon E-mail - Simeon has become the default and recommended method for students to check their mail. Jove shell access is available by request, however Pine on Jove is no longer the default recommendation for checking E-mail.
- Netscape/Internet Explorer - We are distributing Netscape and supporting both Netscape and Internet Explorer. Netscape, however, is required to use the Account Management page described below.
- Web-based Account Management (Password Change, etc.) - A new Web page is available for changing passwords, requesting a username change, checking storage quota, and setting up a initial Web page. This page can be accessed at: http://people.unt.edu/manage/ Other services will be added to this page in the future.
"Beyond Basic" Internet Service:
- Beyond Basic service includes a number of
additional supported software items for those whose
activities extend beyond basic E-mail and Web browsing. Included
in this category are:
- FTP Clients
- VT100 Telnet Clients
- TN3270 Clients
- Netscape News Clients
- Personal Web Page Publication - We are supporting Netscape Composer for creation of personal Web pages.
- Beyond Basic service includes a number of
additional supported software items for those whose
activities extend beyond basic E-mail and Web browsing. Included
in this category are:
Remote Access Service:
- Free PPP Dialup - free but with limited access to telephone lines
- Premium PPP Dialup - $45/long semester, but with a guaranteed ratio of users to lines (currently 7/1).
ACS Host Services:
- UNIX User-ID (to include one to all of the
following):
- Jove (UNIX messaging)
- Sol (Research)
- Terra (Class Instruction)
- Academic Mainframe
- VM/CMS
- MVS/ESA (Academic Com-Plete)
Other Campus-wide Hosts:
- Library Catalog (terminal access)
More to Come
The UNT Internet Services work group is still in the process of identifying and updating any user documentation which refers to these services and redesigning some software services which support access to UNT Internet Services. Also in the works is a UNT Internet Services CD-ROM to include automated installers to make it easier to setup and configure various programs used for Internet Access. Information can be found at our newly published UNT Internet Services Web page: www.unt.edu/helpdesk/inet/ Or, for further information, contact:
Dr. Philip Baczewski
(baczewski@unt.edu)
Associate Director of Academic Computing
UNT Computing Center
(ISB 119, 940-565-3886)1. UNT Internet Services documentation can be found on the Helpdesk Web site at www.unt.edu/helpdesk/inet/ and is also available in printed form from the Computing Center Helpdesk, ISB 119.
2. UNT Host Services documentation can be found on the Helpdesk Web site at www.unt.edu/helpdesk/hosts/hostsTin.htm
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- UNIX User-ID (to include one to all of the
following):
Student Internet Services Restructured
By Dr. Philip Baczewski, Assistant Director, Academic Computing Services (baczewski@unt.edu)
The UNT Computing Center is instituting
some changes in the Academic Computing Services and Support Services
areas with regard to our provision of on-line Internet services to
students. These are not, for the most part, technical changes, but
rather changes in the way that we describe and support the services
that students use. New documentation and procedures for accessing
UNT Internet Services have been phased in over the Summer terms of
1997 with full implementation in effect as of the beginning of the
Fall semester.
A group of Academic Computing Services,
Network and Microcomputer Services, and Support Services staff within
the Computing Center have worked to create a more refined definition
of our Internet and host services. Rather than using the de facto
term "Jove ID" to mean a number of services which might
include access to the UNIX system named Jove, dialup service, E-mail
service, etc., we now use the term "Internet Account" to
refer to the User-ID and password which provide students basic access
to E-mail and other Internet and remote access resources.
By better defining and better supporting
our basic Internet Service, we are making it possible for students
to access E-mail and other Internet resources without needing to learn
complex UNIX commands and programs. This will have the added benefit
of making more efficient use of the resources on jove.acs.unt.edu
(the current host server for most student Internet services), as well
as providing us with the flexibility to further segregate Internet
services onto multiple platforms if that becomes necessary in the
future. The new approach to services will greatly simplify matters
for most students as well as eventually lessen the load currently
straining our Support Services staff (Computing Center Helpdesk).
"UNT Internet Service" is the new catch-all name for the services
available via an authenticated User-ID in the Jove/NIS password database.
Primary access to these services is via client/server software which runs
on a PC or Macintosh microcomputer. The layout of this service is as
follows:
UNT Internet Service
The UNT Internet Service is available to
students in General Access Labs that have Netscape and Simeon installed,
as well as at home via Remote Access Services (dialup).
UNT Host Services
Additional to the above described Internet
Service, host services are still available via the UNT Internet Service
or via Remote Access Service alone using a terminal emulator (Procomm/Kermit/ZTerm,
etc.). We define UNT Host Services as follows: