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Holiday schedule! Our Ann Arbor offices will be closed for the holidays Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24, 2000 and from Monday, December 25, 2000, through Monday, January 1, 2001. We will reopen Tuesday, January 2, 2001. As always, our Network Operations Center (NOC) will continue to operate 24x7 during this period and other Merit staff will be on call to respond to any problems.
Register now for the December 7 Merit Joint Technical Staff meeting.
Agenda and
registration available
online.
The Fall MichNet News is now available, both online and as a PDF document. Articles
include information on the MichNet Network, DDoS, Internet2, USF, and
more.
As another school year starts, organizations can
expect a new rash of network abuse incidents. Your organization should
have an action plan in place for responding to reports of Internet
abuse. See Mike Mosher's recommendations.
 New security resources on Merit's website: For individuals that are new to security, specialist Paul Howell has created a "Top Five" list of security websites. This list serves as a great starting point to learn about network security. In addition, the Network Security Special Interest Group's archive is now searchable.
MichNet Network Updates
Dial-in Update: Rose City, Temperance, Rogers City, and Onaway have
been upgraded to V.90 service. The MichNet dial-in
location in Dryden has
been replaced by V.90 and ISDN compatible lines in the MichNet
SE-Michigan dial-in location.
Users with V.90-capable modems should experience an
increase in connect speeds (V.90 troublshooting
tips included).
Backbone Update: The November 2000
report summarizes the latest work
on the MichNet Backbone and related Merit activities.
See MichNet Maps for the latest
(November 15) version of the MichNet current and proposed backbone
maps.
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