Re: Computer situation

[Claude Petitjean <claude.petitjean@psi.ch>]

Dear Fred,

I see no problem to reinstall the mucap computers at PSI, once I am
back to PSI (after OCT-9). Let's discuss that at the upcoming meeting.
You can give me the necessary instructions, and if I need more help,
I'll  have Valery and others at hand.

With best regards

Claude

Frederick Gray wrote:
> Winter Peter wrote:
> 
>> Dear  all,
>>
>> this morning, Tobias Marx from the PSI computer department came to 
>> take dolphin because it has been hacked from the outside. They will 
>> make an image and then return the computer. After that we should setup 
>> the system from scratch. Since we partially have similar accounts on 
>> cheetah, puma and lion it might be a good idea to change at least 
>> passwords afterwords. However, since at least for the mucap and root 
>> account the passwords are the same on these machines, I could imagine 
>> that it's probably best to also reinstall these machines as well. Just 
>> in case they were also attacked and that there is some spyware 
>> running. If so, should we ship them to Illinois to do that during the 
>> next months? Or is it convenient enough to do that remotely?
> 
> 
> Hi, Peter,
> 
> Yes, we will need to reinstall these machines, and remote reinstallation 
> from scratch is not generally possible.  If there will be no one on site 
> who can deal with them, then I guess we would indeed need to ship them 
> somewhere, or leave them offline until the next run.   We'll discuss the 
> issue this weekend, I suppose.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Fred
>