March 2009 - binari@psb.ugent.be - maillist.psb.ugent.be

[Binari] extract from VIB boekske
by liste＠psb.vib-ugent.be 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

"VIB a name worthy of our institute ... This double affiliation should be clearly visible in daily communications. That is why we decided to make the double affiliation part of the email addresses of all VIB collaborators. We realize that this measure will cause some inconvenience, but we feel it's extremely important and necessary for establishing VIB's reputation as a centre of excellence worldwide ... " a reaction to Kenny's mail to VIB-HQ? :-D

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[Binari] Jocru made it into the hall of shame!
by Kenny Billiau 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi, https://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/knowledge/wiki-bioinformatics/Hall_of_s… ;) Be proud! -Kenny -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau(a)ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "Never get out of the boat, unless you're going all the way" -- Cpt Willard, APN

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[Binari] latex us letter
by Sofie Van Landeghem 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Does anybody know of an easy way to tell texniccenter to compile to US Letter format instead of A4? Without having to go messing about with config files? :-) Sofie

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[Binari] work around
by Sofie Van Landeghem 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

So now I'm forwarding all psb email to my ugent address (moving, not copying). Then when my thunderbird at work is running (where I have all my nice filters), I move the message from the ugent inbox to the psb inbox, where it gets filtered and put in the right folder, as before. This way, nothing has changed when I'm at work, and when I'm at home on Thunderbird, the emails are listed on the UGent account. And when I want to check on a different pc, I can simply use webmail.ugent.be instead of going to the intranet etcetc. yay :-) And from now on, the email address I will list is the UGent one, Jo Bury can blaim our IT about the visibility bit. happy-again-Sofie

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[Binari] The Petaminx (for Seppe)
by Kenny Billiau 05 Mar '09

05 Mar '09

Hi, look what you can make Seppe! http://www.puzzleforge.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i… hf, Kenny -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau(a)ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "Never get out of the boat" -- Chef, APN

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[Binari] keyboards
by Kenny Billiau 05 Mar '09

05 Mar '09

Hi, I'm ordering the following keyboard on ebay. There are multiple available, if someone else wants one too .. just give me yell :) You can search on the item ID: 180331697330 -Kenny -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau(a)ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "Never get out of the boat" -- Chef, APN

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[Binari] 12 Jokes of Termont (in Dutch)
by Kenny Billiau 05 Mar '09

05 Mar '09

from 't Nieuwsblad: Vlaams minister van Economie Patricia Ceysens (VLD) mocht gisteren samen met burgemeester Dani#l Termont (SP.A) de eerste steen leggen van een nieuw onderzoekscentrum voor biotechnologiebedrijfjes. Alleen, de minister raakte niet op tijd in het Technologiepark in Zwijnaarde, waardoor Termont zijn speech serieus moest rekken. 'Geen probleem, ik heb twaalf moppen klaar over biotechnologie', grapte de burgemeester. Toen hij bericht kreeg dat de minister nog 20 minuten op zich zou laten wachten, gaf Termont het op. 'Zelfs met mijn twaalf moppen krijg ik dat niet meer rond.' -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau(a)ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ================================================================== "Never get out of the boat" -- Chef, APN

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Re: [Binari] security
by Thomas Abeel 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

> > If you consider security measures as an obstruction of your work, you > might consider to work in another department or company for a short > time and to experience the difference in the flexibility and service we > offer and the stringent rules implemented elsewhere (ask your colleagues > abroad). Feel free to ask, I'm working abroad ;-)

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Re: [Binari] last mail
by Thomas Van Parys 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Kenny Billiau schreef: > Hi, > > but even with SSL you have hammering attacks to be able to login eh ;) > > Anyway, IT opened it up briefly, (Luc was not there and Dany is easy to > be convinced when held by knifepoint) closed it again (Luc came back but > we only have one knife). > > The possible solution would be to use Netwerk Connect to establish a > vpn-ipsec tunnel, only for certain ports. I haven't seen in it action > yet, but it would be started or thorugh the webportal or on a > commandline (kickass). So this is no vpn, and it seems fairly simple to > enable. > I guess IT will demonstrate it soon? > Isn't this still making all your IMAP traffic go trough that tunnel then? Disabling other mailboxes your client might try to check? From a brief wikipedia article on DMZs Because of the confidential nature of [e-mail], it is not an excellent idea to store it in the DMZ. Instead, e-mail should be stored on an internal e-mail server. The mail server in the DMZ should pass incoming mail to the internal mail servers and the internal mail server should pass outgoing mail to the external mail servers. Ideally, all communications should be initiated by the internal mail servers. So, what's keeping them from implementing this? Aren't mailservers supposed to be reachable from outside? And if the hammering attacks really are so bad, they can provide us with certificates like you suggested earlier. T. > On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Eric Bonnet wrote: > >> certainly not, and on top of that this mail service is set up on a >> secure channel (with SSL encryption), so there is no whatever "security" >> reason to invoke.... >> >> Yves Van de Peer wrote: >>> Eric Bonnet wrote: >>> > I can't believe that they closed this mail service, without any >>> notice > on top of that. >>> > > That's really bad management and practise. The settings must be >>> set as > it was before. There is no justification for that change. >>> > >>> when I complained yesterday or the day before, they told me I was >>> the only >>> one still working without VPN and that I was the only one who would >>> encounter problems ... guess not!?!? >>> >> >> > -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys(a)psb.vib-ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================

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Re: [Binari] last mail
by Esther-Kristin Lather 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Is this the reason why I couldn't access my mail with Thunderbird yesterday evening from home??? Hey, that's unfair! (Could we throw something at IT?) Esther. Thomas Abeel wrote: > Hi all, > > IT downstairs has a new policy. The IMAP mailserver is only available > from within the UGent VPN or from webmail. I asked to make the SMTP > server also available outside the VPN, but apparently they > misunderstood me. > > Webmail is too much of a hassle and the VPN is too slow over the > ocean. As such, I will no longer be checking this e-mail address on a > regular basis, maybe just once every few days. > > If you want to reach me more reliable: > tabeel(a)broad.mit.edu > > cheers, > Thomas

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