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When they built the FAS IT server, they said she was unsinkable. She was the fastest anyone had ever seen, the most powerful. Her reputation preceded her, and she attracted the attention of the rich and the powerful, all of whom were eager to send e-mails and attempt to unlock the mysteries of navigating her enigmatic interface. She was a true triumph—in fact, she seemed to almost symbolize man’s capabilities, and his capacity to break free of the puny constraints of nature...
...that cursed day! Who could have known what sort of inauspiciousness Friday’s rain was heralding? Indeed, no one could have known—or did know, until afterwards. Because our very informant—the server itself—was fighting the battle of a lifetime: a battle against the elements. For at approximately 4:00 PM this past Friday, 1 February, one of the two UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) systems in the Science Center data center failed “catastrophically” as a result of a short circuit, which culminated in a fire...
Perhaps if the captain of the IT crew had been paying closer attention, or the server had not been going so fast in such dangerous conditions, this catastrophe would have been averted. But all of these speculations cannot unmake the facts of the wreck. FAS server users were to experience the devastation of e-mail shortages and an inability to access my.harvard for—in some cases—upwards of three hours...
...require prior notice to the student. Only the Ad Board and Student-Faculty Judicial Committee would be able to request access for pending disciplinary proceedings and students would be allowed to appeal. The data accessible to administrators consists primarily of e-mails, but also includes items saved on the server, according to Faculty of Arts and Sciences Client Technology Adviser Noah S. Selsby ’95. “Snapshots” of users’ information are saved for two weeks and then recycled; e-mail kept in the inbox is saved even if it was sent more...
...enforcement agencies. Duke subsequently launched an investigation of the security breach and committed itself to safeguarding confidential data. “We are in the process of analyzing the Web site to remove any unauthorized coding or material, and we’ve moved everything off of the Web server,” Vaughn said. “We’re also doing a longer-term investigation, making sure we’re doing everything we can to protect information and follow the policies we have in place.” Jeffrey S. Bramson ’08 said...