IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

  • "PLEASE BEWARE OF PHISHING SITE/E-MAIL" :
    * The administrator never lead you to the page that requires entering your password on the ground of system maintenance.
    * Please keep your password secure.
    1. Password must satisfy the necessary conditions. (see. "Changing Password" page.) 2. Keep your password confidential. (The administrator never ask your password.) 3. Keep your computer secure to prevent a virus such as key-logger that sniffs your password from being infectious.
    * Please do not hesitate to contact us anytime.

  • About P2P file sharing software: Please refrain from using the P2P file sharing software such as Winny, Share, BitTorrent, etc(*1).
     *1: Winny, Share, BitTorrent, BitComet, LimeWire, Cabos, WinMX, PerfectDark, Kazaa, eMule, Edonkey, Gnutella, etc.
  • Beware of Mistyped Email Addresses. [Limited on-Campus] Beware of Mistyped Email Addresses (Jun.30.2022)

  • Please adopt the Loss/Theft Prevention measures. [Limited on-Campus] Preventing Information Leakage (Jan.18.2022)

  • MATLAB is available for students, faculty, staff.

  • Microsoft 365 is available for students, faculty, staff.

  • EOL Softwares
    Adobe Acrobat 2020 and Reader 2020 Jun.1.2025 EOL.
    Windows 10, Office 2016, Office 2019 Oct.14.2025 EOL.
    Apple macOS Big Sur 11.7.10 or older **EXPAND**
    Office 2019 for Mac, Office 2013, Windows 8.1, Adobe Acrobat 2017 and Reader 2017, Adobe Flash Player, Office 2010, Microsoft Office for Mac 2016, Adobe Acrobat DC(2015) and Reader DC(2015), Adobe Acrobat XI and Reader XI, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, Microsoft Word Viewer, Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, Office 2003 and Windows Server 2003 EOL.
    Do not connect to the network.
    See also: this page

  • Oracle Java new licensing : see. The security update including Java in Oracle Inc
    => please uninstall, use an alternative as needed (e.g. AdoptOpenJDK, jdk.java.net).
    (Aug.26.2019)
    The license is updated.(Oct.1.2021)

  • For RIMS members: Please take an information security e-Learning once a academic year. (Apr.18.2016)

  • SECURITY: Be careful: USB media virus: A lot of PC were infected by the computer virus via USB media (USB flash memory, USB hard disk, SD card, and so on ). Please keep your computer secure, please do not insert unreliable USB media into your PC, please do not insert your USB media into unreliable PC.

  • If you get your RIMS account after Apr.1.2007, spam filtering is enbaled by default. For the details: here

ANNOUNCEMENT

  • SECURITY: Update your Google Chrome. (Apr.11.2024)
                Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update ...

  • SECURITY: Execute Microsoft Update. (Apr.11.2024)
                Vulnerabilities Information ...

  • SECURITY: Update your Apple software. (Apr.11.2024)
                Vulnerabilities Information ...macOS, Safari, iPadOS

  • SECURITY: Update your Firefox. (Apr.11.2024)
                Vulnerabilities Information ...

  • SECURITY: Update your Thunderbird. (Apr.11.2024)
                Vulnerabilities Information...

  • The RIMS web mail started restricting access for enhanced security. (Mar.18.2024)

  • SECURITY: Update your Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat. Vulnerabilities Information ... (Feb.14.2024)

  • The RIMS mail server started ARC (Authenticated Received Chain) (i=1) signing. (Jan.31.2024)

  • The RIMS mail server started DKIM signing. (Jan.29.2024)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' has been updated at 9:00am. (Jan.4.2024)

  • SECURITY: The announcement about the P2P file sharing software and copyright infringement. (rimsonly) (Dec.21.2023)

  • UNIX: Gurobi Optimizer was updated (to 10.0.1). (Feb.21.2023)
    see also. SOFTWARES LIST (rimsonly)

  • UNIX: MATLAB was updated (to 2022b). Please note the Campus-Wide License will start in AY-2023. (Feb.7.2023)
    see also. SOFTWARES LIST (rimsonly)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' has been updated at 9:00am. (Jan.4.2023)

  • The maintenance on Nov.6.2022 finished, thank you for your cooperation.
    o rishiri/rebun trouble is fixed.
    UNIX: The Mathematica on Ubuntu is upgraded to the version 13.0.1 (from 12.0.0).
    UNIX: The Maple on Ubuntu is upgraded to the version 2022 (from 2020).
    (Nov.24.2022)

  • PC: KUINS-III NAT settings will be updated on Jan.26(Wed). (Jan.21.2022)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' has been updated at 9:00am. (Jan.4.2022)

  • UNIX: The Mathematica on Ubuntu is upgraded to the version 12.0.0 (from 11.0.1). (Nov.30.2021)
    see also: Softwares List (in RIMS only)

  • UNIX: Maple are upgraded to the version 2020 (from 2015). (Nov.18.2021)
    see also: Softwares List (in RIMS only)

  • UNIX: changing the anti-spam system on Aug.26, see here for the details. (Aug.25.2021)

  • RECOVERED Because of the maintenance, the kurims wireless and the RIMS NAT service had been unavailable for about 10 minutes at 8:30am on May.18(Tue.).
    9:20--11:43, the problem that the kurims wireless clients may not be able to obtain an IP address occured. (May.18.2021)

  • RECOVERED The network printers had been unavailable May.15 because of the trouble. (May.17.2021)

  • UNIX: The RIMS mail server starts to scan the messages. see also.Action for SPAM (Apr.27.2021)

  • UNIX: The RIMS https web pages will be available (Mar.29.2021)

  • How to set the longer password (temporarily) (Mar.30.2021)

  • The server maintenance since Feb.26 have been finished. Thank you for your cooperation. (Mar.5.2021)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' has been updated at 9:00am. (Jan.4.2021)

  • UNIX: Rejecting on the mail server: updated. (Dec.22.2020)

  • RECOVERED The network had been unavailable Nov.8 8:35pm--Nov.9 9:00am because of the trouble. (information page) (Nov.9.2020)

  • RECOVERED The network had been unavailable 4:50pm--8:30pm on Oct.22 because of the trouble. (information page) (Oct.23.2020)

  • SECURITY: Update your Adobe Flash Player. Vulnerabilities Information ... (Oct.14.2020)
    ref. Adobe Flash Player:Version Information

  • RECOVERED The e-mail delivery to off-RIMS had been delayed for about 90 minutes since around 10am on Sep.23. Now it is recovered. (Sep.24.2020)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' has been updated at 9:00am. (Jan.6.2020)

  • UNIX: MATLAB was updated (to 2019b). (Dec.17.2019)
    see also. SOFTWARES LIST (rimsonly)

  • SECURITY: Symantec Endpoint Protection may cause frequent crashes and failures of the definition update, see the this page.
    Please manually download and update the "IPS" definition, see. this page.
    (Oct.21.2019)

  • SECURITY: Oracle Java new licensing : see. The security update including Java in Oracle Inc
    => please uninstall, use an alternative as needed (e.g. AdoptOpenJDK, jdk.java.net).
    (Aug.26.2019)

  • UNIX: Intel/PGI Compiler on Ubuntu servers were updated. (Jun.27.2019)
    see also. SOFTWARES LIST (rimsonly)

  • I. RIMS AV Systems USB camera, USB speakerphone [New] (May.17.2019)

  • RECOVERED Because of the RIMS server trouble, mail and some services had been unavailable since yesterday Jan.7 6:44pm. We restarted the server this morning, the services are available now. We are sorry for causing so much trouble. (Jan.8.2019)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' has been updated at 9:00am. (Jan.7.2019)

  • UNIX: Mathematica is unavailable because of the upgrade of Ubuntu. Please use math7 as a temporary.
     Because of the system trouble, sapporo,kagome will be available in this week.
    (Nov.7.2018)

  • Google English is available by this link. (Sep.10.2018)

  • The black out occurred during around 9:10am--9:45am on Aug.20(Mon). Please let us know any problems. (Aug.20.2018.)

  • RECOVERED The black out occurred during around 9:10am--9:45am on Aug.20(Mon). Please let us know any problems. (Aug.20.2018.)

  • On Aug.6.(Mon.), we will introduce the SPF (Sender Policy Framework) into the kurims e-mail system because recently Gmail rejects our e-mail less frequently and due to the prevention for email spoofing. (Aug.2.2018)

  • RECOVERED: The imaps server had been unstable.
    By the workaround, 2:13pm, it starts to recover.
    We're sorry for causing so much trouble. (Jun.21.2018.)

  • RECOVERED Jun.11(Mon.) 9:36am--9:39am: The wireless kurims in Bldg. No.15 is not available because of the software trouble, now it is available. (Jun.11.2018)

  • RECOVERED Because of the network trouble in Kyoto Univ., many information services are unavailable now. (May.24.2018.)

  • RECOVERED: The imaps server had been unstable.
    By the workaround, 3:40am, it starts to recover.
    We're sorry for causing so much trouble. (May.10.2018.)

  • UNIX: RIMS UNIX System: The information of the common scanner at Bldg. No.15 is added. (Apr.25.2018)

  • UNIX: Printers : common printers at Research Bldg. No.15 are added. (Apr.3.2018)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' has been updated at 9:00am. (Jan.4.2018)

  • UNIX: The path and time of the backup of public is changed.
    see. backup of public(rimsonly) (Nov.29.2017)

  • E-Journals: RIMS proxy configuration ( http://wpad.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/proxy.pac ) was updated. (Nov.14.2017)

  • UNIX: I want to use a newer TeX. (Jul.14.2017.)

  • RECOVERED: The ANNEX wireless has been unstable since Jan.1 9:00am, it is recovered at around 9:30am on Jan.4. (Jan.4.2017)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' will be updated at 9:00am on Jan.4.2017.
    After Jan.4.2017, if your computer does not ask the network key, please forget or delete the 'kurims' wireless.
    (Dec.28.2016)

  • RIMS WIRELESS The wireless authentication "PLEASE GO TO ..." page will be shown automatically on iOS/macos(since Dec.21), Android/Windows(since Dec.27).
    * Please note some Android/Windows does not show automatically.
    (Dec.28.2016)

  • UNIX: Intel/PGI Compiler on Ubuntu servers were updated. (Nov.16.2016)
    see also. SOFTWARES LIST (rimsonly)

  • UNIX: The Mathematica on Ubuntu is upgraded to the version 11.0.1 (from 10.2). (Nov.7.2016)
    see also: Softwares List (in RIMS only)

  • UNIX: How to Export Plot in CLI math (rimsonly) (Oct.14.2016)

  • UNIX: "RIMS Adjusting Spam Filter" setting is available. (see. left side of this screen)
    You can change the threshold value and so on.
    see. SPAM filtering ... (rimsonly) (Oct.04.2016)

  • UNIX: Emacs default version is changed to the version 22 for the new user. (Sep.27.2016)

  • SECURITY: Uninstall your QuickTime for Windows. Apple ends support QuickTime for Windows. (Apr.21.2016)
                Vulnerabilities Information...

  • RIMS WIRELESS The network key of 'kurims' will be updated at 9:00am on Jan.4.2015. (Dec.28.2015)

  • UNIX: The Mathematica on Ubuntu(kirin,asahi,sapporo,kagome) are upgraded to the version 2015.1 (from 17.02). (Nov.18.2015)
    see also: Softwares List (in RIMS only)

  • UNIX: The Mathematica on Ubuntu(kirin,asahi,sapporo,kagome) are upgraded to the version 10.2 (from 10.0.2). (Nov.4.2015)

  • SECURITY: Update your PuTTY, and WinSCP. (Aug.23.2013)
                Vulnerabilities Information ...

  • SECURITY: Update your Ghostscript. (Sep.1.2010)

  • SECURITY: Update your xpdf. Vulnerabilities information ... (Oct.21.2009)

  • SECURITY: Update your xpdf, poppler. Vulnerabilities information ... (Apr.22.2009)

  • SECURITY: Please update or configure your ssh client software. See here for the details. (Jan.7.2009)

  • SECURITY: If you use ssh key(s) generated by Debian GNU/Linux, see http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925211, if your key(s) are vulnerable, please update them. (May.16.2008)

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