Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu May 3 19:59:32 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l442xWH6027867 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 19:59:32 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l442wa8B023993 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 19:58:36 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l442watZ023992 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 3 May 2007 19:58:36 -0700 Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 19:58:36 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200705040258.l442watZ023992@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: reminder of final report submission deadline Hi, Just a reminder that the project report is due late tonight. Please do not submit late since there will be penalty. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed May 2 14:59:00 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l42Lwp91006443; Wed, 2 May 2007 14:58:51 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l42LvxMn027944; Wed, 2 May 2007 14:57:59 -0700 Message-Id: <200705022157.l42LvxMn027944@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs530@merlot.usc.edu Subject: FWD: "Securing Peer-to-peer Systems" - CS Colloquium Talk - 3:30pm May 3 Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 14:57:59 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, Just forwarding information about a CS Colloquium talk with a topic that may be of interest to some of you. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [colloq_org_stu] USC CS Colloquium Talk Reminder: May3 Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 14:00:02 -0700 From: Sumit Rangwala To: CS Colloquia Student Organizers Securing Peer-to-peer Systems Prof. Yongdae Kim University of Minnesota May 3, 2007 3:30 - 4:50 pm SSL 150 Host: Prof. Ramesh Govindan Abstract: The emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) systems and applications signifies a revolutionary paradigm shift in building large-scale distributed systems over the Internet. This talk focuses on cooperative peer-to-peer systems, in which peer nodes are more close-knit, forming a "community of common interest" with shared goals and mutual benefits. Since the value and utility of a cooperative P2P system lie in the service it offers to its users, ensuring its correct and efficient operation despite the existence of potentially untrustworthy nodes is of utmost importance. Several infrastructure-level, currently-deployed cooperative P2P systems are vulnerable to various attacks by participating nodes that can impede the service provided by the system. Other systems are vulnerable to misuse or abuse of the services by a few peers. To prevent these attacks, we have developed two core mechanisms that can be used to build trustworthy, accountable and secure cooperative P2P systems. In the first part of the talk, I present a secure overlay routing mechanism, called Myrmic, that guarantees efficient and robust delivery of message even when significant fraction (say 30%) of nodes are compromised. Our experimental and simulation results confirm efficiency and robustness of Myrmic. The second part of the talk introduces how to "emulate" central entity on P2P systems, which is robust against collaboration attacks. Such central entity can be used for enforcing security policy as in traditional client-server systems. We also show how to enforce quota (or guarantee fairness) in a P2P file archiving system using this emulated central entities. Bio: Prof. Yongdae Kim has been working on various projects in data and communication security. During his PhD study, he designed group key agreement protocols, TGDH and STR protocol, which are integrated with Secure Spread. He received NSF career award on storage security and McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Award from University of Minnesota in 2005. His research interests include security issues for distributed systems such as P2P systems, storage systems, sensor and ad hoc networks. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule for upcoming seminar available at http://enl.usc.edu/colloq _______________________________________________ colloq_org_stu mailing list colloq_org_stu@enl.usc.edu http://enl.usc.edu/mailman/listinfo/colloq_org_stu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed May 2 13:50:44 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l42KoiZx001028 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 13:50:44 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l42Knq5N027209 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 13:49:53 -0700 Message-Id: <200705022049.l42Knq5N027209@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Final project report... Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 13:49:52 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, Just to clarify, I'm looking for *completeness*. So, pretend that you are another CS students who wants to know what you did for this project. What do you want to have and want to see so that you can get your project running and understand what's going on? Regarding code documentation... I don't need to see a lot of documentation on your code. I need to see a high-level description of what's going on in your code. A high-level flowchart would be great (skipping all the obvious error conditions) but not required. If you have questions, please send me e-mail! Once the deadline is passed, it would be too late for clarifications. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:57:25 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Final project report... Hi, I've updated the Project Report section of the project web page. Please read the updated information carefully. It's at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/project.html#report Your final report is due at by 11:45pm on Thursday, 5/3/2007. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Apr 30 13:45:30 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3UKjU3U000537 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:45:30 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3UKikT4027513 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:44:46 -0700 Message-Id: <200704302044.l3UKikT4027513@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS 558L Lab Exercise #3 grade... Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:44:46 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, Some of you have questions about the format of the grading report for Lab Exercise #3. The way it worked is that everyone started at a grade of A (50 points) and your score got "downgraded" if the TA finds something wrong in your submission. In the TA's comments, he mentioned how severe a particular downgrade was. If it's -3, then your A are brought down 3 grades and became a B. The downgrades are also additive. So, if you had a -3 and a -2, then your grade became C+. Please see: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/exercise.html#grading for a list of possible grades and their corresponding numeric scores. Sorry about the confusion. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:21:38 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS 558L Lab Exercise #3 grade... Hi, I misunderstood what the TA sent me. In your score report, there should be no "additional deductions". Your "base grade" is your score for lab #3. I'll e-mail updates soon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:25:35 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: sandeepr@usc.edu Subject: CS 558L Lab Exercise #3 grade... (This message is program-generated. If this e-mail is unreadable, there's probably a bug in the code that generated this e-mail. If that's the case, please send e-mail to . Thanks!) Dear Sandeep Raju, Your CS 558L Lab Exercise #3 score is 50 (out of 50). (If your score is 0, it may mean that we did not receive a submission from you. If you have dropped the class, please send an e-mail to me. The minimum score is 1 if you have submitted something. If your score is low, don't panic, it may simply be the case that the TA had trouble grading your submission.) The statistics for CS 558L Lab Exercise #3 are: Count = 20 Avg = 38.85 StdDev = 17.13 Max = 50.00 Min = 1.00 11 45+ XXXXXXXXXXX 3 40+ XXX 2 35+ XX 0 30+ 0 25+ 1 20+ X 0 15+ 0 10+ 0 5+ 3 0+ XXX Here is the information about your score: UserID: sandeepr Total score (out of 50): 50 Base score: A (=50) Additional deductions: 0 TA's Comments: Good! If you have questions about your grade, please *first* contact the TA, Alix Chow . The TA has applied one standard to all the programs. My instructions for the TA regarding regrade is that he may only change your score if he has made a mistake. If he did not make a mistake, there is no point arguing that you should have gotten 5 points here instead of 3 points. Everyone got the same number of points for doing the same thing. If you are not able to resolve grading issues with the TA, please then contact me (please write down the issues in some detail). For the regrade policy, please see the Regrading Policy section of the Course Description page: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/description.html#regrade -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Apr 30 11:22:21 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3UIMLMo020698 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:22:21 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3UILcNm025728 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:21:38 -0700 Message-Id: <200704301821.l3UILcNm025728@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS 558L Lab Exercise #3 grade... Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:21:38 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, I misunderstood what the TA sent me. In your score report, there should be no "additional deductions". Your "base grade" is your score for lab #3. I'll e-mail updates soon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sat Apr 28 15:58:03 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3SMw2GV016085 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:58:02 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3SMvPiP006558 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:57:25 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l3SMvPUr006557 for cs558l@merlot; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:57:25 -0700 Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:57:25 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704282257.l3SMvPUr006557@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Final project report... Hi, I've updated the Project Report section of the project web page. Please read the updated information carefully. It's at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/project.html#report Your final report is due at by 11:45pm on Thursday, 5/3/2007. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Apr 26 14:35:36 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3QLZaHa008197 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:36 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3QLZ7Og007826 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:07 -0700 Message-Id: <200704262135.l3QLZ7Og007826@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: class project demo... Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:07 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Some students are asking for extensions. To be fair to all, there would be some stiff penalty for taking more time. So, if you would like to do your demo next Monday, I will take 25% off of your project score. Please let me know if you plan to do this. And by the way, I will stick to the demo timeslots (I must end your demo at the end of your timeslot). It is strongly encouraged that you come to the lab before you start time to set up your demo while someone else is doing a demo. This can give you more time to do the demo. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:21:09 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: class project demo... Hi, Just want to emphasize that, for the demo, it is very important to monstrate that your code *works*. The demo is not for us to discusss: "look at how much code I've written... if I can only get rid of this bug, this is what you will see..." If your code is not working reliably, you stand to score very low in this assignment, no matter how much code you've written! So, if you think you are running out of time, it's much better to figoure out a way to demo something instead trying to get everything to work as you've planned! (I don't really teat your design document as a contract.) If you have a hard time deciding what to do regarding this, please come talk to me before your demo appointment. Thanks! (Once the demo starts, it's too late to tell me that you are not ready.) -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Apr 26 10:12:57 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3QHCv5c019656 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:12:57 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3QHCStI004505 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:12:28 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l3QHCSUE004504 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:12:28 -0700 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:12:28 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704261712.l3QHCSUE004504@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: wireless devices setup in the lab... Hi, There is a setup in the lab with several "stargates" (wireless devices). These devices are actively collecting data for Hemali Sutaria's class project. Please do not turn these devices off since they need to be actively collecting data for the demo. Thanks very much! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Apr 25 22:21:37 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3Q5Lb2g028105 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:21:37 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3Q5L9YX029787 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:21:09 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l3Q5L9rC029786 for cs558l@merlot; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:21:09 -0700 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:21:09 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704260521.l3Q5L9rC029786@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: class project demo... Hi, Just want to emphasize that, for the demo, it is very important to monstrate that your code *works*. The demo is not for us to discusss: "look at how much code I've written... if I can only get rid of this bug, this is what you will see..." If your code is not working reliably, you stand to score very low in this assignment, no matter how much code you've written! So, if you think you are running out of time, it's much better to figoure out a way to demo something instead trying to get everything to work as you've planned! (I don't really teat your design document as a contract.) If you have a hard time deciding what to do regarding this, please come talk to me before your demo appointment. Thanks! (Once the demo starts, it's too late to tell me that you are not ready.) -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Apr 25 14:56:15 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3PLuFYE025654 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:56:15 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3PLtnZH025005 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:55:49 -0700 Message-Id: <200704252155.l3PLtnZH025005@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: cs 558: Do we have class tomorrow? Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:55:49 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > As we have our presentation start from friday, > do we have our class tomorrow? There will be no class tomorrow! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Apr 23 10:29:24 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3NHTOQR001393; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:29:24 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3NHT62P018299; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:29:06 -0700 Message-Id: <200704231729.l3NHT62P018299@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CSCI 530 relevant news article . . . Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:29:06 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Thanks for sending it! I guess sonner or later, this is going to happen since IRS would not accept better solution to their scalability problem. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:23:48 -0700 To: william@bourbon.usc.edu Subject: CSCI 530 relevant news article . . . Per this article, it sounds like Intuit should have been using Bistro ... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/23/technology/23intuit.html ;) Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sun Apr 22 19:54:52 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3N2sqCC022497 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:54:52 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3N2salm009052 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:54:36 -0700 Message-Id: <200704230254.l3N2salm009052@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Project Report Query. Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:54:36 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Is there a restriction on the number of pages which need to be > included in the project report as was the case for the design > document(<3). > > I guess there would be no restriction per se since each person's > project will have varying content. There is no limit! Please do *not* include code in your report (unless you have a few lines that you want to quote from your implementation). -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sat Apr 21 22:42:36 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3M5gaC5025558 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:42:36 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3M5gNTo004049 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:42:23 -0700 Message-Id: <200704220542.l3M5gNTo004049@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Cs558: project submission Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:42:23 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > The class webpage: "http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/project.html#report" > says: "You are required to submit your project report before your demo" > It also says that the report should outline the demo plan. But the > deadline for the report is later. I'm guessing that's the outdated > version of the page. Also, should we submit the patch before the demo? > If yes, email or bistro? If bistro, what's the event-id. Sorry about the mistake and thanks for pointing it out. That was from last semester. I've update the web page. Please see: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/project.html#report In your submission please include: 1) project.pdf (the report) 2) README (optional -- if the information about where to get the source code before applying your patch, how to unpack, apply patch, build, and how to run and what to expect are in "project.pdf", then you don't need a README file) 3) your source code (if you are starting from scratch) or patche file (if you are modifying some large code base) Please tar and gzip the above and call it "project.tar.gz" before you submit it electronically. The event ID is: merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_29 -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sat Apr 21 15:01:10 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3LM1A0U020618 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:01:10 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3LM0wAv031576 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:00:58 -0700 Message-Id: <200704212200.l3LM0wAv031576@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:00:58 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, By the way, if you just want as late as possible, please let me know so I can move things along by automatically sign you up for the latest slot. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:46:48 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... Hi, The result of the lottery has been posted. I'll send individual e-mails according to the priority numbers. You must respond within a day. If you do not respond within a day, you will be moved to the end of the queue and will have to wait until everyone else is done. So, please decide as soon as possible when you get an e-mail from me about this. Thanks! And sorry about the strict rule. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:49 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... I cannot believe that I forgot that I need to give my CS 530 final Friday morning on 4/27! I have adjusted the timeslots. Now there are more slots on Saturday. Sorry about the inconvenience. I will get the lottery results out this afternoon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:13 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: demo slot lottery... Hi, Since we have 3 full talks today, followed by a course evaluation, we won't have time to do a demo slot lottery. So, we will do this online (new experiment)! The available time slots are posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#demo Sorry that it needs to go into Saturday because I teach on Thursday. By the end of today, please e-mail me an ASCII string of your choice, at most 8 characters long. I will delete space characters from it and only take printable part of the string as your entry into the lottery. If you are doing a group project, only one of you should do this. I have generated a secret string X (whic I will reveal later). The MD5 hash value of X is: 45df8fa5cddd786c78f15150bff07a1f If your entry is Y and your login ID on nunki is Z, your lottery value will be the last 8 characters of the result of the follow formula, represented as a hexstring: MD5(X || Y || Z) where || is the string concatenation operator. I will sort the results and the smallest lottery value will have first priority to choose a timeslot. I will then post the result of the lottery. I will send individual e-mail messages to each of you according to the outcome of the lottery. Please then let me know the timeslot of your choice as soon as possible. The value of Z is posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#lottery The deadline for submitting your lottery entry is 11:59pm tonight (4/19). If you don't send your entry, then you will choose after everyone else is done. So, please send in your entry as soon as possible. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sat Apr 21 02:26:39 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3L9QdmA025315 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:26:39 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3L9QT1G023995 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:26:29 -0700 Message-Id: <200704210926.l3L9QT1G023995@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:26:29 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, One more change! I think spreading the demo over 3 days is kind of unfair to those who get to demo on the first day. So, I've eliminated the first day and only do demos on Friday and Saturday. Please see the revised schedule. http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#demo -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:46:48 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... Hi, The result of the lottery has been posted. I'll send individual e-mails according to the priority numbers. You must respond within a day. If you do not respond within a day, you will be moved to the end of the queue and will have to wait until everyone else is done. So, please decide as soon as possible when you get an e-mail from me about this. Thanks! And sorry about the strict rule. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:49 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... I cannot believe that I forgot that I need to give my CS 530 final Friday morning on 4/27! I have adjusted the timeslots. Now there are more slots on Saturday. Sorry about the inconvenience. I will get the lottery results out this afternoon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:13 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: demo slot lottery... Hi, Since we have 3 full talks today, followed by a course evaluation, we won't have time to do a demo slot lottery. So, we will do this online (new experiment)! The available time slots are posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#demo Sorry that it needs to go into Saturday because I teach on Thursday. By the end of today, please e-mail me an ASCII string of your choice, at most 8 characters long. I will delete space characters from it and only take printable part of the string as your entry into the lottery. If you are doing a group project, only one of you should do this. I have generated a secret string X (whic I will reveal later). The MD5 hash value of X is: 45df8fa5cddd786c78f15150bff07a1f If your entry is Y and your login ID on nunki is Z, your lottery value will be the last 8 characters of the result of the follow formula, represented as a hexstring: MD5(X || Y || Z) where || is the string concatenation operator. I will sort the results and the smallest lottery value will have first priority to choose a timeslot. I will then post the result of the lottery. I will send individual e-mail messages to each of you according to the outcome of the lottery. Please then let me know the timeslot of your choice as soon as possible. The value of Z is posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#lottery The deadline for submitting your lottery entry is 11:59pm tonight (4/19). If you don't send your entry, then you will choose after everyone else is done. So, please send in your entry as soon as possible. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Apr 20 23:02:11 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3L626wJ009125; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:02:06 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3L61up0022395; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:01:56 -0700 Message-Id: <200704210601.l3L61up0022395@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu Cc: Hariram Yogendran Subject: Re: Your recommendation for candidates in a fast growing startup Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:01:56 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, I'm forwarding a job opportunity from a startup company, Inhance.Net. I've put the two Word attachments mentioned in the e-mail at the following places: Software Development Engineer Job Description: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs530-s07/misc/InhanceJob.doc Inhance Media Exec Summary: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs530-s07/misc/InhanceSummary.doc Please check the Job Description and make sure you have to qualifications before applying. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:46:41 -0700 From: Hariram Yogendran To: chengw@usc.edu Subject: Your recommendation for candidates in a fast growing startup Dear Professor Cheng, I am a recent USC Alumnus who graduated from the Computer Science Dept last year. I had taken my security systems course under you. After earning my MSCS, I was recruited by some fellow Alumni from the USC Schools of Business, Engineering and Music who have founded a very interesting, music-centric internet company. We have development centers in the United States, India and Canada and we are currently expanding our operations in the Los Angeles area. We are looking to partner with the Computer Science department at USC to find the best and brightest talent to join our team. We need bright, passionate engineers looking to really make an impact in a very dynamic, (well-funded) internet startup with tremendous potential. We are entering our site launch phase over the next couple of months so it is a very exciting time to get involved. We have very competitive compensation packages, including pre-IPO stock options and immense opportunities to work with an exceptional pool of talent. Our ideal candidate would have the following: * Primary interests in some of the following areas: networking hardware & software, security, web technologies, algorithms and databases. * Scalable vision. Big thinkers able to push the boundaries with great, forward thinking vision. * Natural problem solver with very strong Mathematical and Analytical skills. * Great aptitude, strong drive and a positive attitude. I have attached a job description for Software Development Engineers and our Management Bio's for your review. I'd like to talk further about possible students that you think may be of interest. This is a very special career opportunity and I want to thank you in advance for any assistance you may have in connecting us with up & coming talented Trojans! See our teaser web site at: www.inhance.net Looking forward to a long-term partnership with you! Sincerely, Hariram Yogendran IT Manager Inhance.Net 15912 Arminta St. Van Nuys, CA 91406 work. 818.455.4340 ext 223 cell. 213.210.9643 Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Apr 20 09:46:55 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3KGktev010216 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:46:55 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3KGkmSE011846 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:46:48 -0700 Message-Id: <200704201646.l3KGkmSE011846@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:46:48 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, The result of the lottery has been posted. I'll send individual e-mails according to the priority numbers. You must respond within a day. If you do not respond within a day, you will be moved to the end of the queue and will have to wait until everyone else is done. So, please decide as soon as possible when you get an e-mail from me about this. Thanks! And sorry about the strict rule. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:49 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... I cannot believe that I forgot that I need to give my CS 530 final Friday morning on 4/27! I have adjusted the timeslots. Now there are more slots on Saturday. Sorry about the inconvenience. I will get the lottery results out this afternoon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:13 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: demo slot lottery... Hi, Since we have 3 full talks today, followed by a course evaluation, we won't have time to do a demo slot lottery. So, we will do this online (new experiment)! The available time slots are posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#demo Sorry that it needs to go into Saturday because I teach on Thursday. By the end of today, please e-mail me an ASCII string of your choice, at most 8 characters long. I will delete space characters from it and only take printable part of the string as your entry into the lottery. If you are doing a group project, only one of you should do this. I have generated a secret string X (whic I will reveal later). The MD5 hash value of X is: 45df8fa5cddd786c78f15150bff07a1f If your entry is Y and your login ID on nunki is Z, your lottery value will be the last 8 characters of the result of the follow formula, represented as a hexstring: MD5(X || Y || Z) where || is the string concatenation operator. I will sort the results and the smallest lottery value will have first priority to choose a timeslot. I will then post the result of the lottery. I will send individual e-mail messages to each of you according to the outcome of the lottery. Please then let me know the timeslot of your choice as soon as possible. The value of Z is posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#lottery The deadline for submitting your lottery entry is 11:59pm tonight (4/19). If you don't send your entry, then you will choose after everyone else is done. So, please send in your entry as soon as possible. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Apr 20 07:34:56 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3KEYuS5032266 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:56 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3KEYn3h010103 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:49 -0700 Message-Id: <200704201434.l3KEYn3h010103@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:49 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu I cannot believe that I forgot that I need to give my CS 530 final Friday morning on 4/27! I have adjusted the timeslots. Now there are more slots on Saturday. Sorry about the inconvenience. I will get the lottery results out this afternoon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:13 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: demo slot lottery... Hi, Since we have 3 full talks today, followed by a course evaluation, we won't have time to do a demo slot lottery. So, we will do this online (new experiment)! The available time slots are posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#demo Sorry that it needs to go into Saturday because I teach on Thursday. By the end of today, please e-mail me an ASCII string of your choice, at most 8 characters long. I will delete space characters from it and only take printable part of the string as your entry into the lottery. If you are doing a group project, only one of you should do this. I have generated a secret string X (whic I will reveal later). The MD5 hash value of X is: 45df8fa5cddd786c78f15150bff07a1f If your entry is Y and your login ID on nunki is Z, your lottery value will be the last 8 characters of the result of the follow formula, represented as a hexstring: MD5(X || Y || Z) where || is the string concatenation operator. I will sort the results and the smallest lottery value will have first priority to choose a timeslot. I will then post the result of the lottery. I will send individual e-mail messages to each of you according to the outcome of the lottery. Please then let me know the timeslot of your choice as soon as possible. The value of Z is posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#lottery The deadline for submitting your lottery entry is 11:59pm tonight (4/19). If you don't send your entry, then you will choose after everyone else is done. So, please send in your entry as soon as possible. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Apr 19 11:45:46 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3JIjkmm002404 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:45:46 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3JIjgjq030666 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:45:42 -0700 Message-Id: <200704191845.l3JIjgjq030666@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: demo slot lottery... Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:45:42 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > sorry, but i didn't understand what exactly i should send? > shall i send 4/29 11:45am to 12:30 pm? Any string! For example, "applepie", "california", "sunshine", etc. If it's longer than 8 character, I'll truncate it. If your string is "4/29 11:45am to 12:30 pm", then your entry will be "4/2911:4". -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu william@bourbon.usc.edu wrote: > Hi, > > Since we have 3 full talks today, followed by a course > evaluation, we won't have time to do a demo slot lottery. > So, we will do this online (new experiment)! > > The available time slots are posted at: > > http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#demo > > Sorry that it needs to go into Saturday because I teach > on Thursday. > > By the end of today, please e-mail me an ASCII string of your > choice, at most 8 characters long. I will delete space > characters from it and only take printable part of the string > as your entry into the lottery. If you are doing a group > project, only one of you should do this. > > I have generated a secret string X (whic I will reveal later). > The MD5 hash value of X is: > > 45df8fa5cddd786c78f15150bff07a1f > > If your entry is Y and your login ID on nunki is Z, your > lottery value will be the last 8 characters of the result > of the follow formula, represented as a hexstring: > > MD5(X || Y || Z) > > where || is the string concatenation operator. I will > sort the results and the smallest lottery value will have > first priority to choose a timeslot. I will then post the > result of the lottery. > > I will send individual e-mail messages to each of you > according to the outcome of the lottery. Please then let > me know the timeslot of your choice as soon as possible. > > The value of Z is posted at: > > http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#lottery > > The deadline for submitting your lottery entry is 11:59pm > tonight (4/19). If you don't send your entry, then you > will choose after everyone else is done. So, please send > in your entry as soon as possible. > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Apr 19 11:10:18 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3JIAHaj032171 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:18 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3JIADk4030365 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:14 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l3JIAD2Z030364 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:13 -0700 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:10:13 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704191810.l3JIAD2Z030364@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: demo slot lottery... Hi, Since we have 3 full talks today, followed by a course evaluation, we won't have time to do a demo slot lottery. So, we will do this online (new experiment)! The available time slots are posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#demo Sorry that it needs to go into Saturday because I teach on Thursday. By the end of today, please e-mail me an ASCII string of your choice, at most 8 characters long. I will delete space characters from it and only take printable part of the string as your entry into the lottery. If you are doing a group project, only one of you should do this. I have generated a secret string X (whic I will reveal later). The MD5 hash value of X is: 45df8fa5cddd786c78f15150bff07a1f If your entry is Y and your login ID on nunki is Z, your lottery value will be the last 8 characters of the result of the follow formula, represented as a hexstring: MD5(X || Y || Z) where || is the string concatenation operator. I will sort the results and the smallest lottery value will have first priority to choose a timeslot. I will then post the result of the lottery. I will send individual e-mail messages to each of you according to the outcome of the lottery. Please then let me know the timeslot of your choice as soon as possible. The value of Z is posted at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html#lottery The deadline for submitting your lottery entry is 11:59pm tonight (4/19). If you don't send your entry, then you will choose after everyone else is done. So, please send in your entry as soon as possible. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Apr 12 11:46:37 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3CIkblh021238 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:46:37 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3CIjGdq000787 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:45:16 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l3CIjGXa000786 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:45:16 -0700 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:45:16 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704121845.l3CIjGXa000786@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: short class today! Hi, One of the students is sick today. His talk will be moved to next week. So, we will have a short class today (should finish around 2:50pm). Sorry about the short notice! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Apr 11 12:27:44 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3BJRirJ007650 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:27:44 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3BJQQqZ015941 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:26:26 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l3BJQQZn015940 for cs558l@merlot; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:26:26 -0700 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:26:26 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704111926.l3BJQQZn015940@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Plagiarism policy... Hi everyone, Please read this carefully since it may affect your grade. Just want to mention that you are aware of the USC Academic Integrity Policy. Please see: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/academicintegrity.html The main point there is that: "you must not use other's work and *claim that it's your work*". Clearly, we are allowed to use other's work in the final project since the main idea of the final project is to modify existing code. This is why you will need to submit *patches* to make it clear what's your work and what are other people's work. If you proposed to do a Linux client *from scratch*, this will mean that you must not use other's work and claim that it is your work. I will be using MOSS to check against your submission with what's available for Linux. So, you are perfectly welcome to study other people's work, but please make sure that you *write your own code*. If MOSS is reporting anything over 10% similarities with the code out there or with another student's code, you stand to get a *zero* for your final project (or subject to the rules of the USC Student Judicial Affairs). MOSS is free and its web site is: http://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/ If you are studying someone else's code, it's probably a good idea to download MOSS and run it against your submission is not very similar to what you are studying. By the way, it is also considered plagiarism if you use lab submissions from previous semesters and claimed that it's your work. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Apr 9 23:01:42 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3A61gs5022646 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:01:42 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l3A60UKH023585 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:00:30 -0700 Message-Id: <200704100600.l3A60UKH023585@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS 558L resource allocation: Need 1 more machine Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:00:30 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Yeaterday after we started coding a few of the dhcp functions we > realized that it would make things easier if the dhcp server > daemon were running on a separate machine. If possible, we > therefore request to be assigned a second machine. We have 6 groups doing DHCP clients or DNS clients. If every group gets 2 machines, we will be out of machines! So, please try to figure out a way to get around this problem. I guess DNS is probably an easier problem since you can run your own DNS server at any port (even with port number > 10000). For DHCP servers, I think you should be able to also run on a different port (with port number > 10000). If this is a problem please let me know. (I guess worse comes to worst, there are 3 Pentium-III machines in the lab that can be used for the 3 DHCP teams. Alix, if there machines are not available, please let me know.) -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Date: Sunday, April 8, 2007 10:32 am Subject: CS 558L resource allocation for the final project To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu > Hi everyone, > > I've gone through all the design documents and have updated > the resource requirements at: > > http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html > > Looks like only 6 teams needs an exclusive machine each. > The rest of the class can share the other machines. > > There are also 2 teams that are doing the Bistro project, so > they need to run Bistro server on separate shared machines. > > I think Alix has allocated IP address for the 12 Pentium4 > machines in the lab. Let's sort them by IP address and call > the one with smallest IP address machine #1 and the largest > one machine #12. Please check the above URL and see which > machine you should use. > > Since you all have the root password, you can create your > own accounts on all the ashared machines (#1 through #6) by > doing: > > useradd -d /home/USERNAME -s /bin/YOURSHELL USERNAME > passwd USERNAME > > where USERNAME is your login ID on nunki/aludra (andn please > do not use other identifier) and YOURSHELL is either bash or > tcsh or whatever you'd prefer and use the passwd command to > set your password. > > If there is any problem, please contact either the TA or > myself. Thanks! > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sun Apr 8 10:31:44 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l38HVi4H011647 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:31:44 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l38HUb8R030287 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:30:37 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l38HUb6R030286 for cs558l@merlot; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:30:37 -0700 Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:30:37 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704081730.l38HUb6R030286@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: CS 558L resource allocation for the final project Hi everyone, I've gone through all the design documents and have updated the resource requirements at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/selected.html Looks like only 6 teams needs an exclusive machine each. The rest of the class can share the other machines. There are also 2 teams that are doing the Bistro project, so they need to run Bistro server on separate shared machines. I think Alix has allocated IP address for the 12 Pentium4 machines in the lab. Let's sort them by IP address and call the one with smallest IP address machine #1 and the largest one machine #12. Please check the above URL and see which machine you should use. Since you all have the root password, you can create your own accounts on all the ashared machines (#1 through #6) by doing: useradd -d /home/USERNAME -s /bin/YOURSHELL USERNAME passwd USERNAME where USERNAME is your login ID on nunki/aludra (andn please do not use other identifier) and YOURSHELL is either bash or tcsh or whatever you'd prefer and use the passwd command to set your password. If there is any problem, please contact either the TA or myself. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Apr 3 20:06:09 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l34369YP021522 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:06:09 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l34353Ig020771 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:05:03 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l34353fZ020770 for cs558l@merlot; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:05:03 -0700 Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:05:03 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704040305.l34353fZ020770@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: disk quota for the class... Hi, I've requested to increase everyone's disk quota on nunki/aludra. I just got the following e-mail from ISD: > I have increased the quota to 100MB for each of the 22 > students listed below... I don't know if someone has already started with a disk quota > 100MB and ended up losing disk space! If that's the case, please let me know. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Apr 2 22:36:41 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l335aeAo016039 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:36:40 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l335Zc8Q005529 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:35:38 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l335Zcm4005528 for cs558l@merlot; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:35:38 -0700 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:35:38 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200704030535.l335Zcm4005528@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: project design document due tonight Hi, Just a reminder that the project design document is due tonight. I will not comment on your design document right away. I'll try to read them tomorrow and send you feedback. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sat Mar 31 08:00:39 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL, MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2VF0dZe012174; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:00:39 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2VExkPT004425; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:59:46 -0700 Message-Id: <200703311459.l2VExkPT004425@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: class web server downtime Saturday morning... Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:59:46 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, The servers apparently automatically came on around 6am when the power came back on. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:21:47 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: class web server downtime Saturday morning... Hi, I got the message below about another power shutdown in SAL this Saturday morning between 3:45am and 6:30am. So, I will be shutting down the class web server (merlot) and my e-mail server (bourbon) tonight probably around 10:30pm. So, if you would like to work on something that requires information on the class web server, please make a copy of the web pages. Hopefully, bourbon and merlot will automatically reboot when SAL gets power back around 6:30am tomorrow. If not, I have to come to campus to turn on these servers manually, and that may not happen until Monday. So, it's important to keep copies of web pages if your work this weekend depends on them. Sorry about the short notice. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:40:14 -0700 From: CS Web Consultant To: cswebmst@usc.edu Subject: IT Alert! Prepare for power shutdown- SAL, PHE, WAH -31st March 20 07 Dear All, FMS will shutdown power in SAL, WAH and PHE between 3:45am and 6:30am on 31st March 2007 (tomorrow). Schedule and details are given in the attached notices. It is recommended that all computers and electrical equipment are shut down to prepare for this scheduled power outage. Thank you, Regards, Vishal Thakkar IT and Web Consultant Computer Science Department, USC SAL and WAH 4:15am to 6:15am PHE 3:45am to 6:30am Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Mar 30 23:09:42 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2V69gtn022115 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:09:42 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2V68nVP002919 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:08:49 -0700 Message-Id: <200703310608.l2V68nVP002919@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: A change to the project designment document requirement Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:08:49 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > I guess every one in class is confused. Since we all know that > DNS client or DHHCP client and server is already implimented in > FC6. > > But the issue is that if we decide to do any off these projects, > do we 'add-on' to the avaiable services. > Or can we say that we are going to implement them from ground up. > in the project report we say that ' we impliment DHCP client and > server feature, even though theses services are already present > in FC6". Hmm... I think I know what was causing the confusion. It's me! Some people were proposing to do "DHCP client and server" (case 1). Others were proposing to do "DNS client and serer" (case 2). Some people were proposing to "add certain features to DNS client and server" (case 3), which makes more sense for this class (since we had the original requirement to modify existing large piece of software). And I got these three cases confused. In my mind, I thought the first case were "add certain features to DHCP client and server" and the 2nd case were "add certain features to DNS client and server". So, my comment were mainly directed to case 3. If these features were already in Fedora 6, then it doesn't make sense to reimplement them. Anyway, I need to correct myself. If you are doing case 1 or case 2, you need to replace the client with *completely your own code*. You should not take any code from the current client implementation. In this case, you probably don't need to change the server. So, you will only implement a client from scratch that's compatible with the current client in Fedora 6. By the way, I'm bring down the server very very soon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Date: Friday, March 30, 2007 8:30 am Subject: Re: A change to the project designment document requirement To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu > Someone wrote: > > > I was a little unclear regarding "please make sure that what > > you have proposed are *not* in Fedora 6 already!". > > > > Does this mean that we can only propose enhancements to the > > features that are already present in the RFC 2131 of the DHCP > > protocol and are implemented through various packages > > available for Fedora 6 on the internet? > > > > If so should we make modifications in an existing large piece > > of software available through these packages or can we start > > writing the code for the DHCP client and server from scratch? > > I'm not sure exactly what you are asking. If I am not > addressing your question below, please let me know. > > What I was trying to say is that, if feature X is in Fedora 6, > and you have proposed to "add feature X to Linux" because you > thought that feature X was not part of Fedora 6, you need to > modify your proposal. (We certainly don't want to do things > from scratch, and that's a given.) > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: william@bourbon.usc.edu > Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:43 pm > Subject: Re: A change to the project designment document requirement > To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu > > > I forgot about one more point... For those of you who are > > doing DNS or DHCP, please make sure that what you have > > proposed are *not* in Fedora 6 already! If these > > functionalities are already in Fedora 6, you need to change > > your project. So, please do this check first! > > -- > > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:38:17 -0700 > > From: william@bourbon.usc.edu > > To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu > > Subject: A change to the project designment document requirement > > > > Hi, > > > > Looks like we basically have 12 machines with monitors in the > > lab available to do your final projects and we have 16 teams. > > So, we need to figure out how we can share the resources. I've > > added the following item to be included in your project design > > document: > > > > [BC: Added 3/28/2007] > > list your development resource needs (i.e., how many machines > > and do they have to be exclusive for your project) > > > > I've also added the following: > > > > [BC: Added 3/28/2007] > > You may reduce the scope of your project at the time if > you > > think that you were not realistic in your proposal. In > > general, it is > > better to be conservative and realistic at this point > given that > > you have done some research about your project. > > > > If you are modifying the kernel and bringing the machine up and > > down all the time, then you probably need a machine to yourself. > > > > If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *server*, you may be able to > > share machine with other teams since you can have your server > > run at a different port number. > > > > If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *client*, you probably need your > > own machine since you will need to replace the client that's > > shipped with the system. (If you can figure out a way so that > > you don't need an exclusive machine, please let me know!) > > > > If you are doing OpenSSL or Bistro client in Firefox, you can > > probably share a machine with others. > > > > All machines will have an IP address so you can work remotely. > > But, if you are doing something "dangerous" and you have the > > machine to yourself, you can request to have it unplugged from > > the network. > > -- > > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Mar 30 19:22:40 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2V2Mexi003770; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:22:40 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2V2LlMX032275; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:21:47 -0700 Message-Id: <200703310221.l2V2LlMX032275@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: class web server downtime Saturday morning... Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:21:47 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, I got the message below about another power shutdown in SAL this Saturday morning between 3:45am and 6:30am. So, I will be shutting down the class web server (merlot) and my e-mail server (bourbon) tonight probably around 10:30pm. So, if you would like to work on something that requires information on the class web server, please make a copy of the web pages. Hopefully, bourbon and merlot will automatically reboot when SAL gets power back around 6:30am tomorrow. If not, I have to come to campus to turn on these servers manually, and that may not happen until Monday. So, it's important to keep copies of web pages if your work this weekend depends on them. Sorry about the short notice. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:40:14 -0700 From: CS Web Consultant To: cswebmst@usc.edu Subject: IT Alert! Prepare for power shutdown- SAL, PHE, WAH -31st March 2007 Dear All, FMS will shutdown power in SAL, WAH and PHE between 3:45am and 6:30am on 31st March 2007 (tomorrow). Schedule and details are given in the attached notices. It is recommended that all computers and electrical equipment are shut down to prepare for this scheduled power outage. Thank you, Regards, Vishal Thakkar IT and Web Consultant Computer Science Department, USC SAL and WAH 4:15am to 6:15am PHE 3:45am to 6:30am Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Mar 30 09:29:33 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2UGTXLW021687 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:29:33 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2UGSgWT022017 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:28:42 -0700 Message-Id: <200703301628.l2UGSgWT022017@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: A change to the project designment document requirement Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:28:42 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > I was a little unclear regarding "please make sure that what > you have proposed are *not* in Fedora 6 already!". > > Does this mean that we can only propose enhancements to the > features that are already present in the RFC 2131 of the DHCP > protocol and are implemented through various packages > available for Fedora 6 on the internet? > > If so should we make modifications in an existing large piece > of software available through these packages or can we start > writing the code for the DHCP client and server from scratch? I'm not sure exactly what you are asking. If I am not addressing your question below, please let me know. What I was trying to say is that, if feature X is in Fedora 6, and you have proposed to "add feature X to Linux" because you thought that feature X was not part of Fedora 6, you need to modify your proposal. (We certainly don't want to do things from scratch, and that's a given.) -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:43 pm Subject: Re: A change to the project designment document requirement To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu > I forgot about one more point... For those of you who are > doing DNS or DHCP, please make sure that what you have > proposed are *not* in Fedora 6 already! If these > functionalities are already in Fedora 6, you need to change > your project. So, please do this check first! > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:38:17 -0700 > From: william@bourbon.usc.edu > To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu > Subject: A change to the project designment document requirement > > Hi, > > Looks like we basically have 12 machines with monitors in the > lab available to do your final projects and we have 16 teams. > So, we need to figure out how we can share the resources. I've > added the following item to be included in your project design > document: > > [BC: Added 3/28/2007] > list your development resource needs (i.e., how many machines > and do they have to be exclusive for your project) > > I've also added the following: > > [BC: Added 3/28/2007] > You may reduce the scope of your project at the time if you > think that you were not realistic in your proposal. In > general, it is > better to be conservative and realistic at this point given that > you have done some research about your project. > > If you are modifying the kernel and bringing the machine up and > down all the time, then you probably need a machine to yourself. > > If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *server*, you may be able to > share machine with other teams since you can have your server > run at a different port number. > > If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *client*, you probably need your > own machine since you will need to replace the client that's > shipped with the system. (If you can figure out a way so that > you don't need an exclusive machine, please let me know!) > > If you are doing OpenSSL or Bistro client in Firefox, you can > probably share a machine with others. > > All machines will have an IP address so you can work remotely. > But, if you are doing something "dangerous" and you have the > machine to yourself, you can request to have it unplugged from > the network. > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Mar 28 21:22:52 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2T4MqPu010489 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:22:52 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2T4M6Rl024915 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:22:06 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l2T4M6q8024914 for cs558l@merlot; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:22:06 -0700 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:22:06 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703290422.l2T4M6q8024914@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: reminder about long class tomorrow (CS 558L) Hi, Just a reminder that we have 3 talks tomorrow. So, it should last till about 4pm. If you plan to leave early, please check the "late" box when you sign your name. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Mar 28 14:43:08 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2SLh8Dv011567 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:43:08 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2SLgN1o018876 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:42:23 -0700 Message-Id: <200703282142.l2SLgN1o018876@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: A change to the project designment document requirement Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:42:23 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu I forgot about one more point... For those of you who are doing DNS or DHCP, please make sure that what you have proposed are *not* in Fedora 6 already! If these functionalities are already in Fedora 6, you need to change your project. So, please do this check first! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:38:17 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: A change to the project designment document requirement Hi, Looks like we basically have 12 machines with monitors in the lab available to do your final projects and we have 16 teams. So, we need to figure out how we can share the resources. I've added the following item to be included in your project design document: [BC: Added 3/28/2007] list your development resource needs (i.e., how many machines and do they have to be exclusive for your project) I've also added the following: [BC: Added 3/28/2007] You may reduce the scope of your project at the time if you think that you were not realistic in your proposal. In general, it is better to be conservative and realistic at this point given that you have done some research about your project. If you are modifying the kernel and bringing the machine up and down all the time, then you probably need a machine to yourself. If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *server*, you may be able to share machine with other teams since you can have your server run at a different port number. If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *client*, you probably need your own machine since you will need to replace the client that's shipped with the system. (If you can figure out a way so that you don't need an exclusive machine, please let me know!) If you are doing OpenSSL or Bistro client in Firefox, you can probably share a machine with others. All machines will have an IP address so you can work remotely. But, if you are doing something "dangerous" and you have the machine to yourself, you can request to have it unplugged from the network. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Mar 28 14:39:02 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2SLd2cm011234 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:39:02 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2SLcH09018776 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:38:17 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l2SLcHsC018775 for cs558l@merlot; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:38:17 -0700 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:38:17 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703282138.l2SLcHsC018775@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: A change to the project designment document requirement Hi, Looks like we basically have 12 machines with monitors in the lab available to do your final projects and we have 16 teams. So, we need to figure out how we can share the resources. I've added the following item to be included in your project design document: [BC: Added 3/28/2007] list your development resource needs (i.e., how many machines and do they have to be exclusive for your project) I've also added the following: [BC: Added 3/28/2007] You may reduce the scope of your project at the time if you think that you were not realistic in your proposal. In general, it is better to be conservative and realistic at this point given that you have done some research about your project. If you are modifying the kernel and bringing the machine up and down all the time, then you probably need a machine to yourself. If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *server*, you may be able to share machine with other teams since you can have your server run at a different port number. If you are doing a DNS or DHCP *client*, you probably need your own machine since you will need to replace the client that's shipped with the system. (If you can figure out a way so that you don't need an exclusive machine, please let me know!) If you are doing OpenSSL or Bistro client in Firefox, you can probably share a machine with others. All machines will have an IP address so you can work remotely. But, if you are doing something "dangerous" and you have the machine to yourself, you can request to have it unplugged from the network. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Mar 26 14:00:07 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2QL07eq006261 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:00:07 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2QKuaCw020408 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:56:36 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l2QKuacB020407 for cs558l@merlot; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:56:36 -0700 Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:56:36 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703262056.l2QKuacB020407@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Submission deadline extended for project design document Hi, I noticed that there is not much time between the lab 3 due date (3/28) and the project design document due date (3/30). I've extended the deadline for the project design document due date to end of day on 4/2. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Mar 21 21:56:27 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2M4uRsW027097 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:56:27 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2M4q58S021337 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:52:06 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l2M4q5m7021336 for cs558l@merlot; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:52:05 -0700 Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:52:05 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703220452.l2M4q5m7021336@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Only two talks tomorrow... Hi, As it turns out, there will only be two talks tomorrow (Shalaka Kulkarni's talk has been moved to next week). So, we will start as usual at 2:10pm and should finish before 3:30pm. Sorry about the short notice. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Mar 15 22:45:57 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2G5jnq7032572; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:45:49 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l2G5fmOs018464; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:41:48 -0700 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l2G5fmJw018463; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:41:48 -0700 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:41:48 -0700 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703160541.l2G5fmJw018463@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Power outage in SAL tonight... class web server will go down soon Hi, Early tomorrow morning (on 3/16/2007), there will be a scheduled power outage in the SAL building between 3:45am and 6:30am. This means that merlot.usc.edu will lose power, and that's where our class web server runs on. Since I don't want the power outage to kill merlot.usc.edu, I will shut merlot.usc.edu down around *midnight* tonight. I will also shut bourbon.usc.edu down around the same time since it's also in SAL. So, I will not be able to receive any e-mail messages after that. I will be on campus around 10:30am tomorrow and will turn these machines back on. So, there is no need to send me e-mail telling me the class web server is down until after 10:30am tomorrow. If you need to keep a copy of the project or homework spec because you want to work on it tonight, please make a copy soon! Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Mar 7 16:19:51 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l280JpsO029484 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:19:51 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l280GKGl029867 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:16:20 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l280GKup029866 for cs558l@merlot; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:16:20 -0800 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:16:20 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703080016.l280GKup029866@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: 10% penalty for late final project topic selection Hi, Just a reminder that the final project topic selection is due at end of day tomorrow, 3/8/2007. There will be a 10% penalty if it is not submitted by the deadline. Please see: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/project.html to see what you need to submit. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Mar 7 15:40:20 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l27NeBQl026422; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:40:11 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l27NaeB6029260; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:36:40 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l27NaeBo029259; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:36:40 -0800 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:36:40 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703072336.l27NaeBo029259@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: moving office hour by half an hour tomorrow... Hi, Something came up tomorrow (3/8/07) morning and I have to move the office hour to 11:30am-12:15pm. Sorry about the short notice. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Mar 6 23:27:49 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l277RnQJ014540 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:27:49 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l277OKAO018395 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:24:20 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l277OKGS018394 for cs558l@merlot; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:24:20 -0800 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:24:20 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703070724.l277OKGS018394@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS 558L Lab Exercise #1 grade... Hi, I've just e-mail your CS 558L lab exercise #1 grade to you via individual e-mails. The "grading guidelines" the TA sent me is as follows: A: no "noticeable" mistakes. A-: some "minor" mistakes in the answers/setup. B+: Oscillation exits in trace + some "major" mistakes or trace file problem B: Oscillation cannot be seen from the trace. B-: Oscillation cannot be seen from the trace, some "major" mistakes, e.g. missing files. C+: didn't submit any trace/packet dump files, can't check if the lab was really performed. I have converted the letter grade to numeric grade using the following table: A: 50 A-: 44 B+: 38 B: 30 B-: 24 C+: 18 C: 10 C-: 4 F: 0 -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Mar 5 10:30:47 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l25IUllX031482 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:30:47 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l25IROjD024487 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:27:24 -0800 Message-Id: <200703051827.l25IROjD024487@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: 558 : Project Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:27:24 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Mar 8 is Project selection due. > Do we have to submit any document or we can just send you an email with > a brief description of the project? The milestones for the project are: (Mar 8, 2007) - Project selection due. (Mar 30, 2007) - Project design document due. (Apr 26-27, 2007) - Project demo. (May 3, 2007) - Project report due. The projects page at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/project.html states the following regarding project selection: You should decide on a project by the specified deadline and notify me by an email. It should have the "Subject:" line saying "Project Selection" and the body containing: * A one paragraph (no more than 10 lines) description of the project * Who the team members are Please follow the above guidelines. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Feb 28 16:29:56 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l210TlQN010933; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:29:47 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l210QfAK021354; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:26:41 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l210QfnT021353; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:26:41 -0800 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:26:41 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200703010026.l210QfnT021353@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Moving office hour tomorrow... Hi, I need to do a pre-tape of CS 530 lecture for this Friday and the only timeslot available at DEN tomorrow is from 10am to 11:20am. So, I'll have to move tomorrow's office hour to 11:30am to 12:15pm. Sorry about the short notice. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Feb 22 16:11:41 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1N0BfmL021920 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:11:41 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1N04gST004002 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:04:42 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l1N04gVL004001 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:04:42 -0800 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:04:42 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200702230004.l1N04gVL004001@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: leaving class early... Hi, Just want to put what I said at the end of the talks today in writing... If you have other obligations and have to leave early, 0.5 attendence points will be deducted. Usually, you can count on the class being finished by 3:20-3:30pm. But for lecture 9 and 10, there will be 3 talks. So, you should expect class to end at around 4pm for those 2 days. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Feb 22 11:08:57 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1MJ8vAM030052 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:08:57 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1MJ1wS7032584 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:01:58 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l1MJ1wh8032583 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:01:58 -0800 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:01:58 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200702221901.l1MJ1wh8032583@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: reminder about starting class at 2:30pm today (2/22) Hi, Just a reminder that we will begin the first talk at 2:30pm today. (If you show up after that, it will considered late.) -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Feb 21 19:26:04 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1M3Q4jS011871; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:26:04 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1M3J86D014886; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:19:08 -0800 Message-Id: <200702220319.l1M3J86D014886@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: FWD: CS Colloquium Lecturer on Monday Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:19:08 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Dear students, The champion of the free software movement will be giving a CS Colloquium lecturer next Monday. Please see the announcement below. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:26:52 -0800 From: Nancy Levien To: CSFACULTY-L@usc.edu Subject: CS Colloquium Lecturer on Monday Title: The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System Dr. Richard Stallman Date: 26th Feb 2007 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm SAL 101 Abstract: Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history the GNU operating system, which in combination with the kernel Linux is now used by tens of millions of users world-wide. Bio: Richard Stallman launched the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award, and the the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates. Nancy Levien Executive Assistant to the Chair Department of Computer Science USC Viterbi School of Engineering Tel: (213) 740-4498 Fax: (213) 740-7285 Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Feb 15 21:49:17 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1G5nHJ4021103 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:49:17 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1G5ggZ3029820 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:42:42 -0800 Message-Id: <200702160542.l1G5ggZ3029820@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Presentations Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:42:42 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Would it be possible to post the presentations of the > previous lectures on the class website? It's probably a good idea! If you have given a talk, please send me your final presentation slides (unless what I have is already the latest). Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Feb 15 10:23:58 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1FINok3032257; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:23:50 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1FIHEAU021927; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:17:14 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l1FIHDu4021926; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:17:13 -0800 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:17:13 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200702151817.l1FIHDu4021926@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: late to office hours Cc: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi All, Due to a person emergency I will be about half an hour late to my office hours today (Thu, 2/15/07). Thus, today's office hours will go from 11:30am to 12:15pm. My apologies, Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Feb 13 22:21:06 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1E6L6qJ023493 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:21:06 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1E6EcW0028540 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:14:38 -0800 Message-Id: <200702140614.l1E6EcW0028540@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: thursday lecture Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:14:38 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Well, it was a false alarm. The Viterbi Career Fair is next week. So, we can talk about it this Thursday. The first talk this Thursday will start promptly at 2:10pm. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:44:10 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: thursday lecture Someone wrote: > Thursday 10am-3pm is Viterbi career fair. > I don't know whether it's legitimate request or not, but it would be > great if we can have class from 3pm. I really don't want to run into a lab exercise slot. How about starting the first talk at 2:30pm (and plan to finish class at 3:50pm at the latest)? I'm going to assume that it's okay *unless* I get e-mail from someone saying it's not okay. A single "no" vote, and I'll have to go back to starting the first talk at 2:10pm. The deadline for the "no" vote is set at noon tomorrow! Please let me know if you object. It would be great if someone can tell me about this at least one week before so we can take care of this during class! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Feb 13 18:50:37 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1E2obFQ006871 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:50:37 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1E2iAb2024585 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:44:10 -0800 Message-Id: <200702140244.l1E2iAb2024585@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: thursday lecture Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:44:10 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Thursday 10am-3pm is Viterbi career fair. > I don't know whether it's legitimate request or not, but it would be > great if we can have class from 3pm. I really don't want to run into a lab exercise slot. How about starting the first talk at 2:30pm (and plan to finish class at 3:50pm at the latest)? I'm going to assume that it's okay *unless* I get e-mail from someone saying it's not okay. A single "no" vote, and I'll have to go back to starting the first talk at 2:10pm. The deadline for the "no" vote is set at noon tomorrow! Please let me know if you object. It would be great if someone can tell me about this at least one week before so we can take care of this during class! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Feb 12 20:46:44 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL, BANG_EXERCISE,NO_REAL_NAME,PLING_PLING autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1D4khgG030579 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:46:44 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1D4eKX8003373 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:40:20 -0800 Message-Id: <200702130440.l1D4eKX8003373@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Exercises!!! Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:40:20 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > On http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/exercise.html, for > Exercise 2 and Exercise 3, it is saying (not available yet). > What does that mean? Ooops! They are fixed. Sorry! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Feb 12 16:16:46 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1D0Gk33009372 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:16:46 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1D0AM9O032435 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:10:22 -0800 Message-Id: <200702130010.l1D0AM9O032435@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Lab1 Submission] Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:10:22 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > I submitted using bsubmit, and it showed me following message. > I was just wondering about 585.bti and 585.dat message shown below. > Is it correct? > > ====================== > > Verification successful > Verification successful > The timestamped upload ticket (which has been successfully verified) for > this submission has been placed in 585.bti in the following directory: > ~/.bistro/tickets/merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_23 > A copy of your submission has been placed in 585.dat in the > following directory: > ~/.bistro/tickets/merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_23 > The timestamp (time at the server) is '12Feb2007-12:44:43'. > Verification successful > The receipt (which has been successfully verified) for this submission > has been placed in merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_580.bri > in the following directory: > ~/.bistro/tickets/merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_23 > The encrypted submission has been placed in > merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_585 in the following directory: > ~/.bistro/commits/merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_23 Please read the output carefully. If it has no error messages (which is like the above), you should still look at the files mentioned in the above printout. Using the above as an example, you should examine the following files: ~/.bistro/tickets/merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_23/585.bti ~/.bistro/tickets/merlot.usc.edu_9996_1155935174_23/585.dat The .bti file is the timestamped ticket generated by the Bistro server. Please look at the content. The .dat file should be exactly as what you've submitted. You can do a "diff" to see if it's exactly the same as your ex1.tar.gz file. Please only ask me to verify things if you see error messages (and let me know exactly what the error messages are). The best way would be to create a transcript by doing "script ~/foo", rerun your bsubmit command, exit, and include "~/foo" in your e-mail. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Feb 12 13:38:06 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1CLc64w029247 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:38:06 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1CLVetZ030222; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:31:40 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l1CLVePk030220; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:31:40 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:31:40 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200702122131.l1CLVePk030220@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: lab exercise #1 is due tonight... Cc: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, Lab exercise #1 is due tonight. Please note that the penalty for late submission is 25% per day. The submission time is given by the Bistro server at merlot.usc.edu. Please check merlot's clock by visiting: http://merlot.usc.edu:9996/bistro/myip.html If your submission is one second past the 15 minute grace period, it will have to be considered as a late submission. So, please submit early. Also, you can make multiple submissions and we will by default grade the last ontime submission by default. Please take full advantage of it! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Feb 9 21:17:18 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1A5HIom021386 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 21:17:18 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1A5B51G028575 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 21:11:05 -0800 Message-Id: <200702100511.l1A5B51G028575@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS558: List of selected projects Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:11:05 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Could you please update the list of selected projects (if some have been > already selected). It use to be that the list of selected projects is there so that people won't pick the same project. For our class, since there is no restrictions on people picking the same project, there is really no need to see the list. I'll post it may be around the time the project selection is due (3/8). If you have a reason why you would like to see the list (other than curiosity), please let me know. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Feb 8 16:10:00 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l190A0TJ007288 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:10:00 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1903pmR007690 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:03:51 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l1903puU007689 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:03:51 -0800 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:03:51 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200702090003.l1903puU007689@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: rule changes... Hi, Since this is the first time I'm runnig this class, I need to make adjustments along the way. I've decide to make two previously announced rule changes. 1) This was mentioned in class. Your talk is at most 35 minutes. If your talk goes over 35 minutes, there is no penalty. You will just not get to finish your talk. If your talk is less than 20 minutes, there will be a 5% penalty. 2) Row-calling. If you arrive during the first talk, please sign and check the "late" box on the row sheet. You will get 50% credit for the lecture. I think these are fair rules. One person arrived during the first talk today. Could this person send me e-mail so that I can update the row sheet. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Feb 7 16:12:46 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l180Ckqt021304 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:12:46 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l1806f3B023746 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:06:41 -0800 Message-Id: <200702080006.l1806f3B023746@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Group mailing list Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:06:41 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, Moodle is running at: http://merlot.usc.edu:9996/moodle/ The "site key" is the same as the password you use for viewing protected part of the class web page. Please feel free to add new discussion topics under the "social forum". This is mainly for students-to-students discussions. Alix and I will *not* be reading the postings here. Please note that once you've posted something here, it cannot be deleted. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:43:25 -0800 From: Santhosh Meleppuram To: "william@bourbon.usc.edu" Subject: Re: Group mailing list Moodle would be fantastic! Santhosh. On 2/7/07, william@bourbon.usc.edu wrote: > Someone wrote: > > > Do you think it's possible to have a mailing list or forum where > > students can post? I think there is an opportunity to learn from each > > other during these three lab exercises. I found such lists/forums > > very useful in CS 551 and other networking/OS classes. > > > > What are your thoughts? > > Let me look into getting moodle running on merlot.usc.edu to > facilitate this. > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Feb 7 14:42:54 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l17MgseT013865 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:42:54 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l17Mangk022208 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:36:49 -0800 Message-Id: <200702072236.l17Mangk022208@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Group mailing list Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:36:49 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Do you think it's possible to have a mailing list or forum where > students can post? I think there is an opportunity to learn from each > other during these three lab exercises. I found such lists/forums > very useful in CS 551 and other networking/OS classes. > > What are your thoughts? Let me look into getting moodle running on merlot.usc.edu to facilitate this. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Feb 7 07:28:28 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l17FSS4o011939 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 07:28:28 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l17FMO2H017374 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 07:22:24 -0800 Message-Id: <200702071522.l17FMO2H017374@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS558: about the presentation Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:22:24 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > What percentage of the grade will be cut if we over-shoot the time limit > for the talk? I timed myself today and was way off ! Off the top, there will be a 5% deduction. I don't think I have mentioned this in class. 35 minutes into your talk, you will have top stop your presentation! (This is what they do in many conferences.) So, it can affect your presentation depending on how much and what you have presented. > Also, should I bring my laptop to class for the presentation or is it OK > if I use yours? It will be best if you bring yours. If you don't have a laptop, you should e-mail it to be in the morning of the day of your talk. I leave my office at 12:20pm to teach CS 551. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Feb 5 15:32:36 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l15NWaK3016889 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:32:36 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l15NQcTF025952 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:26:38 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l15NQc4p025951 for cs558l@merlot; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:26:38 -0800 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:26:38 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200702052326.l15NQc4p025951@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: grading for presentation... Hi, I've updated the grading guidelines for the presentations. Please see: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/present.html#grading The last two bullets have no percentages. They are only for deductions. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Jan 31 10:38:00 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0VIc08r023991 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:38:00 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0VIWL1G022264 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:32:21 -0800 Message-Id: <200701311832.l0VIWL1G022264@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: swapping time slots... Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:32:21 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, I forgot to mention another thing... Some students registered late for this class, so they get their timeslots assigned late. Please check the web page to make sure that a timeslot is free before going there since it may become not free since the late time you looked at the schedule. Thanks! Finally, I'm adding the following to the exercise page: [BC: Added 1/31/2007] In order to be fair, requests to move timeslots must be done at least 24 hours in advance (from the beginning of a timeslot). -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:58:06 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: swapping time slots... Hi, Just want to mention that if you want to swap a lab exercise timeslot with another student and both of you agreed, you don't need to ask Alix to change the information on the web because we do not monitor who is there at what time! If you want to swap presentation timeslot with another student, you need to let me know. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Jan 31 10:03:46 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0VI3kKf021034 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:03:46 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0VHw6Wo021739 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:58:06 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l0VHw678021738 for cs558l@merlot; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:58:06 -0800 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:58:06 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200701311758.l0VHw678021738@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: swapping time slots... Hi, Just want to mention that if you want to swap a lab exercise timeslot with another student and both of you agreed, you don't need to ask Alix to change the information on the web because we do not monitor who is there at what time! If you want to swap presentation timeslot with another student, you need to let me know. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Jan 30 20:26:46 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0V4QjS7020241 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:26:45 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0V4L8bh013218 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:21:08 -0800 Message-Id: <200701310421.l0V4L8bh013218@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS558: Lab Ex1 Submission Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:21:08 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > I Guess things will be clearer if the following section is updated: > http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/exercises/ex1/index.html#output > Because it says: "Then tar and gzip this directory and mail your > result to the specified address before the deadline". You are right. I've update the above section of the web page. Please visit: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/exercises/ex1/index.html#output to see the updated output requirement. Sorry about the mistakes. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > -----Original Message----- > > From: william@bourbon.usc.edu [mailto:william@bourbon.usc.edu] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:24 AM > > To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu > > Subject: Re: CS558: Lab Ex1 Submission > > > > > > Someone wrote: > > > > > Should we use bistro to submit Lab Ex1 report? > > > > Yes. If you are submitting only a single file, you do not > > need to create a .tar.gz file. Just bsubmit the pdf/txt/html > file. > > > > > If yes, could you please update the event ID? > > > > Sorry about many of the mistakes on the electronic submission > > page. I forgot to update it for this class. I've just made > > all the corrections. Thanks! > > -- > > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu > > Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Jan 30 10:29:38 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0UITcL9005384 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:29:38 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0UIO268007068 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:24:02 -0800 Message-Id: <200701301824.l0UIO268007068@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS558: Lab Ex1 Submission Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:24:02 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Should we use bistro to submit Lab Ex1 report? Yes. If you are submitting only a single file, you do not need to create a .tar.gz file. Just bsubmit the pdf/txt/html file. > If yes, could you please update the event ID? Sorry about many of the mistakes on the electronic submission page. I forgot to update it for this class. I've just made all the corrections. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Jan 29 14:45:10 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0TMjAfD009090 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:45:10 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0TMdbuj025430 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:39:37 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l0TMdbYL025429 for cs558l@merlot; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:39:37 -0800 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:39:37 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200701292239.l0TMdbYL025429@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: presentation topic due tonight... Hi, I've updated the lectures web page at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/lectures.html The ones with question marks are the ones that I don't have information on. If you've submitted something but somehow I've missed it or I've got the wrong topic, please let me know ASAP. If you have not send me your presentation topic (and references), please do so soon. I've moved the deadline to this Wed (1/31). There will be a 10% penalty per day after that. Please submit via e-mail to me. Thanks! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Jan 25 07:36:10 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0PFaAlL006115 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:36:10 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0PFUquF030444 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:30:52 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l0PFUqGY030443 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:30:52 -0800 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:30:52 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200701251530.l0PFUqGY030443@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: lottery in class today... Hi, If you cannot make it to class today, it would be best if you can find someone in class to draw the lottery tickets for you. You should also let this person know your preferences so he/she can choose timeslots for you. I will start today's lecture with what I didn't finish last time. After that, we will do the lottery. After the lottery, I will talk about scalable upload and openssl. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Jan 24 11:14:23 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0OJENp9032743 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:14:23 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0OJ98TS015408 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:09:08 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l0OJ98if015407 for cs558l@merlot.usc.edu; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:09:08 -0800 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:09:08 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200701241909.l0OJ98if015407@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: A note regarding selecting presentation topic... Hi, Quite a few people asked me about the topics they have selected but do not have references that satisfy the requirement stated at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/present.html#requirement To clarify what the above requirement means in terms of scoring, I've added the following bullet to the requirements section: [BC: Added 1/24/2007] The above requirement is a good starting point. If you don't adhere to the requirement above, you simply *run the risk* of losing some points. If you find a topic that does not satisfy the above requirement but are able to present it with depth, clarify, and interest, you would not lose points. You will *not* automatically lose points just because you do not satisfy the above requirement. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Tue Jan 23 12:06:02 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0NK5pvO008431; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:05:51 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0NK0fKS002471; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:41 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l0NK0frp002470; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:41 -0800 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:41 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200701232000.l0NK0frp002470@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs530@merlot.usc.edu, cs551@merlot.usc.edu, cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: class web server outage today (1/23/07) at 2:30pm Hi, Merlot.usc.edu will be down for about half an hour this after noon from 2:30pm to 3pm. If you must have class web information during that time, please make a copy soon. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sun Jan 21 15:47:35 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0LNlZL0026667 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:47:35 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0LNgVhJ028696 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:42:31 -0800 Message-Id: <200701212342.l0LNgVhJ028696@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Presentations Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:42:31 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Hi, If you want to send me your presentation topic proposal, please make sure that it meets the requirement mentioned at: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/present.html#requirement Also, please give me as much information about your reference as possible. Usually, this should include the names of the authors, the title of the paper, where it was published, and which year it was published. An example of how to give a reference can be found at my CS 551 papers page: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs551-s07/papers.html If you just give me an URL for a PDF file, I won't know if the paper meets the requirement. If there is a system topic that you want to talk about but this topic is just a spec of something, you really need to find a paper that talks about why it is special! -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu -----Original Message----- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:11:27 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Presentations Someone wrote: > I have shortlisted a presentation topic. Should I email you the > same or is there any other procedure? Please just e-mail them to me. Please don't send me a long list because I would just ask you to shorten it! > Will this be a good time to > do so or is there a starting time just as in the case of the lab > 1 slots? According to the "lectures" web page: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/lectures.html presentation topic is due on 1/29/2007. So, there is no start time, just end time. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Sun Jan 21 09:16:30 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0LHGU4D028714 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:16:30 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0LHBRb1024795 for ; Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:11:27 -0800 Message-Id: <200701211711.l0LHBRb1024795@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Presentations Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:11:27 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > I have shortlisted a presentation topic. Should I email you the > same or is there any other procedure? Please just e-mail them to me. Please don't send me a long list because I would just ask you to shorten it! > Will this be a good time to > do so or is there a starting time just as in the case of the lab > 1 slots? According to the "lectures" web page: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/lectures.html presentation topic is due on 1/29/2007. So, there is no start time, just end time. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Jan 18 22:17:29 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0J6HSXL014379 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:17:28 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0J6CYso024326 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:12:35 -0800 Received: (from william@localhost) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id l0J6CYbE024325 for cs558l@merlot; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:12:34 -0800 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:12:34 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Message-Id: <200701190612.l0J6CYbE024325@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: timeslots for lab exercises 2 and 3 (and presentation timeslots) Hi, I apologize that timeslots assignments (via e-mail) for lab exercise 1 did not go too smoothly. To make it fair and efficient for timeslots assignments for lab exercises 2 and 3, I think it's best to do lotteries. So, at the beginning of next lecture (at 2:02pm on my laptop), I will bring 3 sets of lottery tickets. 1 set for presentations, 1 set for exercise 2, and 1 set for exercise 3. If you drew #1, you get first priority in picking your timeslot. The possible timeslots for exercises 2 and 3 can be found at: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~csci551b/cs558-s07/ex2slots.html http://www-scf.usc.edu/~csci551b/cs558-s07/ex3slots.html Each timeslot can accommodate 2 students since there are two sets of equipment. The possible timeslots for presentations are as follows: 02/08 (Week 5): 2 slots 02/15 (Week 6): 3 slots 02/22 (Week 7): 2 slots 03/01 (Week 8): 3 slots 03/08 (Week 9): 2 slots 03/22 (Week 10): 3 slots 03/29 (Week 11): 2 slots 04/05 (Week 12): 3 slots 04/12 (Week 13): 2 slots 04/19 (Week 14): 3 slots -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Jan 18 17:21:32 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0J1LWnv023543 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:21:32 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0J1GcbQ020217 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:16:38 -0800 Message-Id: <200701190116.l0J1GcbQ020217@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: 558L Lectures Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:16:38 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > Is it possible to do Audio Recording of the lectures for reference? I have never done this before and I most likely don't have the right equipment for it. There is only one lecture by myself left, so it's probably not worth the trouble. Sorry about it. If you have anything you didn't understand or cannot recall, please feel free to ask. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Jan 15 11:31:34 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0FJVYwH011905 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:31:34 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0FJQpUx014860 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:26:51 -0800 Message-Id: <200701151926.l0FJQpUx014860@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: cs558: lab ex-1 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:26:51 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > 1. In the page http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/exercises/ex1/ it does > not mention how to access the router consoles. Is there a console server > in the lab? If yes, can we use one of the linux boxes (say F) to access > the router console? Also, can we use five routers for the experiment > instead of using linux boxes? During lecture 2, the TA will do a presentation about the lab. Please see what he will present first. If you have questions afterwards, please send e-mail messages to the TA and cc to me. Thanks! (If you have to know the answers to these questions, you can send them to the TA.) > 2. When can we start submitting presentation topic? You can send them to me via e-mail now. Please include paper references in your e-mail. Please make sure you satisfy the following: http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/present.html#requirement http://merlot.usc.edu/cs558-s07/present.html#restriction -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Jan 11 21:10:57 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0C5AvWo008049 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:10:57 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0C56Rqx024035 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:06:27 -0800 Message-Id: <200701120506.l0C56Rqx024035@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: Lab Exercise Slots Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:06:27 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > I was wondering when we can start reserving slots for the lab exercises. The current plan is to start doing this during lecture 2. But, if we are ready earlier, we will send out an e-mail to the class to let you know about the change of plan. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Jan 11 19:38:34 2007 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0C3cYRO031970 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:38:34 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0C3Y5wD022831 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:34:05 -0800 Message-Id: <200701120334.l0C3Y5wD022831@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs558l@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: DNS client Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:34:05 -0800 From: william@bourbon.usc.edu Someone wrote: > The list of suggested project topic includes, "Implement a DNS client > (RFC 1034, RFC 1035) for both direct and reverse look ups that > interacts with real DNS servers. (1 person)". I am assuming > about this project that it is not built on top of any other > software. It has to be built from scratch. Am i correct? It's okay because you are implementing something that works with a large *existing* system (the DNS system). By the way, please ignore the "1 person" and "2 person" part. You can make any of the project a "2 person" group project. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu