Welcome!

Welcome to the GradeBot computer. It is owned by BYU Hawaii and operated by Bro Colton in support of the classes (is230, is231, and is431) that he teaches. We are pleased to have you in one of his classes.

For the IS 230 class taught by Kurt Booth, click here.

Usage

Your account on this machine should be used primarily for class purposes. That is, you will use this account primarily to complete assignments for class. You are also encouraged to broaden your education by exploring Unix (Linux). Look around the directory structure. Read the files. Experiment. It is unlikely that you will hurt anything accidentally. Anything that the machine permits you to do is probably okay to do, or if you have any questions you can ask.

Learn

Have fun. Learn a lot. Best Wishes! Bro Colton

Getting Started

You should follow the instructions given in class for requesting your account on this machine.

Telnet Access

There is no telnet access.

From Unix Platforms

From a Unix (or Linux) platform, the tool of choice is "ssh". The is230 machine supports both ssh1 and ssh2 for secure (encrypted) connections.

From Windows Platforms

You will need to use a secure (ssh) telnet client. BYUH has an educational site license for the official version of SSH (Secure Shell). You can download it and use it freely for educational and hobbiest purposes. Click here for more download information.

From Macintosh Products

I found this link: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jonasw/freeware/niftyssh/ It states:
NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH r3 is an enhanced version of Chris Newman's NiftyTelnet 1.1 application which adds support for encrypted terminal sessions using the SSH (Secure Shell) protocol. Please read the included Readme file before distributing this version.
niftytelnet-1.1-ssh-r3.hqx File size: 560K
Release 3 (r3) adds Scp (Secure Copy), RSA authentication, printing and a number of other new features along with the usual bug fixes.
Important note: Due to a patent conflict on the RSA public-key encryption algorithm this software cannot be used in United States. Affected users may want to try the commercial F-Secure SSH from Data Fellows, Inc instead.

I followed up with Data Fellows and found this information.