This page is normaly stored at url: http://fp5.ishtar.free.fr/SB/sandbucket.html
(backup will be available at ftp://ftp.inrets.fr/pub/analdonn/ishtar/sandbucket and in WP8 private area of our official web-site: http://www.ishtar-fp5-eu.com/.

flavigny@inrets.fr, part of the FP5 ISHTAR project (see  http://www.ishtar-fp5-eu.com/ ) ,
last revision: Monday, 1 March, 2004

WARNING,  Sandbucket may be unavailable (due to ADSL fault) please report any difficulty to mailto:ishtar-int@inrets.fr

Hello,

Here is the "home page" for accessing to the Sandbucket workstation.

If you are member of the Ishtar project, you may subscribe to the email list  "ishtar-sb@inrets.fr"
by sending an email to mailto:sympa@inrets.fr with subject:  subscribe ishtar-sb
and you will receive some time later account and passwords to access the server

(As usualy remind that there is no "riskless" or "low-risk" when sharing a development, check your backup policy for any useful part of your computer before continuing this test)

Now, could you please check for your "connectivity".

You may access SandBucket workstation (now as a  VNC server, later by Windows Terminal Server) by one of the following ways

Java (Internet Explorer/Netscape) client using port 5800
 By Java Client
Java (Internet Explorer/Netscape) client using port 80 (common http port)
(method added (200401) to try to pass through your local firewall)
 By Java Client
 installing a VNC Client
visit RealVNC home page
 using MSWindows executable client (without installation)

executing the VNC Viewer loaded from Internet


 as target address, give:  81.57.148.97  (Note that the IP address is subject to change [if SandBucket moves] )

At this time (if you are'nt registered) the "GOOD" completion is the popup window asking for a password, no more!
 
Please, report success or any difficulty to mailto:ishtar-int@inrets.fr
 
Description of sandbucket

Component
Description                                                    
Model
Compaq Pressario 5170
CPU
Intel Pentium III
Speed
400 Mhz
Ram
392 Mbytes
Disk
IDE, NTFS, 45 Gbytes (20 Gb free)
Ingoing connections allowed
ports 5800 and 5900, no restriction on from-addresses at this time,
port 80 is maped to 5800 on the external router
Outgoing connections allowed
symantec, ftp://ftp.inrets.fr     (input, anonymous, later named incoming and outgoing)
http://www.ishtar-fp5-eu.com,
Internet
ADSL (http://www.freetelecom.fr/), 384/2048 kbytes/sec, Modem/Router Kortex 711
Video
up to 1280x1024, for faster communications normaly set to 800x600
Sound
FORBIDDEN (not supported by VNC, and disturbing owner)



Software
Version                                       
OS
Win 2000 Pro, French,  SP5, last Windows Update 20040228
MS Office Pro, 97, Office Update Engine 29/08/2003,
Internet Explorer
6.0.2
Netscape
7.1
Winzip
7.0
Adobe (acrobat reader)
6.0.2800
RealVNC server
3.3.7
Fire-wall & antivirus
Norton Antivirus 2002 & Norton Internet Security Professional 2002, definitions: 28, Frebruary 2004
SoundPlan
Version 6 (to be renewed on March 1, 2004)
Aria
Impact 1.3.1
OpenOffice
version 1.1
WinIdams
Version 1 , General purpose statistical package, freely distributed by Unesco.
ArcGIS
8.3 without extension (for 60 days : January, February 2004)
Visual Basic
6.0, Pro, French, SP5
Messengers
Yahoo & Msn (for future use)


Access to VNC server

Remind that your exchanges may be wathched and logged.
Try to connect as mentioned above
- if VNCserver is running, you will be prompted for VNC password, modify option to "shared" and go on
- during  housekeeping, I will shutdown the VNC server and you will not be prompted for password
- during "private booked" session, I will change temporarily the VNC password and you will not succeed.
I will try to keep up-to-date the planning visible in the array below of this page.

Settings for client
 Value                                             
  Comments                                                                        
Share
 yes or checked
 You will start watching sandbucket









Settings for server   
Value                                                        
Comments                                                                                        
When last client
disconnect
logoff workstation
Ensure that the next user will have to login win 2k
connexion socket
accept

Wall paper
Remove

Smart access:
I thing that a fast solution is:  to create on your desktop a  shortcut to the VNC client
   - create it by "rigth click on  RealVncViewer Icon in MenuStart, then drag the shortcut icon over your desktop
   - open the property panel (right click) and add at the end of line:  81.57.148.97  /shared 
  
Policy for time-sharing of sandbucket workstation

Note that a non shared connection has only to be tried if you WANT to disconect the runing user, its seems usualy not correct.

Close all your windows before leaving VNC, elsewere, if Windows needs some action before closing an application sandbucket will go in a dead lock
(Waiting your answer while you are no more connected)

Note also the the WP6  HIT software refuses to be close by standard Windows method (use EXIT button)

We will also assume as policy, that if you don't change your active VNC password, that means that you agree to be watched  and in some case interrupted.

If you discover any hole in the security, report it quickly.

You are invited to try any user's mistake but to respect the (unprotected) rules listed below :
- don't try to login as administrator (or another account than your own)
- when you don't have an appointment, use a "shared" connexion to avoid to disconnect a previous user
- sign your presence, your "startup group" starts  a file named "your_name-wpx.txt", please minimize it  and leave it on the task bar.
- if you change screen resolution [break the link, you need, quickly, a new connection], please restore it to 800x600 before leaving
- if you start wathching in an opened window, please don't disturb, go away.
- don't issue any sound
- don't try to access local peripherals as floppy or CDrom
- don't try to attack other computers on the [my] local network
- when you finish, close your session. If needed you may "restart the computer", never "shutdown the computer". (In case of shutdown, Sandbucket will be unavailable until human LOCAL intervention)

- Ask before modifying settings for VNC server.
- Once your W2K session is started, you may modify the VNC password so that no other user  will be allowed to connect to Sandbucket.
    (Of course, for your next visit you have to use the original password received, since your session is closed)

Policy for Windows 2000
- Please change your win2k password to a personnal string as soon as possible.
   (when session is open, send "ctrl+alt+del" and on the login screen choose "changer de mot de passe"
- If you have received accounts with different rights, work with restricted rights as long as you don't need to proceed to an installation.
- Try installed software with your restricted account.

Uploading and downloading files on Sandbucket

The firewall forbid direct communication with Internet; when you need to exchange file, please,
send an email to  mailto:ishtar-int@inrets.fr
- for upload, attach ONE zipped file; you will find a copy on the desktop in folder "Mes Documents"
- for download, prepare a zip file on sandbucket and give me the fully-qualified name.
(later, we will pass through our ftp server)

Status of Ishtar Suite Components

Component
Version / date        
Comments                                                                      
Board
20031021
workshop for documentation, donwloaded from web site, uninstalled, not usable, (missing VB6FRDLL)
WP1 (connector only)
20040301
in c:\ishtar_shared\WP1  (to be installed it in your private space)
Impact

Installed, usable with restricted rights
SoundPlan
6
Installed (30031203), partially usable with restricted right (20031219)
TEE2003
Feb, 16, 2004
 in c:\ishtar_shared\tee_20040216  (to be installed it in your private space)
HIT (WHO)
January 2004
 in c:\ishtar_shared\wp6  waiting for aggrement before installing (to be copied in your private space)
Monuments (WP7)
January, 29, 2004
 in c:\ishtar_shared\wp7  to be copied and installed in your private space.
WP9 (Connector only)
20040301
in c:\ishtar_shared\WP9  (to be installed it in your private space)


Forecast on service and booking (time of Paris, winter, = GMT +2)
(If you want to book a period, send email to mailto:flavigny@inrets.fr ),

Sandbucket is now available 24/24.

Period (AAAAMMJJ HH:MN)
Avalability                 Remarks                                                                                                     
?
?














  Report on current users (in chronological answer order)

Identification (WP#)
Connectivity
J: Java and
V: VncViewer
ishtar-sb
L: List subscriber
w Win2k  account
W session success
Comments                                                          
Jean-Claude (8)
J & V
L, W

Pierre-Olivier (8)
J & V
L, W
from Inrets.fr domain (excluded sub-network 253)
From free.fr (French internet  provider): OK
Michael (4s)
J & V
L, W
Ok, Soundplan available..
Nicola (1)


what is sandbucket ?
Jerome (8)

L, W
Ok, Grenoble demo available
Olivier (4)
J
L, W
Ok, (java), Impact avalable
Emanuele N.(3,...)

L, w
not a priority!
Antonio (3)

L, w

Alessandro (3)

L

trac (9)

L, w

Emanuele DT (3)

L, W

Pantelis (7)

L, W
says very slow! to be checked
Ezechiel  (9, 1)

L, w
No link
Simona

L, w

Sergio (3)

L, w

Frederic  (Paris)

L, w
Obtains pwd prompt, no more
Fari (9)

L, w

Trac (WP9)

L, w

Peter (Paris)

L,W
Ok,

Note that partners with lowercase "w"' seems to have never opened a session.
The names in first column ARE NOT login ID  (Security!) ..

Speed evaluation

We have to include a speed chart, please, send report!

International keyboard

I have sent the following mail to ishtar-sb email list, I am waiting for reply

Hello,
I have to add a paragraph about national keyboard on the web page of sandbucket.
From my point of view, it seems that:  the Windows 2000 installed on sandbucket contains most of european languages & keyboards (but not Greek, sorry).
The VNC password is, of course, typed using your local keyboard.
The login screen offers two languages: Fr and En, but from remote VNC client your local keyboard is used again (regardless of the square shown).
You may use the combination <alt>+<LeftShift> to swap language, but there is no impact on the alphabet used).
Note that, in some circumstance, alt+LeftShift will also swap your local keyboard.
Once you have opened your Windows session on sandbucket, that is more confused: here is some observations:
1) By "Démarrer" --> "paramètres" --> "Panneau de configuration" --> "Clavier" choose the tab: "Paramètre régionnaux d'entrée" you may add a new set (parameters and keyboard) for your national configuration.
2) If you want that each new window use a predefined configuration, use the "Par defaut" button to set it
3) Now, using a left mouse click on the blue square language, near the clock, you may choose your language (For the active window)
4) for the test, open a notepad and try letters and special characters it appears that letters mays be translated by the local or Vnc keyboard for the upper row (digits) I see that if my local and sambucket are set to "En" upper & lower case are inverted (two reciprocal translations!) but special characters seems better by choosing keyboard only on sandbucket side.
Waiting for an authorized solution, some by-pass:
5) If you know the layout of a French keyboard (see photo of a desktop and one portable ), you will have the full set of characters using "Fr" on the two sides.
6) If you set the language on sandbucket corresponding to your local keyboard AND you set your local keyboard to Fr, I found that most of the usual characters are transmited.
Could you please try from your workstation and send echo so that we have a better guide
Best regards
PO.

Troubleshooting

  If youd don't succeed to connect please follow thoses steps:

- open a command line window, try the three next lines and report the results
- hit:  ping 81.57.148.97      (if no response the stop is at or before my router, use tracert to localize it )
- hit: tracert 81.57.148.97    (will locate the last accessible node, the last node is the DSLAM who connect my line: "bossuet...dsl" the problem is located on Internet)          
- telnet  81.57.148.97 5900  (if ping responds and not telnet, my router, Sandbucket or VNC server is down, any other response is OK)

- try the three connect methods (Java on ports 5800 and 80, & Vnc viewer)
- if your VNC password is rejected, may be a booked session is in progress, watch the schedule above.

Archives of the email lists
(files are compliant with RFC 934, anf may be bursted for easy access)
Ishtar-sb@inrets.fr:  200311, 200401 ,
Ishtar-dev@inrets.fr: 200304 ,   200305 200306 200307 200309  200310  200311 200312 , 200401

Previous versions of this page:
2003111420031119  , 20031205 , 20031205 , 20040119 , 20040123 ,

 
And now
Have a look on Sandbucket in summer and in winter, see also it's owner in true life.

edited with Netscape 7.1 Composer.