=^= TEN FORWARD MONTHLY NEWSELTTER =^= ISSUE 4 OCTOBER 1998 Included in this issue: Messages from Administration Departmental Reports/Summaries as of the end of September Officers Promoted as of the End of September Should you have any comments, problems or ideas regarding formatting, content or any other attribute, or any ideas for inclusions in next month's issue please forward mail to the return address : tiger@logicworld.com.au ADMINISTRATIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just reminding everyone that project and promotion guidelines have been put into place. They can be viewed at: http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/danneff/tenforward/newguidelines.htm It's strongly recommended that everyone download a copy of Nukenabber from the Intelligence Department's Software Library as a precautionary measure. This program will enable you to monitor system activity as well as fend off any malicious attack on your computer. Such attacks have been made recently against several senior officers. There are some important messages regarding the Security and Counseling departments on the updates board in Ten Forward. We urge you to check them out. COMMUNICATIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <> As is widely known Ivonna stepped down as Chief and HVG took over as Chief this month. Lt Cmdr RDMG has transferred from Counselling to Comm and took the position of Deputy. Lt Cmdr Erik Javes has taken the position of Vice Deputy. <> The new page is up and updated to the latest changes. During the upcoming month, Communications will be reorganising personnel and taking on some more members. The department will also be revamping trivia. For further information, please contact Chief HVG. DEVELOPMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you may or may not know, Admiral Rascal is currently heading this department. The login page and associated graphics have been completed this past month thanks to the assistance of Lieutenant Commander Sonata. Scripting and subsequent layout will commence in the near future. ENGINEERING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <> The last month has been a very productive one for the Ten Forward Department of Engineering. After the changes in the command staff the Department finally got back to the every day work. This has been quite encouraging as many people showed interest in Engineering and the Department has received a large number of recent applications. As part of the restructuring process, the Department homepage has been revamped. Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dungeon/9438/ at your convenience. A mailing list has also been introduced for the departmental mail. Feedback on both projects has been very positive. T The Department would appreciate personnel interested in Web Engineering checking out the new link page as there is some helpful documentation and tools listed. <> Furthermore, Engineering has been working on three projects for Ten Forward. One of which has recently been completed. In an outstanding almost one-man-effort Lt. Dakar created Holodeck 3. Feel free to view this masterpiece at: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/4511/ It is an interactive world in which you can boldly explore the galaxy together with other TF crew members, or even pass your test as Cardassian spy. Lt. Draco Hun and his team have been working on a Ten Forward desktop theme for Windows 95. It will include wallpapers, sounds, cursors, icons, etc. It is hoped to have it completed in early October. The increase in important events in the TF community gave Lt. Jayneway the initial idea for her new project. She and her team have been working on a Calendar for everybody to post TF related events in. This project is still in the early development phase. Engineering has been busy and completing some top quality work. Departmental management just wants to say how pleased they are with the way in which the Department is functioning and especially how its members work together. Thanks Engineers for your GREAT WORK!!!! INTELLIGENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update from Chief Lt. Cmdr. Micha Bravo: I've finally changed and updated a lot of the coding that was bothering me. I think the site looks and navigates a lot better now. I've also added two new pages: News and Intelligence. The news page is designed to provide any visitors with what's new at intell: updates, things to watch for, or any general information. It's generally a quick overview of any new projects or added items. The intell page is exactly what it sounds like. It will list the ip and any general information on person(s) who have been causing trouble in Ten Forward. Visitors will be able to see if a trouble-maker has already been logged as causing difficulties or if it is a new threat. Also new.... I've added the patches for closing the port 139 nuke attack. It seems that last month, there were a few too many new people causing troubles and pinging and nuking. So, I figured it would be good to add the patches. It's only for win95. Win98 comes patched. I have also provided a link to a free program that scans for and removes the program Back Orifice. Back Orifice is a trojan type program that has been on the move as of late. SECURITY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- There have been several instances of Nuking in evidence in TF. As requested by Administration, Security strongly suggests you download a Nukenabber to protect your computer from such attacks. Aside from this instances, there have been no formal security breaches of TF in the last month. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is a brief list of important notes with reference to the R&D Department. The R&D official homepage has moved to http://members.tripod.com/~starlabs/ which is, of course, where StarFleet AT used to be. StarFleet AT is now residing at http://members.tripod.com/~starlabs/at.html Details are on the updates board. The character database has been recently updated to include the extensive list of new characters added lately. The adress is http://members.tripod.com/~starlabs/chardata.html PROMOTIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A list of the officers promoted at the end of September were Ensign Heather Fox Ensign Polson Ensign Mombo Ensign Maxwell Ensign Kim Ensign Dr. Chris Ensign Avatar Ensign Arielle Lieutenant JG T'Pranara Lieutenant JG Robison Lieutenant JG Raederle Lieutenant JG One Lieutenant JG Mora Pol Lieutenant RDMG Lieutenant Tr'Farik Lieutenant Erik Javes Lieutenant Commander HVG OFFICER OF THE MONTH & OTHER AWARDS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- One award was issued during the month of September, that being of course the Officer of the Month Award. This month we recognize Lt. Cmdr. Tr'Farik who worked long and hard on the character picture database. The database shows each character pic used in Ten Forward as well as a brief description of that character's relevance to Star Trek. Thank you Tr'Farik for your hard work! It's appreciated by all. BIRTHDAY & RANK DAY SUMMARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you all know the Rank Day and Admiral's Birthday were days filled with fun in TF. The freedom with rank lead to a number of interesting and highly amusing incidents. Some highly interesting occurences occurred, as I am sure the grapevine gossip has informed you at the speed of light!!!! Thanks go to all who made these days special!!! May there be such days in the future! GENERAL INTEREST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a reminder, in case of difficulties with TF, an alternate room exists. This procedure is always available for our members in the event that Ten Forward experiences log-in problems. For instructions, please visit the following site at WBS private room ISCANDAR. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Head of Intelligence Micha. CREDITS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks goes to those Department Heads who fulfilled their duty and submitted reports on time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cmdr. Tigris Executive Editior, Administrations tiger@logicworld.com.au