One of the requirements of this class is to submit papers electronically, as well as in hard-copy form, by placing them in the course locker. On Athena, this is a simple matter. On a Macintosh, it's slightly more complicated. And on a Windows PC, it's more complicated still.
Our course locker is named 21m.010 (the small m is important). Within the locker are six subdirectories (called folders by Macintosh and Windows) that will hold your work, named paper1, paper2, paper3, paper4, and paper5. A sixth subdirectory is called www, and it holds the course Web pages.
If you're working on an Athena machine, all you need to do is copy the file from your current directory to the appropriate essay folder in the course locker; for example:
attach 21m.113 cp my-file.doc /mit/21m.113/paper1
First of all, you need MIT certificates. There are two: an MIT certifying authority certificate (also known as a site certificate), and an MIT personal certificate. The personal certificate must be installed on each non-Athena computer you work on. You also need the following software, all available free of charge from MIT information systems:
This version of Fetch is a secure and encrypted FTP program. There are versions of Fetch that do not encrypt your file transfer session, and send your user name and password "in the clear"—that is, legible to anyone who happens to be watching. Always use secure, encrypted file transfer mechanisms.
The links above allow you to download the software. They also explain how to install and use the programs. The only additional piece of information you need is the name of the Athena directory for this course:
/afs/athena.mit.edu/course/21/21m.113
First of all, you need MIT certificates. There are two: an MIT certifying authority certificate (also known as a site certificate), and an MIT personal certificate. The personal certificate must be installed on each non-Athena computer you work on. You also need the following software, all available free of charge from MIT information systems:
HostExplorer is a secure and encrypted telnet program. Using telnet is the only method at present that is recommended and fully supported by MIT Information Systems. There are many other file transfer methods, and some are under review by IS for compatibility with Athena and strength of security. Unfortunately, there are also some programs that do not encrypt your file transfer session, and send your user name and password "in the clear"—that is, legible to anyone who happens to be watching. Always use secure, encrypted file transfer mechanisms.
The links above allow you to download the software and explain how to install and use the programs. The only special piece of information you need is the name of the Athena directory for this course:
/afs/athena.mit.edu/course/21/21m.113
Within the telnet window, you can also issue this command:
attach 21m.113
and then the path name can be shortened to:
/mit/21m.113
(Remember to append the name of the subdirectory (essay1, etc.) to the base name.)