Login Access

• From Penn - Use SSH (version 2) to access kim.bio.
• From a local DSL/Cable internet provider - Use SSH (version 2) to access either kim.bio.
• From elsewhere on the internet - Use either SSH or Kerberized telnet to access any computer at Penn (for example, mail.sas.upenn.edu) and then use SSH to access the lab computers.
  
  • For Windows computers without SSH or Kerberized telnet installed: Putty.exe is a very small Windows SSH client that can be downloaded or run from a floppy disk.
    http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
• Windows SSH clients can be downloaded from the lab's ftp site. "SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe" is the prefered Windows client as it includes secure telnet and ftp features.
  http://kim.bio.upenn.edu/pub/software/telnet
• Macintosh users can use the SSH client that comes with OS X.

FTP Access

• From Penn - Use sftp ("secure ftp") to access kim.bio.
• From a local DSL/Cable internet provider - Use sftp to access the lab computers only.
• From the internet - It's not possible to ftp to/from the lab computers outside of Penn and local DLS/Cable providers. If you need to transfer files, you will need to first ftp them to a Penn computer. If this is a problem for you, please contact StephenFisher.
• A Windows sftp client can be downloaded from the lab's ftp site:
  http://kim.bio.upenn.edu/pub/software/telnet/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe
• Macintosh users can use the sftp client that comes with OS X.

VNC Access

• VNC is accesible from any lab computer. Access from outside of the lab is available via ssh tunnels to lab computers (see ConfiguringVNC).
• While it is possible to run VNC on any cluster machine. VNC should only be run on kimclust11, to reduce the impact of VNC on the cluster workstations. It is also requested that users disable screen savers in their VNC sessions and use the TWM window manager. Contact StephenFisher if you have questions about how to change the window manager.
• A Windows VNC client can be downloaded from the lab's ftp site.
  http://kim.bio.upenn.edu/pub/ftp/vnc/vnc-3.3.7_win32_viewer.exe

Website/FTP Access

• "Lab FTP" ( http://kim.bio.upenn.edu/pub/software ) - Accessible from any lab computer using a web browser that can ftp (newer versions of IE and Netscape/Mozilla). This is a repository of freeware and shareware Windows based software that is used in the lab.
• Personal web folders ( http://kim.bio.upenn.edu/~{login}/public_html ) - Accessible from the internet. Lab members can host their own web pages. See Private:WebSite? for configuration information.