New Member of D-MATH

Here below you find useful IT-related information.

Equipment

• Standard IT equipment & Rules

Password & Security

• How to change your ETH or D-MATH password
• IT security in everyday life
• Good to know
• Usage of external cloud services

Connectivity (Network, Wi-Fi & VPN)

• Wi-Fi and VPN configuration
• Wired Network Authentication for private devices (ex. laptop)

E-mail

• Webmail
• Mail Client Configuration (ex. Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, …)
• Spam Filter Quarantine

Data & Backup

• Accessing your files (on the server)
• Backup by syncronizing manually your files on the server (they are then backed up automatically)
  • Syncronize your Files with FreeFileSync
  • Syncronize your Files with Unison
• Backup using an external disk provided by the ISG using the built-in backup tools:
  • TimeMachine for macOS
  • Backup (Déjà Dup Backup) for Linux
• Restore files deleted from the server

Printing

• Printing at D-MATH

Personal homepage

• Personal homepage with ETH Layout
• Personal homepage (full control)

IT-related Policies

A number of regulations are put forth by ETH to guide the usage of computers and information security in general.

• Acceptable Use Policy for Information Technology (“BOT”)
• Directive on Information Security
• IT Guidelines and IT Baseline Protection Rules
• Directive on Inventory and Classification of information
• Directive on Logging, Evaluation and Monitoring

Posted on 13-Mar-2025 by ISG D-MATH
in General Information