Kategorie: ‘Fun & Facts’
Carnival at the IT Center: Ready for the Clownish Season!
Source: Own Illustration
The fifth season is just around the corner, and at the IT Center we can hardly wait to celebrate these colourful days in style! Carnival is not only a time of celebration, but also a wonderful opportunity to experience community and admire the creative costumes of our colleagues. The festive season begins on November 11 at 11:11 am.
Firewalls – The OSI Model
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Welcome to the third and final part of our blog series on firewalls! In the first post we looked at the role of firewalls, and in the second we looked at the types of firewalls. In this post, we take a look at the OSI model (Open Systems Interconnection Model) and the different levels at which firewalls can operate.
Women in IT: FEMTEC Career-Building Program
Source: FEMTEC
Welcome to the third post in our blog series about women in IT. In the first post, we looked at the challenges women face in the tech industry and how they successfully overcome them. The second post was dedicated to the success stories of historical and modern women who have made significant contributions to the IT field. Today we present the FEMTEC Career-Building Program, which prepares female STEM students at RWTH Aachen University for challenging careers in business and science.
Basics at RWTH: E-Mail
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As part of our blog series “Basics at RWTH”, today we are introducing you to the RWTH e-mail service, which is essential for your daily communication in everyday university life. We have compiled the most important information for you so that you can get started quickly and easily with your e-mail inbox – if you haven’t already done so.
11th Aachen Company Run – Not Without My (It Center) Team
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Not only can we do the maths, we can also run: At the 11th Aachen company run, the IT Center once again proved its sporting prowess and even took 3rd place in the individual classification! True to the motto “We’re not just good at computing”, the running team took the opportunity this year to grow together as a team and achieve new personal bests. Read our impressions of the sporting event of the year in this article.
IT Center Oktoberfest 2024
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On September 27, 2024, the IT Center celebrated Oktoberfest 2024, which was opened by the management with warm words. Professor Matthias Müller opened the celebration with a short speech and got the guests in the mood for the festive occasion.
A special highlight of the event was the tribute to Daniel Bündgens, who celebrated his 25th anniversary of service. With warm words, congratulations and a small gift, he was honored for his many years of loyalty and commitment to the IT Center.
Today is World Smile Day
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Smile, please! Today is World Smile Day. We would like to take this day as an opportunity to motivate you to give your fellow human beings or strangers an honest and sincere smile on this day. In this article, you will learn more about the background of World Smile Day and inspiring wisdom about smiling.
Software Freedom Day and One Web Day 2024
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In our increasingly digital world, there are two important awareness days that underscore the importance of free and accessible digital spaces: Software Freedom Day and One Web Day. This year, the two awareness days took place on the same weekend, which is why we would like to dedicate this blog post to both days.
IT Professionals Day: Invisible Heroes
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On September 17, 2024, we are celebrating IT Professionals Day – a global day of honor that puts the spotlight on all those people who often work behind the scenes but are indispensable to the functioning of our digital world. At the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University, we would like to use this occasion to pay well-deserved tribute to the IT professionals, the invisible heroes, who work behind the scenes every day.
Security in E-mail Traffic 3: LDAP Address Book
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The LDAP address book (LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a type of database or directory that an email application queries via a predefined path (server name, port, branch/search base) in order to find out the user certificate of an email address, for example. If such an LDAP address book is integrated into your own email application, encrypted emails can be sent directly, for example, provided the recipients have published their user certificate in the LDAP address book. Not every e-mail has to be sent encrypted, but you can select this option if you wish and after successful setup. Read more about the encryption of emails in part 2 of the blog series.
