Project 1 - Due Thursday September 22^nd at 11:55pm

In this project you will use software on machines running the Windows and the Mac OS X operating systems, install software on your home computer if necessary, and visit several web sites. You will also sign up for a GLUE computer account if you do not have one yet.

Read the ENTIRE project description before starting on any of the tasks. There are seven tasks in all.

You will need to take screenshots at various points to submit to us to show that you have accomplished the various tasks in this project.

If you are going to be using your own Windows or Mac OS X machine for projects during the semester, you might need to install some software to complete this project. Links will be provided to the appropriate software.

Several WAM labs have Mac OS X machines, and most WAM labs have Windows machines. You can find a list of WAM labs online at:

http://www.oit.umd.edu/wheretogo/

We will require you to create various documents, some as PDF files (PDF is an acronymn that stands for Portable Document Format) and others as image files (such as GIF or JPG).

To capture a copy of the current screen on a PC running Windows, press the PrintScreen button (often labelled as PrtSc) on your keyboard to place a screenshot image in the system's pasting buffer, often refered to as the clipboard. Now lauch the graphics program Microsoft Paint (can be found on the START menu under Programs or All Programs, under Accessories) and go to the EDIT menu and select PASTE. Once the image has been pasted, go to the FILE menu and select SAVE AS. There will be a drop-down list of image formats towards the bottom of the dialog box (with the label "Save as type:" next to it). Select either "Graphic Interchange Format (*.gif)" or "JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg, *.jpeg)" from this list. Finally, enter a name for the file and click SAVE.

WAM USERS NOTE: Due to a problem with Microsoft Paint on the WAM PCs, the following instructions are to be used if you are doing the Windows screen captures in a WAM lab:

Open Explorer on the WAM PC and type the following into the address bar: (be sure to include the spaces as indicated):
                 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11
This will show you the contents of that folder on the local hard drive.

Then double-click OIS.EXE to launch Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

With that open, if you have a screenshot in the clipboard, you can paste it and a new BMP file will be created in the "My Pictures" folder in your "My Documents" folder.

After you have pasted the image, if you click on the image's name (usually "New Picture.BMP") you can rename it as appropriate for the project (eg: Task3.BMP). It is important that you use the BMP suffix rather than the JPG suffix if you need to use this technique.

You still need to move all files to the P1-Win folder and then create a zip archive of that folder if you use this method of creating screen captures on the WAM Windows PCs.

To capture a copy of the current screen on a Mac running OS X, press the keyboard combination of Command-Shift-3. This means press and hold the Command key (the one with the image of an Apple and/or what looks like a flower with four leaves - click here to see it), while holding that down press and hold the Shift key, and while holding both of those down press the 3 key. You can then release all three keys. If a PDF file is created on the desktop (such as Picture1.pdf) then you are done. If a PNG of the screen is created on your desktop (with a name such as Picture1.png) then you need to convert this to a PDF file. To do so, open the file by double-clicking it (this should open it in Preview) and then "print" the image to a PDF file. To do this, go to FILE then Save As... In this dialog box, select the format to be "PDF" and then enter the name of the file to which you want to save the document (such as Task2.pdf) and select the location to which to save the document (such as the desktop).

When submitting this project, you will submit two "archive" files. One for the Windows files and one for the Mac OS X files.

Windows Files
To create an archive file on a Windows machine, we will use the program WinZip [http://www.winzip.com] (use the free evaluation version if you do not have it installed on your machine already - the evaluation version is fully functional and does not expire) Place all the files you need to submit for the Windows part of the project into a single folder called "P1-Win".

Once all of the files are in that folder, you are ready to create a single zip file archive of the entire folder. This will create one file that contains all of the files that were in the folder. Please note that if you change the contents of the folder, the zip archive is NOT changed automatically, and you should delete the zip file and create it again. There are several ways to create a zip file with the contents of a folder. Some machines are set up so that if you right-click on the folder, the context menu will have an option "Add to FolderName.zip" (where the fodler's actual name will be used rather than "FolderName"). If you select this with the P1-Win folder, a single zip archive files named P1-Win.zip will be created and it will contain all of the individual files that were in the folder. If the context menu does not have this option, then you will run WinZip directly to create the archive file.

To create the archive file using WinZip directly, first launch WinZip. If it begins in Wizard mode (a dialog box will appear with a title such as "Welcome to the WinZip Wizard") switch to Classic Mode by clicking on the button labelled "WinZip Classic". If it shows you a tip, go ahead and close the tips window. Now, click and drag the P1-Win folder over the WinZip application. A new dialog box will appear with the title "Add". There will be a text box labelled "Add to archive" with a directory path (ie: a folder's location) already filled in and highlighted. This textbox needs to contain the desired location on your computer's drive for the new zip file, as well as the name of that file. When you drag a folder to WinZip, it fills that text box with the location of that folder. To create a zip file that incorporates the name of the folder, and have it in the same location as that folder, you'll need to left-click in this box to the right of that text to deselect the text, and then delete the right-most "\" character and then click on the "Add" button. A new file will appear called "P1-Win.zip" which is an archive file containing all of the files in the folder.

You can create a new folder on the desktop in Windows by right-clicking on an unused portion of the desktop. A context menu will appear - one of the options will be "New". You should move your mouse to that option and hold it there until a submenu appears. On that submenu will be an option near the top labelled "Folder". Click on this option. A new folder will be placed on the desktop, and you can type a new name for it. If you ever need to rename a folder, you right-click on the folder and select "Rename" from the context menu. The folder's name will then become editable.

Once a zip file has been created, you can view a list of the contents of the archive by double-clicking on the file. This will launch WinZip and allow you to see the contents of your archive. You can also view a file in the archive by double-clicking on it in that list. Please note that if you do open a file this way, no changes you make to it would be saved to either the archive file or to the original file in your P1-Win folder.

Mac Files
To create an archive file on a Mac OS X machine, we will use the ability to create a ZIP archive of an entire folder that is built into the operating system. Place all the files you need to submit for the Mac OS X part of the project into a single folder called "P1-Mac".

Once all of the files are in that folder, you can Control-Click on that folder (this means to press and hold the key labelled "control" and then click on the folder) to get a context menu of options. One of those options will be "Create Archive of P1-Mac". Select this option. A new file will appear called "P1-Mac.zip" which is an archive file containing all of the files in the folder.

You can create a new folder on the desktop in OS X by Control-Clicking on an unused portion of the desktop. A context menu will appear - one of the options will be "New Folder". You should click on this option. A new folder will be placed on the desktop, and you can type a new name for it. If you ever need to rename a folder, you Control-Click on the folder, then select the "Get Info" option, then change the name of the folder in the text box under "Name & Extension" and then close that window by clicking on the red button in the upper left-hand corner of that window.

Once a zip file has been created, you can view a list of the contents of the archive by double-clicking on the file. This will extract the contents of the zip archive to a new folder. If a folder already exists with that name (as would be the case if you did this right after creating the zip file) it will create a folder with the same prefix, but with an extended name (typically with a #2 at the end). Please note that if you do open a file this way, no changes you make to it would be saved to either the archive file or to the original file in your P1-Mac folder.

Task 1
On a machine running Windows, go to the class home page:

    http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2005/cmsc102

using Internet Explorer. Take a screenshot of this and save it to a file named Task1.jpg in your P1-Win folder.

Task 2
On a machine running Mac OS X, go to the class home page:

    http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2005/cmsc102

using Safari. Take a screenshot of this and save it to a file named Task2.pdf in your P1-Mac folder.

Task 3
From either a Windows or Mac OS X machine (whichever you plan to regularly use for your projects in this class) go to page:

    http://www.cs.umd.edu/~egolub/SSI.shtml

using your choice of browsers. This page will display your computer's Internet Protocol address, information about your browser, and the time you accessed the page. Take a screenshot of this and save it to a file named either Task3.jpg (if you are using a Windows machine) or Task3.pdf (if you are using a Mac OS X machine) in your P1-Win or P1-Mac folder as appropriate.

Task 4
Go to the OIT page about McAfee/Virex (as appropriate for the machine you use at home or on campus) and take a screenshot showing us you viewing that page. You do not have to install it if you are using WAM machines or if you do not want to install on your home machine.

    http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/documents/2/2629/ (Virex)
    http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/virus/software/faqs/vscan8faq.shtml (McAfee)

Save this screenshot to a file named either Task4.jpg (if you are using a Windows machine) or Task4.pdf (if you are using a Mac OS X machine) in your P1-Win or P1-Mac folder as appropriate.

Task 5
There is a zip file posted at:

    http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2005/cmsc102-egolub/CMSC102-Fall2005.zip

Download this file to your machine and double-click it to open the file with WinZip or extract the contents if you are using a Mac. NOTE: If you are using a Mac, the zip file might be automatically extracted when it is finished downloading, in which case you are ready to move righ to the sub-tasks.

Task 6
You will need to have a GLUE account for this course. This should be the same login name as your WAM account, but will be on a different set of machines. To activate your GLUE account (or find out if you already have one) go to the page at:

    http://www.oit.umd.edu/new/

and set up your GLUE account if it has not yet been activated.

Take a screenshot of a web page showing either that your GLUE account has been activated or has been applied for and save it to a file named either Task6.jpg (if you are using a Windows machine) or Task6.pdf (if you are using a Mac OS X machine) in your P1-Win or P1-Mac folder as appropriate.

Task 7
For this task you will launch a Secure Shell Client. We will not actually use this software until project 2, but we want to make sure you have access to it now.

On a machine running windows, we will use the "F-Secure SSH" client. If you are working on your own Windows machine and do not have F-Secure SSH installed, you can download a copy for free from:
    http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/documents/4/4313/
When installing F-SSH, please be sure to leave the option "Add F-Secure SSH Client installation directory into path" checked. Also, make sure that you enter the registration key so that it does not expire during the semester.

On a machine running Mac OS X, we will use the built-in secure shell client "ssh" from the Terminal window, so there is nothing to install.

From either a Windows or Mac OS X machine (whichever you plan to regularly use for your projects in this class) have the secure shell client's info displayed on-screen. Take a screenshot of this and save it to a file named either Task7.jpg (if you are using a Windows machine) or Task7.pdf (if you are using a Mac OS X machine) in your P1-Win or P1-Mac folder as appropriate.

To show the client's info on a Windows machine, launch the F-Secure Shell client, go to the HELP menu and click About.

To show the client's info on a Mac OS X machine, open a Terminal window and type ssh -V at the prompt. Please note that the letter V *must* be capitalized. If you do not have a shortcut to Terminal in your AppleDock you can find it under Applications in the folder Utilities. It is named Terminal.app in that folder.