<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear IGS Community Member,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions it has set on users having the accessibility to change their scripts/programs, the IGS Governing Board has <b>postponed the previously announced transition of FTP services to HTTPS to 9 December 2020.</b></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Now effective 9 December 2020, all '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://ftp.igs.org/">ftp://ftp.igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">' and '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://igs.org/">ftp://igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">' services will be terminated and will be replaced with '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://files.igs.org/">https://files.igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'. </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></b><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To provide all users the well-needed time to prepare for this transition, '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://files.igscb.org/">https://files.igscb.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">' is still on-line and active for you to test. Please note, the IGS Central Bureau (CB) has also made available '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://files.igs.org/">https://files.igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">' that points to "igscb" host, however, you will be warned about incorrect SSL certificates due to the hostname differences. After 9 December, '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://files.igscb.org/">https://files.igscb.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">' will become '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://files.igs.org/">https://files.igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'. </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">An updated transition timeline is attached to this message. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We have also made available searching capability for your ease of use. Here are examples below:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To get a directory listing:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*?list">https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/?list</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">or </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*?list" title="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*?list">https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*?list</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To get a listing of partial files beginning with "igs":</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/igs*?list">https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/igs*?list</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To get a listing of all files ending in "atx":</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*atx?list" title="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*atx?list">https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*atx?list</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To get a listing of all files containing "snx":</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*snx*?list" title="https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*snx*?list">https://files.igscb.org/pub/station/general/*snx*?list</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The resultant will be "filename date_modified file_size"</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please remember, after 9 December 2020, all the links above will be replaced with '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://files.igs.org/">https://files.igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'. Functionality will not change.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">As an additional reminder, effective 9 December 2020, the legacy '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://igs.org/">http://igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">' will be formally retired and the new '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://igscb.org/">https://igscb.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">' will become '</span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://igs.org/">https://igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">'. </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please do not hesitate to contact us at </span><a class="gmail-moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cb@igs.org">cb@igs.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> if you have any questions or concerns - we are here to help!</span><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Wishing you good health,</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">the IGS Central Bureau</font></span></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:31 PM IGS Central Bureau <<a href="mailto:cb@igs.org">cb@igs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_-970141941882499455gmail-docs-internal-guid-0f5635fd-7fff-1f6f-3dde-2ad89c3009c7" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear IGS Community Member, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The IGS Central Bureau would like to clarify and correct our message “</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[IGSMAIL-7907] IGS.org Website Transition and Service Downtime” </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sent 5 March 2020 with the following:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From 23 March 2020 to 31 August 2020, the IGS website and FTP file service will experience the following temporary transition state:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IGS.org -- The current (outgoing) website content will no longer be updated. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FTP services will remain fully functional on <a href="ftp://ftp.igs.org" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.igs.org</a> or <a href="ftp://igs.org" target="_blank">ftp://igs.org</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Starting 23 March, files previously acquired via FTP at <a href="ftp://ftp.igs.org" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.igs.org</a> will be made available for testing via the new HTTPS system </span><a href="https://ftp.igs.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://files.igscb.org</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IGSCB.org -- From now until 13 August 2020, this will be the temporary home of the new (incoming) IGS.org website; community members may visit the homepage for news, events, and other important links. Please note that the website will be under continuous development and improvement during this time.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From 11 to 14 August (during the IGS Workshop), the Central Bureau will be available for any final troubleshooting or consultation with regard to switching from FTP to HTTPS; as well as to discuss your feedback on the new website design.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On 31 August 2020, the new (incoming) website will be moved from its temporary home on <a href="http://igscb.org" target="_blank">igscb.org</a> to our main website, IGS.org.  The content in the current (outgoing) IGS.org website will be archived.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Also on 31 August 2020,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ALL FTP access to <a href="ftp://ftp.igs.org" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.igs.org</a> will be permanently terminated and replaced with a secured </span><a href="https://ftp.igs.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://files.igs.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Data, content, and directory hierarchy will remain unchanged.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please see the attached diagram “IGS Central Bureau Information Systems 2020 Improvement and Transition Guide” for a timeline of the above-described changes.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(246,178,107);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The previously announced downtime </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(246,178,107);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> between 18-21 March will not occur at this time.  </span></p><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Central Bureau welcomes your questions and feedback at: </span><a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">cb@igs.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,</span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the IGS Central Bureau</span></span></div></div>
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