FIDO2 and TOTP Token as a Second Factor for bwHPC and NEMO2

The use of a second factor to secure logins to services is becoming increasingly mandatory. bwHPC currently uses time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) or Yubico OTP as a second factor for SSH logins. We have looked at some hardware security tokens for bwIDM/bwHPC that can be used instead of a mobile phone.

News on NEMO2 Procurement

The initial partition of NEMO2, consisting of around 140 Milan nodes and 1000 terabytes (one petabyte) of high-speed storage space, has been ordered. A tender for a GPU partition and a second CPU partition will be opened in early 2024.

Enforcing Two-factor Authentication on NEMO

We will enforce two-factor authentication for NEMO logins in November. Currently, this security feature can be tested on our vis1/2 visualization nodes.

Testing Two-factor Authentication on NEMO

We are currently testing two-factor authentication for NEMO logins. Currently, this security feature can be tested on our vis1/2 visualization nodes.

9th bwHPC Symposium

The 9th bwHPC Symposium will take place on October 23, 2023 and will be hosted by the University of Mannheim.
UPDATE 13.07.2023: Registration is now open.

8th bwHPC Symposium

The 8th bwHPC Symposium will take place on November 28, 2022 and will be hosted at the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS).
UPDATE 11.07.2022: Registration is now open.

bwHPC Courses at KIT

The SCC at KIT will host introductory and intermediate courses for bwHPC on 07.04.2022 and 13.04.2022.

NEMO Filesystem Quota

In the past we often had questions about the quota of the HOME directory and the workspaces. Since this is not easy to find out for HOME, we have created a small script that shows the quota for HOME and the workspaces.

Parallel Programming - Introduction to MPI with C/C++

The bwHPC training team at HLRS is pleased to announce its Introduction to MPI with C/C++ web seminar for bwHPC users on 15.03.2022.