Stout

Stout is Hampshire College's student web server and an invaluable tool that few seem to know about. As a student at Hampshire, you are automagically provided with your own directory on it, publicly facing the internet, to do with as you please (keeping in line with Hampshire's computing policies of course.)

as a Web Content Provider
Your own personal web page is located at "stout.hampshire.edu/~yourUsernameHere" if you have an index html document in your "public_html" directory. If not you will simply see files (or nothing) located there. Feel free to create your own html files and upload them via methods later discussed in this article. Keep in mind though, there is a maximum limit on your directory size (500MB - 600MB). For more on student account quotas, see "Student Account Quotas" located at THOR.

as Backup Space
In addition to acting as a forward facing web space, your directory on stout can also be used to back up course work and other important things you don't mind making public. Keep in mind though, there is a maximum limit on your directory size (500MB - 600MB). For more on student account quotas, see "Student Account Quotas" located at THOR.

Methods of Connecting
(from the THOR article):

Windows Explorer or Mac Finder
When on campus you can connect directly to servers, using Windows Explorer or Mac Finder to drag and drop your files. This method is available to students on 'stout', to faculty on 'fachome', and to staff on 'staffhome' for an individual's documents or 'newmisserver' for departmental documents.

Secure Copy (SCP) and Secure File Transfer Protocal (SFTP)
SCP and SFTP are more secure replacements for FTP. They are used to transfer files securely to and from your computer and a remote server. We recommend the two following easy to use "point and click" interface programs.

For Macs, Fugu is an open source SFTP, SCP, and SSH program. It is available for download on Hampshire's Public Software pages.

For Windows computers, WinSCP is an open source SFTP, SCP, and FTP client. It is available for download on Hampshire's Public Software pages.

Secure Shell (SSH)
Secure shell (SSH) is a command line terminal application that allows you to manage files and folders on a remote server. You use Unix commands to make, change, or remove directories or to list, copy, move, rename, and delete files and folders. (See Unix and Linux Basics for instructions on how to use these commands.)

For Macs, secure shell can be used in the built-in Mac OS X Terminal application.

For Windows, you'll need to download and install a program. PuTTY is a free SSH client application for Windows. This download also includes other utilities such as PSFTP, which is a command line SFTP application. Download the installer by going to Hampshire's Public Software pages.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
FTP is not available to students on 'stout' for security reasons. See the documentation for SCP and SFTP instead. And, although FTP is no longer recommended, FTP software is often integrated into Web design programs and tools so that web pages may be published directly. Web pages should always be uploaded to your public_html folder.