Supported Computing Products

Supported Computing Products 2008-2009

The software in the tables below have been recommended by Information Systems & Computing (ISC) for general-purpose campuswide use. Many schools and units have standardized on the use of specific software. Faculty and staff should speak to their local support provider to determine what products are supported before selecting software.

About the tables: Follow the links to find more information about listed products and to locate download links for software that is distributed free of charge to Penn users. Remote access users who are unable to use the PennKey Authentication System to download the software can obtain and install the recommended software directly from the PennConnect DVD-ROM.

		Mac OS 10.4.x & 10.5.x	Windows XP (SP2/SP3) & Vista (SP1)

Database		local standard/ FileMaker Pro 8.x & 9.0.x [10.4.x] FileMaker Pro 8.5.x & 9.0.x [10.5.x]	local standard/ FileMaker Pro 8.x & 9.0.x [XP] FileMaker Pro 8.5.x & 9.0.x [Vista]

Email	IMAP/POP	Thunderbird 2.0.0.x	Thunderbird 2.0.0.x
		also supported: Mail 2.1.x [10.4.x] Mail 3.3.x [10.5.x]	also supported: Outlook 2003 & 2007

	Exchange	Entourage 2008	Outlook 2007
		also supported: Entourage 2004	also supported: Outlook 2003

FTP		Fetch 5.3	FileZilla 2.2.32

Instant Messaging		Adium 1.2.x iChat 3.1.x [10.4.x] iChat 4.0.x [10.5.x]	Pidgin 2.4.x

Multimedia Players		Flash Player 9.0	Flash Player 9.0
		QuickTime 7.5	QuickTime 7.5
		RealPlayer 10.1	RealPlayer 10.5
		Flip4Mac 2.2.x	Windows Media Player 11.0

Network Time		Built-in	Dimension 4 5.0.35.0 Built-in

Office Suite		Microsoft Office 2004 & 2008	Microsoft Office 2003 & 2007
	Presentation	PowerPoint 2004 & 2008	PowerPoint 2003 & 2007
	Spreadsheet	Excel 2004 & 2008	Excel 2003 & 2007
	Word Processor	Word 2004 & 2008	Word 2003 & 2007

Portable Documents (PDF)		Adobe Reader 8.1.2/9.0	Adobe Reader 8.1.2/9.0

Security Applications	Personal Firewall	Built-in	Built-in

	Kerberos Ticket Manager	Kerberos for Macintosh 5.3.0	Kerberos for Windows 3.2.2

	802.1X Supplicant	Internet Connect 1.2.0 [10.4.x] Manual configuration [10.5.x]	SecureW2 EapSuite 1.0.6

	Spyware/Adware Protection		Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.2

	Virus Protection	Norton AntiVirus 11.0.0	Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.2

Terminal Emulation	Kerberos VT100	dataComet-Secure X 10.1.1	HostExplorer 2008

	tn3270	dataComet-Secure X 10.1.1	HostExplorer 2008

	secure shell	dataComet-Secure X 10.1.1	SecureCRT 6.0.2

Web Authoring		Dreamweaver 8.0.2 & CS3	Dreamweaver 8.0.2 & CS3

Web Browser		Firefox 3.0.1 Safari 3.1.x	Firefox 3.0.1
			also supported: Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 [XP] Internet Explorer 7.0

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