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Saturday, August 30, 2003

Update: Teenager arrested in Blaster case [IDG InfoWorld] 7:03:57 PM    comment []

Update: Teenage Blaster worm suspect arrested. Jeffrey Lee Parson, 18, of Hopkins, Minn., was arrested at home on one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a computer. [Computerworld News] 7:03:28 PM    comment []

US youth charged over net virus. An American teenager is charged with releasing the MSBlast worm, infecting computers worldwide. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 7:03:15 PM    comment []

Accused Web Attacker Under House Arrest. The teenager suspected of creating "Blaster" makes his initial court appearance as some security experts wonder why it took so long to follow the worm's trail. [eWEEK Technology News] 7:02:54 PM    comment []

FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect. The U.S. Attorney's Office believes the 18-year-old suspect is a "key and significant player" in the Blaster worm attack. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 7:02:31 PM    comment []

Friday, August 29, 2003

SCO Says It Has No Plan To Sue Linux Companies [Slashdot] 3:50:57 PM    comment []

RIAA Discloses Some Methods of Tracking. The recording industry is providing its most detailed glimpse into some of the detective-style techniques it has employed as part of its secretive campaign against online music swappers. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 3:50:38 PM    comment []

Thursday, August 28, 2003

Machine Thinks, Therefore It Is. We've come a long way from Microsoft's lame Clippy the paperclip helper application. Artificial intelligence is poised to take another big leap forward, with the development of computers that can anticipate what you want. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 5:25:16 PM    comment []

Amazon sues to stop alleged e-mail forgeries. Suits seek millions of dollars in damages for allegedly using Amazon's name in e-mail ads [InfoWorld: Security] 5:24:42 PM    comment []

Fastest US Supercomputer Runs Linux [Slashdot] 5:24:01 PM    comment []

A Television Network With a PC at Its Heart. An improvised television network is reaching students over the Internet. By J. D. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology] 5:23:30 PM    comment []

Small Webcasters sue RIAA. A group of small Net radio stations say the trade association tried to push independent music stations offline. [CNET News.com] 5:22:20 PM    comment []

Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Avaya cabling makes 10G go further. Latest LAN news. [Network World on LANs] 2:50:30 PM    comment []

NAI unveils Netasys for SMBs. Troubleshooting tool identifies network problems [InfoWorld: Security] 2:50:03 PM    comment []

Network Associates launches network/security management software. The company has launched Netasyst Network Analyzer software for smaller businesses seeking network problem resolution, security management and performance monitoring. [Computerworld Network LAN/WAN News] 2:49:36 PM    comment []

Beyond Binary Computing? [Slashdot] 2:49:11 PM    comment []

Intel to Build $200M China Facility. The new chip-assembly plant should open in 2005 and employ 675 people initially. [eWEEK Technology News] 2:48:52 PM    comment []

Sleuths Try to Stay Step Ahead of Online Worms. Researchers at F-Secure, a small computer security company in Finland, identified the SoBig.F computer worm, prepared a patch and distributed the update to its customers. By Laurie J. Flynn. [New York Times: Technology] 2:48:31 PM    comment []

Different ways to protect your net from worms. Nutter helps a reader battle the latest viruses. [Networking how-to's] 2:47:46 PM    comment []

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

MIT's Open-Course Project. From Ho Chi Minh City to Nashville, Tennessee, students are flocking to MIT's new program to post about 2,000 classes on the Web, for free. Meet the global geeks getting an MIT education, open-source style. By David Diamond of Wired magazine. [Wired News] 5:12:16 PM    comment []

D-Link Offers Hot Spot Access Point. D-Link to offer a preconfigured hot spot access point: The Airspot DSA-3100 Public/Private Gateway has a suggested price of $599, for which you get captive portal/gateway page, up to 250 local accounts, authentication pass-through for back-end 802.1X and other AAA, MAC filtering, and time/bandwidth limits and monitoring. It also has various firewall and attack monitoring options. Configuration is handled through a Web-based interface, but it doesn't mention whether it's an encrypted, SSL/TLS Web... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 5:11:37 PM    comment []

More attacks on SCO SCO Web site attacked again. Open source community implicated in second DoS attack [InfoWorld: Security] 5:11:18 PM    comment []

Much of the news continues to focus on the recent worm damage. SCO is really getting hit by the industry over their claims of ownership of key Linux code. 3:59:54 PM    comment []

SCO Web site hit by denial of service attack. The SCO Group's Web site was accessible again Monday after being down for about three days, the victim of a denial of service (DOS) attack launched by a "senior" member of the open source community, according to open source advocate Eric Raymond. 3:57:35 PM    comment []

Linux People: Check out this article!  We can talk about this in class... Check the link listed in the story for details about a site that tracks Linux security attacks. Is Linux as Secure as We'd Like to Think? [Slashdot] 3:56:47 PM    comment []

AOL Sued For Over-Zealous Blocking [Slashdot] 3:56:28 PM    comment []

Web surfers flock to antivirus sites. Computer users are rushing to Microsoft's antivirus site to search for ways to combat the recent onslaught of worms. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 3:56:00 PM    comment []

Ingram spies potential in surveillance. The giant distributor of information-technology products steps into the surveillance market, in a move to provide one-stop shopping for its resellers and customers. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 3:55:49 PM    comment []

U.S. Now Demanding Biometric Technology. Biometric technology that scans faces, fingerprints or other physical traits to confirm people's identities is about to get its biggest test: at U.S. border checkpoints. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 3:55:04 PM    comment []

Monday, August 25, 2003

Antivirus companies target spyware, worms [IDG InfoWorld] 10:04:12 PM    comment []

Neal Stephenson Rewrites History. For the dark prince of hacker fiction, looking backward is another way of seeing the future. By Robert Levine from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 10:03:49 PM    comment []

BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets. When a computer consultant buys a used wireless pager -- once the property of a former Morgan Stanley executive -- on eBay, he ends up with an unexpected bonus: a trove of sensitive corporate data. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News] 10:03:26 PM    comment []

Sobig.F worm could have originated on Usenet. Worm is estimated to have infected more than 100,000 computers [InfoWorld: Security] 10:02:56 PM    comment []

Handhelds the next virus target?. Rapid adoption could spur attacks [InfoWorld: Security] 10:02:47 PM    comment []

Get on with Linux and ignore SCO, developer says. Developers and users should ignore the copyright lawsuit filed by the SCO Group against IBM and should continue to work with and deploy Linux without fear of the consequences, according to MontaVista Software, a developer of embedded Linux software. [InfoWorld: Top News] 10:02:29 PM    comment []

Storage Web Digest: Marvell Releases Serial ATA II Controllers. Marvell Releases Serial ATA II Controllers; Hitachi Preps Heterogeneous Replication Solution; Extending Laptop ROI; Ciena Pays $45 Million for Storage Networking Specialist Akara [eWEEK Technology News] 10:01:49 PM    comment []

SuSE to bundle SGI servers. In an effort to broaden Linux's appeal, the open-source software maker says it will bundle its new Enterprise Server 8 with SGI's Altix 3000 servers and superclusters. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 10:01:20 PM    comment []

The Aftermath of Cyberattacks. How much can the Department of Homeland Security do about cyberattacks? By David Strom. [New York Times: Technology] 10:00:50 PM    comment []

Vonage Fights Minnesota's Attempts To Regulate VoIP [Slashdot] 11:57:46 AM    comment []

The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) [Slashdot] 11:57:17 AM    comment []

Saturday, August 23, 2003

Internet quiet as Sobig attack deadline passes. The deadline passed quietly as security experts continued to stave off the Sobig.F worm by blocking 20 infected servers supplied with instructions to download and run a special file. [Computerworld News] 11:53:23 PM    comment []

MontaVista swats back at SCO. The company, a specialist in Linux-based software for embedded devices, advises customers not to pay anything to SCO for Linux licensing plans. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 11:52:32 PM    comment []

Pop-ups annoy, but do they work?. Wharton experts try to figure out just how annoying pop-up ads really are and whether intrusive necessarily means ineffective. [CNET News.com] 11:52:08 PM    comment []

Opportunism, spam behind new worms. Windows vulnerability presents a target [InfoWorld: Security] 2:12:25 PM    comment []

SCO CEO says IBM behind open source attacks. IBM Corp. has been quietly stage-managing the open source community's response to The SCO Group Inc.'s $3 billion lawsuit over Big Blue's contributions to the Linux source code, SCO's Chief Executive Officer Darl McBride said in an interview at his company's SCO Forum user conference in Las Vegas this week. [InfoWorld: Top News] 2:12:02 PM    comment []

No Denying New Switch Vulnerability. Security Manager's Journal: When tests confirm that a newly discovered denial-of-service vulnerability on Cisco hardware is a threat, Mathias Thurman must decide how to resolve the problem with minimal disruption. [Computerworld Security Manager's Journal] 2:11:40 PM    comment []

Sobig virus wreaks e-mail havoc. The Sobig virus looks set to keep causing trouble, millions of infected e-mails still flying across the net. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 2:11:14 PM    comment []

CNet: Digital-cable devices could hit retail. What the article doesn't mention is that the OpenCable licensing agreement bans almost all interesting devices in the name of copy protection. (Recording cable straight onto a DVD? Dream on.) [Hack the Planet] 2:10:56 PM    comment []

SCO Says IBM is Beating Up on Them [Slashdot] 2:10:26 PM    comment []

Worm's double whammy. Networks experience disruption as an old virus reappears as a mass-mailing machine and an MSBlast variant that patches the original vulnerability spread. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 2:10:03 PM    comment []

Security experts race to beat Sobig. A frantic global hunt is under way to find and switch off 20 home computers as the Sobig.F virus threatens to unleash a crippling barrage of data across the Net. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 2:09:33 PM    comment []

Friday, August 22, 2003

Japanese Deploying Powered Exoskeletons for Elderly [Slashdot] 8:57:54 PM    comment []

Netgear Routers DoS UWisc Time Server [Slashdot] 8:57:28 PM    comment []

Vmware with 2003 Server and Red Hat 8 Check out the Vmware site for a trial version of a virtual machine system that will let you run several operating systems at once on a single machine.  I installed Win 2003 Server and Redhat 8 today.  It is easy to flip back and forth between systems just as you would between applications in separate windows in windows.  The Redhat virtual machine even provides access to the web via your switch and router.     2:28:02 AM    comment []

Thursday, August 21, 2003

Worm double whammy still hitting hard. Nachi, the problematic fixer worm, and Sobig.F, the worst mass-mailing computer virus so far, continue to flood some corporate networks and e-mail servers. [CNET News.com] 11:33:10 PM    comment []

Arrogance Undermines Best Antivirus Defense. Inattention and complacency allow Vince's layered antivirus defense to atrophy -- and a virus gets through. [Computerworld Security Manager's Journal] 11:19:04 PM    comment []

Lots of interesting News today.... New virus and worm news in the security section! 5:05:16 PM    comment []

Linux advocate: More SCO evidence flawed [IDG InfoWorld] 5:04:17 PM    comment []

Patriot Act II Resurrected?. Congressional members sympathetic to the Justice Department may once again try to expand the feds' investigative powers. A proposed bill also would link low-level, nonviolent drug dealers with terrorists. Critics say it's Patriot II reborn. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News] 5:03:48 PM    comment []

RIAA legal threat cuts P2P downloads by 23%. So the latest market stats suggest [The Register] 5:03:34 PM    comment []

MessageLabs: Sobig.F breaks speed records. The latest of version of the Sobig Internet virus, Sobig.F, is spreading faster than any virus seen before, according to U.K. e-mail security firm MessageLabs Ltd. [InfoWorld: Top News] 5:03:02 PM    comment []

Microsoft Worms Crash Ohio Nuke Plant, MD Trains [Slashdot] 5:02:23 PM    comment []

Spread of 'Sobig.F' Virus Is Fastest Ever. A computer virus that circulated across the Internet this week, hard on the heels of another nasty online infection, has been declared the fastest e-mail outbreak ever. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 5:01:58 PM    comment []

Linux advocate: More SCO evidence flawed [IDG InfoWorld] 12:24:28 AM    comment []

U.K. security shop rethinks network scanning. NGSSoftware has released a redesigned version of its network- and application-scanning tool called Typhon III. [Computerworld Networking News] 12:23:32 AM    comment []

Tips on setting up a wireless LAN. Mobile and wireless analyst Craig Mathias gives realistic advice for building a wireless LAN. [Computerworld Network LAN/WAN News] 12:15:52 AM    comment []

Torvalds Slams SCO. In a hard-hitting exclusive interview with eWEEK, the father of Linux slams SCO's 'evidence' of illegal Unix code in Linux. [eWEEK Technology News] 12:09:57 AM    comment []

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Recording, movie industries appeal file-trading ruling [IDG InfoWorld] 3:41:12 PM    comment []

Update: Navy says intranet hit by worm but still functioning. The Navy's multibillion-dollar intranet was hit by a variant of the Blaster worm circulating around the Internet, but the network was never off-line, a Navy spokeswoman said. [Computerworld News] 3:41:10 PM    comment []

Bob Frankston: IPv6 isn’t just about more addresses. Can someone tell me how to enable this mandatory always-on zero-configuration IPv6 security on my Mac, Linux, or Windows box? Don't just say "IPSec", because every version of IPSec I've seen requires significant configuration. [Hack the Planet] 3:41:07 PM    comment []

Microsoft Urges Messenger Upgrade. Move sparked by security concerns in older versions of the software. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] 3:41:05 PM    comment []

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SCO Execs Tout Web Services. At the SCO Forum, company officials talked up its SCOx Application Substrate and preached the gospel of interoperability. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] 3:40:53 PM    comment []

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Media groups appeal P2P ruling. Record labels and movie studios say they have appealed an April federal court ruling that held for the first time that some file-swapping software was legal. [CNET News.com] 7:11:48 PM    comment []

Nextel, RadioFrame bring Wi-Fi indoors. The companies launch a wireless service aimed at improving indoor coverage and capabilities for wireless voice and data services. [CNET News.com] 7:11:23 PM    comment []

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Zone Labs Gains IMsecure Apps. Zone Labs Inc. has acquired IMsecure Corp. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis] 5:15:36 PM    comment []

Nasty virus infection from Kazaa I have been using Kazaa lite because it is not filled with attached spyware, but it appears the many of the files stored on the network have viruses.  I spent about two days clearing them out!  Be very carefull downloading anything with and exe extension.  I tried a new antivirus software called bitdefender and have a good experience with it!  4:50:05 PM    comment []

Class Starts... Welcome to Network Configuration!  This is the site we will use to post our weekly links to articles and follow up on classroom discussions.  3:24:49 PM    comment []

Wednesday, August 06, 2003

here are a couple of new wireless stories 9:19:46 PM    comment []

Wireless wave continues to roll. Between Wayport, Boingo, T-Mobile, iPass, Gric, Cometa, and now SBC Communications, it looks like North America will be blanketed with hot spots for broadband wireless access to public and private networks. [InfoWorld: Top News] 9:19:23 PM    comment []

Wireless streaming standard approved. An industry standards group approves a wireless streaming standard designed to set the groundwork for a new generation of digital entertainment products. [CNET News.com] 9:19:00 PM    comment []

I am looking for open source web crawlers!  Any recommendations? 5:23:54 PM    comment []

The new  term is sneaking up on us and I have been busy updating www.muchdata.com and redoing the slides for data communicaion and network design. 5:17:58 PM    comment []