[iwar] Historical posting


From: Fred Cohen
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Date: Mon, Jan 1, 1999
From: Fred Cohen 
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             [Obviously, the media has noticed the recent denial of service attacks

and that is dominating the news.  There is also a lot of misinformation,

particularly on CNN, particularly from their supposed experts.  I will

not include every story in this area I come across - only the really

interesting ones.  Please feel free to post any that you find that you

think are worthy and that I have missed. - FC]



-- 4 February 2000  IETF Excludes Wiretapping

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has voted against incorporating

wiretapping capabilities into the next generation of Internet protocols.

The IETF says that because it is an international standards organization,

incorporating net wiretapping would subject the rest of the world to US

law.  The IETF also expressed concerns that built-in net tapping

capabilities hold the potential for abuse.

http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,34055,00.html

http://www.currents.net/newstoday/00/02/04/news4.html



-- 4 February 2000  The Human Element in Information Security

Both ex-CIA director John Deutch and Energy Department scientist Wen Ho

Lee placed classified information on unsecured computers.  Government

officials say this is a human problem, not a technological problem.

http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,34105,00.html

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0131/web-security-02-04-00.asp



-- 3 February 2000  Activists Taking a New Tack in Patrolling the Web

Former cyber vigilantes bent on ridding the Internet of child pornography

have changed their tactics.  Rather than engaging in illegal and

evidence-destroying activities, they are patrolling the Internet and

turning information over to law enforcement authorities.  One of the

more thought-provoking elements of the story is that fewer than a dozen

of the 250 members stuck with the group when it went "legal."

http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,33869,00.html



-- 3 February 2000  Cyber Threats

The US's reliance on information technology is both an asset and a

liability.  The technology of information warfare can magnify the range

and effect of a single attacker, according to the directors of the CIA

and the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency).  Intelligence suggests that

Middle East terrorist groups are using computers and encryption.  Most

adversaries, however, are not sophisticated enough to launch a

comprehensive information systems attack.

http://www.currents.net/newstoday/00/02/03/news19.html



-- 2 February 2000  Java Machine Hole

A security hole in Microsoft's Java virtual machine could allow attackers

to lift files from computers by inserting code into a Java applet and

them embedding it in a web page.

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2431555,00.html



FC