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Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 08/23/01 (fwd)
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India Probes Muckraking Site India said on Thursday it would investigate
a news website's use of prostitutes in a hidden-camera operation that
exposed widespread graft and influence- peddling in defense procurement. 
"The Home (interior) Ministry will fully investigate if anyone has
broken the law to collect news in the name of investigative journalism,"
parliamentary affairs minister Pramod Mahajan said.  "Very strict action
will be taken against them."
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46258,00.html

Judge Slams Monitoring Of Court Staff Web Use A plan to routinely
monitor the Internet use of all federal judges and their staff could
endanger the confidentiality of sensitive court documents and create an
atmosphere of paranoia among judiciary employees, a federal judge has
warned.  "No one condones using government property to download
pornography, to gamble, or to conduct personal profit-making business
during office hours," wrote Judge Edith H.  Jones, a federal judge for
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169357.html

Dead People, Fake Letters, Support Microsoft - Report State attorneys
general locked in an antitrust battle with Microsoft have received
hundreds of homespun letters of late from constituents urging the states
to drop their case against the software giant.  But now it appears that
many - if not all - of those letters were sent as a result of a
carefully orchestrated letter writing campaign funded in part by
Microsoft, according to the Los Angeles Times. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169355.html

Wireless Protocol Too Weak for "Official Use Only" Protocol used for
802.11b standard is not strong enough for information at =91official use
only=92 security status, expert says.  Wireless networks are fast to set
up and flexible enough to let workers roam through an office or campus. 
But =93you would not want to trust anything sensitive to today=92s
802.11b=94 wireless LAN standard, said Maj.  David A.  Nash, an
electrical engineering and computer sciences instructor for the U.S. 
Military Academy at West Point. 
http://www.gcn.com/20_24/security/16838-1.html

Users of wireless networks beware: Eavesdropping is easier Airports,
schools and hotels might want to look closer at the wireless Internet
networks they increasingly have been installing as a convenience for the
must-stay- connected crowd.  A new program called AirSnort, released on
the Internet this week, enables enterprising hackers to easily grab
passwords and other sensitive data as they are being transmitted through
the air -- unless certain precautions have been taken. 
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/013166.htm

Wolfpack contractors rounded up The Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency will pay seven contractors to develop electronic warfare
technologies under the Wolfpack program.  The Wolfpack program focuses
on developing technologies and architectures for ground-based,
close-proximity, distributed, networked systems that will augment
existing electronic warfare systems.  DARPA officials envision portable
and handheld applications as they are particularly interested in
minimizing size, weight, power and cost. 
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0820/web-darpa-08-23-01.asp

Official slaps at facial scanning A Jacksonville, Fla., councilwoman has
introduced legislation banning the use of facial-recognition technology
by the Sheriff=92s Office and other city agencies.  "I want to do those
things I can to stop [an] invasion of privacy," said Councilwoman at
Large Gwen Chandler-Thompson, who proposed the resolution last week.  "I
don=92t want Big Brother watching me.  I thought it would be wise to be
proactive rather than reactive."
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169348.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/fcw2.htm


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