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December 12, 2001

Court forbids former Intel worker from mass e-mails
In a case that could force the California Supreme
Court to consider how far free speech protections
extend to company e-mail systems, a state appeals
court in Sacramento has upheld an unprecedented
order that forbids a former Intel employee from
flooding the chip giant's e-mail system with
missives related to his 1995 firing.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/email121201.htm
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172926.html

Ruling revives spam debate
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100631,00.html

Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam
A small claims court judge in Bellevue, Washington,
awarded Bennett Haselton $2,000 for getting spam.
The judge on Monday found in Haselton's favor in
four separate cases for $500 apiece. In each case,
he ruled that the defendants, none of whom bothered
to show up, had sent Haselton deceptive e-mail
solicitations prohibited under Washington state's
3-year-old anti-spam law.
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,49089,00.html

FBI spokesman confirms 'Magic Lantern' project exists
An FBI spokesman confirmed Wednesday that the U.S.
government is working on a controversial Internet
spying technology, code-named ``Magic Lantern'',
which could be used to eavesdrop on computer
communications by suspected criminals. ``It is a
workbench project'' that has not yet been deployed,
said FBI spokesman Paul Bresson. ``We can't discuss
it because it's under development.''
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/043634.htm
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8160201.html
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,49102,00.html

Interior Department still lost in cyberspace
Interested in making an online reservation for
a National Park? Want to use the Internet to find
out about federal supplies of water? Fuggidaboutit.
For nearly a week, the U.S. Interior Department
has been lost in cyberspace. Because of a judge's
order, the Interior Department pulled the plug on
its Web sites and external e-mail five days ago,
and as of Tuesday evening, most of those services
were still off-line.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/001418.htm

No Hidden Messages At Pro-Bin Laden Site - Experts
Photos at an anti-American Web site that provides
information about Jihad are unlikely to contain
hidden messages for terrorists, experts said today.
A review today of dozens of photos at the Azzam.com
Web site turned up no evidence that the images
contained steganographic content, according to
Niels Provos, an expert in the technology.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172919.html

Locals seek help for homeland
State and local officials appeared before two
Senate committees Dec. 11 to call on the federal
government for assistance as local governments
bear much of the burden for securing the home
front in the war on terrorism. The hearing
coincided with the release of the U.S. Conference
of Mayors' final homeland security recommendations,
which details the strain on municipalities:
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2001/1210/web-home-12-12-01.asp

State anti-terror laws proposed
17-Point Republican Plan Includes Death Penaly,
Relaxed Wiretap Rules. California lawmakers and
state officials proposed a spate of new laws
Tuesday to counter terrorism, including new
wiretap rules and the death penalty for terror
attacks.  A 17-point Assembly Republican plan
would stiffen sentences for terror activities,
including adding terrorism to the list of special
circumstances for which the death penalty could
be imposed.
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/newlaws12.htm

Lawmaker: Net Security Bill Will Pass This Year
A bill designed to strengthen U.S. defenses
against online attacks appears likely to pass
both the full House and Senate this year,
according to House Science Committee Chairman
Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y.  Speaking at a
conference hosted by the lobbying group
Information Technology Association of America
(ITAA), Boehlert said that he has received
promising words from the House leadership and
senators that the bill H.R. 3394, the "Cyber
Security Research and Development Act," will
make its way to the White House before 2002.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172918.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/298

White House CyberSecurity
Jobs, Research, and Rhetoric, but Few Results.
The commitment by the federal government to further
computer security research may be laudable, but it
fails to address the root cause of most security
issues: bad software. Diane Frank's December 5
article Bills Aim at Cyber R&D in Federal Computer
Week reports that the Cyber Security Research and
Development Act, introduced by Rep. Sherwood Boehlert
(R-NY), seeks to provide nearly half a billion dollars
in funding for research and education of information
security matters.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/46

Lords attack Anti-Terror Bill again
The Lords has continued to attack the controversial
Anti-Terrorism Bill, voting in a tenth amendment
yesterday which will ensure public debate of the
voluntary code of practice on retaining phone and
email data. Lord Rooker led the charge, claiming
that the code of practice does not comply with
either the Data Protection Act or the Human
Rights Act.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23342.html

Bush to name technology panel
Case, Dell, others to help set nation's high-
tech agenda.  President Bush will appoint AOL
Time Warner Inc. Chairman Steve Case and other
prominent executives to an advisory panel that
will help shape policy on issues ranging from
research-and-development funding to new
broadband incentives, according to White
House officials.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/671382.asp
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172923.html

Bush high-tech council to discuss terrorism at first meeting
White House officials will convene the first meeting
today of the President's Council of Advisers on
Science and Technology to discuss broadband policy,
research and development priorities, as well as the
role of technology in stopping terrorism and
increasing energy efficiency.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1201/121201cdam1.htm

Feds urge tech firms to assume cybersecurity leadership
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1201/121201td1.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/12/12/bush.technology.reut/index.html

Cerf cautions against cyber-security proposals.
One of the Internet's founders said Wednesday
there were important weaknesses in the Bush
administration's plans to build an ultra-secure
government network and to encourage companies
to make computers safer for consumers.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/040822.htm

DoD pumps up cybercrime investment
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has invested
in a extensive cybercrime training program with
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) that will
earn the firm up to $86 million over the next
eight years. Under the contract, CSC will assist
the DoD in researching, developing and delivering
state-of-the-art computer investigation training
courses for military law enforcement professionals.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23356.html

Hackers, programmers tear apart Xbox
 From its cutting-edge graphics processor to the
video game industry's first built-in hard drive,
Microsoft's Xbox has been praised as one of the
most technologically sophisticated game devices
ever. But that's just not good enough for hardware
and software experimenters who have been tinkering
with the Xbox since the day it went on sale.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100590,00.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2100792,00.html

California candidate spams voters
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bill Jones
turns to e-mail. California Republican
gubernatorial candidate Bill Jones sent out
a spam e-mail Monday to voters, asking for
support as he seeks his party's nomination.
A spokesperson for the campaign defended
the e-mail, saying recipients were given the
choice to opt-out of further solicitations.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/671170.asp

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