[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 02/22/02 (fwd)

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Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 02/22/02 (fwd)
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February 22, 2002

Oh, no! Inflamed Netizens crash Olympic server
South Koreans took to the information superhighway
on Friday to let the world know their anger at the
disqualification of their skater in the Olympic
1,500 meters men's short track on Wednesday. Korean
Kim Dong-sung crossed the line first but was
disqualified for impeding American Apolo Anton Ohno,
who was awarded the gold medal. A flood of "insulting"
e-mail from South Korea caused the server of the
United States Olympic Committee to crash on Thursday.
http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1105-843025.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2104889,00.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-842924.html

FAA: Air Traffic Control Holes Plugged
After flunking three congressional audits, the Federal
Aviation Administration says air traffic control systems
are finally safe from hack attacks. Computer security
weaknesses in the U.S. air traffic control network that
have dogged the Federal Aviation Administration since
1998 have been substantially closed, the FAA's CIO
said Thursday, but the agency needs more funding to
continue the effort.
http://online.securityfocus.com/news/337
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24166.html

Europe pushes to ban racist Web content
Authors of e-mails and Internet postings that
contain racist or xenophobic material may face
criminal charges under a proposed European treaty
that is dividing the Internet and law-enforcement
communities. The proposal, drafted by the Council
of Europe, would essentially outlaw the publishing
of "hate speech" on the Internet. Welcomed by law
enforcement agencies, it has been slammed by
Internet companies as impossible to enforce.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-843346.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-843277.html

Data protection code lays down law for IT staff
IT staff have some suprising new responsibilities
according to the first Data Protection code of
practice, and job applicants have some unexpected
rights.  IT staff have new responsibilities for
ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act
1998, which came into full force last autumn,
according to a code of practice to be published
next week.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2104882,00.html

DOD office finds e-mail filter for classified info
Classified information embedded accidentally or
intentionally in e-mail used to be an everyday
headache at the Office of the Defense Undersecretary
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Commercial
filtering software was "flagging too many" of the
30,000 Microsoft Outlook messages that flow in and
out daily, said David Lloyd, who was detailed to the
office to find a solution.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18028-1.html

Pervasive Computing - Where's the Off Switch?
Both government and citizens want pervasive computing;
the difference is that citizens want to be able to turn
it off. A thought has been percolating in my brain for
the past couple of months. I'm sure I'm not the first
to consider it. It regards pervasive computing and
privacy. Almost everyone supports or is looking forward
to pervasive computing. I'm talking about the idea that
at some time in the near future you'll be able to walk
into a room and your PDA will silently query nearby
peripherals and make them available to you.
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16475.html

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