[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 03/25/02 (fwd)

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March 25, 2002

Foreign hackers tried to enter Air Force computer network
Hackers operating outside the United States tried
unsuccessfully to enter the computer network at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, officials said.
There were 125,000 attempts made early Friday,
said Lt. Gen. Richard Reynolds, commander of
the Aeronautical Systems Center. ``I don't
know whether they wanted to get in and just
get information, or whether they wanted to
get in and cripple our network,'' Reynolds said.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/2922056.htm
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130401
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/25/air-force-hackers.htm
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/321281p-2728713c.html

US Internet porn law battle heads for court
The law would limit Internet access in US public
libraries, but many call it unconstitutional.
The latest attempt by Congress to control
pornography on the Internet is expected to
go to trial on Monday in Philadelphia, where
a coalition of libraries, library patrons and
Web site operators are battling the Children's
Internet Protection Act. The law seeks to prevent
children from accessing objectionable Internet
material by cutting off federal funds that
subsidise Internet access at libraries that fail
to install filtering software on their computers.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107258,00.html
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-867557.html
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16930.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/03/25/net-filtering-hearing.htm
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/323950p-2742732c.html
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51287,00.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/2929639.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/03/25/porn.trial.reut/index.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/25/national/main504504.shtml

Dead Napster Gets Deader
A federal appeals court said Monday that Napster
may not resume its free online file-swapping
service. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals upholds a federal judge's July
ruling that ordered the Redwood City company to
keep its free service offline until it can fully
comply with an injunction to remove all copyright
music.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51301,00.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175447.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/729359.asp
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/323757p-2742099c.html

Encryption patent firm stakes claim on industry
A previously unknown Californian firm which has
obtained a patent for application-independent
file encryption is seeking to enforce licensing
from other companies in the security industry.
The move has spurred anger among vendors hit by
patent infringement claims; they say they will
contest the action vigorously. Maz Technologies
was granted a patent last year for a "method of
transparent encryption and decryption for an
electronic document management system". Recently
the company appointed lawyers to press its claims.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24557.html

Hacking goldmine as BT publishes remote dial-up numbers
BT is to remove the list from the Web, but
security experts warn that the companies
affected are at risk of attack in the future
BT has admitted that it published the private
remote access numbers of a number of British
companies on its Web site -- a move that could
expose the firms affected to hacking attacks.
The numbers were published on the public BT
Together Web site in a list that BT thought
only included local and national ISP dial-up
numbers.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107318,00.html

Copy-write protection could be built into hardware
Microsoft researchers jump into the tussle
between Hollywood and hardware makers over
anti-copying protection, saying software
alone isn't enough to lock out pirates.
Software alone can't stop digital piracy,
researchers said this week, emphasising
that only a totally secured infrastructure
has a chance to eliminate the problem.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2107260,00.html

City That Won Heidelberg.net In Court, Loses In UDRP
The German city of Heidelberg has become the
latest government to strike out in a bid to
wrest Internet addresses from Web-site operators
they claim are cybersquatters. In a decision
released today by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), arbitrator Desmond Ryan,
a Melbourne, Australia-based intellectual
property attorney, found that Heidelberg's
city council failed to show it controlled
any trademark rights to the municipality's
name.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175422.html

Web services: Security nightmare?
The hype surrounding Web services has reached
crescendo proportions. That's not surprising
given how eager some big information-technology
companies are to find some sort of recurring,
high-margin business in a down tech economy.
But in their rush, an important data security
issue is being ignored: Confidential information
is vulnerable to malicious employees or hackers
because customer data, which gets stored in
applications or databases operated by the Web
services provider, still exist in clear or
unencrypted form.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-867689.html

Cuba Bans PC Sales to Public
The Cuban government has quietly banned the sale
of computers and computer accessories to the
public, except in cases where the items are
"indispensable" and the purchase is authorized
by the Ministry of Internal Commerce. News of
the ban was first reported by CubaNet, an anti-
Castro site based in Miami. According to the
organization's correspondent in Havana, the
merchandise -- which had been sold freely in
the capital since mid-2001--was yanked off
store shelves in January.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51270,00.html

Mich. police keep tabs on radio gear
By fall, the Michigan State Police's new
communications system will provide radio coverage
for 97 percent of the state. Still, maintaining
the 181 tower sites scattered statewide, along
with several thousand portable and mobile radios,
is no easy task.  But technicians who once jotted
down assignments from a white board now download
work orders on their computers and handheld
devices.
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2002/0325/web-police-03-25-02.asp

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