-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 11/13/02 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:25:52 -0600 From: "NIPC Watch" <nipcwatch@private> To: "Information Technology" <information_technology@private> November 11, New Scientist Rewiring file-sharing networks may stop attacks. A proposed U.S. law permitting attacks on peer-to-peer file sharing networks to disrupt illegal copying could be undermined by research from two U.S. computer researchers. Peer-to-peer networks let thousands of personal computers communicate with each other so that users can search each other's hard drives for files. Some sections of the U.S. entertainment industry are so concerned about copyright infringement on peer-to-peer networks that they are pushing for new powers to put a stop to the activity. The plans have outraged many peer-to-peer network users and civil liberty campaigners. A U.S. bill proposed in July 2002 would give copyright holders the legal power to attack the computers of file sharers suspected of piracy. Experts say it would be relatively easy to log on to a network and deliberately overload suspected users with fake requests for a file, by misinforming other "nodes". This is similar to overloading a web site with fake traffic in a "denial of service" attack. Source. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993037 November 11, Federal Computer Week Still a disconnect at Interior. About six percent of the Interior Department's computer systems remain disconnected from the Internet, 11 months after a federal judge ordered a department-wide shutdown citing security concerns, according to a Nov. 1 Interior report. Most of the systems support the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of the Special Trustee, agencies that rely on information technology to fulfill the department's trust fund duties. "The relative security and integrity of DOI's computer systems is gradually improving," Interior officials said in their 11th status report to the court, one in a series of updates required by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth. This reporting period, July 1 through Sept. 30, saw little increase in Internet connectivity - a fact attributed to procurement and reconfiguration needs. Source. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/1111/web-interior-11-11-02.asp November 12, MSNBC.COM Congress approved a massive spending program on Tuesday afternoon that will allocate nearly a billion dollars for computer security research. By a voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (CSRDA), which hands colleges and universities about $900 million over the next five years to create security centers, recruit graduate students, and pay for research. Source: http://www.msnbc.com/news/834154.asp?cp1=1 _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv http://listserv.infragard.org/mailman/listinfo/information_technology
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