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    Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 11/13/02
    Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:25:52 -0600
    From: "NIPC Watch" <nipcwatch@private>
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    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
    
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