-----Original Message----- From: InfraGard [mailto:infragard@private] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:42 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 8/06/03 August 05, Government Computer News FCC provides WiFi hot spots in Washington. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun offering free wireless Internet access to visitors at its headquarters at 445 12th St. S.W. in Washington, D.C. "It's a demonstration of the government embracing a new technology and making it available," said FCC spokesman Richard Diamond. The system uses the 802.11a and 802.11b protocols and lets users with their own computers and wireless interface cards connect with the Internet at no charge. "It is not connected to the FCC internal network," Diamond said, so there is no security and no authentication required to log on. Source: http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/23038-1.html August 04, National Journal Defense seeks right mix for telecommunications in Iraq. Linton Wells, principal deputy assistant secretary of Department of Defense (DoD) for networks and information integration, outlined plans for reconstruction of Iraq's telecommunications infrastructure Friday, August 1. He said bidders for a new wireless communication public offering need to consider how to ensure their technology can communicate with others in use there. Wells said the military recognizes that "significant additional funds" will be needed to rebuild Iraqi civil infrastructure over the next 12 to 18 months. Other needs are for local and national 911 first-responder capabilities, and a regulatory framework to determine how licenses are awarded and spectrum is allocated. The goal of the telecom transition is to return Iraq to prewar capabilities with the introduction of new advanced technologies. Right now, there is limited telephone service in most major cities, but Baghdad has minimal services due to damage. The country's 3,000 kilometers of mostly fiber-optic lines connecting the cities is being repaired but continues to be the target of sabotage, he said. Source: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0803/080403td1.htm Internet Security Systems - AlertCon: 1 out of 4 https://gtoc.iss.net/ Last Changed 5 August 2003 Security Focus ThreatCon: 2 out of 4 www.securityfocus.com Last Changed 22 July 2003 Current Virus and Port Attacks Virus: #1 Virus in USA: JS_CBASE.EXP1 Source: http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/wmap.html, Trend World Micro Virus Tracking Center [Infected Computers, North America, Past 24 hours, #1 in United States] Top 10 Target Ports: 445 (microsoft-ds), 80 (www), 137 (netbios-ns), 1434 (ms-sql-m), 0 (---), 139 (netbios-ssn), 113 (ident), 25 (smtp), 53 (domain), 4662 (eDonkey2000) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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