[Cybertel-Ann] 9.18.7 :: Surprise! :: Loves DMCA, Doesnt Get Tech :: AOL HEART NYC :: Zombie Menace :: Root Server Mash Up ::

Tue Sep 18 07:57:09 PDT 2007

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It soon became obvious that the ARPANET was becoming a
human- communication medium with very important
advantages over normal U.S. mail and over telephone
calls. One of the advantages of the message systems
over letter mail was that, in an ARPANET message, one
could write tersely and type imperfectly, even to an
older person in a superior position and even to a
person one did not know very well, and the recipient
took no offense. The formality and perfection that
most people expect in a typed letter did not become
associated with network messages, probably because the
network was so much faster, so much more like the
telephone. - J.C.R. Licklider, Albert Vezza,
Applications of Information Networks, Proc of the
IEEE, 66(11), Nov 1978.

LEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON QWEST
PETITION FOR FORBEARANCE UNDER 47 U.S.C. SECTION
160(C) FROM TITLE II AND COMPUTER INQUIRY RULES WITH
RESPECT TO BROADBAND SERVICES, FCC, 9/18/2007 
(DA No. 07-3923). (Dkt No 06-125). Comments Due:
09/20/2007. WCB. Contact: Heather Hendrickson at (202)
418-1580, email: Heather.Hendrickson at fcc.gov or
William Kehoe at (202) 418-1580, email:
William.Kehoe at fcc.gov
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3923A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/forbearance.htm

User satisfaction with federal government Web sites
dips slightly, CW, 9/18/2007 
User satisfaction with U.S. government Web sites has
declined slightly from the last quarter, according to
a survey.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/157898091/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

US copyright official loves DMCA but admits she's not
tech savvy, Afterdawn, 9/18/2007 
ust a cursory glance at recent DMCA activity finds
clear evidence of organizations abusing the law's
takedown provision to force the...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11154.cfm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Response to Patrik Faltstrom on DNSSEC implications,
IGP, 9/18/2007 
Our 9 September blog post on DNSSEC has generated
significant attention. It is gratifying to see DNS
experts like Patrik Faltstrom respond. Not so
gratifying is that Patrik's response reveals that even
technical experts in DNS can fail to..
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/157718633/3236236.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

AOL, Which Made "Dulles" A Town, Heads to NYC, IP
Democracy, 9/18/2007 
AOL is moving its headquarters location from Dulles,
VA to New York City as part of a "realignment" that
parent company Time Warner hopes will boost ad sales
revenues. As yet another move in a long series of
attempts to turn AOL into an advertising..
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/09/17/#002657
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/aol.htm

Report: Zombie Threat Grows, VoIP Vulnerable - Botnet
menace outpacing capacity investment..., DSLreports,
9/18/2007 
A new survey from security outfit Arbor Networks says
that nearly half of all ISPs think they can easily
handle attacks on their network, but the report notes
that nearly 90% of ISPs also say they have no way to
protect critical VoIP infrastructure..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Report-Zombie-Threat-Grows-VoIP-Vulnerable-87631
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

DHS Privacy Committee Meets Wednesday, Tech Lib Front,
9/18/2007 
The Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy and
Integrity Advisory Committee meets Wednesday at the
Hilton Arlington (Ballston), 950 North Stafford Street
in Arlington, Virginia. Focus: Fusion Centers. Should
be HOT! Or not . . . Agenda..
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/157654436/042796.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality Regulation,
CISCO, 9/18/2007 
The United States Department of Justice has entered
the Network Neutrality debate by filing these Comments
in the FCC's Broadband Industry Practices docket. The
Justice Department argues that the broadband market is
growing and competitive and the...
http://blogs.cisco.com/gov/2007/09/justice_department_opposes_net.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

The FTC's close look at online advertising, Google,
9/18/2007 
Online advertising is still a relatively new industry,
and the recent flurry of acquisitions in this space –
by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and other companies
– has drawn even more attention to the issues it..
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/157661703/ftcs-close-look-at-online-advertising.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

Wireless Net Neutrality, CircleID, 9/18/2007 
To date, most of the discussion on net neutrality has
dealt with the behaviour of conventional wireline
ISPs. RCR Wireless News is carrying an opinion piece
called "Paying for the bandwidth we consume" by Mark
Desautels, VP -- Wireless Internet..
http://www.circleid.com/posts/79176_wireless_net_neutrality/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Do ad blocking plugins cause copyright and terms of
use problems?, Internet Cases, 9/18/2007 
CNet News has run this interesting article which
raises questions about whether ad blocking software
may face legal challenges from website publishers and
advertising providers. What we're talking about here
are browser plugins that the user chooses to
install,..
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2007/09/do_ad_blocking.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

AT&T Aims WiMax at Rural Areas - Southern rural
broadband push planned, DSLreports, 9/18/2007 
AT&T is gearing up for a WiMax service launch in the
second quarter of 2008, according to anonymous
sources. AT&T has lined up suppliers (almost always
where such leaks come from), who hint that the service
will be used primarily as a way to service..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATampT-Aims-WiMax-at-Rural-Areas-87612
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Google calls for global privacy crusade, Americas
Network, 9/18/2007 
Google is calling on businesses and regulators
throughout the world to adopt international standards
for protecting consumer privacy online and offline, an
Associated Press report said
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/Daily+News/Google-calls-for-global-privacy-crusade/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/457665?ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Where are DNS Root Servers? See them on Google Maps,
CircleID, 9/18/2007 
DNS root servers function as part of the Internet
backbone, as explained in Wikipedia, and have come
under attack a number of times in the past -- although
none of the attacks have ever been serious enough to
severely hamper the performance of the...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/dns_root_servers_google_maps/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

Man defeats Viacom in DMCA takedown dispute,
Afterdawn, 9/18/2007 
Viacom has backed down from a DMCA takedown notice
over a video posted to YouTube by a school board
candidate in North Carolina after he filed a .
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11118.cfm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

The .TK Domain Generates 10% of Tiny Pacific Nation’s
Wealth, CircleID, 9/18/2007 
Tokelau, a non-self-governing colonial territory of
New Zealand that comprises three tropical coral atolls
in the South Pacific Ocean, has come up with a novel
way of making money via its country code top-level
domain name .TK. Tokelau may only have..
http://www.circleid.com/posts/tk_domain_name_tokelau/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

ICANN's GNSO Council Seeks Additional Comments on
Proposed Changes to WHOIS, ICANN, 9/18/2007 
Public comments are invited via email until 00:00 UTC
(17:00 PDT) on 30 October 2007 on the GNSO Council's
WHOIS reports and recommendations.
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-14sep07.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/whois.htm

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