NetFlash: Practitioners unlock the secrets of a growing hobby for network pros 11/12/04
In this issue: * Practitioners unlock the secrets of a growing hobby for ��network pros * U.N. creates Internet governance working group * SBC outlines Project Lightspeed fiber plan * ICANN domain transfer policy takes effect * Today on Layer 8 * This week's top 5 stories * Links related to NetFlash * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Systems Special Report: Bridging the Gap; Enterprise ROI IT professionals today don't indulge in the latest-greatest technology for their own sake; instead they concentrate efforts on projects that are most likely to help achieve business goals. Read about the challenges and opportunities when IT starts 'bridging the gap' and directly contributes to enterprise ROI. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87963 _______________________________________________________________ SECURTIY SUMMIT: CAN SECURITY BE A COMPETITIVE EDGE? Recently 23 prominent IT executives and academics gathered at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH for a daylong roundtable to address such questions. CIOs and VPs from some of the largest and most well-known companies in the US shared with peers their security fears, goals, frustrations and challenges. Find out more: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87921 _______________________________________________________________ NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORK WORLD FUSION By Jeff Caruso When you think about it, it's a natural fit, really. Computer and network professionals are starting to gravitate towards lock picking - which appeals to their love of problem solving and their heightened interest in security. But not everyone is understanding of their new hobby, including law enforcement officials and locksmith associations. It's all here in our fascinating Wider Net story about this curious intersection of digital hackers and the physical world. Practitioners unlock the secrets of a growing hobby for network pros <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804widernetlocks.html?net> U.N. creates Internet governance working group What is the Internet? Sounds like a simple enough question, but defining it in the context of international politics muddies it up quite a bit. Figuring out how to manage the Internet at both technical and policy levels is an even thornier issue. Yet the U.N. has formed a group to take on these issues and more. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1112wsis-un.html?net> SBC outlines Project Lightspeed fiber plan SBC this week said network lab and field trials are under way for Project Lightspeed, its multibillion-dollar fiber deployment that's intended to stem cable multisystem operator incursions into SBC's residential base. <http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1111sbc.html?net> ICANN domain transfer policy takes effect The new transfer policy for inter-registrar domain names Friday went into effect, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1112icanndomai.html?net> Today on Layer 8, where we approve this message: AOL tells southern broadband users to hit the road; rating the search engines; San Jose PD dislikes new in-car software; and pity the poor Segway; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news. <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net> This week's top 5 stories so far: 1. Spyware stoppers target biz networks <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804spyware.html?net> 2. Testing your mettle: Zinc whiskers in the data center <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104widernetwhiskers.html?net> 3. 10G Ethernet vendors look to stoke demand <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804tengig.html?net> 4. Patent suit takes aim at Cisco routers, switches <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104patensuit.html?net> 5. IOS glitch leaves some Cisco gear open to attack <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1110cisvuln.html?net> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Jeff Caruso Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing, and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. 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