FC: More on AAP, librarians, Waco, Ruby Ridge, and the Sklyarov case

2001-08-05 Thread Declan McCullagh
Five items follow: 1. A note from the American Association of Publishers to USACM (forwarded via Dave Farber's interesting-people list). 2. Matt Gaylor's response to AAP's Judith Platt about her Waco/Ruby Ridge reference (Judith's message is here: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02345.html) 3. A r

FC: "Jam Echelon Day" resurfaces, scheduled for October 21

2001-08-05 Thread Declan McCullagh
[I strongly suspect this is more valuable as a publicity stunt than as a serious exercise, but perhaps I'm just being a wet blanket. --Declan] * Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 10:41:06 -0700 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Michael Teetering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Jam Echelo

FC: CodeRed II alert: This time, it's malicious

2001-08-05 Thread Declan McCullagh
** CodeRedII DRAFT Analysts: Ryan Russell Guest Analysts: Marc Maiffret and Ryan Permeh Incident Analysis Report August 4, 2001 Executive Summary A new worm affecting unpatched Microsoft IIS web servers has been discovered. This worm takes advantage of the same vulnerability as the

FC: Corrupt Michigan cops abuse police database to stalk, harass

2001-08-05 Thread Declan McCullagh
[According to the third Detroit Free Press story, a cop who stalked a woman using his access to police databases was "suspended for a day without pay." That'll teach 'em! --Declan] From: "Ed Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Michigan cops ab