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Congress gives federal bureaucrats 4.6 percent raise
by Declan McCullagh 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

2. House approves 4.6 percent pay raise The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to give civilian federal employees a 4.6 percent average pay raise next year. On a 334-94 vote, the House passed the $32.7 billion fiscal 2002 Treasury-Postal appropriations bill, (H.R. 2590), which contained language approving the raise. Earlier this week, the Bush administration issued a statement opposing the 4.6 percent increase, arguing that it "would divert critical resources from programs across the government." The administration proposed a 3.6 percent raise for civilian federal employees in its fiscal 2002 budget. Bush has proposed an across-the-board 4.6 percent military raise along with additional targeted raises that would boost increases to between 5 percent and 10 percent for service members, depending on their rank. "I remain hopeful that the administration will drop its insistence on a lower raise for federal workers," Rep. James Moran, D-Va., said in a statement. Military and civilian raises have been equal in 17 of the last 20 years. Click here for related stories and links: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0701/072601pay.htm ________________________________________________________________

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found gASTOS DE ENVIO.xls.pif infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "gASTOS DE ENVIO", was sent from Calipo and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found kellyres.doc.com infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "CDR: kellyres", was sent from THOMAS CRAWFORD and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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Re: Open 802.11b wireless access points and remailers
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

dmolnar <dmolnar(a)hcs.harvard.edu> wrote: > When "cell phones" get more programmable, and handle text, an interesting > "app" could be guerilla-net-like "routing". If everyone's "phone" is > a RF repeater/router, its not impossible. > > Battery life would probably be the worst impact. A few airline bottles > of vodka will keep the fuel cells humming (for the future phone, I mean). > > Lots of mil apps for fully distributed RF nets, too. > There are multiple SBIR solicitations for this sort of thing.

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/.: Are games turning kids into jocks?
by Jim Choate 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

http://slashdot.org/features/01/07/23/0321226.shtml James Choate Product Certification - Operating Systems Staff Engineer 512-436-1062 jchoate(a)tivoli.com

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found SAWTOOTH.DOC.bat infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "CDR: SAWTOOTH", was sent from hkatamba and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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InterScan NT Alert
by virus＠exchange.waldonet.net.mt 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Receiver, InterScan has detected virus(es) in the e-mail attachment. Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:38:15 +0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time) Method: Mail From: <info(a)xarapalace.com.mt> To: <cypherpunks(a)toad.com> File: POLICY FOR GROUP BOOKINGS.doc.pif Action: clean failed - deleted Virus: TROJ_SIRCAM.A

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Congress in action: Three years for "product tampering"
by Declan McCullagh 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Title: Crime Subcommittee Hearing Thursday U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman News Advisory For immediate release Contact: Jeff Lungren/Terry Shawn July 25, 2001 (202) 225-2492 Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearing and Markup Thursday on Consumer Product Tampering Legislation What: Legislative hearing and markup on H.R. 2621, the "Consumer Product Protection Act of 2001" Who: Subcommittee on Crime - Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman When: 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2001 Where: 2237 Rayburn House Office Building Tracey Weaver was preparing her family a New Year's Eve dinner complete with dessert to be made from a box of cheesecake mix she had bought at the local market. When the box was opened, her husband found a coupon for a "Free Trip To Africa". It was really no coupon at all but a demand for all African- Americans to return to Africa and included racial slurs that understandably upset Mrs. Weaver's family. Under current law, tampering with a product's packaging is legal as long as the perpetrator does not cause the labeling to be false or misleading or adulterate the product. This legislation, H.R. 2621, would make tampering with a product's packaging a crime punishable by up to three years in jail. Problems... * Current consumer protection laws cover tampering which endangers the health or safety of consumers or renders the labeling of a product false or misleading. * Tampering which does not taint or contaminate the contents or the labeling of a product is not covered under federal criminal law. However, such tampering harms both the consumer and the manufacturer. * Package tampering has become more and more pervasive; Kraft Foods estimates that they have received nearly 100 complaints in the last five years but that many more cases are not reported to them. This Legislation will... * Make knowingly stamping, printing, placing or inserting writing in or on a consumer product prior to its sale a crime with penalties up three years imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $25,000 per offense. Witnesses: Rep. Melissa Hart (R-PA), sponsor of H.R. 2621; William Macleod, Partner, Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC, on behalf of the Grocery Manufacturers of America; David Zlotnick, Professor, Roger Williams University; and Tracey Weaver, Victim, Leavenworth, Washington. ###30### Terry A. Shawn Press Secretary Committee on the Judiciary 202.225.2498

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Re: spam & new user
by DS 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

I've been on the list for about 12 hours now, and have also recieved three spams, and what appears to be a reply to the group to discuss a spam. I was expecting spam (as it is an unmoderated list), but was hoping for some actual traffic as well. I'm certainly going to give it more time, but I'm still wondering where the moderated list went, unless securityfocus.com was mistaken and there was no moderated list. I know either securityfocus or the majordomo hinted at some moderated list! Oh well. As for _Cryptonomicon_, it was a great book, and also piqued my interest in the field. Going to have to give it a re-read soon, I think. One thing I was wondering, and perhaps the list can help me out here if they also read the book, is how much the events and procedures in the book correlated to methods used by cypherpunks in the real world? I don't have any specific event from the book in mind, indeed, it's been so long since I read it, I probably couldn't come up with one, just wondering in general. Thanks __________________________________________ Get your free domain name and domain-based e-mail from Namezero.com New! Namezero Plus domains now available. Find out more at: http://www.namezero.com

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found fakstransfrontier.doc.lnk infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "fakstransfrontier", was sent from Ave Poom and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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