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Re: Home Network Security (fwd)
by Eugene Leitl 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO : N48 10'07'' E011 33'53'' http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:12:44 -0700 From: Joshua Stanley <joshstanley(a)slyhatjones.com> To: silent-tristero(a)world.std.com Subject: Re: Home Network Security At 04:50 PM 7/23/01 -0400, Andrew A. Gill heralded: >CERT recently released a list of home network security guidelines. If >you know anyone who is less than clued about this type of thing, send >them here: > ><http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html> > >Pretty basic guidelines, but it's better than 3AM calls from cow-orkers. In the latest issue of 2600 Quarterly, a reader writes in to brag about how he recently drove around his neighborhood with the receiver-half of a wireless camera (a la the X-10 camera... you know, you've seen those relentless X-10 pop-up ads recently) connected to a portable TV, and discovered that many of his neighbors had spy cameras set up in all kinds of fun places. Apparently lots more people than you might think like to spy on other members of their own families... or themselves... or their pets... children... baby sitters, etcetera. And of course, that his activity, intercepting publicly broadcast, unencrypted video, (probably) isn't even illegal. Every one of those people was inadvertently entering the business of broadcast media. -Josh >-- >|Andrew A. Gill |I posted to Silent-Tristero and| >|<superluser(a)mail.rit.edu> |all I got was this stupid sig! | >|alt.tv.simpsons CBG-FAQ author | | >| (Report all obscene mail to Le Maitre Pots)| >|<http://trystero.rh.rit.edu> Temporary sig: -- > >Go CERT! For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. -- H L Mencken

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Greco Says Ybor City Cameras Will Stay: From The Tampa Tribune
by Jim Choate 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

I predict that Greco will not win the next election. http://www.tampatrib.com/MGAVF7SIKPC.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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District gets OK on red light cameras -- The Washington Times
by Jim Choate 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Who else a few weeks ago was talking about 'right to face ones accuser'? That a distinction between 'witness' and 'evidence' was being lost? Check the archives ladies and gentlemen. http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20010725-91340800.htm -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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by Aloha700 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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Air Force Turns 747 Into Holster for Giant Laser (washingtonpost.com)
by Jim Choate 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Point this baby at the ground... http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27248-2001Jul20.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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