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1996-02-13 VP Gore Unveils On-Line Service for Businesses (fwd)
by Ed Carp 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 22:28-0500 From: The White House <Publications-Admin(a)WhiteHouse.Gov> To: Public-Distribution(a)CLINTON.AI.MIT.EDU Subject: 1996-02-13 VP Gore Unveils On-Line Service for Businesses THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release February 13, 1996 VICE PRESIDENT UNVEILS NEWEST ON-LINE SERVICE FOR U.S. BUSINESSES Gore Says U.S. Business Advisor Key To Governing In Information Age Vice President Gore today (2/13) unveiled the a new and improved "customer-designed" version of the U.S. Business Advisor. The "Advisor", which was first presented at the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business, underwent a six-month redesign that addressed the specific needs of the business community. The improved "Advisor" will provide users with one-stop electronic access to more than 60 different federal organizations that assist or regulate businesses. This on-line service, which directly links American businesses with the federal government, was originally developed by the Vice President's National Performance Review in cooperation with federal agencies and the business community. Today, at the annual convention of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) in Tyson's Corner, VA, the Vice President officially placed the new Advisor on the World Wide Web (http://www.business.gov) "By employing state-of-the-art information technology, the Advisor is improving communication between American businesses and their government," the Vice President said. "Because this version was developed with the support of the business community, the Advisor serves our customers on their terms. Both Fortune 500 companies and start-up businesses will benefit from this improved service." The Advisor provides an interactive environment where businesses can: file documents electronically with the government; retrieve documents, applications and other information; get answers to commonly asked questions; obtain names and contact numbers of business agencies; acquire news on specific business topics; and send feedback. The improved version of the U.S. Business Advisor was unveiled today as the Vice President delivered the second of three speeches on technology and the future of America. The "Technology Trilogy" began Monday (2/12), in Baltimore, MD, where the Vice President spoke to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The final speech is scheduled for tomorrow (2/14), in Philadelphia, PA, where the Vice President will visit the first programmable computer, also known as the ENIAC.

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Re: V-chips, CC, and Motorcycle Helmets
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 07:36 PM 2/13/96 -0800, Bill Frantz wrote: >At 8:15 PM 2/13/96 -0500, Declan B. McCullagh wrote: >>That may well be true, but speaking as someone who's worked on U.S. >>Presidential campaigns, that kind of protection is expensive, >>time-consuming, intrusive, and unlikely to be extended. > >I assume that both Declan and Jim Bell agree that people high in the >government will be immune because they already enjoy this level of >protection (limitation one). So the only people we can hit are the cannon >fodder, not the ones who gave the orders. It has always been this way with >war. Actually, I think the primary targets will be either the middle level manager types, or the ones who have attracted a substantial amount of bad publicity by "following orders." Lon Horiuchi (the sniper who shot Vicki Weaver) for example, would be a excellent example of a person who'd try to claim, "I was just following orders." Okay, maybe he was, but so was Adolph Eichmann. Once the tax collectors/enforcers were targeted, the rest of the government wouldn't be able to operate, and would collapse. >If, after a couple of the Waco people had been hit, I was given the >responsibility to protect them I would proceed as follews: > >(1) Gather them and their families onto some Army base and step up the >patrols. Now I have them safe. And, of course, you've just ruined their lives. Think about it. By doing this, it is made absolutely, completely, and abundantly clear to them that THEY are considered "the enemy" and that their lives are forever put at risk. Previously, government employees could hold their heads up high and be proud of their "public service." Now, if they're discovered, they have to disappear. Does this treatment sound familiar? Their job description and circumstances will more closely resemble that of a Mafia enforcer than a proud public servant. They'll have to teach their children to lie about what their parent does, rather than risk getting exposed. Who, exactly, would want to work for the government under such circumstances? Remember, we're not just talking about a tiny fraction of their number; if the most egregious ones were hidden the ones that were less secure would be killed in their place. Remember, the only reason the government can even afford so many employees is because taxes are collected; what happens when literally every IRS agent resigns to avoid the bullet or bomb? The remainder, the "less bad" ones, couldn't be paid. At that point, government collapses. >(2) Train and release them thru the witness protection program. Cost >$20,000/person (if I remember the article John Young posted a pointer to >correctly. (Thanks John)) This is probably about the same as the cost of >their training, so it makes economic sense. Except that you can't do this for every government employee, and who's going to want to work for the government if it is made clear to them that someday they'll either be killed, or discovered, or they will have to "go underground" to survive. Not a very good prospect. And what happens if they think there's a fairly good chance that my system will succeed? Most people want to be able to retire with a pension; what's the prospect for collecting a pension from a demolished government?!? > >(3) Make sure that the names/faces of the cannon fodder in future actions >are not available to make it harder to target the guilty. > >Bill Then they'll target the "names," the ones who show their faces. See how this works? If the only way you can maintain the government is to keep them all absolutely anonymous, then that government has FAILED. Furthermore, this system's anonymity allows disgruntled public employees the chance to collect money by "turning in" their bosses to the public's ire; if the personnel list for the government is nominally a secret, it will "leak" eventually and those on the list will be followed, confirmed, and targeted. I'm not a betting man, but if I were forced to place a bet, your position doesn't have a prayer.

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True democracy the electronic way
by lunaslide＠loop.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

}Is ok. I suspect that we are narrowing on a similar position. Would like }to see a time when net communications make "representatives of the people" }obsolete" since majority voting on any issue can be "anytime,anywhere". }Doubt that it will happen soon. <rm> I too would like to see a purely democratic process rather than a representative one. And I also agree that it won't happen soon. The question is, what do we keep of govt? How would the group propose electronic voting on legislation should proceed? What sort of technical solution could be arrived at to allow everyone in the country to vote on specific legislation and how would they get access to that legislation? I think _this_ is a cypherpunk topic for sure. }Take CDA (please) - obviously draconian and unconstitutional. Think how }much more difficult it would be to overturn if worded more reasonably. }Then ask if that was intentional 8*). I have to believe that Exon truly meant to castrate the net, but in his own zealous wording, made it easier to turn the law over. I think it is reasonable to hope that that will be the effect. Our doing our part to make enough noise about it will only help our cause. lunaslide "Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - -- Abraham Lincoln On the meridian of time there is no injustice, only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama. Henry Miller ________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCPAzEX3QEAAAEEAOGQjhnqGH29pO1WDaXs5GFOVPhCBWyYEk9XEwRmscjveWzH AhA6DeOA480zWNqQURyqE2yPmR8WzT+OXYqmeiQiycKyFA41Vs/Ruf+gXXxe7uXS L5BK3K8oKbfoH0D5/TAkMT4r6BprXFQz4pFc3gY2SSaSPElpMjKHaKBsRsyRABEB AAG0HUplZmYgQ29ubiA8bHVuYXNsaWRlQGxvb3AuY29tiQCVAwUQMRffHzKHaKBs RsyRAQGNhwP9E9xEZ9/LCKnhgtnrqgD7pDoXG2pCy8FoyfFjoImGkG+jF1wELXmB Z0mf8F8CgYkys0mif1XeGDMelr1gzlZAm6LgQt4kcvztMW/aRLn18QP+iwltVT/L p8D37mitOjvuk46sWgAChIaPPPIeg/EaYQjQkmlpWKsEYIoTRy+E8mU= =4Gku -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Feb. 22 column - privacy, long version
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:28:11 -0700 X-Sender: vin(a)dali.lvrj.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 20:25:09 -0800 To: cathy(a)engr.colostate.edu From: Vin_Suprynowicz(a)lvrj.com (Vin Suprynowicz) Subject: Feb. 22 column - privacy, long version Resent-From: vinsends(a)ezlink.com X-Mailing-List: <vinsends(a)ezlink.com> archive/latest/440 X-Loop: vinsends(a)ezlink.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: vinsends-request(a)ezlink.com FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA EDITORS NOTE: This is the longer version of "privacy," at 2,900 words. A shorter, 2,400-word version also moves. A VERSION of this essay originally appeared in "Las Vegas" magazine. FOR EMBARGOED RELEASE DATED FEB. 22, 1998 THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz Big Brother wants your number The New York Times is generally in editorial favor of any government intervention you can name. Most would agree it is the furthest thing from a marketplace of paranoid, feds-are-out-to-get-us conspiracy theories. Even Times columnist William Safire is hardly a true Libertarian -- Mr. Safire still believes "No sensible passenger minds the frisking for bombs at airports." (I guess I'm not very sensible; it seems to me anyone who has ever put any real effort into getting around such Fred-and-Ethel security screens has succeeded, while the REAL target of all the sniffing and scanning appears to be the now-prohibited transport of tax-free agricultural extracts and untaxed currency.) Anyway, more significant than what Mr. Safire actually wrote for publication on Jan. 8, 1998, is where it was published: America's pro-government paper of record, The New York Times. Mr. Safire warned, in part: "WASHINGTON -- Your right to privacy has been stripped away. You cannot walk into your bank, or apply for a job, or access your personal computer, without undergoing the scrutiny of strangers. You cannot use a credit card to buy clothes to cover your body without baring your soul. Big Brother is watching as never before. "Encouraged by an act of Congress, Texas and California now demand thumbprints of applicants for drivers' licenses -- treating all drivers as potential criminals. "Using a phony excuse about airplane security, airlines now demand identification like those licenses to make sure passengers don't exchange tickets to beat the company's rate-cutting promotions. "In the much-applauded pursuit of deadbeat dads, the Feds now demand that all employers inform the government of every new hire, thereby building a data base of who is working for whom that would be the envy of the KGB. ... "Hooked on easy borrowing, consumers turn to plastic for their purchases, making records and sending electronic signals to telemarketers who track them down at home. ... "Enough. "Fear of crime and terrorism has caused us to let down our guard against excessive intrusion into the lives of the law-abiding. ... But doesn't this creeping confluence of government snooping, commercial tracking and cultural tolerance of eavesdropping threaten each individual American's personal freedom? And isn't it time to reverse that terrible trend toward national nakedness before it replaces privacy as an American value? ..." Unfortunately, Mr. Safire stopped short, in that January column, of calling for an end to government "ID cards" of any sort, an end to mis-labeled "airport security" checkpoints, an end to the very "War on Drugs" under which most of these new interventions have been justified. He also ran the risk of diverting attention from the government as the major culprit here, by treating as equally culpable the kind of folks who collate data from warranty cards -- hardly the folks who have the right to raid your home and throw you in jail if they don't like what they find. (On my list of things that concern me, my supermarket knowing what brand of catfood I prefer still ranks somewhat below armed government agents tracking where I travel, and how much cash I carry.) Finally, Mr. Safire suggest that we "Pay cash," which is harder to track. That advice might be fine, if the very pattern of abuses Mr. Safire catalogs wasn't moving us rapidly toward the ballyhooed "cashless society." Already, the old $500 and $1,000 bills are nowhere to be found, and those trying to withdraw more than $5,000 from their own savings accounts to buy a used car or other large-ticket item find themselves being grilled by their own government-regulated bankers -- amateur surrogates for the DEA and IRS -- like so many money-laundering drug-dealers. A rogue candidate That so-called "cashless society" is frequently on the mind of Aaron Russo, former producer of such Hollywood films as "Trading Places" and "The Rose," now running an iconoclastic long-shot 1998 GOP primary campaign against Kenny Guinn -- former head warden of the Las Vegas government schools and hand-picked anointee of the casino bosses -- for the governorship of Nevada. Russo is campaigning on such populist issues as eliminating state privilege taxes (so that car registration costs in Nevada would be limited to "$35 and not one penny more" -- rather than surging upwards based on blue-book value) and his vow to sue the federal government to fight the taxation of Nevadans' "estimated" tips as income. But Russo has also includes in his platform opposition to such federal steps as the wiring of all telephones for tapping (already authorized under House Resolution 4922, which passed on Jan. 25, 1994), and the aforementioned national law requiring all states to issue drivers' licenses with thumbprints or other personalized "biometric" ID tags to serve as a "national ID cards." Those stances have gained Russo the sobriquet of a "federal paranoiac" from one well-established Nevada political columnist, who coincidentally does not appear to have ever met a new tax he didn't think those in power should have the "courage" to enact. "In my view, the wiretaps are authorized under a federal regulation, and they cannot impose any federal regulations on any of the states," said Russo, in between passing out cards to well-wishers during Sunday lunch at the Celebrity Deli, on Flamingo near Maryland, as we took a break from an afternoon watching the NFL playoff games ... liberally sprinkled with $150,000 in TV campaign ads which Russo had bought in the one-week New Year's period, just to put the opposition on notice that he's in the game. "The governor has the authority to go to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court has to hear the case. You have something to stand on. A senator or congressman needs other people to work with him. But in a dispute between the feds and a state, the Supreme Court has the only jurisdiction," says Russo, in the Brooklyn accent he has never shed. "So we wouldn't have to go through the 9th District (Court of Appeals), like anyone else. A governor can stop federal agents from coming into his state to enforce these things; they need the permission of the individual county sheriffs to try and enforce these laws within the state." I pointed out to Russo that skeptics will claim HR 4922 creates no actual new wiretaps; it merely puts phone companies and others on notice that they must wire their systems in such a way that federal agents can come in and tap lines, if necessary, "pursuant to a court order or other lawful authorization." "Then why, if it's only by court order the way it should be, does it say, 'or other lawful authorization'?" Russo asks, between bites of the corned beef and pastrami. "That means any cop can request it," the same way your bank account can now be frozen and levied with a mere letter from an IRS agent -- no court order required. "Uri Dowbenko wrote a piece on this for the National Review; call him up." Russo obligingly supplied a copy of the federal law, which requires the attorney general to tell congress how many "communication interceptions, pen registers, and trap and trace devices" federal agents expect to need in the next four years. A dutiful subordinate of Attorney General Janet Reno, FBI Director "Louis Freeh has told Congress he needs money to tap 1.5 million phones simultaneously," Russo says. "The worst part of the federal ID card is not the card itself but what's going to come out of it," candidate Russo adds, segueing without drawing a breath into the other federal intervention that gets his goat. "The ID card and the debit card merging; getting rid of cash. Everything will be on the card. Every time you go buy something, they'll know what books you read, what tapes you rent. "They'll debit your Social Security tax payments automatically. You'll have no more cash. Cash will be gone; it will be illegal; you won't be able to hide any more money in your mattress. And as Ross Perot pointed out, the current Clinton budget will eventually mean an 82 percent tax rate" to cover expanding welfare programs. "If they freeze your card, you can't buy food; you can't pay a lawyer. If they can assume how much money a waitress should make in tips, and tax that amount, then they can assume how much you make, and tax the amount they assume you should be making. And at that point you're a slave. You are a slave." Digital fingerprinting Central in organizing resistance to the national ID card to which Russo refers is the Coalition to Repeal the Fingerprint Law, at 5446 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Suite 133, Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone 404-250-8105. The group's web site is at http://www.atlantainfoguide/repeal/. Posted there is an article by Cyndee Parker - self-described Georgia "housewife turned activist, because no one else was doing anything about it" - which begins: "In September of 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Buried at approximately page 650 of the new National Defense Bill, also known as Public Law 104-208, Part B, Title IV, the American public was given a national ID card. With no fanfare, no publicity and no scrutiny, the bill easily avoided the watchful eyes of even its most aggressive opponents. ... "In Section 401-403, pilot programs have been initiated by the U.S. Attorney General, one of which is the 'Machine Readable Document Pilot Program.' In this particular program, employers would have to 'procure' a document reader linked to the federal government's Social Security Administration in order to have the potential employee swipe their new drive's license/national ID card through the reader. Then it would be up to the federal government to either approve or disapprove the applicant for employment. ... Additionally, Section 656 of the new law states that "after October 1, 2000, Federal agencies may only accept as proof of identity driver's licenses that conform to standards developed by the Secretary of the Treasury," after consultation with state motor vehicle officials and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. "The AAMVA sees digital fingerprinting as the best way to go in driver's license identifiers," Ms. Parker reports. Parker quotes Dick Armey, R-Tex., calling the move "an abomination and wholly at odds with the American tradition of individual freedom." Jack Kemp told the New York Times this was "an anti-privacy, anti-business and anti-American approach." Of course, Parker adds, "all this was said before the bills were snuck through in the last defense bill. ... For the first time in American history and reminiscent of Communist countries, our government would have the ability to grant approval before a private company enters into private employment contracts with private citizens," all justified as necessary to ban illegal immigrants from the workplace, and to track down "deadbeat dads" delinquent on their child-support payments. Your number, please? A sister law is the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, now Public Law 104-193, approved by the "Conservative Republican Congress" on July 23, 1996, and signed into law by President Clinton on Aug. 22, 1996. Public Law 104-193 requires that, as a condition for receipt of federal "Child Support" and "Aid to Families With Dependent Children" funding, each state must implement federally-defined citizen locating and tracking measures, and specifically authorizes the use of Social Security numbers in a new biometric identity card ("biometric" referring to individualized digital fingerprints, retinal scans, and so forth) for NON-drivers. Of special note in that bill are Section 313, the "State directory of new hires," which Ms. Parker summarizes as "all new employees to be databased with nationwide multiple agency sharing of personal information. ... felony conspiracy charges for employers not reporting." Section 316, the "Expansion of the Federal Parent Locator Service" then gives us "Employee assets and debts to be databased. Secretary of the Treasury to have access to database." And that one's followed by Section 317, "Collection and use of Social Security numbers for use in child support enforcement," which Ms. Parker summarizes as "All applications for professional licenses, occupational, drivers and marriage licenses to include Social Security numbers. Formerly illegal as an invasion of privacy under the Privacy Act of 1974, USC Title 5, Section 552a." Uri Dowbenko did indeed look up all this stuff for his article in the Oct. 13, 1997 National Review, as candidate Russo reported. And Dowbenko confirms Cyndee Parker's reading of these laws, adding: "There is also a stipulation for the development of 'counterfeit-resistant Social Security cards,' implying the use of biometric data like fingerprints and/or retinal scans. This is not sci-fi, folks, it's the law." 'Resistance will spread' As Mr. Safire of the Times reports, several states have already moved to comply with the new federal requirements -- some picking up federal "pilot program" funding for their efforts. "The new driver's license requirement mandating fingerprints for Georgia drivers and those wanting ID cards passed the state Legislature with virtually no public or media attention in April of 1996," Cyndee Parker reports from Atlanta. "The first known announcement was on the local Atlanta news announcing an October 1996 date to begin fingerprinting." Since then, efforts to repeal the Georgia fingerprinting law have been blocked by inspired procedural maneuvering on the part of the leadership of the Georgia state Legislature. Bobby Franklin is a first-term member of the Georgia House of Representatives from District 39, in Marietta. Marietta is in Cobb County, home of Kennesaw, which recently and famously reacted to firearm bans elsewhere by passing a law which requires every head of household to own a gun. "And the crime rate immediately dropped, and stayed down, which you will not see covered in the national news, because that's something they do not want you to know," laughed Rep. Franklin when I reached him at his home on a Monday night in early January. But I was calling Franklin about the fingerprint law. "They did that here back in '96, on the last day of the session. I was not in the House then; I was elected in '96. So we tried last year to repeal the measure. We had several bills that were introduced, we were promised by the chairman of the committee that it would be let out so it could be voted on by the whole house. ..." Needless to say, that did not happen. "The (state) Senate amended to remove the fingerprints, and we missed upholding that by one vote. "I know in Alabama, their department of public safety said last year, they just up and said, 'Hey guys, we're fingerprinting.' And there was such a public outcry against it that the department backed down and they're not fingerprinting. And we're very close to repealing, here. Our two major Republican candidates for governor this year are both saying they will issue an executive order banning our Motor Vehicle Department from fingerprinting." At which point, won't they just substitute retinal scans, or something else to meet the federal requirement, I ask Franklin. After all, no state wants its residents cut off from all those fine, federal benefits as of the year 2000. "Our draft legislation says they're not allowed to use (start ital)any(end ital) biometric identifiers. We hope if we can block it in Georgia it will spread, that we can prevent them from instituting their program, that resistance will spread. No one wants to be chattel. If we're treated like a number, we're property." Alabama "was basically a pilot program, from what I understood. They threw out a trial balloon to see how it would go, and they got slammed, so they backed away from it." On June 19, 1997, Congressman Bob Schaffer rose to the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, and read into the record Colorado Joint House Resolution 97-1027 (passed unanimously in the state Senate, and by a vote of 59-6 in the House): "Resolved ... that we, the members of the Sixty-first General Assembly urge the Congress of the United States to amend or repeal those specific provisions of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 set forth in this Resolution that place undue burden and expense upon the several states, that violate provisions of the Constitution of the United States, that impose insufficiently funded mandates upon the states in the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support obligations, or that unjustifiably intrude into the personal lives of the law-abiding citizens of the United States of America." Resistance IS spreading. Vin Suprynowicz is the assistant editorial page editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. His book, "Send in the Waco Killers," is due from Huntington Press in May, 1998. Readers may contact him via e-mail at vin(a)lvrj.com. The web site for the Suprynowicz column is at http://www.nguworld.com/vindex/. The column is syndicated in the United States and Canada via Mountain Media Syndications, P.O. Box 4422, Las Vegas Nev. 89127. *** Vin Suprynowicz, vin(a)lvrj.com "If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/>

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NEW TRAVEL INFO -- Israel (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From owner-travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu Fri Feb 20 04:04:45 1998 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 11:07:49 -0500 From: owner-travel-advisories <owner-travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu> Subject: NEW TRAVEL INFO -- Israel Sender: "U.S. Department of State" <76702.1202(a)compuserve.com> To: travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu Message-ID: <199802171112_MC2-33A4-1596(a)compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL INFORMATION - Israel and the Occupied Territories ============================================================ Israel and the Occupied Territories - Public Announcement February 14, 1998 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman The American Embassy in Tel Aviv and the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem are issuing the following Warden Message: "This message supplements the Public Announcement issued by the U.S. Department of State on February 10, 1998 for the Middle East and South Asia. The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and Consulate General in Jerusalem continue to closely monitor the situation with Iraq. The U.S. Government believes there is a low probability of attack on Israel, the West Bank or Gaza, and that the possibility of Iraq using chemical and biological weapons (CBW) is remote, but cannot be excluded. American citizens are advised to avoid travel to the West Bank and Gaza and to exercise caution in Jerusalem, particularly in the area of the old city of Jerusalem. The U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem has suspended personal travel of its employees to the West Bank and has placed restrictions on official travel to the West Bank. These are precautionary measures only. However, given the current tensions in the region, the U.S. Government believes it is important for all citizens to maintain readiness in the unlikely event of an emergency. At this time, the Government of Israel is distributing protection kits to Israeli citizens and legal residents only. However, we understand that the government of Israel is putting in place arrangements to determine the most effective ways to distribute gas masks to foreign nationals and is in the process of acquiring adequate numbers of gas masks to provide for non-Israeli citizens in Israel, Jerusalem, and the areas of the West Bank under its control. The Palestinian authority has informed the U.S. Government that it does not have protection kits to supply its population or foreign residents living within its areas of control. For those American citizens who need to obtain a new passport or to update their registrations, passport hours at the Embassy (71 Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv) are Monday through Friday mornings from 8:30 to 11:00 am and Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 to 3:30 pm; Consulate General in Jerusalem (27 Nablus Road, East Jerusalem) passport hours are Monday through Friday mornings from 8:30 to 12:00, except for the last Friday of the month. The Embassy and Consulate General urge all U.S. citizens to monitor local and international media for further developments. Should the U.S. government need to issue advice to U.S. citizens, the Embassy and Consulate will notify the local media and activate our citizens warden network immediately. U.S. citizens contemplating traveling to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza should take the above information into consideration and should, in addition, consult the latest Consular Information Sheet on Israel and the Occupied Territories dated December 23, 1997." This Public Announcement expires on May 14, 1998. Israel and the Occupied Territories - Consular Information Sheet December 23, 1997 (INCLUDING AREAS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE PALESTINIAN INTERIM SELF-GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY) Country Description: The state of Israel is a parliamentary democracy with a modern economy. Tourist facilities are widely available. Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and East Jerusalem as a result of the 1967 War. Pursuant to negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, an elected Palestinian authority now exercises jurisdiction in most of Gaza and most of the major cities of the West Bank. Palestinian Authority police have responsibility for keeping order in those areas and the Palestinian Authority exercises a range of civil functions in other areas of the West Bank. Areas of Israeli and Palestinian Authority responsibilities and jurisdiction in the West Bank and Gaza are complex. Definitive information on entry, customs requirements, arrests and other matters in the West Bank and Gaza may not be available and is subject to change without prior notice. Embassy/Consulate Location and Sources of Assistance: The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, is located at 71 Hayarkon Street. The U.S. mailing address is PSC 98, Box 0013, APO AE 09830. The telephone number is (972) (3) 519-7575. After hours number: 519-7551. The fax number is 972-3-516-0315. The e-mail address is acs.amcit-telaviv(a)dos.us-state.gov. The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy should be contacted for information and help in the following areas: Israel, the Gaza Strip, and ports of entry at Ben Gurion Airport, Haifa Port, and the northern (Jordan River) and southern (Arava) border crossings connecting Israel and Jordan. The Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem is located at 27 Nablus Road. The U.S. mailing address is Unit 7228 Box 0039, APO AE 09830. The telephone number is (972) (2) 625-3288 (via Israel) the after hours number is 625-3201. The fax number is 972-2-272-2233. The U.S. Consulate should be contacted for information and help in the following areas: west and east Jerusalem, the West Bank, and border crossings at the Allenby Bridge, connecting Jordan with the West Bank. There is a U.S. Consular Agent in Haifa, at telephone (972) (04) 853-1470, who reports to the Embassy in Tel Aviv. The Consular Agent can provide routine and emergency services in the north. Entry Requirements: Israel: Passports, an onward or return ticket, and proof of sufficient funds are required for entry. A three-month visa may be issued for no charge upon arrival, and may be renewed. Anyone who has been refused entry or experienced difficulties with his/her visa status during a previous visit, or who has overstayed a visa, can obtain information from the Israeli Embassy or nearest Israeli consulate regarding the advisability of attempting to return to Israel. Permission must be obtained from Israel for anyone attempting to claim the status of a returning resident. Palestinian Authority: Except during periods of closures, U.S. citizens, except those of Palestinian ancestry (see below) may enter and exit Gaza and the West Bank on a U.S. passport with an Israeli visa. It is not necessary to obtain a visitor's permit from the Palestinian Authority. Private vehicles frequently encounter long delays entering or leaving Gaza; and may also expect to be stopped at checkpoints entering or leaving the West Bank. U.S. citizens who have ever held or now hold resident status in the West Bank or Gaza should be aware that they may be subject to the same travel regulations governing entry to and exit from Israel that affect all other resident Palestinians. In general, such individuals are required to hold a Palestinian passport to enter or depart Gaza or the West Bank via Israel. U.S. citizen Palestinian residents arriving at Ben Gurion Airport without a Palestinian passport will be granted an entry visa to enable their transit to the West Bank or Gaza to obtain such documentation from the Palestinian Authority. A Palestinian passport and permit to depart are required to leave via Ben Gurion Airport. No permit is required for departure via the Rafah or Allenby border posts. Palestinians who last departed Israel before the May 1994 Cairo Accords (regarding Gaza and Jericho) or the September 1995 Interim Agreement (regarding other areas of the West Bank) should re-enter Israel through the same port of entry from which they last left (and where their travel documents were then deposited). Specific questions may be addressed to the nearest Israeli embassy or consulate. Israel-Jordan Crossings: International crossing points are now in operation between Israel and Jordan at Arava (Wadi al-'Arabah) crossing in the south and the Jordan River crossing (Sheikh Hussein Bridge) in the north. Prior visas are not necessary for American citizens using these two crossing points, but travelers will have to pay a fee. Visas should be obtained in advance for those wanting to cross the Allenby Bridge which links Jordan and the occupied West Bank. (Note: Palestinian Americans with residency in the West Bank must cross into Jordan using the Allenby Bridge.) Procedures for all crossings into Jordan are subject to frequent changes. For further entry information, travelers may contact the Israeli Embassy at 3514 International Dr., NW, Washington, DC. 20008, telephone (202) 364-5500, or the Israeli Consulate General in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or Houston. Customs Requirements: Video cameras, among other items, must be declared upon entry to Israel and travelers carrying these items must go through the red zone at customs. Definitive information on customs requirements for the Palestinian Authority is not available. Security Measures: Israel has strict security measures that may affect visitors. Prolonged questioning and detailed searches may take place at the time of entry and/or departure at all points of entry to Israel, including entry from any of the areas under Palestinian jurisdiction. American citizens with Arab surnames may expect close scrutiny at Ben Gurion Airport and the Allenby Bridge from Jordan. For security reasons, delays or obstacles in bringing in or departing with cameras or electronics equipment are not unusual. During searches and questioning, access may be denied to U.S. consular officers, lawyers, or family members. Definitive information on security measures in the Palestinian Authority is not available. Terrorism/Security: Although they have not been specifically targeted for attack, U.S. citizens have been killed in past terrorist actions in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. The most recent attacks have been in highly frequented shopping and pedestrian areas, and public buses. U.S. citizens should use caution in crowded pedestrian and shopping areas. In addition, the U.S. Embassy and the Consulate General have warned their employees and American citizens to avoid travel on public buses, as well as congregating at bus stops and other crowded areas. This restriction does not apply to tour buses. U.S. citizens should, at all times, avoid large crowds and political demonstrations, and not remain in an area where a demonstration or altercation appears to be developing. Such gatherings can occur spontaneously, and have the potential to become violent without warning. Areas of Instability - West Bank and Gaza: During periods of unrest, the West Bank and Gaza are sometimes closed off by the Israeli government. Travel restrictions may be imposed with little or no warning. Strict measures have frequently been imposed following terrorist actions. In such circumstances, movement of Palestinians (including Palestinian Americans) and foreign passport holders has been severely impaired. Demonstrations by Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank have led to confrontations and clashes with the police, with some turning deadly. Stone throwing and other forms of protest can occur without warning and can escalate quickly. In view of the continued potential for violence and unrest in the West Bank and Gaza, the State Department advises all American citizens to avoid travel to these areas, except for daylight visits to Bethlehem, Jericho, Highway 1 from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, Route 90 through the Jordan Valley, and tourist sites along these routes. Accessible sites for daylight visits include the Inn of the Samaritan, Nebi Musa, St. George's Monastery, Mount of Temptation Monastery, Qumran, and Qualiah Water Park. The Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General, located at 27 Nablus Road in East Jerusalem, is safe and accessible to all visitors. The U.S. government maintains tight security procedures regarding travel of U.S. government employees, officials, and dependents to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Frequently, U.S. government employees are instructed not to travel at all to these areas. Travel guidelines for U.S. government employees may change at any time. The Palestinian police force has been established in Gaza and the major cities of the West Bank which are under Palestinian jurisdiction. Joint Israeli/Palestinian police patrols and checkpoints may be encountered. Many Israeli and Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank possess their own guns. General Precautions: Travel on strike days or after dark is not recommended. Tourists using public transportation or traveling by car in areas less frequented by tourists are at risk. Vehicles have been damaged, with rental cars in particular being targeted. Jerusalem: In Jerusalem, travelers can reduce their risk of being involved in violent incidents by traveling in groups, avoiding the old city at night, except for the Jewish quarter, and exercising caution at religious sites on holy days, Fridays, and Saturdays. Most roads into ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhoods are blocked off on Saturdays. Assaults on secular visitors, either for being in cars or for being "immodestly dressed," have been known to occur in these neighborhoods. In the North: In the Golan Heights, there are live land mines in many areas, and some minefields have not been clearly marked or fenced. Visitors who walk only on established roads or trails will reduce the risk of injury from mines. Rocket attacks from Lebanese territory can occur without warning close to the northern border of Israel. Driving and Road Conditions: There is a high rate of fatalities relating to auto accidents, and drivers should use caution. While the roads in Israel are well built, the roads in Gaza and most of the West Bank are of poor quality. Arrests and Detention: U.S. citizens arrested by the Israeli National Police (INP) and charged with crimes are entitled to legal representation and consular notification and visitation. Typically the INP notifies the Embassy or Consulate General within two days of arrest, and consular access is normally granted within four days. This procedure may be expedited if the arrested American shows a U.S. passport to the police as proof of U.S. citizenship, or asks for access to the Embassy or Consulate General. U.S. citizens arrested in the West Bank for criminal offenses may be prevented from communicating with lawyers, family members, or consular officers. The U.S. Consulate General is often not notified of the arrest, or notified in a timely manner. Consular access to the arrestees can be initially denied and is frequently delayed. In contrast to persons arrested for criminal offenses, U.S. citizens arrested or detained in Israel and the West Bank on suspicion of security offenses often are not permitted to communicate with consular officials, lawyers, or family members in a timely manner during the interrogation period of their case. They may be detained for up to six months at a time without charges. Youths over the age of fourteen have been detained and tried as adults. Neither the Embassy nor the Consulate are normally notified of the arrests of Americans in the West Bank by Israeli authorities, and access to detainees is frequently delayed. Notification may be more rapid if the detained American shows a U.S. passport as proof of citizenship and asks the local authorities to contact the Embassy or Consulate General. Medical Facilities: Modern medical care and medicines are available in Israel. However, some hospitals in Israel and most hospitals in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank fall below U.S. standards. Travelers can find information in English about emergency medical facilities and after-hours pharmacies in the "Jerusalem Post" newspaper. Doctors and hospitals often expect immediate cash payment for health services. U.S. medical insurance is not always valid outside the united states. Supplemental medical insurance with specific overseas coverage has proven useful. The Internet site at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov) has additional health information. Travelers from regions where contagious diseases are prevalent may need to show shot records before entry into Israel. Information on Crime: The crime rate is moderate in Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. The loss or theft of a U.S. passport abroad should be reported immediately to local police and the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. Useful information on safeguarding valuables, protecting personal security, and other matters is provided in the Department of State pamphlets, "A Safe Trip Abroad" and "Tips for Travelers to the Middle East and North Africa," available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 20402. Drug Penalties: U.S. citizens are subject to the laws of the territory in which they are traveling. Penalties for possession, use or trafficking in illegal drugs are severe in Israel, and convicted offenders can expect jail sentences and fines. The Palestinian Authority also has strict penalties for drug use by persons under its jurisdiction. Court Jurisdiction: Under Israel's judicial system, the rabbinical courts exercise jurisdiction over all Jewish citizens and residents of Israel in cases of marriage and divorce and related issues, such as support and child custody. Rabbinical courts can also impose sanctions, including jail terms and restrictions against leaving the country, on individuals married in a Jewish religious ceremony who, in case of divorce, refuse to give their spouses a religious divorce ("get"). In some cases, Jewish Americans, who entered Israel as tourists, have become defendants in divorce cases filed against them in a rabbinical court in Israel by their American spouses who are seeking a religious divorce that the defendants have refused to give. These Americans have been detained in Israel for prolonged periods while the Israeli courts consider whether such individuals have sufficient ties to Israel to establish rabbinical court jurisdiction. In one case, the rabbinical courts detained in Israel a Jewish American tourist who had been sued for support by his spouse in the United States. Jewish American visitors should be aware that they may be subject to involuntary and prolonged stays in Israel if a case is filed against them in a rabbinical court. This may occur even when the marriage took place in the U.S., and/or the spouse seeking relief is not present in Israel. Dual Nationality: Israeli citizens naturalized in the United States retain their Israeli citizenship, and their children are considered Israeli citizens as well. In addition, children born in the United States to Israeli parents acquire both U.S. and Israeli nationality at birth. Israeli citizens, including dual nationals, are subject to Israeli laws requiring service in Israel's armed forces. U.S.-Israeli dual nationals of military age who do not wish to serve in the Israeli armed forces may contact the Israeli Embassy to obtain proof of exemption or deferment from Israeli military service before going to Israel. Otherwise, they may not be able to leave the country without doing military service. Israeli citizens, including dual nationals, must enter and depart Israel on their Israeli passports. (Note: U.S.-Israeli dual citizens must enter and depart the U.S. on their U.S. passports.) Palestinian-American citizens with residency rights in Gaza or the West Bank are subject to the same regulations as other resident Palestinians. This normally requires them to depart these areas with Palestinian travel documents or (for residents of Jerusalem) laissez-passers with re-entry permits approved by the Israeli Ministry of Interior. Registration: The State Department advises American citizens who plan to be in the region for a substantial period of time to register at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv or the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem. When registering, U.S. citizens can obtain updated information on travel and security in the area. No. 97-169 This replaces the Consular Information Sheet dated January 22, 1997, to provide new information about travel documentation for Palestinian Americans, and to update the sections on entry/exit requirements, terrorism and security, and arrest and detentions. ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- The "travel-advisories(a)stolaf.edu" mailing list is the official Internet and BITNET distribution point for the U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets. To unsubscribe, send a message containing the word "unsubscribe" to: travel-advisories-request(a)stolaf.edu Archives of past "travel-advisories" postings are available at the URL: "http://www.stolaf.edu/network/travel-advisories.html" or via Gopher: gopher.stolaf.edu, Internet Resources/US-State-Department-Travel-Advisories

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Fwd: Big Brother Sees through walls (from the spyking list)
by sunder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

1)From: "George Martin" <gmartin(a)kic.or.jp> Subject: News Release: High-Tech Surveillance NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 Do you have any privacy left when Big Brother can spy on you from space -- or through your walls? WASHINGTON, DC -- Spy satellites. Gamma ray scanners. Thermal-imaging devices. It's not science fiction -- it's a list of the exotic, high-tech surveillance equipment the government now uses to monitor, track, and arrest American citizens, the Libertarian Party pointed out today. "Yesterday's science fiction has become today's political reality," said Steve Dasbach, the party's national chairman. "High-tech military equipment that was once used against foreign armies is now being used against American citizens on a routine basis." As a result, the Fourth Amendment's protection against "unreasonable search" is under technological siege, he warned -- and government agencies are rushing to take advantage of this new power. "Most people don't realize it, but law enforcement agencies are now spying on us through the walls of our houses, taking high-resolution photographs of us from space, and conducting drug tests based on trace elements of chemicals in the air," said Dasbach. Paranoid fantasy? Not at all: Such high-tech surveillance equipment is becoming an increasingly common tool for law enforcement, according to reports in USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Here's a sampling of how state and federal agencies are using this terrifying technology to spy on Americans: * In North Carolina, county governments use high-resolution spy satellite photographs to search for property improvements that might increase property tax assessments. * On the Mexican border, police use a "gamma ray scanner" to check tanker trucks for contraband, scanning right through the vehicle's metal sides. * The Naval Surface Warfare Center has developed an "ion sniffer," a metal box that analyzes the chemical makeup of the air -- and can detect, for example, traces of cocaine through the skin days after drug use. * In Georgia, the state's Department of Revenue will start using NASA satellites to examine the state's 58,910 square miles for illegal timber cutting. * In New Jersey, California, and other states, police use thermal imaging devices to scan houses for unusual heat sources that could indicate indoor marijuana growing operations. Houses can be scanned while police sit in their cruisers on the street. * And in Arizona, the state's Department of Water Resources uses spy satellite photographs to monitor 750,000 acres of state farmland, and compares the images to a database to discover which farmers don't have irrigation permits. Even worse: The federal government will spend another $4.5 million this year to develop even more intrusive surveillance equipment. Currently under development by the Justice Department: A "super x-ray" -- combining traditional x-ray technology, ultra-sound imaging, and computer-aided metal detectors -- to reveal items hidden under clothes from up to 60 feet away. The courts are currently wrestling with the implications of the new technology, debating the limits of the government's power to "search" individuals from a distance with high-tech gadgets. Several contradictory court decisions have already emerged, for example, about whether thermal-imaging searches are Constitutional. Meanwhile, Republican and Democratic politicians continue to look for new uses of the technology -- with some government officials already talking about using satellite surveillance to track items as small as backyard porches to check for zoning violations and construction permits. "In the name of fighting crime, politicians seem eager to obliterate the protections against unreasonable search, with equipment that Americans used to only read about in Tom Clancy technothrillers," said Dasbach. "It's time for the American public to wake up and realize that Big Brother is here today -- and he's got a gamma ray scanner in his hand." -- =====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== .+.^.+.| Ray Arachelian |Prying open my 3rd eye. So good to see |./|\. ..\|/..|sunder(a)sundernet.com|you once again. I thought you were |/\|/\ <--*-->| ------------------ |hiding, and you thought that I had run |\/|\/ ../|\..| "A toast to Odin, |away chasing the tail of dogma. I opened|.\|/. .+.v.+.|God of screwdrivers"|my eye and there we were.... |..... ======================= http://www.sundernet.com ==========================

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FWD: Confirmations of Echelon (from Spy King)
by sunder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

4)From: mkw-detective(a)t-online.de (MK-Wirtschaftsdienst GmbH) Subject: NSA spying in Europe The german online-magaine "Com!" (author: ulrike.duhm(a)t-online.de) brought an article about the report of the european parliament. Here a summary: The european parliament reported, that the american secret service NSA is monitoring emails, phonecalls and faxes. The informations are forwarded from London and Menwith Hill via satellite to Fort Meade in Maryland. Menwith Hill in Yorkshire, England, is the biggest spy post of the world, that for the NSA collects political, economical, military and private informations from europe and the former Sowjetunion. The 48 year old Glyn Ford, member of the Labour-Party is behind this report. Author of the 100 page document is Steve Wright of the Manchester Omega foundation. The complete report can be found under: www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/1393/anchor1.html For the first time, the european parliament confirmed the existence of the spy network Echelon, the american part of the spysystem UKUSA. 1948, the USA, England, Canada, Australia and New Zeeland signed a secret contract, the so called "United Kingdom - United States Agreement" (UKUSA). Goal of it is the collective espionage. Via an international ring of agents, the partners are exchanging informations. The german hackers "Chaos Computer Club" (www.ccc.de) thinks, that the european eMail-user is trapped in a net of foreign forces. They are concerned, that the newest versions of the encryption software PGP are in part not compatible with older versions. The result: The exchange between different versions is not possible. For the computer club, that is no coincidence: the hackers from Hamburg, Germany, believe, that a contract between USA and Germany exists, that Germany is not allowed to use a software, that the NSA cannot look in." So far some excerpts out of the article. Here some homepages: Glyn Ford: www.zen.co.uk/home/page/glyn.ford/index.htm NSA: www.nsa.gov:8080 european parliament: www.europarl.eu.int Heise newsticker: www.telepolis.de/newsticker/data/ae-09.01.98-000 spy post Menwith Hill: www.fas.org/irp/facility/menwith.htm Electronic telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000602131144806&rtmo= OsKsx2bq&atmo=OsKsx2bq&pg=/et/97/12/16/ecspy16.html Greetings from Germany Rolf G. Wilmink MK-W Security and Investigations Member: BID, NAIS, WAD www.mknet.de/mkw mkw-detective(a)t-online.de -- =====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== .+.^.+.| Ray Arachelian |Prying open my 3rd eye. So good to see |./|\. ..\|/..|sunder(a)sundernet.com|you once again. I thought you were |/\|/\ <--*-->| ------------------ |hiding, and you thought that I had run |\/|\/ ../|\..| "A toast to Odin, |away chasing the tail of dogma. I opened|.\|/. .+.v.+.|God of screwdrivers"|my eye and there we were.... |..... ======================= http://www.sundernet.com ==========================

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17 Dec '03

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Smart cards
by A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> The largest demand, though, will come from government agencies, like > Spain's Social Security Administration and the Czech Republic's > Healthcare Ministry. China, with a population of 1.2 billion, is > considering a national identification card using this technology, said > Waqar Qureshi, Motorola worldwide marketing manager for smart-card > chips. Been around for quite a while - expensive part is not the cards themselves ($1-$3) but the card *readers*. Warmly, Padgett

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Re: AT&T Public Policy Research -- hiring for cypherpunks
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:03 PM 2/13/96 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: > IP addresses are a scarce resource today. Try getting a /16 >allocation (what used to be a class B). There are politics in the >process already. I know they are getting scarce. I just find the "let's sell IP addresses on the open market" do be a scary though. it will make them less available. > Addresses will not be easily 'transferable.' The IETF is >discussing a 'Best Current Practices' document that talks about >address portability. Basically, it can't happen, because the routers >only have so much memory, and the routers at the core of the internet >can't keep in memory how to reach every one; there needs to be >aggregation. The only feasible aggregation seems to be provider >based, ie, MCI, Alternet, and other large ISPs get blocks of >addresses. They give them to smaller companies, like got.net, which >gives them to customers. The result? The core routers have a few >more years. A good point. Having parts of subnet shifting around could be pretty painful from an admin point of view. > Lastly, 32 bit addressing is going away. IPv6 offers 128 bit >address space, and (hopefully) much more efficient allocation, as well >as such useful things as hooks for automatic renumbering of address space. I just hope that the AT&T scheme does not get put into place. Otherwise it will be just viewed like a stock split. ("Wow! We have more addresses to sell!") The AT&T plan as described sounds like something dreamed up by a marketing droid as a way to "Make Money Fast Off Of The Internet". What is the timeline for implementation of IPv6? --- Alan Olsen -- alano(a)teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano(a)teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon "I, Caligula Clinton... In the name of the Senate and the people of Rome!" - Bill Clinton signing the CDA with the First Amendment bent over.

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