TELECOM Digest     Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:00:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 316

Inside This Issue:                             Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Microsoft Rewards Sasser Informants (Reuters Newswire)
    Blogs are Powerful Tools in Supreme Court Fight (Donna Smith)
    Communications Problems in Thursday Attack in London (Alan Burkitt-Gray)
    Online Data Gets Personal: Cell Phone Records for Sale (Monty Solomon)
    State's Online Records Pose Risk/ID Data Accessible on Deeds (M Solomon)
    AOL Had the Better Show For Viewers (Monty Solomon)
    EFFector 18.22: Trademark Owners Can't Control Your Desktop (M Solomon)
    Mixing Blogging With Work Can Lead to Unemployment (Monty Solomon)
    Sex Scene Stirs up Fuss Over Grand Theft Auto (Monty Solomon)
    Re: VoIP Phone Home? (Fred Atkinson)
    Re: Power Strips for Home Networks (Fred Atkinson)
    AT&T Partner ACS 6.0 with T1 Capability (Etop Udoh)
    Last Laugh! Spam Email For Friends and Co-Workers (Nora Burch)

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From: Newswire <Reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Microsoft Rewards Sasser Worm Informants
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:05:18 -0500


Microsoft Corp. will pay a combined $250,000 to two people who helped
track down the author of the Sasser Internet worm, which infected
computers around the globe, the world's largest software maker said on
Friday.

A German court hours earlier gave Sven Jaschan a suspended sentence of
21 months after he admitted creating the malicious software program.

Jaschan, 19, was arrested within a week after the Sasser worm first
appeared on the Internet in May 2004 and infected more than a million
computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

The two individuals, who were not identified, will share the reward,
which Microsoft established with Interpol, the FBI and the U.S. Secret
Service.

Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, has been trying to make its
software more secure and reliable, and has also vowed to go after
hackers and others who create worms and malicious software viruses by
offering bounties and also suing them in court.

In January, Jeffrey Lee Parson, 19, sentenced in U.S. District Court
in Seattle to a year-and-a-half in prison for releasing a variant of
the Blaster worm that was used to attack more than 48,000 computers.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.

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From: Donna Smith <newswire>
Subject: Blogs Powerful Tools in Supreme Court Fight
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:07:02 -0500


By Donna Smith

Political groups preparing to battle over the first U.S. Supreme Court
nomination in 11 years have a powerful new tool -- Internet blogs --
to spread information quickly and influence decision makers without
relying on traditional media.

Web logs likely numbering in the dozens provide a way for the
thoughtful and the passionate to publish their views. Politicians are
taking notice as they prepare for the first high court nomination
fight since the Internet became common in American households.

President Bush has yet to name a replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor,
who announced her retirement last week. With the vacancy and eventual
nominee comes intense debate over the court's future.

"A key part of our strategy is reaching out to the Internet
community," said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Democratic leader
Harry Reid of Nevada.

Blogs and similar forums have been around since the early days of the
Internet, but only in the last year have they begun to have an impact
on public opinion and lawmakers, congressional staffers and bloggers
said.

A recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project said that
7 percent of the 120 million U.S. adults who use the Internet have
created a blog or web-based diary.

Reid and other political leaders now hold conferences with bloggers in
the same way they meet with traditional press.

"I think they are instrumental in getting information out and
deconstructing spin," said Eric Ueland, chief of staff to Senate
Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican.

"They are much defter and swifter than the mainstream media," he said,
adding that blogs are also "very clear in their philosophical and
ideological leanings."

BLOG FANS

Carol Darr, director of George Washington University's Institute for
politics, democracy and the Internet, said those who read and write
blogs aren't "the sad, the mad and the lonely." Rather, research shows
they tend to be people able to influence others, she said.

Sean Rushton, executive director of the Committee for Justice, a group
formed to support Bush nominees, said the blog at
http:/committeeforjustice.org is aimed at journalists, other bloggers
and talk radio hosts. It also gets information to advocacy groups and
"allows them to do what they are good at, and that is activism," he
said.

Tom Goldstein said researchers at his Washington law firm Goldstein
and Howe already are poring over the background and court decisions of
potential nominees. His firm's blogs at http:/www.scotusblog.com and
http:/www.sctnomination.com/blog strive to be non-partisan, but will
offer opinions on how a candidate may decide important cases, he said.

"If we believe this person will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, we will
say that," he said, speaking of the ruling that legalized abortion.

Melanie Mattson said she bought more bandwidth for her liberal court
blog at http:/judgingthefuture.net, saying she was unsure how much
more traffic to expect.

"The medium is still so new and the Internet is growing so fast it is
hard to know," she said. "Once we get a name we will get more hits."

Steve Clemons, who publishes a political blog
http:/www.thewashingtonnote.com, says that once Bush names someone
"you are going to see the blogs go crazy" digging up information and
in many cases "outrunning" mainstream media.

Not all blogs are created equal. Many will become "ideological echo
chambers" that people read to reaffirm their beliefs, Clemons
said. Others will fuel passions on both the right and the left sides
of the political spectrum. A few will rise above the pack and become
sources of information and not just an advocacy forum.

"If there is any momentum to this trend, you are going to see them
play a very influential role in shaping the environment for this
debate," Clemons said. His blog on John Bolton's nomination as
U.N. ambassador became a must read for many congressional aides and
journalists.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.

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From: Alan Burkitt-Gray <aburkitt@euromoneyplc.com>
Subject: Communications Problems in Thursday's Attack in London
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:12:07 +0100
Organization: Alan Burkitt-Gray



I wanted to comment as a Londoner on the WSJ report from London that
Monty Solomon posted
(http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112077406111780071-h53OpBx5tN92js
2XzLVusfCU43w_20060708,00.html) following Thursday's coordinated bomb
attack on us.

The writers say that "the communications problems indicate that, at
least in Britain, cellphone-system operators may not have learned many
lessons from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S."

On the contrary, what they have clearly learned from is the March 2004
attacks on Madrid, where 191 people were killed by a series of bombs
in trains set off by cellphones. It's clear that, while there was
undoubtedly huge traffic on the networks (fixed and mobile) in the
hours after the very similar attacks on London, the network operators
followed a well known, though fortunately little used, procedure of
restricting network access.

Two reasons: partly to give the emergency services priority. Though
they of course have their own two-way radio networks for use within
individual services (police, fire/rescue, ambulance) they also use the
regular mobile phone networks because these give them access to other
services, such as hospitals, transport officials, utilities, local and
national government, including social services. When there is a major
incident access to non-essential users can be blocked by the networks:
this is a procedure that has existed at least since the 1960s - though
it was a lot more complex to operate in step-by-step Strowger switches
than it is now.

But secondly, as I heard the sirens on Thursday morning and saw the
police cars and ambulances hurtling past to Liverpool Street station
(close to my office) and the other sites, I was only too well aware of
what happened in Madrid 16 months ago.

Those bombs on the underground could not have been set off by mobile
phones as there is currently no coverage in the tunnels - the
experience of Madrid was a genuine cause for concern when Transport
for London announced plans a couple of months ago to let networks
install base stations. They were, it now seems, set off by electronic
timers -- all three bombs, at Edgware Road station, between Liverpool
Street and Aldgate stations, and between Kings Cross and Russell
Square stations, went off within 50 seconds of one another. Which
presumably means someone actually decided that 08.51 was precisely the
most effective time to kill people, as commuters would then be on the
last few minutes of their journeys to work for an 09.00 start.

However, it was clearly possible that there might be a second wave of
explosions on the above-ground trains that carry more millions of
people into central London each day, including me to work and my
daughters to school, and that cellphones might be used to set those
off. So I was not surprised that it was impossible to make outgoing
calls from mobile phones in the affected areas (calls to the 999
emergency number, the equivalent to and the predecessor of the North
American 911, would not have been blocked).  And incoming calls were
automatically diverted to voicemail -- avoiding any chance of calls
getting through to phones that were wired into bombs. We still don't
know how the fourth bomb, on the bus, was set off -- the police are
still, literally, putting the pieces together.


Alan Burkitt-Gray
Editor, Global Telecoms Business magazine, London
www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com
aburkitt@euromoneyplc.com

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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:05:49 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Online Data Gets Personal: Cell Phone Records for Sale


By Jonathan Krim
Washington Post Staff Writer

They're not just after your credit card or Social Security numbers.

Fueled by the ease of online commerce, snoops are on the trail of
other personal information, too. One of the hottest markets: records
of phone calls, especially from cell phones.

A tool long used by law enforcement and private investigators to help
locate criminals or debt-skippers, phone records are a part of the sea
of personal data routinely bought and sold online in an
Internet-driven, I-can-find-out-anything-about-you world. Legal
experts say many of the methods for acquiring such information are
illegal, but they receive scant attention from authorities.

Think your mate is cheating? For $110, Locatecell.com will provide you
with the outgoing calls from his or her cell phone for the last
billing cycle, up to 100 calls. All you need to supply is the name,
address and the number for the phone you want to trace. Order online,
and get results within hours.

Carlos F. Anderson, a licensed private investigator in Florida, offers
a similar service for $165, for all major telephone carriers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/07/AR2005070701862.html

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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 03:26:37 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: State's Online Records Pose Risk / ID Data Accessible on Deeds


State's online records pose risk
ID data accessible on deeds documents

By Joe Light, Globe Correspondent

Hackers uploaded a virus to siphon off credit card information from
CardSystems Solutions Inc. Thieves posed as legitimate businesses to
purchase personal information from ChoicePoint Inc. But a search of
state records posted online and easily accessible by the public
reveals that thieves would not have to go through nearly that much
trouble to steal the identities of many Massachusetts residents.

Tax liens, mortgage papers, deeds, and other real estate-related
documents are publicly available in online databases run by registries
of deeds across the state. The Globe found documents in free databases
of all but three Massachusetts counties containing the names and
Social Security numbers of Massachusetts residents.

Public documents that sometimes contain names and Social Security
numbers include state and federal tax liens, Massachusetts Health
liens, child support liens, and, less frequently, mortgages, said
registers of deeds.

Although registers of deeds said that they are unaware of cases in
which criminals used information from their databases maliciously, the
information contained in the documents would be more than enough to
steal an identity and open new lines of credit, said Eric Bourassa, a
consumer advocate with the Massachusetts Public Interest Research
Group who deals with identity theft issues.

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/06/23/states_online_records_pose_risk/

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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:47:51 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: AOL Had the Better Show For Viewers


TELEVISION REVIEW

By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff

How much has the world changed in 20 years? Two decades ago, Live Aid
had earnest musicians and teeming crowds, novel collaborations and
enough serious rock to merit a day on the couch.

But yesterday, if you were going to spend a sunny Saturday watching a
global pop music extravaganza, you had two choices: watching the joint
coverage on MTV and VH1 or watching live streaming video on AOL. And
small screens notwithstanding, you were far better off online.

AOL let you zip from city to city on your own, without relying on
someone else's editorial decisions. AOL didn't bleep expletives from
Green Day in Berlin or Madonna in London. The internet show also
started earlier and ran the whole event live.

And AOL didn't interrupt its broadcast with ads: Yes, MTV and VH1
reminded us often, they were helping to raise global awareness of
African poverty. But they were also raising global awareness of MTV
and VH1, stocking commercial breaks with ads for the upcoming shows --
''The Surreal Life," ''Celebrity Fit Club," ''The 70s House" -- and
commercials that didn't exactly match Live 8's Save-the-Earth
message. Not long after the Black Eyed Peas crooned about global
responsibility, for example, MTV aired an extra-long ad filled violent
scenes from the upcoming movie ''The Island."

http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/07/03/aol_had_the_better_show_for_viewers/

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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:53:09 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: EFFector 18.22: Trademark Owners Can't Control Your Desktop


EFFector  Vol. 18, No. 23  July 7, 2005  donna@eff.org

A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
ISSN 1062-9424

In the 338th Issue of EFFector:

 * Trademark Owners Can't Control Your Desktop
 * AcompliaReport.com Sues for Right to Use Trademark to 
   Report on New Drug
 * WIPO: Trying to Run Reform Into the Ground
 * A Flag-Waving Salute to Open Digital TV
 * You, Your Boss, and Your Blog
 * BayFF on Bloggers' Rights, July 19
 * Hang Out with the Geek Gods and Support EFF at DefCon 
   Summit, July 28
 * Running for a Cause
 * miniLinks (15): Broadcasting Treaty Deliberations Move 
   to Secret Base Within Hollowed-Out Volcano
 * Administrivia

http://www.eff.org/effector/18/22.php

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Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:38:44 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Mixing Blogging With Work Can Lead to Unemployment


By Kate M. Jackson, Globe correspondent

When Norah Burch included a link to her personal website --
AnnoyYourFriends.com -- in her work e-mail signature, she
inadvertently annoyed her supervisors and lost her job.

http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/articles/070305_blogs.html



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: When this message arrived Saturday
night here, I spent some time reviewing 'Annoy Your Friends' and
found among other things some very witty examples of spam you can
send around to your friends and neighbors and co-workers. I am 
including one example of her wit in this issue of the Digest in
the final 'Last Laugh!' item today.   PAT]

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Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:42:41 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Sex Scene Stirs up Fuss Over Grand Theft Auto


By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff

Enough with the endless controversy over violence in video games.
Instead, let's talk about sex.

Raunchy, full-contact sex -- the sort of thing you'd see in a porn
movie, only with cartoonlike, computer-generated images.

According to some software-savvy game geeks, you can find this kind of
seamy excitement hidden inside one of the world's most popular
computer games, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

As if Grand Theft Auto lacked for controversy. It's already the
computer game that critics of the industry love to hate because of its
relentless brutality. GTA has inspired a spate of legislation in such
places as Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., all
aimed at keeping violent games out of the hands of minors.

But if Dutch gamer Patrick Wildenborg is to be believed, enemies of
GTA have a new reason for outrage.


http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/07/09/sex_scene_stirs_up_a_fuss_over_grand_theft_auto/

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From: Fred Atkinson <fatkinson@mishmash.com>
Subject: Re: VoIP Phone Home?
Reply-To: fatkinson@mishmash.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:55:30 GMT
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net


On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:39:44 GMT, Marc Popek <LVMarc@Att.Net> wrote:

> Mostly the cost difference and the convenience.

> Marc

> Fred Atkinson <fatkinson@mishmash.com> wrote in message
> news:telecom24.309.2@telecom-digest.org:

>> Why not just get a two-line RJ-14 type telephone?

>> Fred

Well, you can go to Radio Shack and get a very nice two line GE phone
with caller ID, speakerphone, and a bunch of other features for about
fifty dollars.  I just got one because I'm going to have two different
VOIP services at my new place in NC for a while.  When I have the
bucks, I'm going to get another one, too.

I used to be leary of phones being sold by Radio Shack.  But what I've
seen there lately has been an improvement.  It used to be off brands.
But now there's not so many different model phones but a few good ones
insteads.


Fred 

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From: Fred Atkinson <fatkinson@mishmash.com>
Subject: Re: Power Strips for Home Networks
Reply-To: fatkinson@mishmash.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:14:54 GMT
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net


I discovered this solution over the last few days.  It seems to work
pretty well with the Wall Warts.

http://www.apcc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=PF11VNT3

Additionally, it provides surge protection for a single telephone
line, an ethernet connection, and a cablemodem connection.


Fred 

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From: Etop Udoh <sdruid11@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: sdruid11@bellsouth.net
Subject: AT&T Partner ACS 6.0 With T1 Capability
Organization: BellSouth Internet Group
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 22:59:12 -0400


Partner ACS 6.0 with T1 Capability ...

Would someone be nice enough to explain what that really means in
English or plain terms since I'm use to doing the actually POTS line
to T1 crossovers for customers.

Thanks.

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From: Patrick Townson (via Nora Burch)
Subject: Last Laugh! Spam Email For Your Friends and Co-Workers
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:30:50 -0500



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Nora Burch as a very clever web site
called 'annoyyourfriends.com'. Ms. Burch _used to_ work for Harvard
University until she got fired because of her web log (part of her
overall web site.) Some of her humor is very good. I've sent the
item below as part of a routine auto-ack to the several hundred folks
who have sent me spam in the past few days.     PAT]

                  ===================

General Mills and AOL have recently merged to form the largest
internet company in the world.

In an effort to remain at pace with this giant, Microsoft has
introduced a new email tracking system as a way to keep Internet
Explorer as the most popular browser on the market. This email is a
beta test of the new software and Microsoft has generously offered to
compensate who participate in the testing process.

For each person you send this email to, you will be given $500. For
every person they give it to, you will be given an additional
$300. For every person they send it to you will receive
$1000,000. Microsoft will tally all the emails produced under your
name over a two Week period and then email you with more instructions.

This beta test is only for PC and Commodore users because the email
tracking device that contacts Microsoft is embedded into the code of
MS DOS and "Centipede" for the Commodore-64 and VIC-20. I know you
guys hate forwards.  But I started this a month ago because I Was very
short on things to do. A week ago I got an email personally from Bill
Gates asking me For my address.  I gave it to him on a napkin, written
in lipstick and yesterday a brigade of silken-clad midgets personally
delivered a check for $1,800,000 to my door.  It really works. I
wanted you to get a piece of the action. You won't regret it.

      ====================================


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well Nora, I did not regret sending
the above out to the nitwits who pester me with spam all the time.
Thanks for the suggestion!   PAT]

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