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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:26:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 400

Inside This Issue:                            Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Katrina and the Neighborhood (Christian Science Monitor Editorial)
    Computers and Phones for Astrodome Refugees (Matt Slagle)
    Microsoft Lauches Internet Crime Portal (Walaika Haskins)
    Morocco to Try Suspected Computer Worm Author (Souhail Karim)
    Appeals Court Knocks Out Online Game Bypass System (Jim Suhr)
    AP Offers Satellite Photos of New Orleans Destruction (AP News Wire)
    Re: Global Warming Probably the Reason for Katrina (Mark Crispin)
    Re: Sid Ceasar and Phones in Comedy (Paul Coxwell)

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From: Christian Science Monitor Editorial <csm@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Katrina and the Neighborhood
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:51:39 -0500


      from the September 02, 2005 edition -
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0902/p08s02-comv.html

The Monitor's View

Concerned about Louisianians stranded in the unsanitary Superdome, the
governor of Texas invited all 25,000 of them to the cool, dry Houston
Astrodome Wednesday. Thursday, he invited another 25,000 evacuees to
San Antonio. "We're neighbors and we're going to pull together,"
Gov. Rick Perry stated.

After hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are now
everyone's "next door." Those states' vast needs require help from
across the country -- donations to private charities, offers to open up
homes to the displaced, and all levels of government assistance.

The catastrophe is also particularly relevant to those who share the
same potential for large-scale disaster or evacuation -- people living
in flood or earthquake zones, for instance, or cities deemed terrorist
targets.  As Governor Perry observed, "we could be the ones that have
this extraordinary need."

Dealing skillfully with this current need, therefore, serves a dual
purpose: helping the millions directly affected, and teaching
Americans how to cope more effectively with disasters.

So far, local, state, and national officials have shown a good measure
of competence in handling Katrina before, during, and after it hit.

Last year, local and state officials along the Gulf of Mexico were
criticized for poor evacuation procedures in advance of hurricane
Ivan. This time, they called for mandatory evacuations early on and
opened all lanes to outbound traffic on the two interstates leading
away from Louisiana's and Mississippi's most populous areas. More than
a million people fled, including about 80 percent of the population of
New Orleans.

Because President Bush designated both states disaster areas in
advance of the storm, the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency could mobilize beforehand, setting up shelters and
bringing water, ice, and food.

Rightly, the Bush administration recognized the storm's ripple effect
on oil, and temporarily waived key air-quality fuel standards to
increase gas supplies after the storm damaged the Gulf's petroleum
infrastructure.

The Pentagon has also sprung into action with an unprecedented
domestic joint task force, coordinating National Guard and active-duty
forces across four states. Meanwhile, naval vessels and helicopters
are on the way.

But the death toll; the plight of people too ill, poor, or stubborn to
evacuate; the lawlessness; and the billions of dollars in destroyed homes
and businesses show just how much officials at all levels -- and
individuals -- still have to learn in handling a truly far-reaching disaster.

Response has been quick, but with more prepositioning of National
Guard forces and equipment, it could have been faster. Evacuation
planning should have served disadvantaged people better. This storm
reminds coastal regions that wetlands preservation does matter in
controlling flooding (Louisiana has lost 1 million acres of marshland
since 1930), and so do building restrictions.

Now, and in coming months of reconstruction, Americans must remember
their Gulf neighbors. They need our prayers and donations. And all of
us need to learn from their experience.

www.csmonitor.com | Copyright 2005 The Christian Science Monitor.

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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Indeed, we are all neighbors in this
thing together. How did Katrina affect you?  Well, maybe it made the
price of your gasoline more expensive; it surely will make the cost of
your heating fuel in the coming winter months more expensive. How did
Katrina affect me? Well, today when the Meals on Wheels lady came around
with my noonday meal, she said she was asked to announce to everyone
she served that the meals in September will be 'a little more skimpy
than they are usually.' I asked her why. She said the Kansas Food Bank,
which serves SEK-CAP (the southeast Kansas food pantries which in turn
maintains our local food pantry and Meals on Wheels) had been asked to
provide 'anything extra they could to Louisiana and Mississippi, due
to the hurricane damage, and the increased numbers of people being served.'
We will get only about 90 percent of our usual rations -- not the best
food anyway -- while Kansas Food Bank 'levels off' the resulting shortfall. 
In addition to her daily vists, I usually go once per month to the 
Independence Food Pantry for a few items.  We're all going to pay for
Katrina for awhile it seems. PAT]

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From: Matt Slagle <ap@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Computers and Phones For Astrodome Refugees
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:44:43 -0500


By MATT SLAGLE, AP Technology Writer

Thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees packing into Houston's
Astrodome are getting electronic access to the outside world.

Corporations, volunteers and nonprofit agencies continued working
Friday to install telephones and Internet-enabled computers inside the
sprawling former sports stadium in one of many efforts aimed at
bringing communications technologies to hurricane victims.

Astrodome refugees, displaced from the Superdome in New Orleans, were
getting 10 minutes blocks of time to make free local and long distance
calls.

Many of them haven't heard from friends or family -- nor have they
been able to let loved ones know they're safe -- since Katrina ravaged
their hometown on Monday.

Audree Lee, 37, said she was relieved after hearing her teenage
daughter's voice. Lee had relatives take her daughter to Alabama so
she would be safe.

"I just cried. She cried. We cried together," Lee said Thursday after
using one of the free lines at the Astrodome. "She asked me about her
dog. They wouldn't let me take her dog with me. ... I know the dog is
gone now."

Technology For All, a Houston nonprofit, was coordinating with
authorities to set up a center in the Astrodome with 40 desktop
computers loaded with Internet connections and office productivity
software.

"We're just working on this one little piece," said William Reed, the
organization's chief executive. "We recognize that these folks need a
connection to the outside world."

SBC Communications Inc. said it planned to establish a communications
center at the Astrodome with about 1,000 telephone lines and free
high-speed Internet service. A similar setup was also in the works at
a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, where the company is based.

Verizon Wireless, meanwhile, offered to recharge cell phones for free
at its stores and many emergency shelters, while Cingular Wireless
invited displaced residents to make free calls from its company-owned
stores in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

SBC spokesman Larry Meyer acknowledged food, showers and other basic
needs would come first, but said "we've got to begin to address other
needs as well."

Farrell Johnson, a 54-year-old New Orleans carpenter who now calls the
Astrodome home, said he appreciated the efforts.

"It's not bad in there to get to use the phones," Johnson
said. "Everybody is being very cooperative. They put a bank of telephones 
and little privacy booths in this one area; volunteers from one of the
Houston area ISPs keeps everything on a strict time schedule for how
much people can use the computers; same with the phones, and if
someone gets a phone call, they take messages for us." 

Associated Press Writer Pam Easton in Houston contributed to this report.

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From: Walaika Haskins <newsfactor@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Microsoft Launches Internet Crime Portal 
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:06:29 -0500


Walaika Haskins, enterprise-security-today.com

At a High Technology Crime Investigation Association event on
Wednesday, Microsoft announced plans to launch a Web site that will
aid police in investigating Internet crime.

Analysts say the move should resonate with the law enforcement
community as a valuable crime-fighting tool. The announcement comes on
the heels of the FBI's Microsoft-aided investigation into the origins
of the ZoTob worm, which crippled business across the U.S. last month.

"Over the past months, cybercrime has gone from casual to malicious to
criminal," said Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst at Jupiter Research.

Poised for Battle

Planned resources for the site include online training sessions on how
to conduct Internet investigations, extract information from hard
drives and trace an IP address back to its source to identify Web site
owners. The portal also will offer information on recently passed
legislation related to Internet crime.

Analysts say that Microsoft's enormous resources and intimate
knowledge of its software prompted the creation of the Web
portal. Given Microsoft's recent focus on security and its in-house
taskforce of roughly 50 investigators, some analysts see the new
portal as a win-win for the company, its users and law enforcement.

According to Wilcox, everyone wins when industry is cooperating with
law enforcement. "This is a way for Microsoft to give back to its
customers," Wilcox said. "After all, who knows Windows better than
Microsoft?"

Publicity Stunt?

But other experts are bit more skeptical about casting Microsoft as
some sort of Lady Bountiful. They suggest the new portal might simply
be a cry for attention.

"[It's] tough to say at this point how much of this is really more
than a public relations exercise," said Phil Hollows, president of
Open Service, a security-solutions developer. Hollows pointed out that
the impact of such a Web site probably would be minimal for local law
enforcement agencies that do not have the funds to secure dedicated
I.T. resources and track down Internet criminals.

Hollows added that, although the smaller agencies will not be able to
take advantage of the site, larger metropolitan forces will benefit
because the site will help them consolidate their current knowledge
and expertise with formal training.

But Hollows warned that businesses and consumers should not expect to
see a significant drop in Internet crime. This move, he said, only
will serve to help law enforcement agencies analyze Internet crime but
do little to reduce or prevent it.

Copyright 2005 NewsFactor Network, Inc.

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From: Souhail Karam <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Morocco to Try Suspected Computer Worm Author
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:02:40 -0500


By Souhail Karam

An 18-year-old math student will go on trial in Morocco this month
for unleashing computer worms that disrupted networks of major
U.S. firms, a Justice Ministry official said on Friday.

The FBI announced last week Moroccan Farid Essebar's arrest in Rabat
and that in Turkey of 21-year-old Attila Ekici, both suspected of
releasing the Zotob worm that hit the Internet three weeks ago.

The official said Essebar's trial would start on September 13 and he
would be in custody near Rabat until then.

"The hearing will specify charges against him for the trial," the
ministry official told Reuters.

The Russian-born math student is accused of illegal access to data
systems, criminal conspiracy, aggravated theft and credit card
piracy. Legal sources say he faces up to 10 years in jail if found
guilty.

The Rabat court will try another suspect, identified as 21-year-old
Achraf Bahloul, on the same charges.

"Bahloul got into this for having used Essebar's alias and pirated
credit cards data. We don't think Bahloul is directly involved in the
Zotob attack," the official said.

Police were trying to find any more Moroccan accomplices Essebar may
have had, he said, declining to elaborate.

Zotob caused computer outages at more than 100 U.S. firms, including
major media outlets like CNN, ABC, New York Times, Reuters, Associated
Press, and Christian Science Monitor, but did not create widespread
havoc like previous malicious software programs like SQL Slammer and
MyDoom. They did select these media outlets intending to 'silence the
press'.

Close teamwork among the FBI, Microsoft Corp. and authorities in
Morocco and Turkey helped net Essebar and Ekici 12 days after the
attack.

Using the alias Diab10 (Wolves10), Essebar is suspected of having
helped Ekici create the Zotob worm in exchange for credit cards data,
local newspapers said, quoting well-informed sources.

Moroccan police declined comment.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. 

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From: Jim Suhr <ap@telecom-digest.org>  
Subject: Court Knocks Out Online Game Bypass Program
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:04:49 -0500


By JIM SUHR, AP Business Writer

Three men illegally bypassed anti-piracy controls when they developed
free technology to let computer users play some games against each
other online without using the gamemaker's own system, a federal
appeals court has ruled.

Attorneys for Tim Jung, Ross Combs and Rob Crittenden had argued that
the trio engaged in allowable "fair use" because they had legally
bought the games and were not profiting from the bypass technology,
called BnetD.

Although the trio could have used Blizzard Entertainment Inc.'s
Battle.net game service for free, they found it frustrating and
preferred the dozens of additional features available through the
BnetD technology they had developed, their lawyers said.

Blizzard claimed that BnetD, which the trio also distributed to others
over the Internet, disabled controls meant to ensure that players used
a non-pirated copy of the game.

Thursday's ruling by a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals here upholds a lower court's finding that the trio violated
the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act as well as software license
agreements by helping people bypass Blizzard's system for playing
multiplayer games like Diablo and StarCraft online.

The defendants were barred from further distributing the technology.

Combs and Crittenden are identified in the ruling as computer
programmers, and Jung was listed as a systems administrator who also
heads Internet Gateway, an Internet service provider based in the
suburb of St. Peters.

According to the ruling, the Battle.net service has nearly 12 million
active users who spend more than 2.1 million hours online per day.

Blizzard, which did not return messages Friday seeking comment, had
lauded the earlier ruling last October by U.S. District Judge Charles
Shaw for "sending a clear message that creating unauthorized servers
which emulate Blizzard's Battle.net servers is without question
illegal."

"We have worked hard to provide gamers with a free, safe, secure,
reliable environment on Battle.net, and this ruling is a strong
validation that we are justified in protecting and ensuring the
integrity of our game service," said Mike Morhaime, Blizzard's
president and co-founder.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based civil
liberties group that helped represent the trio, said the ruling could
dampen the market for performance-enhancing innovations called
"add-ons" and limit the consumer to whatever the manufacturer of the
purchased item decides to provide.

"This ruling threatens competition to offer new services, new
features," said Jason Schultz, an attorney for EFF.

Schultz said the foundation would talk to his clients before deciding
whether to appeal.

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From: AP News Wire <ap@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: AP Offers Satellite Image of New Orleans Destruction
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:47:31 -0500


The Associated Press is offering Internet access to a satellite image
that covers most of New Orleans, detailed enough that viewers can zoom
in to check on particular neighborhoods and streets.

The image's resolution is high, at 2.4 meters per pixel. It is posted
in a format that allows quick viewing of any area a user zooms in
on. Users can quickly see what areas are under water and what
structures are still standing.

The initial image was taken Wednesday and supplied by the company
DigitalGlobe. AP will offer updated satellite images as as they become
available.

The image is available at:
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/neworleanssatellite/index.html

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: When I tried this earlier today, I was
uanble to get the web page to properly load. Maybe it has been
repaired.  PAT]

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From: Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Subject: Re: Global Warming Probably the Reason for Katrina
Date:  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:53:02 -0700
Organization: University of Washington


On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Michael Chance wrote:

> Besides, even if President Bush had completely implemented all of the
> Kyoto Protocols the day after his first inauguration in 2001, there
> would be zero effect on this year's hurricane season -- all of the
> possible reduction in "greenhouse gases" from the U. S. would be more
> than offset by increases from China, India, and South America -- who
> aren't subject to any of the Kyoto reductions.  Except that it would
> have completely trashed the U. S. economy in the process.

Which, in turn, would render the US quite a bit *less* capable of 
responding to natural disasters.

I'm sure that it would have been great comfort to the people of New
Orleans to be told that, rather than help being delayed a few days in
the wake of Hurricane Katrina, that help will never come, but at least
we signed Kyoto!

> ObTelecom -- Personally, I think that the real cause of "global
> warming" is the huge increase in the number of cell phone towers, with
> the accompanying increase in electro-magnectic radiation heating up
> the atmosphere.

According to Professor Tinfoil at the presigious non-accredited Univerity 
of Lower Slobbovia, global warming is caused by all the heat generated by 
Internet traffic. :-)

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But, if Bush _had_ signed on to Kyoto
> 'the day after his inauguration' -- or even if he were to do so right
> now -- he would demonstrate that the entire world came ahead of just
> the wishes of the United States.

Pray explain *why* any US president should give "the entire world"
priority over the wishes of the United States and its people.

Given the opportunity, "the entire world" would wish the USA into
extinction.  This includes our so-called "friends and allies", any of
whom would be quite happy to fill the vacuum left by our demise.

And yes, this includes Canada.  There are descendants of American
Tories in Canada who still have their precious pre-Revolution property
deeds to their families' lands in the Thirteen Colonies.  They have
every intention of reclaiming that property from the rebel usurpers
once the silly experiment with republicanism end and the rule of Her
Britainnic Majesty's is restored.

If your worldview is of an international hugfest with everybody
singing Kumbaya, keep in mind that hugs and Kumbaya are the luxury of
the strong who can defend themselves.

-- Mark --

http://panda.com/mrc

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You have a very ugly and hateful idea
of what is going on. I suggest you read the first article in this
issue of the Digest on 'Katrina and the Neighborhood.' You might also
want to consider that if Kyoto had been in place for a few years, the
hurricane might not have been as fierce as it was; thus not as much
help needed from the rest of the 'neighborhood'. I do not believe in
any hugfest. But I will say I do not think the United States should be
nearly as arrogant and bossy as they are with the rest of the world. 
Someday _you_ may need help. PAT]

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Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:47:06 +0100
From: Paul Coxwell <paulcoxwell@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Sid Ceasar and Phones in Comedy


> A separate number for Long Distance instead of plain zero was common
> in many cities.  Long Distance switchboards were differently equipped
> than dial-0 boards

The same was true here in Britain.  In smaller towns callers just used
to dial "0" for either general assistance or to place a long-distance
call, while in the large cities there were separate codes for
long-distance.

In London, there were two separate codes to split the traffic.  TOL
(805) got the "Toll" operator for calls to the surrounding areas while
TRU (878) reached the "Trunks" operator for all other long-distance
calls to the rest of the country.

-Paul.

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