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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:39:00 EST    Volume 24 : Issue 514

Inside This Issue:                             Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Vint Cerf Testimony to Congressional Committee (Circle ID)
    SBC to Ask Illinois Commerce Commission For More Flexibility (M Wisniewski)
    Vonage and 911 Saga May be Drawing to a Close (Gordon S. Hlavenka)
    How do I Detect the Number of a Phone Line? (jason.sandlin@wymtnews.com)
    Re: Good News, Linux Users! A Worm Just for You (Steve Sobol)
    Re: Good News, Linux Users! A Worm Just for You (harold@hallikainen.com)
    Re: Phishers Lure Google Users With Bogus Google Prizes (Steven Lichter)
    Re: Dutch Trial SMS Disaster Alert System (DevilsPGD)
    Re: Infone to Shut Down (DevilsPGD)
    Re: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management; Gone Too Far (M Solomon)

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From: Circle ID <circle@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Vint Cerf Testimony to Congressional Committee
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:19:39 -0600



Vint Cerf Speaking Out on Internet Neutrality
By CircleID Reporter

In a U.S. congress hearing held yesterday November 9th, significant
focus was projected on 'network neutrality' and a new
telecommunications bill affecting the Internet. "This bill
could fundamentally alter the fabulously successful end-to-end
Internet," says Alan Davidson in the post on Google blog.

Vint Cerf was not able to testify because of the Presidential Medal of
Freedom award ceremony at the White House, but submitted the following
letter to the hearing:

Dear Chairman Barton and Ranking Member Dingell,

I appreciate the inquiries by your staff about my availability to
appear before the Committee and to share Google's views about draft
telecommunications legislation and the issues related to 'network
neutrality'. These are matters of great importance to the Internet and
Google welcomes the Committee's hard work and attention. The hearing
unfortunately conflicts with another obligation, and I am sorry I will
not be able to attend. (Along with my colleague Robert Kahn, I am
honored to be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday
at the White House for our work in creating the Internet protocol
TCP/IP.)

Despite my inability to participate in the planned hearing in person,
I hope that you will accept some brief observations about this
legislation.

The remarkable social impact and economic success of the Internet is
in many ways directly attributable to the architectural
characteristics that were part of its design. The Internet was
designed with no gatekeepers over new content or services. The
Internet is based on a layered, end-to-end model that allows people at
each level of the network to innovate free of any central control. By
placing intelligence at the edges rather than control in the middle of
the network, the Internet has created a platform for innovation. This
has led to an explosion of offerings's from VOIP to 802.11x wi-fi to
blogging that might never have evolved had central control of the
network been required by design.

My fear is that, as written, this bill would do great damage to the
Internet as we know it. Enshrining a rule that broadly permits network
operators to discriminate in favor of certain kinds of services and to
potentially interfere with others would place broadband operators in
control of online activity. Allowing broadband providers to segment
their IP offerings and reserve huge amounts of bandwidth for their own
services will not give consumers the broadband Internet our country
and economy need. Many people will have little or no choice among
broadband operators for the foreseeable future, implying that such
operators will have the power to exercise a great deal of control over
any applications placed on the network.

As we move to a broadband environment and eliminate century-old
non-discrimination requirements, a lightweight but enforceable
neutrality rule is needed to ensure that the Internet continues to
thrive. Telephone companies cannot tell consumers who they can call;
network operators should not dictate what people can do online.

I am confident that we can build a broadband system that allows users
to decide what websites they want to see and what applications they
want to use and that also guarantees high quality service and network
security.  That network model has and can continue to provide economic
benefits to innovators and consumers and to the broadband operators
who will reap the rewards for providing access to such a valued
network.

We appreciate the efforts in your current draft to create at least a
starting point for net neutrality principles. Google looks forward to
working with you and your staff to draft a bill that will maintain the
revolutionary potential of the broadband Internet.

Thank you for your attention and for your efforts on these important
issues.

Sincerely,

Vinton Cerf
Chief Internet Evangelist
Google Inc.

CircleID is an Online Community Hub for the Internet's Core
Infrastructure & Policy Developments. Copyright 2005 Circle ID.
http://www.circleid.com


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: While Vint Cerf raises some very good
points, he seems to overlook the fact that Internet already has a
de-facto central coordinator in the form of ICANN. And while ICANN
would seem to agree with Cerf on one point at least, that 'network
operators should not dictate what people can do online' (which is to
say they do not object to or stop spammers, scammers, virus writers
and similar vermin) ICANN sees no objection to having very onerous
contracts for regular users to follow. I'd accept his efforts at
sincerity -- even if he is a bit misguided, IMO -- if ICANN would at
the very least write their contracts to at least show disapproval of
some of the crap which has taken such a chokehold on the net in the
past decade. As long as things remain as they are now, where a regular
net user -- like myself, or most of you -- can lose his domain name in
an instant if ICANN chooses to enforce its contract and revoke us,
while turning a blind eye toward the ones who need to be revoked --
virus writers, fraudsters, spammers, etc -- then I am not sure I
believe Vint Cerf is doing other than putting on a good show for
Congress when he makes speeches or writes letters such as illustated
here. Quite obviously, Cerf is more than happy with the de-facto
central authority on the net (ICANN). He would have been more honest
saying "I do not want central authority _unless it is the central
authority of which I approve_.  And in his years of employment with
MCI, Vint Cerf also sang a different tune: Control of the net by an
MCI/ICANN consortium would have suited him fine.   PAT]

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From: Mary Wisniewski <suntimes@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: SBC to Ask Illinois Commerce Commission for 'More Flexibility'
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:42:21 -0600


BY MARY WISNIEWSKI Business Reporter Chicago Sun-Times

SBC will ask the Illinois Commerce Commission today to declare the
Chicago marketplace competitive to ease rules on how SBC can charge
for residential local service.

"It's like asking the commission to acknowledge the sky is blue," said
Carrie Hightman, president of SBC Illinois. "It's to acknowledge that
customers have a choice in phone service."

Hightman said the requested ICC ruling would permit the Texas-based
phone giant to compete freely with unregulated competitors like
wireless and cable companies.

Hightman said the requested ruling would not totally deregulate SBC in
the Chicago area -- since the ICC would still look at its rates -- but
would give SBC more flexibility.

"It will enable us to price according to the market, whatever the
market can bear," Hightman said.

SBC had promoted a telecommunications bill to the General Assembly
last spring that would further deregulate what SBC can charge rivals
and customers. SBC had argued that SBC's real competition comes from
cable television companies, cell phones and the growing use of Voice
over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.

The bill passed the Senate, but got stuck in the House.

The new request is narrower than the bill -- focusing on residential
service in the most competitive Illinois market. Having the Chicago
area declared competitive would allow SBC to respond in a timely way
to promotional offerings from rivals. It can't do this now because of
regulation, Hightman said.

The telecom bill had been criticized by the Citizens Utility Board, a
consumer watchdog group, as liable to push up prices for
consumers. SBC's current proposal could face similar opposition.

Hightman said she believes real competition would give consumers
better value and more choice. She noted that prices in the
long-distance market went down by 28 percent because of competition,
while prices for wireless service, which was never really regulated,
have dropped 50 percent in the past four years.

If it decides to investigate, the commission would have 180 days to
review SBC's request. Hightman noted that neighboring states have
reduced phone regulation.

SBC has lost 1.7 million landlines in Illinois since 2001, Hightman
said. In that same time period, consumers added 3 million wireless
lines, 900,000 non-SBC landlines and 1.3 million broadband
connections.

In other news, SBC has reached an agreement with the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 21 on the building of Project
Lightspeed, an initiative to expand SBC's fiberoptics network. The
agreement would allow the company more flexible use of contractors as
it deploys the initiative.

In turn, the company has agreed to rehire about 200 IBEW-represented
technicians and has canceled the layoff of about 228 people who handle
customer calls for network installation and repair at SBC's Lakewood
Center in Hoffman Estates.

Copyright 2005, Digital Chicago Inc.

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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:01:35 -0600
From: Gordon S. Hlavenka <nospam@crashelex.com>
Reply-To: nospam@crashelex.com
Organization: Crash Electronics
Subject: Vonage and 911 Saga may be Drawing to a Close


I posted a month or two ago with a sort of "Vonage 911 digest",
following the tone of their emails as the FCC "deadline" approached.

The deadline was postponed, then canceled, and I thought that would be 
the last I heard from Vonage about 911.  But I was wrong.

Even after the cancellation of the FCC requirement, I continued to get
strident emails urging me to view their 911 info page and activate my
911 service.  These were the same emails I'd received before, just the
earlier (less panicky) versions.  Also, I continued to receive
recorded transmissions on my Vonage number.  Interestingly, these now
don't fall through to voicecmail as they once did; they ring a few
times and then hang up.  But I recognize the 800 number on CID.

Now I believe I may actually be hearing the last from Vonage on 911; 
yesterday I received this email:

> Dear Gordon,

> We have sent numerous notifications prompting you to provide us with
> location information (street address) where you will be using your
> Vonage service. This information is required to activate your 911
> Dialing service for phone number 1630-------. As we have advised you,
> all VoIP operators are required by the FCC to provide 911 Dialing
> service to all of our customers.

> Beginning November 18, we will use the following address to route
> your 911 calls unless you immediately login to your web account
> https://secure.vonage.com/webaccount/public/login.htm, select the
> Features link on your dashboard, and insert your correct street
> address information in the 911 Dialing feature box:

> [ My address appears here ]

> No action on your part is necessary if the address above reflects the
> accurate location where you use your Vonage service. In addition,
> please note that if you have multiple Vonage lines you must activate
> 911 Dialing for each line separately.

> Again, if the address above is incorrect, simply login to your web
> account (https://secure.vonage.com/webaccount/public/login.htm),
> select the Features link on your dashboard, and edit your street
> address information from the 911 Dialing feature box.

> Please note that 911 calls are routed based on the street address you
> have registered with us, so if you move your device you must
> re-register your new street address. Also, if you add a line to your
> account you will need to activate 911 Dialing by providing us with
> your street address for that line as well. Remember, you can easily
> update your street address at any time through your web account.

> We appreciate your immediate attention to this matter, and we look
> forward to providing you with reliable broadband phone service.

> Sincerely,

> Vonage Customer Care 

So they are going to default their unregistered accounts to the
addresses provided at signup.  I imagine that this will allow them to
report "100%" to the FCC, and blame any errors on the customer.

I originally got my Vonage line as an inexpensive way to "park" a
couple of phone numbers, however that didn't pan out (although it
looks like I may be able to work it in January) so I've been paying
them $15/mo for a line that is never used.  The only traffic on my
Vonage account has been a couple of test calls and their constant
efforts to get me to activate the 911 service.  In retrospect I s'pose
I could have spent my money more wisely :-)

Anyway the ironic thing is that I'm moving to a new address, so now 
instead of a line with no 911 service I'm going to have a line with 
erroneous 911 service.  (I know, I can just login and change the 
address.  But, in the interest of Science, I'm evaluating their process 
here.)


Gordon S. Hlavenka           http://www.crashelectronics.com
        If your teacher tells you to Question Authority
                      Should you do it?

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From: jason.sandlin@wymtnews.com
Subject: How Do I Detect the Number of a Phone Line?
Date: 11 Nov 2005 07:48:11 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


Hey. I am going to be running a few new phone lines into my building. I
have the TS21 Harris test set, but I want to be able to see what the
number is on the line that I am testing. I have seen this done before,
but i am not sure how. I want to do this so that I am sure that I do
not cross any lines. I will be running the lines and testing them. I
know how to test for tone, polarity and all of that stuff. I just want
to be able to see what the phone number is coming in on that line.

Please help.

Thanks

Jason


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: In most communities there is a phone
number one can call which will recite back to you the number you are
on. The number to dial changes from one community to another, and
itself is frequently changed. (It is intended only for telco outside
plant technicians to use.) If you check with Mike Sandman mike@sandman.com
or http://sandman.com he also has an 800 number set up to do the same
thing. You dial into the 800 number; it reads back your number to you.
And there are other 800 numbers doing the same thing, but I forget
what they are.   PAT]

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From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
Subject: Re: Good News, Linux Users! A Worm Just for You
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:13:55 -0800
Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com


ellis@no.spam wrote:

> In article <telecom24.508.3@telecom-digest.org>, Nancy Weil
> <idg@telecom-digest.org> wrote:

>> Linux users should update antivirus software 

> No, Linux users should intall the PHP updates that fix the XML-RPC
> problem.

Yeah. I'm trying to figure out how a PHP vulnerability ends up getting
spin-doctored into being a Linux problem. PHP on Windows should have
the same problem, no?

Steve Sobol, Professional Geek   888-480-4638   PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
Company website: http://JustThe.net/
Personal blog, resume, portfolio: http://SteveSobol.com/
E: sjsobol@JustThe.net Snail: 22674 Motnocab Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307

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From: harold@hallikainen.com <harold@hallikainen.com>
Subject: Re: Good News, Linux Users! A Worm Just for You
Date: 11 Nov 2005 05:46:36 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


ellis@no.spam wrote:

> In article <telecom24.508.3@telecom-digest.org>, Nancy Weil
> <idg@telecom-digest.org> wrote:

>> Linux users should update antivirus software

> No, Linux users should intall the PHP updates that fix the XML-RPC
> problem.

> http://www.spinics.net/linux/

It DOES look like people are trying to exploit this. Here are a few of
the 404 errors from yesterday's log on my server.

       /MSOffice/cltreq.asp?UL=1&ACT=4&BUILD=6403 ... MVER=4&CAPREQ=0:
1 Time(s)
       /_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?UL=1&ACT=4&BUILD=6403 ... MVER=4&CAPREQ=0:
1 Time(s)
       /awstats/awstats.pl?configdir=|echo;echo%2 ... cho%20YYY;echo|:
2 Time(s)
       /blog/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)
       /blog/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)
       /blogs/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)
       /cgi-bin/awstats.pl?configdir=|echo;echo%2 ... cho%20YYY;echo|:
2 Time(s)
       /cgi-bin/awstats/awstats.pl?configdir=|ech ... cho%20YYY;echo|:
1 Time(s)
       /drupal/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)
       /live: 1 Time(s)
       /phpgroupware/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)
       /wordpress/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)
       /xmlrpc.php: 2 Time(s)
       /xmlrpc/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)
       /xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php: 1 Time(s)

Harold

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From: Steven Lichter <shlichter@diespammers.com>
Reply-To: Die@spammers.com
Organization: I Kill Spammers, Inc.  (c) 2005 A Rot in Hell Co.
Subject: Re: Phishers Lure Google Users With Bogus Google Cash Prizes
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:55:06 GMT


Tim@backhome.com wrote:

> Steven Lichter wrote:

>> I think when these people are cought, they should just shoot them
>> right on the spot, after a few public shootings then they will all get
>> the idea!!!!

> I would add to that list people who run red lights and stop signs,
> don't use their turn indicators (especially for left turns in front of
> on-coming traffic, and who weave in and out of metro freeway traffic
> at 90 mph.

> Come to think of it, people who use cell phones in nice restaurants
> should also be summarily executed. ;-)

You must be in Riverside, Calif.

The only good spammer is a dead one!!  Have you hunted one down today?
(c) 2005  I Kill Spammers, Inc.  A Rot in Hell Co.

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From: DevilsPGD <spamsucks@crazyhat.net>
Subject: Re: Dutch Trial SMS Disaster Alert System
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:17:06 -0700
Organization: Disorganized


In message <telecom24.512.7@telecom-digest.org> Joseph
<JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Using text messaging to warn people they are in danger is quick and
> easy, says the Dutch government.

> (CNN) -- The Dutch government is testing a mobile phone danger alert
> system that sends text messages to people who could be affected by
> natural disasters or terrorist attacks.

> The system, called Cell Broadcast, uses GSM technology to identify
> cell phone users in a particular area.

> If a disaster occurs, a message is sent to all phones in the area,
> warning of the danger.

Now this is a damn cool idea.

------------------------------

From: DevilsPGD <spamsucks@crazyhat.net>
Subject: Re: Infone to Shut Down
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:17:06 -0700
Organization: Disorganized


In message <telecom24.513.6@telecom-digest.org> J Kelly
<jkelly@newsguy.com> wrote:

> I remember a couple years back some posts about Infone, the Metro One
> "teleconcierge" service.  I got an email today from Infone telling me
> their service will be closing up shop on 12/31/05.  I used it a few
> times and was quite pleased with the service.  I hate to see it go,
> but I guess they only managed to attract about 83,000 subs after
> spending $70 million to promote the service.  Not a real money maker.

I signed up, but I never bothered to use it, I've just never made a
411 call either.  The rest of their features looked interesting, but
not all that useful since it wouldn't save much time.

Sure I could call Infone and have them make a reservation for me, but
I could just call and do it myself in the same amount of time.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:02:38 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Re: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far


More on the Sony DRM ...

Are You Infected by Sony-BMG's Rootkit?
EFF has confirmed the presence of XCP on the following titles
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php

Excerpt from
XCP.Sony.Rootkit
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453096362

Furthermore, XCP.Sony.Rootkit installs a device driver, specifically a
CD-ROM filter driver, which intercepts calls to the CD-ROM drive.  If
any process other than the included Music Player (player.exe) attempts
to read the audio section of the CD, the filter driver inserts
seemingly random noise into the returned data making the music
unlistenable.

Trojan horse exploits Sony DRM copy protection vulnerability
Sophos issues tool to detect and disable "cloaking" flaw exploited by Trojans
http://sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2005/11/stinxe.html

Now the Legalese Rootkit: Sony-BMG's EULA
November 09, 2005

If you thought XCP "rootkit" copy-protection on Sony-BMG CDs was bad,
perhaps you'd better read the 3,000 word (!) end-user license
agreement (aka "EULA") that comes with all these CDs.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php

Calif. Lawsuit Targets Sony
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/calif_ny_lawsui.html

Perspective:  Why they say spyware is good for you
By Declan McCullagh
Published: November 7, 2005, 4:00 AM PST
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-5934150.html

Sony gets an earful over CD software
Program to block music piracy prompts privacy, security worries
Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, November 11, 2005 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/11/MNGFMFMNV61.DTL

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