] Ultimately, many of the issues with domain names arise as
] the result of efforts to use the DNS as a directory.
] While, at the time this document was written, sufficient
] pressure or demand had not occurred to justify a change,
] it was already quite clear that, as a directory system,
] the DNS is a good deal less than ideal. This document
] suggests that there actually is a requirement for a
] directory system, and that the right solution to a
] searchable system requirement is a searchable system, not
] a series of DNS patches, kludges, or workarounds.

RFC3467: Role of the DNS

] Instead of implementing a registry that would, at best
] have no impact on spam and, at worst, cause it to
] increase, the FTC%u2019s plan recognizes the need for an
] authentication standard. The FTC%u2019s Report explains
] that %u201Cwithout effective authentication of email, any
] registry is doomed to fail. With authentication, better
] CAN-SPAM Act enforcement and better filtering by ISPs may
] even make a registry unnecessary.%u201D

Apparently, the FTC is holding a summit on mail authentication
in November.

New System to Verify Origins of E-mail must Emerge Before %u201CDo Not Spam%u201D List Can Be Implemented, FTC Tells Congress

] The FTC today issued a report assessing whether and how a
] system that rewards members of the public for tracking
] down spammers would or could help improve enforcement of
] the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography
] and Marketing Act of 2002 (CAN-SPAM Act.) That Act, which
] became effective on January 1, 2004, required the FTC to
] conduct a study and provide a report to Congress on a
] CAN-SPAM %u201Cbounty system.%u201D

FTC Assesses Reward System for Catching Spammers

]
] America Online Inc.'s announcement Wednesday that it
] would abandon its attempts to support Microsoft's Sender
] ID e-mail authentication standard are a serious setback
] for the Redmond, Wash., software company.

AOL Dumps Microsoft's Sender ID

]
] Microsoft Internet Explorer is continuing to lose share
] in the browser market, as its much-smaller competitors
] chisel at its dominant position, new Web site visitor
] data shows.

Internet Explorer Loses More Market Share

] A U.K. consumer protection agency, the Office of Fair
] Trading (OFT), is reportedly investigating claims that
] Apple is unfairly charging U.K. customers a substantially
] higher price for iTunes downloads than it charges
] customers on the European continent. Brits pay 79p for
] each song. That comes out to about 1.20 euro, or 20% more
] than the 0.99-euro price that French and Germans must
] cough up.

Success Can Be Bitter, Apple

] PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. - First light revealed that the "Dome Home"
] made it through the night and did exactly what it was designed to do
] -- survive even the worst hurricane.

Smart!

MSNBC - 'Dome Home' weathers storm

] Making Torture Legal, a story by Anthony Lewis about
] an issue that ought to be an issue in this issueless
] campaign, is the best of its kind that I've seen. I
] was referred to it by an Israeli friend. As he said to
] me, "of course there is torture in Israeli prisons,
] but there is nothing remotely as bad as this."
]
] Truth, and justice. May it again be the American way.

Lessig Blog: Making Torture Legal

]
] Sender ID looks to be dead in the water, as far as the
] IETF is concerned. Or maybe it's on life support.
] Conceivably the decision could be reversed if Microsoft
] responded appropriately to concerns about their patent.
] Here's what the co-chairs wrote:

Sender ID Dead for Now

] The main objective of the project is to put forward a
] portfolio of strong cryptographic primitives that has
] been obtained after an open call and been evaluated using
] a transparent and open process. The project intends to
] contribute to the final phase of the AES block cipher
] standardisation process (organised by NIST, US), but will
] also launch an independent open call for a broad set of
] primitives providing confidentiality, data integrity, and
] authentication.

Whirlpool is being proposed as part of NESSIE which is a European version of the AES process except for all kinds of crypto primitives, not just a block cipher.

New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity, and Encryption