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Secret Handshakes from Pairing-Based Key Agreements |
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| Topic: Computer Security |
10:32 pm EDT, Jun 10, 2003 |
This scheme allows Alice to ask Bob if Bob is a warez site, but if it turns out that Bob is the RIAA he cannot prove that Alice asked for warez, and if it turns out that Alice is the RIAA she cannot prove that Bob is a warez site. Secret Handshakes from Pairing-Based Key Agreements |
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Hacker Gathering Described As Roundup Of Cyberspace Cowboys |
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11:20 pm EDT, Jun 9, 2003 |
Summercon was covered by the AP Wire, and several outlets picked up the story, including CNN, the Globe and Mail, and others. Unfortunately, the article is nothing more than a rehash of "white hat" and "black hat." Hacker Gathering Described As Roundup Of Cyberspace Cowboys |
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TIA Two | Mark Fiore [Flash] |
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10:39 pm EDT, Jun 9, 2003 |
Remember worrying about scary, Orwellian "Total Information Awareness?" Well, you don't have to worry any more, because now it's ... Terrorism Information Awareness! TIA Two | Mark Fiore [Flash] |
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Now Open: National Cyber Security Division |
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| Topic: Computer Security |
10:26 pm EDT, Jun 9, 2003 |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Tom Ridge announced Friday the agency has created the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) to combat Internet-based attacks against government and critical private sector backbone networks. The new department will be under the DHS' Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate (IAIP), which reports directly to Ridge. Robert Liscouski, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Infrastructure Protection, will oversee NCSD while it seeks a permanent director, who will essentially be the nation's cyber czar. The new department aims to respond to major incidents, aid in national level recovery efforts, issue alerts and warnings, and conduct ongoing cyberspace analysis. From a similar Washington Post article: The division will have three sections. One will identify cybersecurity risks to the government, and coordinate with the private sector on how to minimize them. Another will oversee the Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis & Response Center. CSTARC, as the department labeled it, will respond to Internet "events," track vulnerabilities and coordinate with federal, state and local governments, as well as the private sector and international security groups. The third section will create cybersecurity education programs for consumers, businesses, governments, academia and the international community. We can only hope that the "educational" programs are as much fun as the bio-defense cartoons. Now Open: National Cyber Security Division |
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Cable and Wireless Posts Loss and Plans to Pull Out of U.S. |
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| Topic: Telecom Industry |
10:53 am EDT, Jun 8, 2003 |
Lacking a buyer, Cable and Wireless appears likely to shut down its US network, including the former MCI Internet backbone, Exodus, and Digital Island. The company will retreat to focus on competing against BT in Britain. If you are a C&W customer and are not already multi-homed, now would be a good time to consider it. Cable and Wireless Posts Loss and Plans to Pull Out of U.S. |
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5:36 am EDT, Jun 5, 2003 |
William Safire complains about LifeLog in his Thursday column for the New York Times. Dear Darpa Diary |
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Rogue AOL Subsidiary Leader to Resign |
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| Topic: Tech Industry |
6:55 am EDT, Jun 4, 2003 |
A young programmer whose software startup, Nullsoft, was gobbled up by America Online -- and then caused numerous headaches for its corporate parent -- plans to resign after his latest piece of rebel code was pulled from the Internet. Justin Frankel, 24, announced his intentions late Monday, less than a week after a file-sharing program called Waste was posted and then pulled from the Nullsoft Web site. Rogue AOL Subsidiary Leader to Resign |
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Before The Matrix, There was Only Meat |
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10:09 pm EDT, Jun 3, 2003 |
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines." "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat." "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat." "Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage." "Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?" Before The Matrix, There was Only Meat |
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10:07 pm EDT, Jun 3, 2003 |
Here is the BAA for LifeLog. The Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals to develop an ontology-based (sub)system that captures, stores, and makes accessible the flow of one person's experience in and interactions with the world in order to support a broad spectrum of associates/assistants and other system capabilities. The objective of this "LifeLog" concept is to be able to trace the "threads" of an individual's life in terms of events, states, and relationships. LifeLog technology will support the long-term IPTO vision of a new class of truly "cognitive" systems that can reason in a variety of ways, using substantial amounts of appropriately represented knowledge; can learn from experiences so that their performance improves as they accumulate knowledge and experience; can explain their actions and can accept direction; can be aware of their own behavior and reflect on their own capabilities; and can respond in a robust manner to surprises. LifeLog BAA |
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Hunting al Qaeda | US News |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
10:49 pm EDT, May 31, 2003 |
US News has retraced the war on terror, starting in the very first weeks after 9/11, to examine in detail how Washington and its allies launched an unprecedented drive, led by the Central Intelligence Agency, to disrupt and destroy bin Laden's operation. Interviews were conducted with over three dozen past and current counterterrorism officials in a half-dozen countries; the magazine also reviewed thousands of pages of court records and analytical reports. "After 9/11, the gloves come off." Hunting al Qaeda | US News |
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