NetMon, the "sister" of NetReg, collects and processes information from the network. It captures CAM table and ARP table information from network devices, as well as store DHCP lease information (updated every minute by the DHCP servers). The goal of NetMon is to provide a real-time as well as historical view of the network. Using NetMon we are able to detect misregistered and unregistered machines.

No need for Lucent QIP or Nortel NetID anymore.

[ Originally from Rattle. Shweeeet! This rocks. --Rek ]

NetReg/NetMon

Deadbeat CEOs plague companies
Huge sums lent to executives may never be paid back

[ Originally from w1ld. If you this doesn't clue you into the fact that the country is essentially run by those in elite circles who, effectively, indulge themselves in back-patting and mutual self-indulgence at the expense of the little people then I am not sure what else will. One thing to remember is that most of the Board of Directors are probably current or ex-CxO types of some kind as well. This country is not run by the people for the people. It's run by the elite for the elite. Wake up. --Rek ]

CEO Sickening

"A presidential advisor encouraged the nation's top computer security professionals and hackers Wednesday to try to break computer programs, but said they might need protection from the legal wrath of software makers."

Some very encouraging words from the Bush administration at this year's Black Hat Briefings.

AP Wire | 07/31/2002 | Bush adviser encourages hacking

Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company's software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Invoking both the controversial 1998 DMCA and computer crime laws, HP has threatened to sue a team of researchers who publicized a vulnerability in the company's Tru64 Unix operating system.

In a letter sent on Monday, an HP vice president warned SnoSoft, a loosely organized research collective, that it "could be fined up to $500,000 and imprisoned for up to five years" for its role in publishing information on a bug that lets an intruder take over a Tru64 Unix system.

Security warning draws DMCA threat

[I highly recommend this paper as well ... it's very cool. (of course..I am a researcher, so it speaks to me....and it may very well speak to you too) - Nanochick:)]

Yes! Excellent. Outstanding. Superb.

"More, please."

You and Your Research

"Instead, the air is thick with the views of the likes of Charles Krauthammer, of the Washington Post. "Unilateralism is the key to our success," he wrote, in describing the world of the next fifty years: a world without protection from nuclear attack or environmental damage for the citizens of any country except the United States; a world where "democracy" means nothing if its benefits are at odds with American "interests"; a world in which to express dissent against these "interests" brands one a terrorist and justifies surveillance and repression."

USA - The leading Rogue State.

7Gbps AES Encryption. Whoa.

EE Times - Startup offers gains in multilayer security silicon

Level 3 has offered $1.1B for Williams Communications Group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Here Comes Warren Buffett. (Look for a push to consolidate as a means of accelerating the inevitable collapse while localizing the damage as much as possible.) If we combine six debt-ridden companies into one, the mountain of debt will be so high as to be make bankruptcy unavoidable. And consolidating the carriers will eliminate competitive network build-outs, reducing the need to buy new telecom equipment. Excess equipment on hand is sold at cut-rate prices to pay off the bondholders. These factors lead to the collapse of suppliers. That's the idea, anyway.

It isn't going to get better until it gets as bad as it can possibly get. The sooner the telecom world collapses, the sooner it can be rebuilt. ("Can" is the operative word; it's not clear that anyone will be interested in doing so.)

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

Level 3 Makes Offer for Williams Comms.

Soundview: "There are two new looming issues. The investigation into AOL's accounting and the dramatic decrease in the growth of new subscribers at AOL."

Get ready for AOL to crash. Existing subscribers are leaving the network and no one is coming to replace them. Since AOLTW is maneuvering to sell off its stake in cable, there's little hope that AOL can migrate heavily into broadband service. The end is near. It's only a matter of time. The sooner that the TW content businesses can divest themselves of AOL, the better off they'll be. For now, they seem to be repeating the RBOCs' losing strategy of relying on an outdated, unprofitable line of business for essential cash flow.

AOL Accounts Under Scrutiny From the SEC

Another analyst: "The problem here is that networks never go away. As each of these guys go bankrupt, the pain spreads to everybody else."

The LA Times gives its readers a lesson in Telecom 101. Welcome to the real world, people; it's over.

Telecom Bankruptcy Wave May Become Self-Perpetuating