CNET NEWS.COM – Treasury breaks word on e-mail anonymity. The U.S. Treasury Department plans to publish nearly 10,000 e-mail addresses on the Web, violating its privacy promise to Americans who used e-mail to comment on a government proceeding. In March 2003, the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) asked for e-mail… Continue reading NEWS.COM
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New system no easy touch for 134 voters in Broward
Miami Herald.com – New system no easy touch for 134 voters in Broward. Today's recount in the House District 91 race is likely to raise questions about electronic voting, including whether paper records are necessary. Three years after helping render punch-card voting systems obsolete, Broward County voters have proven that no election system is foolproof.… Continue reading New system no easy touch for 134 voters in Broward
Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT)
Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT). The Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditor for Linux/Unix. It checks many system configurations and local network settings on the system for common security/config errors and for packages that are not needed. It (for now) works under Linux (x86: Gentoo, RedHat, Debian, Mandrake; Sparc: SunOS… Continue reading Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT)
There are no exceptions to Postel's Law
There are no exceptions to Postel's Law. Specs are things with important-sounding words like “W3C Recommendation”, “RFC 2616”, or “ISO 8879” at the top. Weblogs are things with cat pictures at the top. (1162 words) [dive into mark]
New powers for ministers in terror crisis
New powers for ministers in terror crisis. Ministers will be given exceptional new powers in the event of a major emergency or terrorist attack under proposals published by the government yesterday. [The Scotsman]
The USB server: connecting USB devices to your home network
The USB server: connecting USB devices to your home network. It might take a moment for the importance of this gadget to sink in, but Keyspan is introducing a USB server that lets you connect USB devices to a PC or Mac over a wired or wireless network. What this does is let you take any… Continue reading The USB server: connecting USB devices to your home network
Quebec City Update
Quebec City Update. For some reason the cloudtravel guide for Quebec City doesn't get as much activity as a number of the others (with Mardi Gras season coming up the New Orleans pages are now going gangbusters). The luke-warm interest in Quebec astounds me because I consider it the great unknown destination in all the… Continue reading Quebec City Update
The Internet Archive released a preliminary version of their new Web crawler software, Heritrix.
The Internet Archive released a preliminary version of their new Web crawler software, Heritrix. [Hack the Planet]
Laszlo is kranking!
Laszlo is kranking!. Laszlo preview release. Laszlo preview release A preview release of Laszlo Presentation Server version 2.0 is now available. Woo hoo! New Component Framework: All the components you expect in a web app plus a few more. This framework is fully laszlo-rrific — with the details you know and love from an OS… Continue reading Laszlo is kranking!
VeriSign planning more changes to .com, .net
InfoWorld: VeriSign planning more changes to .com, .net. While there is general agreement within the technical community that VeriSign has the right to make the serial number changes, there is also suspicion about the move, especially after the feud over VeriSign's controversial Site Finder service in 2003, which redirected requests for nonexistent Web addresses to… Continue reading VeriSign planning more changes to .com, .net