The Telecom Digest for August 23, 2010
Volume 29 : Issue 228 : "text" Format
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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:34:04 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Cameron Diaz Top Malware Bait: McAfee
Message-ID: <p06240898c896124cd689@[10.0.1.3]>
Cameron Diaz Top Malware Bait: McAfee
Antivirus company McAfee has claimed that Hollywood actor Cameron
Diaz is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web. Dave Marcus,
McAfee's director of security research and communication, said that
searching strings using Diaz's name have ten percent chance of coming
up with a site infected with or spreading malware. "Search for
Cameron Diaz and screensavers, and the risk doubles, Marcus added.
...
http://www.lanewsmonitor.com/news/Cameron-Diaz-Top-Malware-Bait--McAfee-1282411481/
How Googling Cameron Diaz can mess up your computer
Searching for Cameron Diaz online carries a one-in-ten chance of
landing on a website containing with malicious software, according to
a report by the computer security firm McAfee.
...
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0820/How-Googling-Cameron-Diaz-can-mess-up-your-computer
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:36:26 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: 500,000 parked domains on Network Solutions serving Malware
Message-ID: <p06240899c8961325097a@[10.0.1.3]>
500,000 parked domains on Network Solutions serving Malware
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201032/6023/500-000-parked-domains-on-Network-Solutions-serving-Malware-Update-2
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:36:43 -0700
From: Steven <diespammers@killspammers.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: film "Executive Suite"
Message-ID: <i4pnub$h1l$1@news.eternal-september.org>
On 8/21/10 3:59 PM, Paul wrote:
> Lisa or Jeff<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in
> news:e7e55dde-87a7-4e4d-8dd1-1a26340bde93@s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com
> :
>
>> On Aug 20, 8:09 pm, Wes Leatherock<Wesr...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Of course, at all of them you can use your "Pikepass" (called
>>> different things in eash state) which bills you automatically
>>> with no need for a toll taker. One notable toll gate has the
>>> "Pikepass" dedicated lane marked "Ramp Speed 75."
>>
>> Is this pass compatible with the "EZPASS" which is used in the
>> east coast*?
>>
>> I've read where parking can be paid for by cellphone. Any toll
>> facilities thinking of allowing for that?
>>
>>
>> *For some reason, the customer service center for EZPASS users is
>> located in Richardson, TX.
>
> At least for NH and NJ, E-ZPass customer service seems to be in NJ.
>
My 91 Fast Pass for Orange County worked up in San Francisco, though it
took a month before I got the bill.
--
The only good spammer is a dead one!! Have you hunted one down today?
(c) 2010 I Kill Spammers, Inc. A Rot in Hell Co.
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:38:15 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Malware Used to Steal South Korean Military Secrets
Message-ID: <p0624089ac89613a226b2@[10.0.1.3]>
Malware Used to Steal South Korean Military Secrets
A lawmaker has uncovered that 1,715 files containing South Korean
military secrets, including war plans against North Korea, were
stolen from infected Army-issued computers.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Malware-Used-to-Steal-South-Korean-Military-Secrets-153153.shtml
Date: 22 Aug 2010 15:16:04 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Simplifying the Lives of Web Users
Message-ID: <20100822151604.71049.qmail@joyce.lan>
>address is shared among many web sites. You really think anyone's
>getting a dedicated computer and IP address out of a hosting plan
>that costs under $20/month? Of course not.
Oh, humph. I have a VPS with two dedicated IP addresses and what is
effectively my own linux box (at least as long as I don't load it too
heavily, which hasn't been a problem) for $14.50/mo if I pay a year at
a time at Tektonix in PA.
I agree that IP is an aging kludge, but it sure is impressive how the
pricing for IP addresses does not suggest that anyone's worried about
running out of them any time soon. It's sort of like the mythical
bond vigilantes that all the Serious People are sure will make
interest rates spike up, except that they keep going down.
R's,
John
Date: 22 Aug 2010 15:26:13 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: film "Executive Suite"
Message-ID: <20100822152613.73510.qmail@joyce.lan>
>> *For some reason, the customer service center for EZPASS users is
>> located in Richardson, TX.
>
>At least for NH and NJ, E-ZPass customer service seems to be in NJ.
E-Zpass is sort of like what Cellular One was, a bunch of different
organizations sharing the same brand and same technology. Some of
them use different brands, like I-Pass in Illinois and Fastlane in
Massachusetts. Some are very large, like E-ZPass NY which covers the
NY Thruway, the NYBA bridges upstate, the PA bridges and tunnels
between NJ and NY, and the MTA bridges and tunnels in NY. Some are
tiny, like the Peace Bridge, a single bridge between Buffalo NY and Ft
Erie Ont whose passes are different from (but compatible with) the
ones issued elsewhere in NY.
R's,
John
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:00:07 +1000
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Simplifying the Lives of Web Users
Message-ID: <pan.2010.08.22.01.00.05.375060@myrealbox.com>
On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:37:08 -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote:
........
> So it's really all about work-arounds.
Which is probably why nothing technically pure will ever now replace the
current situation. As long as people keep finding "work-arounds" for any
of the demands that arise then the existing paradigm will endure - no
matter how technically inefficient that it may be.
> If you use a third-party DNS
> server like OpenDNS, as Pogue suggests, you get the IP address in the
> OpenDNS cache, or from the server that they are directed to (DNS is a
> hierarchy of referring servers). This may be the one closest to them,
> not you, and thus not even the ideal choice.
>
> For more information on why we think TCP/IP is obsolete and you
> shouldn't waste your time on IPv6, check out the Pouzin Society web site
> http://www.pouzinsociety.org/ or in particular this article on my site:
> http://www.ionary.com/PSOC-MovingBeyondTCP.pdf .
The issue is that TCP/IP is now established and unless someone comes up
with an alternative that provides an obvious cost/benefit advantage to all
current Internet stakeholders then I can't see it being replaced - ever!
I suppose someone could start to built the successor to the Internet,
but wouldn't that require either a massive gap in technology use (that is
just waiting to be filled) as well as a coherent group able to agree on
all the structures and protocols with the resources to implement all of
this?
The thing known as the Internet is a bit like the public roads that have
to handle differently sized vehicles from bicycles to massive
multi-trailer trucks. It is (overall) very inefficient to set up one
common resource to do this sort of thing, but because it has evolved this
way there is now no room for any viable alternative and we all have to
live with it.
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:19:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dana Prescott <highmusic@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Model 15 RO Teletype available (OT)
Message-ID: <ade7659f-671d-4794-bf63-6bc9bd4205cd@z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>
Just wanted to jump in here and say "THANKS" for helping me to solve a
radio mystery! On the NPR quiz show, "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" --
which originates from WBEZ in Chicago -- the program introduction
features some strange radio whistling noises (which sound like they're
coming from an old super-regenerative receiver!), and then the letters
"EBCD" sent in Morse Code at about 8 wpm. I had absolutely no clue
what "EBCD" stood for, so I Googled it, and I was immediately directed
to your site. I now understand that "EBCD" was a punch card (or
perhaps a punch tape?) coding format used to drive early-generation
computers or teleprinters. As to why WBEZ is using "EBCD" as a
baffling Morse Code introduction to their quiz program, I have
absolutely no clue. But I'm glad the mystery has been solved anyway!
TNX es VY 73! (de KB1F)
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:01:46 EDT
From: Wes Leatherock <Wesrock@aol.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: film "Executive Suite"
Message-ID: <201cc.2ca35a78.39a1c2ea@aol.com>
In a message dated 8/21/2010 5:34:19 PM Central Daylight Time,
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
> Is this pass compatible with the "EZPASS" which is used in the east
> coast*?
>
> I've read where parking can be paid for by cellphone. Any toll
> facilities thinking of allowing for that?
>
>
> *For some reason, the customer service center for EZPASS users is
> located in Richardson, TX.
I don't know. There are identical versions used on the Kansas toll road
and Texas toll roads. They have never come up with a plan for
interoperability, although it's been vaguely discussed several times.
All in those three states are put out by a company in Houston, which
explains why the bills come from Houston, too.
Richardson is a suburb of Dallas.
Wes Leatherock
wesrock@aol.com
wleathus@yahoo.com
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