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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:47:42 -0500
From: John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: U.S. military blocks websites to help Japan recovery efforts
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=a-16vBSBCVB=KheLP=4mOG8pwo-9PbAPXLz9-@mail.gmail.com>
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. military has blocked access to a range of
popular commercial websites in order to free up bandwidth for use in
Japan recovery efforts, according to an e-mail obtained by CNN and
confirmed by a spokesman for U.S. Strategic Command.
The sites -- including YouTube, ESPN, Amazon, eBay and MTV -- were
chosen not because of the content but because their popularity among
users of military computers account for significant bandwidth,
according to Strategic Command spokesman Rodney Ellison.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/15/us.military.websites/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:41:59 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Message-ID: <p062408c1c9a66cedb09e@[10.0.1.3]>
http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#adobe_releases_security_advisory_for6
Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Flash Player, Reader, and Acrobat
added March 15, 2011 at 10:29 am
Adobe has released a security advisory to alert users of a
vulnerability affecting the following products:
* Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions for Windows,
Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris
* Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.18 and earlier versions for Google Chrome users
* Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.16 and earlier versions for Android
* The Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and
Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and
Macintosh.
Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. At this time,
the vendor has not released a fix for this vulnerability. The Adobe
advisory indicates that this vulnerability is being actively
exploited via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Excel
(.xls) file delivered as an email attachment.
Adobe has indicated that it expects to release a fix for this
vulnerability during the week of March 21, 2011. In the interim,
users and administrators are encouraged to implement the following
workarounds to help reduce the risks.
* Disable Flash in the web browser as described in the Securing Your
Web Browser document.
* Disable Flash and 3D & Multimedia support in Adobe Reader 9 and later.
* Disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
* Prevent Internet Explorer from automatically opening PDF documents.
* Disable the displaying of PDF documents in the web browser.
* Enable DEP in Microsoft Windows.
* Utilize Microsoft EMET to enable runtime mitgations for Microsoft
Internet Explorer and Excel.
Additional information regarding this vulnerability, including
detailed workaround instructions, can be found in US-CERT
Vulnerability Note VU#192052. US-CERT will provide additional
information as it becomes available.
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#192052
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192052
Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.html
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:54:36 -0700
From: "John Meissen" <john@meissen.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Buying prepaid SIM cards in advance
Message-ID: <20110316055436.C528217F563@john>
My daughter recently spent 2 months in Italy for school. I wanted her to
be able to use my old GSM cellphone, and researched it extensively.
I found Cellular Abroad had the best arrangement for US travelers,
and I had the phone ready for her before she left.
I don't know about broadband access, though.
They have plans for most foreign countries. I recommend checking
their website to see if they will suit your needs.
http://www.cellularabroad.com/germanySIMcard.php
Call them, they're easy to reach and very responsive to questions.
John Mayson <john@mayson.us> said:
>
> My son is visiting Germany for about 10 days during in summer 2012.
> He has a unlocked GSM phone. I would like to get him a German SIM
> card with enough credit on it for him to have broadband access and to
> be able to make calls and SMS while over there. The fly in the
> ointment is I don't know if he'll have time to set that up given he'll
> be on school trip with limited free time.
>
> Is it possible for buy one ahead of time allowing me to set it up for
> him? I have searched online but all I seem to find are absolute
> ripoff plans. He'd be better off with global roaming from AT&T.
>
> John
>
> --
> John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
> Austin, Texas, USA
>
>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:18:18 -0500
From: Jim Haynes <jhaynes@cavern.uark.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Annoyance Calls
Message-ID: <R--dnSPgtuNXfx3QnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>
Somehow the word has got out that I am diabetic. I'm not, nor is there anyone
living here who is. But I keep getting phone calls from various companies
that I assume are offering diabetic supplies.
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