Fw: ACM TechNews - Friday, January 25, 2002

> "Senate Panel to Consider Web Copyright Protections"
> The Senate Commerce Committee is planning to address the issue of
> online copyright protections possibly as soon as early February,
> although a spokesman for Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest
> "Fritz" Hollings (D-S.C.) says plans for any hearings have not ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0125f.html#item2
> 
> "Net Users Warned to Beware Sites with Scripting Holes"
> Despite prevention measures suggested nearly two years ago by
> CERT, visitors to top Web sites are still vulnerable to
> cross-site script (CSS) attacks.  CERT advises that it is now up
> to them to thwart such attacks, which may lead to the theft of ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0125f.html#item4
> 
> "PGP Creator: Snooping Must Be Curbed"
> In an interview with ZDNet Italy, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
> encryption creator Phil Zimmermann says that he developed the
> tool for human rights applications, but the political storm
> stirred up by its export and the subsequent three-year criminal ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0125f.html#item5

['shtardi mi han battuto sul tempo...]

> "Computers Try to Outthink Terrorists"
> Neural networking, which uses statistical modeling techniques to
> analyze databases in an effort to identify trends, the findings
> of which can later be used to scrutinize new data, is currently
> being employed by financial institutions to recognize money ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0125f.html#item13
> 
> "Software's Challenge"
> Bill Gates called attention to the general lack of solid software
> security in an internal memo calling for a corporate emphasis on
> "trustworthy computing."  The announcement comes after a series
> of security holes in Microsoft's Windows XP operating system and ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0125f.html#item14



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