Fw: ACM TechNews - Monday, November 26, 2001

> "New Law Lets U.S. Nab Foreign Hackers"
> Foreign hackers who route their communications through the United
> States can be prosecuted there, according to the recently
> approved antiterrorism law.  Telegeography's Jessica Marantz
> estimates that over 80 percent of Asian, African, and South . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1126m.html#item2
> 
> "Germany Speaks Out for Open Source"
> The European Commission concluded its consultation period for
> software patent law with a recommendation from the German
> government that it not follow the broad patent system of the
> United States.  The German Ministry of Economics and Technology . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1126m.html#item4
> 
> "New Economy: Plans for Technology National Guard"
> Some lawmakers and private sector IT leaders are considering the
> idea of a National Emergency Technology Guard, or NetGuard, that
> would consist of volunteer workers who could mobilize quickly in
> times of national emergency to secure the country's IT . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1126m.html#item5
> 
> "Identifying Net Security Risks"
> DNS-SEC, an Internet transmission rules protocol currently in
> development, was lauded at the ICANN conference as a promising
> means of boosting domain name security due to DNS-SEC's reliance
> on cryptography.  Counterpane chief technology officer Bruce . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1126m.html#item8
> 
> 
> "Rep. Baird Introduces Computer Security Legislation"
> The Computer Security Enhancement and Research Act of 2001
> proposed by Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) would establish a 10-year
> research and development initiative at the National Institute of
> Standards and Technology to bolster information security by . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1126m.html#item13
> 
> 
> "Managing OS Diversity"
> Many enterprises are installing multiple operating systems, but
> managing such systems can be more easily accomplished through
> several approaches, such as thin-client computing, adopting open
> standards, Web-enabled applications, and interoperable OS . . .
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2001-3/1126m.html#item17



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