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Computer underground Digest Wed Sep 14, 1994 Volume 6 : Issue 81
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET)
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Retiring Shadow Archivist: Stanton McCandlish
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Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth
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Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
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Ian Dickinson
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Urban Legend Editor: E. Greg Shrdlugold
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CONTENTS, #6.81 (Wed, Sep 14, 1994)
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File 1--Re: Exon Amendment -- text of existing laws
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File 2--"Computer Related Crime" (Book Review)
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File 3--First French book on Internet (Book Review)
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File 4--Clipper T-shirts
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File 5--Five "Hackers" Indicted for Credit Card/Computer Fraud
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File 6--Wiretap Bill Update
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File 7--Women's Work and Informatics -- Call for Contributions
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File 8--GovAccess.048: SF ElEx free candidate info & net hosts/GNPs
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File 9--Cu Digest Header Information (last changed 11 Sep '94)
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CuD ADMINISTRATIVE, EDITORIAL, AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION APPEARS IN
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THE CONCLUDING FILE AT THE END OF EACH ISSUE.
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 13:08:09 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Steve Barber <sbarber@panix.com>
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Subject: File 1--Re: Exon Amendment - text of existing laws
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OK, so now that we've put the Exon amendment text out there (see CuD
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6.79), it occurred to me that it isn't all that useful if you don't
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have the text of what it proposes to amend! So here is Section 223 of
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the Communications Act as it exists today, and the text of the
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"safe-harbor" regulation that implements part of it.
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-Steve Barber
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FCC RESTRICTIONS ON OBSCENE AND INDECENT TELEPHONE TRANSMISSIONS
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A. STATUTE - Title 47, Section 223 of the United States Code (rev. 1989)
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@ 223. Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of
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Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications
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(a) Whoever--
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(1) in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign
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communication by means of telephone--
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(A) makes any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is
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obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent;
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(B) makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without
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disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or
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harass any person at the called number;
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(C) makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or
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continuously to ring, with intent to harass any person at the called
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number; or
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(D) makes repeated telephone calls, during which conversation
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ensues, solely to harass any person at the called number; or
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(2) knowingly permits any telephone facility under his control to
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be used for any purpose prohibited by this section, shall be fined not
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more than $ 50,000 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
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(b)(1) Whoever knowingly--
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(A) within the United States, by means of telephone, makes
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(directly or by recording device) any obscene communication for
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commercial purposes to any person, regardless of whether the maker of
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such communication placed the call;
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or
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(B) permits any telephone facility under such person's control to
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be used for an activity prohibited by subparagraph (A), shall be fined
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in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not
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more than two years, or both.
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(2) Whoever knowingly--
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(A) within the United States, by means of telephone, makes
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(directly or by recording device) any indecent communication for
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commercial purposes which is available to any person under 18 years of
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age or to any other person without that person's consent, regardless
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of whether the maker of such communication
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placed the call; or
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(B) permits any telephone facility under such person's control to
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be used for an activity prohibited by subparagraph (A), shall be fined
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not more than $ 50,000 or imprisoned not more than six months, or
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both.
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(3) It is a defense to prosecution under paragraph (2) of this
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subsection that the defendant restrict access to the prohibited
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communication to persons 18 years of age or older in accordance with
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subsection (c) of this section and with such procedures as the
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Commission may prescribe by regulation.
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(4) In addition to the penalties under paragraph (1), whoever,
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within the United States, intentionally violates paragraph (1) or (2)
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shall be subject to a fine of not more than $ 50,000 for each
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violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day of violation shall
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constitute a separate violation.
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(5)(A) In addition to the penalties under paragraphs (1), (2), and (5),
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whoever, within the United States, violates paragraph (1) or (2) shall
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be subject to a civil fine of not more than $ 50,000 for each
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violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day of violation shall
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constitute a separate violation.
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(B) A fine under this paragraph may be assessed either--
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(i) by a court, pursuant to civil action by the Commission or any
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attorney employed by the Commission who is designated by the
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Commission for such purposes, or
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(ii) by the Commission after appropriate administrative proceedings.
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(6) The Attorney General may bring a suit in the appropriate
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district court of the United States to enjoin any act or practice
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which violates paragraph (1) or (2). An injunction may be granted in
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accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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(c)(1) A common carrier within the District of Columbia or within any
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State, or in interstate or foreign commerce, shall not, to the extent
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technically feasible, provide access to a communication specified in
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subsection (b) from the telephone of any subscriber who has not
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previously requested in writing the carrier to provide access to such
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communication if the carrier collects from subscribers an identifiable
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charge for such communication that the carrier remits, in whole or in
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part, to the provider of such communication.
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(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), no cause of action may be
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brought in any court or administrative agency against any common
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carrier, or any of its affiliates, including their officers,
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directors, employees, agents, or authorized representatives on account
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of--
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(A) any action which the carrier demonstrates was taken in good
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faith to restrict access pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection;
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or
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(B) any access permitted--
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(i) in good faith reliance upon the lack of any representation
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by a provider of communications that communications provided by that
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provider are communications specified in subsection (b), or
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(ii) because a specific representation by the provider did not
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allow the carrier, acting in good faith, a sufficient period to
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restrict access to communications described in subsection (b).
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(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, a provider of
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communications services to which subscribers are denied access
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pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may bring an action for a
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declaratory judgment or similar action in a court. Any such action
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shall be limited to the question of whether the communications which
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the provider seeks to provide fall within the category of
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communications to which the carrier will provide access only to
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subscribers who have previously requested such access.
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B. FCC REGULATION - Title 47, Section 64.201 of the Code of Federal
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Regulations
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Restrictions on obscene or indecent telephone
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message services.
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47 CFR 64.201
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It is a defense to prosecution under section 223(b) of the
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Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 223(b), that the
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defendant has taken one of the actions set forth in paragraph (a),
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(b), or (c) of this section to restrict access to prohibited
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communications to persons eighteen years of age or older, and has
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additionally complied with paragraph (d) of this section, where
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applicable:
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(a) Requires payment by credit card before transmission of the message; or
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(b) Requires an authorized access or identification code before
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transmission of the message, and where the defendant has:
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(1) Issued the code by mailing it to the applicant after reasonably
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ascertaining through receipt of a written application that the
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applicant is not under eighteen years of age; and
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(2) Established a procedure to cancel immediately the code of any
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person upon written, telephonic or other notice to the defendant's
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business office that such code has been lost, stolen, or used by a
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person or persons under the age of eighteen, or that such code is no
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longer desired; or
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(c) Scrambles the message using frequency inversion techniques so
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that it is unintelligible and incomprehensible to the calling party
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without use of a descrambler by the calling party; and
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(d) Where the defendant is a message sponsor or subscriber to mass
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announcement services tariffed at this Commission and such defendant
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prior to the transmission of the message has requested in writing to
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the carrier providing the public announcement service that calls to
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his message service be subject to billing notification as an adult
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telephone message service.
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Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 15:11:36 -0600 (MDT)
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From: "Rob Slade, Ed. DECrypt & ComNet, VARUG rep, 604-984-4067"
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Subject: File 2--"Computer Related Crime" (Book Review)
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BKCMRLCR.RVW 940622
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Loompanics Unlimited
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P.O. Box 1197
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Port Townsend, WA 98368
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loompanx@pt.olympus.net
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"Computer Related Crime", 1-55950-027-1, U$10.00
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This purports to be Field Circular 19-146 of the US Army Military Policy
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School. Supposedly intended for US Army Criminal Investigation (Defence?)
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Command Special Agents only, it appears to be an unauthorized photocopy of a
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typed government document. No date is included in any of the supposed
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government material: the Loompanics copyright date is 1990.
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It doesn't really matter if this is an official government document or not.
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The material is fairly pedestrian: after a reasonably detailed set of
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instructions on how to exercise a search warrant for computer equipment
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(although not how to analyze the equipment, once you have it), the bulk of the
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book defines various types of computer crimes. Much of this would have serious
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data security types going, "Well, maybe ...," but, at the same time, it isn't
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bad enough as to indicate that American military policy are being misinformed
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in what is, after all, a specialized topic.
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A possibly interesting bit of arcana for the well-stocked data security
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library.
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copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BKCMRLCR.RVW 940622
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======================
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DECUS Canada Communications, Desktop, Education and Security group newsletters
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Editor and/or reviewer ROBERTS@decus.ca, RSlade@sfu.ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733
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Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" (Sept. '94) Springer-Verlag
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Date: 06 Sep 1994 12:47:08 GMT
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From: JeanBernard_Condat@EMAIL.FRANCENET.FR(JeanBernard Condat)
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Subject: File 3--First French book on Internet (Book Review)
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New Book in Franch Language: INTERNET
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Internet is now available from Editions JCI, Inc. (2700 Joliette #201,
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Montreal, Quebec, H1W 3G9, Canada)
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The *Internet* book goes beyond all business school case studies and
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descriptions of Internet tools, teaching French readers how to effectively
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use the Internet to boost sales and cut costs. Through real world
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examples and expert advice, you'll learn how to use the Internet to
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build European/international market share, track down business leads,
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communicate with colleagues, search online databases, provide cost-
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effective customer support and access time-critical information.
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You'll also explore the many business opportunities now available on
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the Internet and get tips on shopping for the best deal on Internet access
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and cybel-mail space.
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Just as importantly you'll learn about the culture of the Internet, find
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out what type of advertising is acceptable and can generate a positive
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response, and which forms are verboten and can provoke community
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hostility (the famous 'nethiquette').
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The *Internet* also contain detailed descriptions of the author's first-
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hand and experienced experience in doing business on the Internet. Co-
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author Jean-Bernard Condat is a veteran information science writer and
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publisher of electronic newsletter that tracks trends and developments
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in electronic newspaper and magazine publishing. Co-author Nicolas Pioch
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is the conceptor of WebLouvre--Paris, the first consulted WWW in Europe
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(http://www.enst.fr/~pioch).
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Here's the basic information:
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Jean-Bernard Condat & Nicolas Pioch, "Internet", J.C.I. Inc., Oct. 1994,
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224 pages, 195 FF (CAN$29.95), ISBN 2-921599-06-6.
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Table des Matieres:
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1. Preface; 2. Premieres notions; 3. Documentation Internet; 4. Le
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courrier electronique; 5. Smileys (emoticons); 6. telnet; 7. Formats
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de fichiers; 8. FTP; 9. Archie; 10. Prospero; 11. Usenet/newsgroups;
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12. Netiquette; 13. WAIS; 14. Gopher; 15. WWW; 16. cryptographie;
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17. Adresses utiles; 18. MacTCP/PPP; Index.
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Note that you can receive more information on this publication by ordering
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it direct from:
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- Diffulivres, Canada: +1 514 738 2911, fax: +1 514 738 8512;
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- Distique, France: +33 37 34 84 84, fax: +33 37 30 78 65;
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- Context SA, Belgium: +32 41 40 19 82, fax: +32 41 490 19 82;
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- Micro-Distribution, Switzerland: +41 227843482, fax +41 227840945.
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Don't hesitate to contact us for more information on Internet... in France.
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Jean-Bernard Condat, 47 rue des Rosiers, 93404 St-Ouen Cedex, France
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Tel: +33147874083, Fax: +33149450129, Alphapage: +3336605050 code 0030006
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Email: JeanBernard_Condat@Email.FranceNet.FR *or* an113309@anon.penet.fi
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Date: 7 Sep 1994 20:40:52 -0700
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From: normh@CRL.COM(Norman J Harman)
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Subject: File 4--Clipper T-shirts
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Information and opposition to the Clipper proposal is strong
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on the Internet. But it is far too unknown to the 'outside'
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community. Everyone concerned by this issue should inform
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all the people they know of its implications. One way to
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increase awareness and show your opinion is to wear it:).
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I would like to offer an anti Clipper/Skipjack T-shirt.
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They would be white with black printing and cost
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approximately $5.00 plus $2.90 shipping to US locations.
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That is the cost to produce one shirt. I am trying to
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spread awareness not make money.
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I need to know if people are interested in this idea and
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what should the shirts say?
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Two quick ideas are:
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"Skip Skipjack"
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or
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"Just Say No to Clipper"
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Please send comments, suggestions, and questions to
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normh@crl.com. If more than a few people are interested I
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will go ahead and have the shirts made and post how to get
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one.
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A worthy cause is better if it benefits another good cause
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so the shirts will be silk-screened by Zerolith, part of a
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non-profit organization that employs, shelters, and assists
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homeless youth. If you would like to talk with Zerolith or
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donate money directly here is how to contact them.
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Zerolith
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3075 21st Street
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San Francisco, CA 94110-2626
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415.641.1014 voice
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415.641.1474 fax
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--
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Norman J. Harman Jr. o o Smiley Systems
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normh@crl.com \__/ San Francisco, CA
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 11:19:22 (CDT)
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From: CuD Moderators <cudigest@mindvox.phantom.com>
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Subject: File 5--Five "Hackers" Indicted for Credit Card/Computer Fraud
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(AP WIRE - Thurs, Sept. 8, 1994)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- "Dr. Demonicus," "Renegade" and four other
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hackers used computers to steal credit card numbers and used them to
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buy $210,000 in gold coins and high-tech hardware, federal prosecutors
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said Wednesday (Sept 8, '94).
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The nine-count indictment unsealed Wednesday charged five men from
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Louisana and one from New York with conspiracy, computer fraud, access
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device fraud and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Eddie Jordan Jr. said.
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Some fo their hacker nicknames were included. They were identified as
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Dwayne "Dr. Demonicus" Comeger, 22; Brian Ursin, 21; John Christopher
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"Renegade" Montegut, 24; Timothy "Revelation" Thompson, 21; James
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McGee, 25; and Raymone "Wiseguy" Savage, 25, of Richmond Hills, N.Y.
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From: email list server <listserv@SUNNYSIDE.COM>
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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 09:29:49 -0700
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Subject: File 6--Wiretap Bill Update
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Wiretap Bill Update
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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Voters Telecomm
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Watch (VTW) are urging concerned individuals and organizations to
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help stop the FBI Wiretap Bill. Congress is now back in session and your
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support is critical. The attached alert from VTW provides contact info
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for the relevant Congressional representatives.
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EPIC is a project of the Fund for Constitutional Government and Computer
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Professionals for Social Responsibility. For additional information,
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send e-mail to <info@epic.org>.
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Subject--ACTION--Fight US bills--SB 2375 & HR 4922
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From--shabbir@panix.com (Shabbir J. Safdar)
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Date--11 Sep 1994 23:44:50 -0400
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DISTRIBUTE WIDELY (though no later than October 1, 1994)
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[If you've only got 2 minutes, skip down to the "What You Can Do"
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section.]
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[Washington insiders say the phone calls and faxes (especially to
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Rep Jack Brooks) are starting to attract significant attention, and
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many people prophesize that the bill won't even have time to pass
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this session. Thanks for your efforts!]
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The FBI's Wiretap bills (also known as the DT - Digital Telephony bills)
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mandate that *all* communications carriers must provide wiretap-ready
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equipment so that the FBI can more easily implement their court-ordered
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wiretaps more easily. The costs of re-engineering all communications
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equipment will be borne by the government, industry and consumers.
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The bill is vague and the standards defining "wiretap ready" do not
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exist. Furthermore, the FBI has yet to make a case which demonstrates
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that they have been unable to implement a wiretap.
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There are fewer than 1,000 court ordered surveillances per year. Even if
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all of them are wiretaps, and even if all of them require the changes
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mandated by this legisation, are we as a nation prepared to build
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eavesdropping features into the phones of 250 million people, in order
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to justify these wiretaps? None of these wiretaps has been demonstrated
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to be unimplementable, nor has it been proven that the cases could not
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be made with other methods of electronic surveillance.
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The Voters Telecomm Watch (VTW) does not believe the FBI has made a
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compelling case to justify that all Americans give up their privacy.
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Furthermore, the VTW does not believe the case has been made to justify
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spending 500 million Federal dollars over the next 4 years to
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re-engineer equipment to compromise privacy, interfere with
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telecommunications privacy, and fulfill an unproven government need.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
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===============
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You can help stop this legislation before it is too late!
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Phone/Fax/Write to each of the people below. It should take
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about two minutes a piece.
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. Rep. Jack Brooks (his Judiciary Committee must approve the bill
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before it can be voted upon by the full House)
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DC Phone: (202) 225-6565, TX Phone: (409) 839-2508
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DC Fax: (202) 225-1584
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Also try Judiciary Comm. fax at (202) 225-3951
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US Mail: RHOB 2449, Washington DC 20515
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. Senator Patrick Leahy (the Senate sponsor of the bill)
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DC Phone: (202) 224-4242, VT Phone: (802) 863-2525
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DC Fax: (202) 224-3595
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US Mail: SR 433, Washington DC 20510
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email: senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
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. Rep. Don Edwards (the House sponsor of the bill)
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DC Phone: (202) 225-3072, CA Phone: (408) 345-1711
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DC Fax: (202) 225-9460
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US Mail: 2307 RHOB, Washington DC 20515
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. Your two Senators
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. Your Representative
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Tell them you are opposed to the FBI's Wiretap legislation. Feel
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free to use the sample communique below:
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SAMPLE COMMUNIQUE
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=================
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Dear __________,
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The recent Digital Telephony bills (HR 4922 & SB 2375) disturb me
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greatly. The FBI has not yet made their case to the public that we
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need to build wiretap functionality into the telephones of 250
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million people to justify wiretaps which have not yet been proven to
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be difficult to implement.
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The bills would clearly compromise the privacy of all Americans with
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no counterbalancing benefit to either law enforcement or the public.
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The FBI has not demonstrated the need, and the cost is uncalculated,
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but is known to be at least 500 million tax dollars.
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Furthermore, the standards are undefined, as are the bodies that
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would enact these standards.
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For these reasons, I am opposed to the Digital Telephony bills
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(HR 4922 & SB 2375).
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Sincerely,
|
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|
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_______________________
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If you get a response from your legislator, drop us a note at
|
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vtw@vtw.org. We track legislator positions on privacy-related issues
|
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|
such as this one.
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|
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For more information about the Digital Telephony bills, check the
|
||
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Voters Telecomm Watch gopher site (gopher.panix.com) or contact Steven
|
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Cherry, VTW Press Contact at (718) 596-2851 or stc@vtw.org.
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VTW posts a Digital Telephony FAQ monthly to several Usenet newsgroups
|
||
|
including comp.org.cpsr.talk and comp.org.eff.talk. Look for it or
|
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contact us at vtw@vtw.org for a copy.
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 01:06:35 +0200
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From: email list server <listserv@SUNNYSIDE.COM>
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Subject: File 7--Women's Work and Informatics - Call for Contributions
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Women's Work and Informatics
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Call for Contributions
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Please forward this call - Please forward this call - Please forward this call
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"Women's Work and Informatics" (Frauenarbeit und Informatik) is the name of
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a Special Interest Group founded eight years ago in the German Society for
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Informatics (Gesellschaft fuer Informatik). Today our group has about 500
|
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members and is a forum for female computer professionals to exchange
|
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experi ences in the discipline and in the various work situations.
|
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Our general aim is to increase the influence of women on the design and
|
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application of information technology. 12 local and thematic working groups
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are concerned with topics like women's research, promotion of women,
|
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motivation and encouragement of young women, the installation of an experts
|
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network, etc. In addition we are member of the national council of women's
|
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organisations to emphasize the interests of female technicians in the
|
||
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political environ ment.
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The next issue of our biannual journal "Frauenarbeit und Informatik" will
|
||
|
focus on international perspectives and we hope to get your contributions
|
||
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from all over the world!!!
|
||
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|
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Possible Contents
|
||
|
In the following we summarize some possible aspects of the issue. Please
|
||
|
keep in mind that we are collecting for a journal - so we are interested in
|
||
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articles as well as in brief information boxes, statistics, comments, etc.
|
||
|
And of course the following points must not cover the national or
|
||
|
professional situation as a whole; informations about special branches,
|
||
|
situations, problems and solutions are also important, details appearing
|
||
|
trivial or obvious to you might be new for a german readership!
|
||
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|
||
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1) The "One-Minute-Contribution":
|
||
|
An international issue demands an international cover and here we need your
|
||
|
help:
|
||
|
Please send us the title "Women's Work and Informatics" in your native
|
||
|
tongue and writing!!
|
||
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|
||
|
2) Figure data:
|
||
|
- General employment rate of women in your country?
|
||
|
- Women's proportion in technical studies?
|
||
|
- Women's proportion in the field of EDP professions?
|
||
|
- How does this field look like (job titles, the demanded
|
||
|
education/training, etc.)?...
|
||
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|
||
|
3) Women's Advancement:
|
||
|
- at university in the field of computer science
|
||
|
- in industrial or govermental EDP-area, in your company?
|
||
|
- Possibilities of part time work? of child care? of reengagement and
|
||
|
further training?...
|
||
|
|
||
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4) Amalgamations of women in computing:
|
||
|
Do you join or know a professional organization, a network in your country?
|
||
|
How is it organized, are there regular or irregular publications, what are
|
||
|
the main aims and acitivities?...
|
||
|
(Adresses and short description welcome for the planned index!)
|
||
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|
||
|
5) Gender specific aspects of the influence of IT on the labour market?
|
||
|
6) Women's Research in the computing field (possibilities,
|
||
|
experiences, results...)?
|
||
|
7) Lust but not least: Feel free to describe whatever is important for you.
|
||
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|
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|
Formal conditions:
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||
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Articles: should not exeed 1.500 words.
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Language: English or German.
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||
|
References: Alphabetical order at the end of the article.
|
||
|
Artwork: Sorry - but we don't have colour print
|
||
|
If the artwork not your own, please clear up the copyright.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Deadline: September 30, 1994
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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Please send your contribution to the woman contacting you or to one of the
|
||
|
following addresses:
|
||
|
|
||
|
Roswitha Behnke
|
||
|
Mayskamp 8
|
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D-45357 Essen
|
||
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Germany
|
||
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behnke@iug.uni-dortmund.de
|
||
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|
||
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Veronika Oechtering
|
||
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Jenaer Str. 39
|
||
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D-28215 Bremen
|
||
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Germany
|
||
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oechteri@informatik.uni-bremen.de
|
||
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|
||
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Doris Koehler
|
||
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Wittmunder Str. 15
|
||
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D-28219 Bremen
|
||
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Germany
|
||
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koehler@rrz.uni-hamburg.de
|
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|
||
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||
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 22:26:17 -0700
|
||
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From: Jim Warren <jwarren@WELL.SF.CA.US>
|
||
|
Subject: File 8--GovAccess.048: SF ElEx free candidate info & net hosts/GNPs
|
||
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|
||
|
SAN FRANCISCO [ELECTRONIC] EXAMINER OFFERS CANDIDATES FREE WEB EXPOSURE
|
||
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|
||
|
Date--07 Sep 94 23:57 GMT
|
||
|
From--GULKER@AppleLink.Apple.COM (S F Examiner, Chris Gulker,APD)
|
||
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|
||
|
Distribute widely, please
|
||
|
|
||
|
As a service to the community, The Electric Examiner is offering free
|
||
|
Internet publishing to candidates for office who will appear on Bay
|
||
|
Area ballots. Internet users with access to the World Wide Web via
|
||
|
Mosaic, Lynx or other browser software can access these files as noted
|
||
|
below
|
||
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|
||
|
While it is anticipated that candidates will mainly offer text files
|
||
|
like position statements, speeches and schedules, The Examiner's World
|
||
|
Wide Web server also supports photos, graphics and short clips of
|
||
|
audio and video.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Candidates can e-mail files to chrisg@sfgate.com for inclusion on the
|
||
|
server. Each candidate will be granted an equal heading and space up
|
||
|
to the limits reserved for this project.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Candidates who do not have e-mail access can send files on 3.5-inch
|
||
|
diskette in either DOS/Windows or Macintosh format to
|
||
|
Chris Gulker
|
||
|
Candidates Internet Project
|
||
|
San Francisco Examiner
|
||
|
110 Fifth Street
|
||
|
San Francisco, CA 94103
|
||
|
|
||
|
Candidates offerings will be published at Uniform Resource Locator (URL):
|
||
|
http://sfgate.com/examiner/candidates/
|
||
|
|
||
|
The Uniform Resource Locator of The Electric Examiner is:
|
||
|
http://sfgate.com/examiner/
|
||
|
|
||
|
File formats:
|
||
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|
||
|
Text must be in plain ASCII format - this option is offered by most word
|
||
|
processors. Photos and graphics should be in Compuserve GIF format and
|
||
|
should be sized to no more than 4 inches in the longest dimension at 72 dots
|
||
|
per inch. Audio files should be in 'AU' format, video can be in either MPG
|
||
|
or Quicktime format - these should be brief clips.
|
||
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|
||
|
The Electric Examiner is the World Wide Web service of The San Francisco
|
||
|
Examiner.
|
||
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|
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|
===
|
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|
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|
Thanks to both Phil Agre <pagre@weber.ucsd.edu> and brad@ape.com (Brad
|
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Schrick) for fastly-forwarding this hot-stuff. --jim
|
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|
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&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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INTERNET HOSTS: HOST-COUNTS AND EXPENDITURES/GROSS-NATIONAL-PRODUCT
|
||
|
[ smaller number is better ]
|
||
|
|
||
|
From: Tony Rutkowski <amr@isoc.org> via farber@eff.org Wed Sep 7 1994
|
||
|
|
||
|
GNP/GDP Compared to Internet Hosts in July 1994
|
||
|
by Eric Arnum*
|
||
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|
||
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Top-Level Country July 1994 GNP/Host
|
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|
Domain Name Code Internet Hosts GNP/GDP Total Ratio
|
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|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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|
Iceland is 3,268 $4,200,000,000 1.29
|
||
|
Finland fi 49,598 $80,600,000,000 1.63
|
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Norway no 38,759 $72,900,000,000 1.88
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Australia au 127,514 $280,800,000,000 2.20
|
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USA var 2,044,791 $5,700,000,000,000 2.79
|
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New Zealand nz 14,830 $46,200,000,000 3.12
|
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|
Sweden se 53,294 $202,500,000,000 3.80
|
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|
Canada ca 127,516 $521,500,000,000 4.09
|
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|
Netherlands nl 59,729 $249,600,000,000 4.18
|
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|
Czech Republic cz 5,639 $25,600,000,000 4.54
|
||
|
Switzerland ch 47,401 $238,050,000,000 5.02
|
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|
U.K. uk 155,706 $915,500,000,000 5.88
|
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|
South Africa za 15,595 $96,000,000,000 6.16
|
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|
World Median ww 3,212,000 $19,850,690,000,000 6.18
|
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Israel il 8,464 $56,400,000,000 6.66
|
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Denmark dk 12,107 $91,100,000,000 7.52
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Austria at 20,130 $164,100,000,000 8.15
|
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Chile cl 3,703 $30,500,000,000 8.24
|
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|
Germany de 149,193 $1,300,000,000,000 8.71
|
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|
Slovak Republic sk 868 $9,300,000,000 10.71
|
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Singapore sg 4,014 $43,200,000,000 10.76
|
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Costa Rica cr 544 $5,900,000,000 10.85
|
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Hungary hu 5,390 $60,100,000,000 11.15
|
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Portugal pt 4,518 $50,700,000,000 11.22
|
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Ireland ie 3,308 $39,200,000,000 11.85
|
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R.o.W. Median (not USA) 1,180,387 $14,150,690,000,000 11.99
|
||
|
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Belgium be 12,107 $171,800,000,000 14.19
|
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|
France fr 71,899 $1,033,700,000,000 14.38
|
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Taiwan tw 10,314 $150,800,000,000 14.62
|
||
|
Luxembourg lu 420 $7,830,000,000 18.64
|
||
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Poland pl 7,392 $162,700,000,000 22.01
|
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|
South Korea kr 12,109 $273,000,000,000 22.55
|
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Spain es 21,147 $487,500,000,000 23.05
|
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|
Liechtenstein li 27 $630,000,000 23.33
|
||
|
Greece gr 2,958 $77,600,000,000 26.23
|
||
|
Kuwait kw 297 $8,750,000,000 29.46
|
||
|
Croatia hr 838 $26,300,000,000 31.38
|
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|
Japan jp 72,409 $2,370,000,000,000 32.73
|
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|
Mexico mx 5,164 $172,400,000,000 33.38
|
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|
Malaysia my 1,322 $44,900,000,000 33.96
|
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|
Slovenia si 574 $21,000,000,000 36.59
|
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|
Ecuador ec 256 $11,500,000,000 44.92
|
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|
Italy it 23,616 $1,090,000,000,000 46.16
|
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|
Brazil br 5,896 $358,000,000,000 60.72
|
||
|
Nicaragua ni 23 $1,600,000,000 69.57
|
||
|
Turkey tr 1,204 $91,780,000,000 76.23
|
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|
Thailand th 1,197 $92,000,000,000 76.86
|
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|
Uruguay uy 101 $9,100,000,000 90.10
|
||
|
Venezuela ve 399 $52,300,000,000 131.08
|
||
|
Romania ro 453 $71,900,000,000 158.72
|
||
|
Cyprus cy 38 $6,100,000,000 160.53
|
||
|
Panama pa 24 $5,000,000,000 208.33
|
||
|
Tunisia tn 46 $10,900,000,000 236.96
|
||
|
Macau mo 12 $3,100,000,000 258.33
|
||
|
Fiji fj 5 $1,300,000,000 260.00
|
||
|
Colombia co 144 $45,000,000,000 312.50
|
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|
Argentina ar 248 $101,200,000,000 408.06
|
||
|
Bulgaia bg 79 $36,400,000,000 460.76
|
||
|
Peru pe 42 $25,150,000,000 598.81
|
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|
Philippines ph 65 $47,000,000,000 723.08
|
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Egypt eg 52 $39,200,000,000 753.85
|
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|
Ukraine ua 339 $339,200,000,000 1,000.59
|
||
|
India in 316 $328,000,000,000 1,037.97
|
||
|
China cn 325 $452,000,000,000 1,390.77
|
||
|
Indonesia id 54 $116,200,000,000 2,151.85
|
||
|
Russia ru 322 $800,000,000,000 2,484.47
|
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|
Algeria dz 7 $54,000,000,000 7,714.29
|
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|
Moldova md 2 $16,900,000,000 8,450.00
|
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Iran ir 4 $90,000,000,000 22,500.00
|
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Saudi Arabia sa 1 $104,000,000,000 104,000.00
|
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|
Yugoslavia yu 1 $159,000,000,000 159,000.00
|
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|
Czechoslovakia cs 1,869 $0 0.00
|
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|
Soviet Union su 3,145 $0 0.00
|
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Educational edu 856,234
|
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Commercial com 774,735
|
||
|
Government gov 169,248
|
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Military mil 130,176
|
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|
Organization org 66,459
|
||
|
Networks net 30,993
|
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|
US Int'l us 16,556
|
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International int 315
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Puerto Rico pr 75
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Antarctica aq 4
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Hong Kong hk 9,141 n/a
|
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Estonia ee 659 n/a
|
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Latvia lv 180 n/a
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Lithuania lt 53 n/a
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n/a GNP figures not available
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Sources: Internet hosts: Mark Lottor, Network Wizards,
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GNP figures: Groliers Encyclopedia,
|
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Ratios: EMMS.
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*by permission to Internet Society
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|
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|
||
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1994 22:51:01 CDT
|
||
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From: CuD Moderators <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu>
|
||
|
Subject: File 9--Cu Digest Header Information (last changed 11 Sep '94)
|
||
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|
||
|
Cu-Digest is a weekly electronic journal/newsletter. Subscriptions are
|
||
|
available at no cost electronically.
|
||
|
|
||
|
CuD is available as a Usenet newsgroup: comp.society.cu-digest
|
||
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|
||
|
Or, to subscribe, send a one-line message: SUB CUDIGEST your name
|
||
|
Send it to LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET or LISTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU
|
||
|
The editors may be contacted by voice (815-753-0303), fax (815-753-6302)
|
||
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or U.S. mail at: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL
|
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60115, USA.
|
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|
||
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Issues of CuD can also be found in the Usenet comp.society.cu-digest
|
||
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news group; on CompuServe in DL0 and DL4 of the IBMBBS SIG, DL1 of
|
||
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LAWSIG, and DL1 of TELECOM; on GEnie in the PF*NPC RT
|
||
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libraries and in the VIRUS/SECURITY library; from America Online in
|
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the PC Telecom forum under "computing newsletters;"
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and on Rune Stone BBS (IIRGWHQ) (203) 832-8441.
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EUROPE: from the ComNet in LUXEMBOURG BBS (++352) 466893;
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In ITALY: Bits against the Empire BBS: +39-461-980493
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UNITED STATES: etext.archive.umich.edu (192.131.22.8) in /pub/CuD/
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ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4) in /pub/Publications/CuD
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aql.gatech.edu (128.61.10.53) in /pub/eff/cud/
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world.std.com in /src/wuarchive/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/
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uceng.uc.edu in /pub/wuarchive/doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/
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wuarchive.wustl.edu in /doc/EFF/Publications/CuD/
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