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Computer underground Digest Sun Oct 15, 1995 Volume 7 : Issue 81
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Shadow Master: Stanton McCandlish
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Field Agent Extraordinaire: David Smith
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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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Cu Digest Homepage: http://www.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest
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CONTENTS, #7.81 (Sun, Oct 15, 1995)
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File 1--REVISED ACM DL'96 (Conference News)
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File 2--O'Reilly's "Essential System Administration, 2nd Edition"
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File 3--Announcement: Alert Mailing List
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File 4--Community Democracy Online in Palo Alto
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File 5-- A Day in the Life of Cyberspace (fwd)
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File 6--New Web site on government censorship
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File 7--Cu Digest Header Info (unchanged since 19 Apr, 1995)
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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: 3 Oct 1995 16:56:23 -0700
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From: inouye-a@GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU(Alan Inouye)
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Subject: File 1--REVISED ACM DL'96 (Conference News)
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NOTE--THIS HAS BEEN REVISED!!
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1. Changed submission due dates
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2. New address for workshop submissions
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Call for Participation
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ACM DL'96 --- Digital
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Libraries '96
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First ACM International Conference on
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Digital Libraries
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Bethesda, MD
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March 20-23, 1996
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ACM Digital Libraries '96 is an international conference
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devoted to advancing the state-of-the-art in digital
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libraries. The ACM DL series continues the sequence of
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Texas conferences: DL'94 in College Station and DL'95 in
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Austin. The leaders of those events are helping with DL'96
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organization and program efforts. The meeting will be co-
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located with Hypertext '96 in 1996 and with ACM SIGIR
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'97 the following year. DL '96 will immediately follow
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Hypertext '96 at the Hyatt Regency
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in Bethesda, Maryland. The site is located near the
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Washington D.C. Metro and provides easy access to the
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many attractions in the Baltimore-Washington area.
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The DL series is sponsored by ACM, through SIGIR and
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SIGLINK. Other ACM SIGs have joined in cooperation,
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including: SIGAda, SIGART, SIGBIO, SIGCAPH,
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SIGCOMM, SIGCUE, SIGDA, SIGMIS (formerly SIGBIT),
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and SIGOIS.
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In-cooperation sponsors include:
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ASIS (American Society for Information Science),
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CNI (Coalition for Networked Information),
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IEEE CS (IEEE Computer Society)
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KSI (Knowledge Systems Inc.),
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LITA (Library and Information Technology Association),
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LoC (Library of Congress),
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NAL (National Agricultural Library),
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NLM (National Library of Medicine),
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SLA (Special Libraries Association).
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Three sessions at the conference have been reserved for the
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working groups of the Digital Library Forum. These
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groups are studying aspects of interoperability in digital
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libraries. During the sessions, members of the groups will
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describe the objectives of the groups, describe progress to
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date, and lead discussions of the issues. The exact list of
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topics has not been finally chosen, but will likely include
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open architectures for digital libraries, archiving and
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digital preservation, and the National Computer Science
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Technical Reports Library.
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Technical Program
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We seek papers, posters and videos on the one hand--and
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proposals for tutorials and workshops on the other hand--
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on topics related to Digital Libraries, including but not
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limited to the following list:
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* architectures, reference models, standards
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* authoring and electronic publishing
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* cataloging, indexing, preserving
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* collaborative environments
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* collecting, capturing, filtering
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* distributed data, knowledge and information
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representation and systems
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* economic and social implications and issues
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* education, learning and related applications
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* evaluation methods and user testing
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* handling of graphics, GIS, multimedia information
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* hypertext and hypermedia systems (especially including
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WWW) and support
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* information storage and retrieval
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* intellectual property rights
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* modeling and simulation
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* networked information discovery
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* networking systems, protocols, security
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* publisher plans and concerns
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* user interfaces
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* visualization, browsing, searching
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Papers
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Technical papers present original reports of innovative and
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substantive new work that has not been published or
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submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers are refereed by
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a pool of reviewers for the conference proceedings,
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published by ACM. Because of the tight time schedule,
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designed to ensure that the latest results will be discussed,
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there will be little time for revision, so submissions should
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be in near-final form.
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Important Dates:
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Oct. 17, 1995 --- Papers due to Program Chair
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Dec. 1, 1995 --- Authors notified about PC decisions
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Jan. 1, 1996 --- Papers due to Program Chair
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Submissions: Papers must be written in English and
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contain a maximum of 6000 words (excluding figures). If
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possible, use 10 point Times Roman, single-spaced, with
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no more than a total of 12 pages. The proceedings will be
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printed in typical ACM 2-column format, and articles will
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have a limit of 10 pages. If submissions are made with
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paper, 6 copies must be provided. If submissions are made
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electronically, the Subject line must say DL96 PDF
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Submission and Adobe's Portable Document Format must
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be used.
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Send submissions to arrive by October 17, 1995 to:
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Edward A. Fox
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Dept. of Computer Science
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660 McBryde Hall
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Virginia Tech
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Blacksburg VA 24061-0106
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Phone +1-540-231-5113
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FAX +1-540-231-6075
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Email: fox@vt.edu
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Tutorials
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Tutorials will precede the conference and serve to introduce
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attendees to principles in the field, develop bridges
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between the computer science and library/information
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science communities, or examine advanced topics in depth.
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Tutorials will be scheduled for 2.5 hour slots on Wednesday
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afternoon and evening, March 20, 1995. Tutorials are
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invited on topics such as the following:
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Principles and practices of library science (Abstracting,
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Indexing and Classification)
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User behavior and information needs analysis (User Needs
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and Services)
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Information Retrieval and Hypertext (Searching,
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Browsing)
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Open System Design for the Internet
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Submissions should include a 200-word abstract, a 1-page
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topical outline of the course content, and describe course
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objectives, intended audience, and the qualifications of
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instructor(s). Proposers are encouraged to contact the
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tutorials chairperson to discuss planned proposals.
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Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of background of
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the instructor(s) and the contribution of the tutorial to the
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overall conference program.
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Submit four copies of the proposal by October 17, 1995 to:
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Edie Rasmussen
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SLIS
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University of Pittsburgh
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135 N. Bellefield Avenue
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Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Phone (412) 624-9459
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Fax (412) 648-7001
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erasmus@lis.pitt.edu
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Posters
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Poster presentations allow researchers to present late-
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breaking results or significant work in progress. Posters
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will be refereed. Poster sessions allow authors and
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conference participants to discuss the research in detail in
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one-on-one or small group settings.
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Submissions should consist of an extended abstract of at
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most two pages emphasizing the problem, what was done
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or is being done, and why the work is important. Include:
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title, name and affiliation of the author(s) and complete
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contact information. Note that the extended abstracts of
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the posters will be published in the conference
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proceedings.
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Submit four copies of the proposal by November 1, 1995
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to:
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Beth Davis-Brown
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National Digital Library Program
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LIBN/O/NDL (1000)
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The Library of Congress
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Washington, DC 20540
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Phone (202)-707-3301
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Fax (202)-707-0815
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bbro@loc.gov
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Videos
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Videos allow researchers and developers to illustrate the
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dynamics of operational and prototype systems. Videos
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will be refereed and selected videos will be shown at a
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session during the conference so authors can verbally
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annotate their work.
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Submit videos that are a maximum of 5 minutes in length.
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VHS format (NTSC) is required for review, and Hi-8, SVHS,
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or Betacam SP are the formats required for final
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submissions. It is likely that an author-supplied or
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conference-prepared digital video version will be prepared
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also and made available, so be sure that suitable releases
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can be provided for all submissions. Also, please prepare a
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one-page summary of the video which will be published in
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the conference proceedings.
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Submit two copies of the videotape and written summary by
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October 17, 1995 to:
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Charles Goldstein
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National Library of Medicine
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8600 Rockville Pike
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Bethesda, MD 20894
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Phone (301) 496-1936
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Fax (301) 480-6183
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chuck@nlm.nih.gov
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Workshops
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Workshops provide an opportunity for up to 25
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participants to discuss issues in both research and applied
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areas for one day. Workshop attendance is normally by
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invitation based on attendees' response to a call for
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workshop participation. Organizers should draft a call
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describing the workshop and submit a three-page proposal
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containing: an outline of the theme and goals of the
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workshop, a description of the intended audience, an
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overview of activities planned for the workshop, estimates
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of number of participants, and a brief description of the
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organizer backgrounds and experience.
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Submit four copies of the proposal by October 17, 1995 to:
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Maria Zemankova
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c/o Ed Fox
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Dept. of Computer Science
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660 McBryde Hall
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Virginia Tech
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Blacksburg VA 24061-0106
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Phone: (703) 306-1926
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Fax: (703) 306-0599
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mzemanko@nsf.gov
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Conference Committee
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General Chair
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Gary Marchionini (University of Maryland at College
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Park)
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Technical Program Chair
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Ed Fox (Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State
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University)
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Tutorials
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Edie Rasmussen (University of Pittsburgh)
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Workshops
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Maria Zemankova (National Science Foundation)
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Posters
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Beth Davis-Brown (Library of Congress)
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Videos
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Charles Goldstein (National Library of Medicine)
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Treasurer
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Lawrence Fitzpatrick (Personal Library Software Inc.)
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Publicity
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Nancy Van House (University of California Berkeley)
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Registration
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Linda Hill (University of Maryland at College
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Park/CESDIS)
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Local Arrangements
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Lida Larsen (University of Maryland at College Park)
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Industry Liason
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Roberta Rand (National Agriculture Library)
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Technical Program Committee
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William Arms, CNRI, USA
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Robert Akscyn, Knowledge Systems, USA
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Robert Allen, Bellcore, USA
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Daniel Atkins, U. Michigan, USA
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Ann Bishop, U. Ill. Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Christine Borgman, UCLA, USA
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Su-Shing Chen, NSF, USA
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W. Bruce Croft, U. Mass. Amherst, USA
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Steve DeRose, Electronic Book Tech., USA
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Timothy Finin, U. Md. Balt. County, USA
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James French, U. Virginia, USA
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Mark Frisse, Washington U., USA
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Richard Furuta, Texas A&M U., USA
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Hector Garcia-Molina, Stanford U., USA
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Henry Gladney, IBM Almaden Res., USA
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Ephraim Glinert, Rennselear Poly., USA
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John Guidi, U. Md. College Park, USA
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Thomas Hickey, OCLC, USA
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Nancy Ide, Vassar College, USA
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Rob Kling, U. Ca. Irvine, USA
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Ron Larsen, U. Md. College Park, USA
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John Leggett, Texas A&M U., USA
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Enrica Lemut, Istituto Matematica Applicata C.N.R., Italy
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Michael Lesk, Bellcore, USA
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David Levy, Xerox PARC, USA
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Clifford Lynch, U. California, USA
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Cathy Marshall, Texas A&M U., USA
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Cliff McKnight, Loughbourough, UK
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Fran Miksa, U. Texas Austin, USA
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Eugene Miya, NASA Ames, USA
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Sung Myaeng, Chungnam National U., S. Korea
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A. Desai Narasimhalu, National U. of Singapore
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Gultekin Ozsoyoglu, Case W. Reserve U., USA
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Roy Rada, Washington State U., USA
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P. Venkat Rangan, U. Ca. San Diego, USA
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Pamela Samuelson, U. Pittsburgh, USA
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Bruce Schatz, U. Ill. Urbana-Champaign, USA
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John Schnase, Washington U., USA
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Terence Smith, U. Ca. Santa Barbara, USA
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Scott Stevens, Carnegie-Mellon U., USA
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Chris Welty, Vassar College, USA
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Terry Winograd, Stanford U., USA
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For further information, see
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http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL96/
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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 11:22:59 -0700
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From: Sara Winge <sara@ora.com>
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Subject: File 2--O'Reilly's "Essential System Administration, 2nd Edition"
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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October 6, 1995
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PRESS--FOR REVIEW COPIES, CONTACT:
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Sara Winge
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707-829-0515
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sara@ora.com
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O'REILLY RELEASES 2ND EDITION OF "ESSENTAIL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION"
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Updated Classic Covers All Major UNIX Platforms
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SEBASTOPOL, CA--O'Reilly & Associates has released the second edition
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of "Essential System Administration," its bestselling guide for UNIX
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system administrators. This new edition has been updated for the latest
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versions of all major UNIX platforms (including Sun OS 4.1, Solaris
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2.3, AIX 4.1, Linux 1.1, Digital UNIX OSF/1, SCO UNIX version 3, HP/UX
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versions 9 and 10, and IRIX version 6), and the entire book has been
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thoroughly reviewed and tested on all of the platforms covered. In
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addition, coverage of networking, electronic mail, security, and kernel
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configuration has been expanded substantially.
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Originally published in 1991, "Essential System Administration" was the
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first book to take an in-depth look at the fundamentals of UNIX system
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administration in a real-world, heterogeneous environment. The book
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approaches UNIX systems administration from the perspective of the
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system administrator's job -- the routine tasks and troubleshooting
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that make up the sysadmin's day. When faced with the challenges of
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dealing with frustrated users, convincing an uncomprehending manager
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that new hardware is needed, rebuilding the kernel, or simply adding
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new users, system administrators will find help in this book. It covers
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back up and restore, organizing and planning file systems, TCP/IP
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networking, and setting up email. In addition, it explains core system
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administration tasks such as setting up printers, adding terminals and
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disk drives, and securing the system. But "Essential System
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Administration" is not for full-time systems administrators alone.
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Linux users and others who administer their own systems will benefit
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from its practical, hands-on approach.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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AEleen Frisch has been a system administrator for 15 years. Currently,
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she spends some of her time looking after a very heterogeneous network
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of UNIX workstations and PCs. She also writes the "Systems Wrangler"
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column for RS/Magazine, which focuses on system administration on AIX
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systems. AEleen has a B.S. in literature from Caltech and a Ph.D. in
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cultural studies from Pitt.
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ABOUT O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES
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O'Reilly & Associates is recognized worldwide for its definitive books
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on the Internet and UNIX, and more recently for its development of
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online content and software. O'Reilly developed the Global Network
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Navigator (GNN), a pioneering web-based publication which it sold to
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America Online in June 1995. O'Reilly is a major developer of Win32
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software for the Internet. WebSite, O'Reilly's web server software for
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Windows 95 and Windows NT, was released in May 1995.
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Working closely with developers of new technologies, O'Reilly's editors
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are "computer people" who use the software they write about. The
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company's planning and review cycles link together authors, software
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developers, computer vendors, and technical experts throughout the
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industry in a creative collaboration that mirrors the strengths of the
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open systems philosophy itself.
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Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 18:07:28 +1494730 (PDT)
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From: Christopher Klaus <cklaus@ISS.NET>
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Subject: File 3--Announcement: Alert Mailing List
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The Alert will be covering the following topics:
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- Security Product Announcements
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- Updates to Security Products
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- New Vulnerabilities found
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- New Security Frequently Asked Question files.
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- New Intruder Techniques and Awareness
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To join, send e-mail to request-alert@iss.net and, in the text of your
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message (not the subject line), write:
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subscribe alert
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To remove, send e-mail to request-alert@iss.net and, in the text of your message
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(not the subject line), write:
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unsubscribe alert
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This is a moderated list in the effort to keep the noise to a minimal and
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provide quality security information.
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If your site is interested in network security, we put out several
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FAQes (Frequently Asked Question) that cover the following main areas
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of topic:
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Vendor Contacts
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- Who is the security contacts at IBM, HP, Dec, Motorola, etc.
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- Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/vendor.html
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Patches
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- List of all security related patches catergorized by OS type.
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- Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/patch.html
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Compromise
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- Check list of things to do if your machines are compromised.
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- Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/compromise.html
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Anonymous FTP Security
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- How to correctly set up FTP and check for vulnerabilities.
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- Web page at: http://iss.net/iss/anonftp.html
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Sniffers
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- What they are. How they work. How to detect them. And solutions.
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- Web page: http://iss.net/iss/sniff.html
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Security Mailing Lists
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- A comprehensive list of security mailing lists.
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- Web page: http://iss.net/iss/maillist.html
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If possible, it might be a good idea for you to add links to the above
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web pages on your own Web server and point people who need to know
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some of the network security issues to the web page. It is
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possible to point to all of the FAQ pages at:
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http://iss.net/iss/faq.html
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--
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Christopher William Klaus Voice: (770)441-2531. Fax: (770)441-2431
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Internet Security Systems, Inc. "Internet Scanner lets you find
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2000 Miller Court West, Norcross, GA 30071 your network security holes
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Web: http://iss.net/ Email: cklaus@iss.net before the hackers do."
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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 13:54:57 -0700
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From: Marilyn Davis <madavis@IGC.APC.ORG>
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Subject: File 4--Community Democracy Online in Palo Alto
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Please repost as appropriate
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============================
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Announcing: The first evening meeting of the
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Palo Alto Community Network
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Topic: CREATING DEMOCRACY
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A Plan for Palo Alto's Electronic Communities
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Speaker: Marilyn Davis, Ph.D.
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Palo Alto Resident and Developer of eVote
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When: OCTOBER 10 -- Tuesday, 7:30 pm
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Where: Palo Alto Cultural Center Auditorium
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1313 Newell Rd. at Embarcadero
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Contact: Marilyn Davis (415) 493-3631 madavis@igc.org
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"As the world grows smaller and our hierarchical systems prove
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increasingly inadequate, we must create new, cooperative, and more
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nurturing systems of human organization in cyberspace. It's our only
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chance to overcome the threat of environmental and social demise."
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... Marilyn Davis
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Ms. Davis views our current democracies as futile attempts to
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facilitate equally shared decision-making on a large scale. She
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believes that all humans share a longing for a fair system and that
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cyberspace is unfolding as a manifestation of that longing.
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In cyberspace, we *can* facilitate equally distributed, broad-based
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decision-making --- Should we?
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As the developer of eVote, vote-serving software for online groups,
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Marilyn will demonstrate a prototype of the theoretically *perfect*
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community server: a web-accessible, graphical meeting package with
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branching discussion trees, outline support, and user-generated
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polling.
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She will describe the relatively small development task this community
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software requires: a synthesis of three existing software applications
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-- A WWW browser/server; Participate, meeting software; and eVote.
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* * *
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The Palo Alto Community Network, or PA-COMNET, is a group of Palo Alto
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area residents who share a common interest in using Internet-based
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online communications to build a better community.
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PA-COMNET meets continuously by means of an email list. To join, send
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an email message to majordomo@svi.org with no subject line but a
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message that says: subscribe pa-comnet
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Catch Marilyn on TV: Palo Alto Cable Channel 6
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Monday Oct 2 5:30pm
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Monday Oct 6 5:00pm
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Monday Oct 9 6:30pm
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Marilyn Davis and Carl Loebner discuss the future of democracy as
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aided by technology on "The Democracy Project", a series produced for
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Public Access TV in San Jose.
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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 23:51:09 -0500 (CDT)
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From: David Smith <bladex@BGA.COM
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Subject: File 5-- A Day in the Life of Cyberspace (fwd)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Date--Mon, 2 Oct 95 23:16:42 -0400
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From--Michael Hawley <mike@pia.media.mit.edu
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As part of the Media Lab's 10th Anniversary, we are assembling
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snapshots of Cyberspace. We would like *you* to be part of the
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first global portrait of human life in the digital age. This site
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will collect bits from October 1 through October 10. Results will
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be published on the Web, in a subsequent book, and will become part
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of a permanent archive.
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Stop and think: five years ago, the internet for most people felt
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like tin cans and string. Two years ago the Web and Mosaic were
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just beginning to be noticed. Now, every day, something utterly
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mindblowing turns up with a point and a click. This is a pivotal
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era, and a perfect time to ask the digital world to pause, and
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ponder the implications of digital media on future world culture.
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WANTED: DIGITAL PIONEERS ===========================================
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We are searching for compelling stories about digital life.
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For example, we received an amazing message about how the Net is
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being used to protect endangered mountain gorillas. As part of
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NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, the space shuttle Endeavour made
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radar scans of the gorillas' habitat near the Virunga volcano, in
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central Africa. With handheld GPS satellite instruments, which
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anti-poaching rangers have been trained to use in the field, daily
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readings of gorilla movements and poacher activities are sent from
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a portable ground station in the mountains to another satellite,
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HealthSat II, and then over the Internet to the 3-D tracking system
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based at Rutgers University. There are only 650 mountain gorillas
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left in the world, and this system is helping to save them.
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What we need are *your* bits -- your stories, in text, sound, and
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picture. How are global digital media affecting your life? Changing
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the fabric of world society? Touching human interests? What might
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the picture look like in 5 years? 50 years? Let us know, and quickly.
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COUNT TO TEN =======================================================
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During the days from 10/1 to 10/9 we focus on several themes:
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1 Privacy -- Anonymity, Security, Privacy & Trust in a Digital Society
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2 Expression -- Digital Art, Entertainment & Community Creativity
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3 Generations -- Kids & Childhood, Seniors, Life Stories and Family
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4 Wealth -- Advertising, Barter, Commerce and Personalized Trade
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5 Faith -- Religion and Politics and their Net Effects
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6 Body -- Sex, Health, Your Body and Technology
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7 Place -- Our Sense of Place in a Post-Digital World
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8 Tongues -- Languages in the Global Village
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9 Environment -- Coexistence and Coevolution of Natural and Virtual Worlds
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For example, in "Generations" we'd like to hear from the youngest
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kids on line, and connect them with the oldest senior citizens.
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During the day on "Place" we'd like to collect images from every
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netcam on earth, and bits from every country on earth with some
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tie to the Net. Do you communicate with a friend in Antarctica or
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Bosnia by e-mail? Did you find life-saving medecine in time, thanks
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to the Net? Was your wedding online? Your newborn child?
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10/10: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CYBERSPACE =============================
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Then, on 10/10, live from the Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
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teams of professional editors and World Wide Web hackers working
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in "mission control" at MIT will collect, edit, and publish the
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best of those bits on the net. Taken together, these bits will
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create a mosaic of life at the dawn of the digital revolution that
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is transforming our planet.
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HOW TO DO IT =======================================================
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1. Through the World Wide Web: http://www.1010.org
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2. By e-mail, send specific remarks to:
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cyber@1010.org --- general reflections on digital life
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privacy@... --- comments regarding privacy, anonymity
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expression@... --- art, entertainment & community creativity
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generations@... --- kids, seniors, life stories, family
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wealth@... --- advertising, barter, commerce, personalized trade
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faith@... --- religion and politics
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body@... --- sex, health, our bodies & technology
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place@... --- geography, telecommuting, mobility, virtual v. physical
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tongues@ --- languages and communications on line
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environment@... --- mixing of natural and digital worlds
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3. By ftp (to send sounds, pictures):
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ftp to ftp.1010.org, login anonymous
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cd pub/incoming
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"put" your bits.
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Please pick a unique filename, and also give us
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a file called "<mybits.README" to explain who you
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are and what your data is.
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4. For more information, mail to: info@1010.org
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ABOUT YOUR BITS ====================================================
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You are writing a community book.
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Your input is being used to illuminate the stories of digital life.
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Your bits will become part of a global, public, community event --
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a canvas that we all paint together. The visualizations and time
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capsules, as well as selected responses will be archived and may
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be published by the MIT Media Lab or its agents in the future. Some
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material will be selected, edited, and arranged for redisplay on
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the Web on 10/10 and may appear in book form later. You retain
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all copyrights to your entries but by submitting them are granting
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MIT a perpetual non-exclusive right, without cost, to use your
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entries in all forms for purposes that will advance public
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understanding of this event.
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 14:55:40 -0400
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From: Andy Oram <andyo@ORA.COM>
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Subject: File 6--New Web site on government censorship
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The Web sites I've seen on Exon etc. seem to be getting out of date,
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or just focus on one or two details. So, with help from Cyber-Rights
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members (a CPSR working group) and some other people, I wrote a new
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Web page to present the main issues in a punchy, direct way. The
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title is "Government Censorship Threatens the Information
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Infrastructure." It refers to other Web pages for details.
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Please let everyone who might be interested know about this URL.
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http://jasper.ora.com/andyo/cyber-rights/free-speech/
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Thanks to everybody who contributed information and ideas,
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particularly Craig Johnson.
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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1995 22:51:01 CDT
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