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News for
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Patriot's Day
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their
country; but he that stands it now, deserves
the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily
conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the
conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we
obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives
every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its
goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial
an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army
to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to
TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES
WHATSOEVER," and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is
there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is
impious; for so unlimited a power can belong
only to God.
- Thomas Paine, American
Crisis 1776
contributed by danders
dvwssr.dll, part of Microsoft server software with Front Page
extensions was revealed last Friday to have a backdoor password within
it that could allow malicious users access to the server. After
originally acknowledging the problem last Friday Microsoft is now
claiming that it is nothing more than bug. (Regardless of whether
this is a backdoor or a bug the fact that such items are present in
release versions of the code forces the user to question the
completeness of Microsofts quality assurance.)
MSNBC
Microsoft
NT
Bug Traq
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contributed by Evilution
The FBI has warned that North Carolina is infested with '6hackers'9 and
that business leaders should be concerned. Doris Gardner from the
Charlotte office of the FBI said that several machines within North
Carolina had been used in the recent massive DDoS attacks and that such
attacks had been launched against North Carolina business. She refused
to give further details citing the ongoing investigation but promised a
wave of prosecutions soon. (Just what we need, the FBI running
around claiming the sky is falling.)
The
Charlotte Observer ABC
News
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contributed by Alex
The Network Solutions registration database has been compromised again
this time by people concerned over the crisis in Kosovo. Adidas,
Pfizer, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and LucasArts Entertainments and many
others all had their DNS rerouted to point to a page that said 'Kosovo
Is Serbia'
BBC
ABC
News Wired
WebDNS
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contributed by Evil Wench
Metallica, one of the few groups that owns its own music, has filed
suit against Napster and several colleges for copyright infringement.
In retaliation Metallica's web site was defaced in protest. This is the
second time within the last eight months that the Metallica site has
been defaced.
ZD
Net Attrition
Mirror #1
Attrition
Mirror #2
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contributed by Evil Wench
Japanese officials have placed severe export restrictions on the new
PlayStation2 that prevents Sony from shipping units to the US and
other countries. Officials fear that the technology could be used as a
weapon. An example given was to use the PS2 image processing
capabilities to help control a Tomahawk missile.
Reuters
- via ZD Net
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