EDUPAGE> Edupage, October 15, 2003
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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2003
Supreme Court Tackles COPA, Again
Feds Seek Reversal of Computer Administrator's Conviction
Online Science Journal Swamped Since Launch
Liberty Alliance Pushes Compliance Certification
Open Standard to Support Utility Computing
NIST Security Guides Advise Federal Agencies
SUPREME COURT TACKLES COPA, AGAIN
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to re-hear the case testing the
constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The court
previously ruled that the law's reliance on "contemporary community
standards" did not make it unconstitutional and sent the case back to
the court of appeals. That court has issued another ruling, saying COPA
violates constitutionally protected free speech. The Justice Department
appealed that ruling again to the Supreme Court, which is expected to
rule on the case by next July. Most observers expect the Supreme
Court's next ruling on this case to have far-reaching impact on how a
wide range of Web sites are monitored and, perhaps, restricted.
CNET, 14 October 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5090816.html
FEDS SEEK REVERSAL OF COMPUTER ADMINISTRATOR'S CONVICTION
Federal prosecutors have asked an appeals court to overturn the
conviction of Bret McDanel on charges that he intentionally caused
damage to the computer system of his former employer, Tornado
Development Inc. While an employee of Tornado, McDanel discovered a
flaw that could have compromised customer accounts. He notified the
company, but it refused to fix the flaw. After leaving the company,
McDanel sent several e-mails to customers, warning them of the flaw.
Because the e-mails caused Tornado's computer system to crash and
resulted in monetary losses, McDanel was tried and convicted to 16
months in federal prison. McDanel argued that he did not intend to
cause damage to Tornado's system, and federal prosecutors conceded
they had no evidence that the damage caused was intentional.
Prosecutors have admitted the error and requested that the conviction
be overturned, though McDanel has already served his sentence.
San Jose Mercury News, 15 October 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7020049.htm
ONLINE SCIENCE JOURNAL SWAMPED SINCE LAUNCH
Publishers of a new online scientific journal report their Web site has
been overwhelmed with traffic since its launch Sunday night. The
journal, the Public Library of Science Biology, represents a new model
for academic publishing. Rather than charging hefty subscription fees,
the Public Library of Science (PLoS), which publishes the journal,
charges authors $1,500 per article. The fee is used for peer-review,
editing, and production, and all content on the journal's site is
available for free. Representatives of PLoS said traffic jumped to more
than 500,000 hits within a few hours of the site's launch. PLoS is
initially publishing biomedical material and may later expand into
other areas.
CNET, 14 October 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5091337.html
LIBERTY ALLIANCE PUSHES COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION
In an effort to promote and strengthen the Web-services architecture it
released earlier this year, the Liberty Alliance Project is instituting
a certification program. Vendors using the architecture to develop
Web-services technologies can use the program to verify that the
technologies are interoperable in practice, not just in theory,
according to Simon Nicholson, chair of the Business Marketing Expert
Group at the Liberty Alliance. Products and services that have met the
requirements of the certification will earn the Liberty Alliance's
stamp of approval, which officials of the alliance expect will address
concerns over interoperability and increase confidence in the
specification.
Internet News, 15 October 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3092101
OPEN STANDARD TO SUPPORT UTILITY COMPUTING
A group of technology companies is proposing a language for
standardizing utility computing. Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and
software company Opsware are working with companies including Computer
Associates and BEA Systems on the new standard, called Data Center
Markup Language (DCML). DCML will be available early next year and is
designed to allow reliable interaction among data centers using
differing hardware and software. IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun
Microsystems are developing separate, proprietary technologies to
improve performance of data centers. Marc Andreessen of Opsware,
however, believes that an open standard is a better approach, comparing
DCML to HTML, which offers a consistent way to make content available
on Web pages from various companies.
USA Today, 14 October 2003
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-10-14-utility-computing_x.htm
NIST SECURITY GUIDES ADVISE FEDERAL AGENCIES
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a set of
guidelines to help federal agencies address requirements of the Federal
Information Security Management Act of 2002. The guidelines cover a
range of security issues, including selecting security products and
implementing training procedures. Other topics in the guidelines, which
are divided into five separate publications, include network security
testing, life cycles for system development, and information technology
services. Information in the publications varies from technical
material to high-level perspectives intended for agency executives.
Federal Computer Week, 14 October 2003
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/1013/web-nist-10-14-03.asp
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