
Page Last Updated February 07, 2004
Connection speed tests:
DSL Speed test - AlanM (07 February 2004)
NewTel speed test - DJ (07 February 2004)
E-mail spam seen surging in 2002 - AlanM (02 January 2002)
Encryption:
Entrust/Solo™
- DJ (09 September 1999)
Encryption - PGP (Pretty Good Privacy):
The
International PGP Home Page - JimP (31 August 1999)
Their
products page - JimP (31 August 1999)
MIT
distribution site for PGP - JimP (31 August 1999)
The
PGP Attack FAQ, Part 1 - DJ (22 November 2000)
Where
to get PGP - JimP (31 August 1999)
A few clicks short of a Web site - BT claims hyperlink patent - Marius (22 November 2000)
Free Email Address Directory - JimP (31 October 2000)
ISP:
Erols
Internet Services - DanG (31 October 2000)
Linux:
New Linux backdoor virus gains smarts - Marius
(02 November 2003)
Security Group Warns of Linux Flaw - Marius
(10 January 2004)
Network Abuse Clearinghouse - JohnS
(14
December 2001)
And their Look
up an address in the abuse.net contact database
Network Solutions - Domain name registration - JimP (22 November 2000)
Privacy, including encryption:
Ad-aware
- Russ (20 November 2001)
AdSubtract
- blocks banner ads, protects privacy and speeds up the web! - Russ (20
November 2001)
Alf's
Privacy links mail drop, privacy, confidential, PGP, mail forwarding
- DJ (09 September 1999)
Anonymizer - JimP (02 January
2004)
British
e-mail snooping bill passes into law - Marius (14 August
2000)
Carnivore:
ACLU
Urges Congress to Put a Leash on "Carnivore" And Other Government Snoopware
Programs - AlanM (22 November 2000)
FBI
Gives a Little on Carnivore - AlanM (22 November 2000)
Reno
to Look at Carnivore - AlanM (22 November 2000)
Cookie Management:
Cookie file - DJ (10 November 2003)
Data
spills in banner ads - JimD (22 November 2000)
Deja
News Monitors Email Links - AlanM (23 August 2000)
Echelon:
Echelon
monitors phones, E-mail, and radio signals - Warren (13
September 1999)
Echelon
Watch - Warren (31 October 2000)
Secret
Alliance Formed To Monitor Global Communications - DJ
(11 April 2000)
European
Parliament: Development of surveilance technology and risk of abuse
of economic information - Warren (13 September 1999)
Gibson
Research Corporation. For those who might be curious about how
much information can be gained from their computer while they are online,
here's a safe link that will allow them to have a benign probe done. -
Warren (31 October 2000)
List
of Known Spyware - WarrenE (22 November 2000)
MI5
builds new centre to read e-mails on the net - Russ (12
May 2000)
More
Privacy Lost? - WarrenE (10 August 2000)
Network
ICE - EarlP (22 November 2000)
Paul
Wolf's Echelon Links - Warren (20 October 1999)
Personal
Firewalls - EarlP (22 November 2000)
Privacy
and Spyware - JoeP (27 July 2000)
A sanitised version of the discussions, including links, of discussions
Senator
McCain introduces Internet privacy bill - Marius (14
August 2000)
U.S.
to Track Crypto Trails - AlanM (31 October 2000)
The
Web Bug FAQ - JimD (22 November 2000)
White
House urges industry handle online privacy - Marius (20
June 2000)
Wiretapping
- AlanM (22 November 2000)
Zone
Labs, Inc. Contains a free (and effective) firewall for a PC - Warren
(31
October 2000)
RASPPPOE PPP over Ethernet Protocol - Russ (2 November 2001)
Search Engines:
AltaVista
- Marius (25 October 1999)
Copernic.com
- DJ (04 January 2002)
And the search engine, Copernic
2001 Basic
Dogpile
- AlanM (13 January 2000)
Google
- AlanM (13 April 2000)
Spam:
Peacefire.org
Wins Spam Suits - JimD (14 December 2001)
Reporting Spam - CharlieS (13
January 2004)
Virusses:
Antivirus
Software - DJ (04 January 2002)
When
hoaxes harm - About the Sulfnbk.exe file hoax - DJ (04
January 2002)
Badtrans
virus spreading quickly - Earl (27 November 2001)
W32.Badtrans.B@mm
- Russ (28 November 2001)
"Bubbleboy"
virus, exploits a security vulnerability on computers running Microsoft
Windows Operating System (95, 98, NT, 2000) and Internet Explorer 5.0 -
fix available - Woody (21 December 1999)
F-Secure
- source for F-Prot - JonB (20 September 2000)
Hybris:
On F-Secure
- JimP (14 December 2001)
On McAfee
- JimP (14 December 2001)
'Goner'
virus outbreak eases - AlanM (06 December 2001)
'Goner'
suspects under house arrest in Israel - Woody (14 December
2001)
McAfee's
Site (30 August 1999)
Nimda
- JimP (14 December 2001)
Symantec's
site - Russ
(28 November 2001)
Virus
in the Form of a Toad - AlanM (16 November 1999)
W32/ExploreZip.worm
- as an example, a nasty email virus - JimP (31 August 1999)
WindowsUpdate.com - JoeP (14 December 2001)