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Computer underground Digest Sun Aug 11, 1996 Volume 8 : Issue 58
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editor: Jim Thomas (cudigest@sun.soci.niu.edu)
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News Editor: Gordon Meyer (gmeyer@sun.soci.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, #8.58 (Sun, Aug 11, 1996)
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File 1--Some Great Web-oriented Books from O'Reilly
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File 2--InfoWarCon in Washington, DC (Conference)
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File 3--News from Noah - Time/Warner Merger; "Orchid Club/Porno"; Intel/MS
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File 4--Microsoft sues IRS; AOL goes AWOL (news from Noah)
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File 5--Cu Digest Header Info (unchanged since 7 Apr, 1996)
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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: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:26:30 -0700
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From: Sara Winge <sara@ora.com>
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Subject: File 1--Some Great Web-oriented Books from O'Reilly
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((MODERATORS' NOTE: In our view, O'Reilly publishes some of the
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most useful books on Unix and Net/Web-related material. Here are
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a few recent titles))
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CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
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By Shishir Gundavaram
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1st Edition March 1996
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450 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-168-2, $29.95
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This book offers a comprehensive explanation of CGI and related techniques
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for people who hold on to the dream of providing their own information
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servers on the Web. It starts at the beginning, explaining the value of
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CGI and how it works, then moves swiftly into the subtle details of
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programming.
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Getting Connected: The Internet at 56K and Up
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By Kein Dowd
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1st Edition June 1996
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424 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-154-2, $29.95
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A complete guide for businesses, schools, and other organizations
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who want to connect their computers to the Internet. This book
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covers everything you need to know to make informed decisions, from
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helping you figure out which services you really need to providing
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down-to-earth explanations of telecommunication options, such as frame
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relay, ISDN, and leased lines. Once you're online, it shows you
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how to set up basic Internet services, such as a World Wide Web server.
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Tackles issues for PC, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms.
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World Wide Web Journal: Volume 1, Issue 1
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Fourth International WWW Conference Proceedings
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A publication of O'Reilly & Associates and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Winter 1995/96
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748 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-169-0; ISSN 1085-2301, $39.95
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The World Wide Web Journal is a quarterly publication that provides
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timely, in-depth coverage of research developments on the World Wide Web.
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This issue contains the Conference Proceeding papers that were chosen
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for the 4th International World Wide Web Conference.
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World Wide Web Journal: Volume 1, Issue 2
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Key Specifications of the World Wide Web
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A publication of O'Reilly & Associates and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Spring 1996
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356 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-190-9, $24.95
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This issue of the World Wide Web Journal collects in a single
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volume the key specifications that describe the architecture of the
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World Wide Web and how it works. It includes the specifications
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for HTML, HTTP, and URLs, plus the emerging standards for PNG, PICS,
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PEP, and CSS. A valuable reference for Webmasters, application
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programmers, and technical managers.
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World Wide Web Journal: Volume 1, Issue 3
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The Web After Five Years
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A publication of O'Reilly & Associates and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Summer 1996
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226 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-210-7, $24.95
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This issue reflects The Web After Five Years through an interview with
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Tim Berners-Lee, selections from the MIT/W3C Workshop on Web Demographics
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and Internet Survey Methodology, and papers from the Fifth International
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World Wide Web Conference. Also includes technical proposals from the W3C,
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lively debates on the size of the Web, the impact of advertising on caching,
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and ethical guidelines for using such data.
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--
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Sara Winge sara@ora.com
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O'Reilly & Associates
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103A Morris St., Sebastopol, CA 95472
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707/829-0515, Fax 707/829-0104, http://www.ora.com/
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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 14:48:19 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Noah <noah@enabled.com>
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Subject: File 2--InfoWarCon in Washington, DC (Conference)
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From -Noah
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noah@enabled.com
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* * * * * * * P L E A S E D I S T R I B U T E W I D E L Y * * * * * * *
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InfoWarCon 5, 1996
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Electronic Civil Defense for the 21st. Century
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The Convergence of the Commercial and the Military Sectors:
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Vulnerabilities, Capabilities and Solutions
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September 5-6, 1996
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Washington, DC
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Sponsored by:
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Winn Schwartau, Interpact, Inc./Infowar.Com
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National Computer Security Association/NCSA.Com
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Robert Steele, OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS, Inc./OSS.Net
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Sponsoring Organizations:
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Command Software Systems
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Digital Equipment Corporation
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Norman Data Defense
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IBM
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Phillips Publications
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Jane's Information Group
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Historically, civil defense has meant to protect citizenry against hostile
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military actions. Today, with the specter of Information Warfare representing
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new challenges to late-industrial and information age nation-states, the rules
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have radically changed. Societies are rapidly migrating to increased dependance
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upon four critical interrelated infrastructures and adequate methods of
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protection must be developed:
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- The Power grid is the basis of most of modern society. With it gone,
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not much else happens. If you think this is just a matter of building more
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generators, think again--what happens if the factories that *make* the
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generators are taken down, too?
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- The Communications infrastructure: land, sea, air and satellite. 95%
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of
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military communications go over the public networks, and 100% of all financial
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and industrial communications. Is it worth protecting?
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- The Global Financial structure depends upon the first two
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infrastructures, and is perhaps the most vulnerable to theft and denial of
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service attack. 99+% of all "wealth" is digital--what happens if it vaporizes?
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- Transportation systems rely upon the other three. The air traffic
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systems require both power and communications to manage the thousands of
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airplanes in the sky. What happens to the thousands of airplanes in the air
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if air traffic control across an entire country goes down?
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Without all of these infrastructures properly and reliably functioning, the
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private sector and the national security community cannot function. No heat, no
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air conditioning, no food distribution, no light, no radio or TV, no Internet.
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Are we prepared? Do we have a a crisis response for the day money as we know
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it vanishes?
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Electronic Civil Defense will soon become a critical component of any nation's
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well being while the needs of both the private sector and government converge.
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The convergence of military and civilian interests that Mr. Schwartau predicted
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two years ago is happening before our eyes. Defensive and commercial postures
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have so intertwined as to make them indistinguishable.
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This Fifth International Conference on Information Warfare is an unclassified,
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open source forum, and will examine the myriad questions of Electronic Civil
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Defense from the US, International and multi-cultural perspectives.
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Our seasoned experts will work with InfoWarCon5 delegates to outline a
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framework for the vulnerabilities, threats, risks and solutions for Electronic
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Civil Defense. From this conference participants will be able to draw critical
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insights which will improve their own legislative, regulatory, financial, and
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operational readiness and security. Last year's Washington InfoWarCon brought
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together over 600 people and was covered by CNN among other major media
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organizations. This year key world players in information warfare from the
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economic, military, and law enforcement communities of over 30 countries are
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expected to participate. Be prepared for highly interactive sessions with
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plenty of audience participation. Please bring your opinions and be ready to
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discuss them with us all!
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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
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September 4, 1996
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16:00 - 20:00 Registration Begins
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18:00 - 20:00 Sponsored Reception for attendees, speakers, sponsors and the
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press. Light food fare and liquid refreshments. Meet Mr.Schwartau, Mr. Steele,
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Dr. Kabay and many of our other world-class speakers.
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September 5, 1996
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6:30 - 7:50 Registration
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7:50 - 8:00 Welcoming Comments and Administration:
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Dr. Peter Tippett, NCSA
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Winn Schwartau, Interpact, Inc.
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8:00 - 8:30 Keynote Presentation: "National Security in
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the Information Age" Senator William Cohen (R-Maine) *
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8:30 - 9:00 "A Commander in Chief's View of Rear-Area, Home-Front
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Vulnerabilities and Support Options."
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General John J. Sheehan, U.S. Supreme Allied Commander,
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Atlantic, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Command
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9:00 - 9:30 "Global Finance: Protection in the Age of Electronic Conflict"
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Colin Cook, V.P. Information Security, Citibank *
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9:30 - 10:00 "We Can't Do It Without the Private Sector"
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Ken Minihan, Director, NSA *
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10:00-10:30 Break
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10:30-11:45 National Policy Reviews of Electronic Civil Defense Programs
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Ms. Sally Katzen, Administrator for Information and
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Regulatory
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Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, USA
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Dr. Anders Eriksson and Peter Wallstroem,
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National Defence Research Establishment,
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Dept. of Defence Analysis: Sweden
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Dr. Leroy Pearce, Canada,
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What is the current thinking in Electronic Civil Defense?
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How do plan on protecting our citizens against invisible
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unnamed assailants? What are the top policy makers
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planning for? International experts will present their
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views as well.
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11:45 - 13:15 Sponsored Lunch
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12:30 - 13:00 Luncheon Address
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13:15 - 14: 30 Breakout Sessions A1 - A4
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A1 A Military Briefing: The Electronic Projection of Power in a C4I
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World
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Moderated by General Jim McCarthy, USAF (Ret)
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Barry Horton, Principle Deputy Assistant
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Secretary of Defense for C3I *
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Captain Patrick Tyrrell, Assistant Director,
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Information Warfare Policy, Ministry of
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Defence, United Kingdom
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A2 Protecting the Global Financial and Communications
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Infrastructures: Weaknesses at the Transport Layer
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Ron Eward, Martech, Inc.
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One scary session. Forget about HERF Guns and hackers. Mr. Eward
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will tell us how to wreak disaster with a few well placed pick-
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axes, from New York to Palermo to Taipei. An incredible research
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effort with global on the generally forgotten physical
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underpinnings of Cyberspace. Do not miss his tremendously
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important findings. Messrs. Eward and Schwartau upcoming book on
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this overlooked topic will shake the financial global community.
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A3 Media Manipulation, Perception Management and PsyOps
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Moderated by Dr. Mich Kabay, NCSA
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Mark Bender, ABC News *
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Jim Roberts, SOLIC
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Neil Munro, Washington Technology
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How can a nation-state use the media to bend the will of an
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adversary, or leverage its own position prior to, in or after a
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conflict? Who is really using who?
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A4 National Defense University Session
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Moderator - Dr. Dan Kuehl, Professor, NDU
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Top students from the School of Information Warfare and
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Strategy, the Nation's top-level school for potential flag
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officers in the IW arena, will discuss their findings and
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concerns.
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14:30 - 15:00 Break
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15:00 - 16:15 Breakout Sessions B1-B4
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B1 - Emergency/Disaster Planning for the Effects of Information Warfare:
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Moderator: Mark Aldrich, Chief Infosec Engineer, GRC
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International, Inc.
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Michael Logan, Federal Planning Associate,
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American Red Cross
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William W. Donovan, CISSP, FEMA
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Ken Barksdale, Association of Contingency
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Planners
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Assume the worst happens, and an infowar assault takes down major
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life sustaining portions of the infrastructure. What do we do
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about it? How do we minimize the damage and protect the victims
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and citizens? These esteemed experts will tell you what they think
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and then invite your comments.
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B2 Legal Liabilities and Responsibilities in Information Warfare
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Danielle Cailloux, Judge, Committee on
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Intelligence, Belgium
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Charles Dunlap, Judge Advocate, USAF
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Kenneth Bass III, Cyber-Attorney, Washington
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If a company is attacked and it loses significant assets, what
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are the recourses of the stakeholders? How do we measure and
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evaluate the losses and responsibility? On the military side, what
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constitutes an Act of War and what steps are necessary to formulate
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a response?
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B3 The Forensics of Information Wafare for Law Enforcement
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Moderated by Michael Anderson, New Technologies
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Investigation Division
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Howard Schmidt, Director, AF Office of Special
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Investigations
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Ken Rosenblat, Santa Clara County Prosecutor, Author
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"High-Technology Crime: Investigating
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Cases Involving Computers"
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How can you tell you are under attack? Once you determine you are,
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how do you make a case which will stand up in court? How do you
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collect evidence? How do you involve law enforcement without
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compromising your efforts? Experts share years of experience with you.
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B4 Naval Postgraduate School Session
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Moderator: Dr. Fred Levien, NPS
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Top field grade students from the Naval Postgraduate School in
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Monterey, California will present InfoWar papers and concepts.
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16:15 - 16:45 Break
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16:45 - 18:00 The Hacker/Underground and Social Engineering
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Moderated by: Nic Chantler, Australian Intelligence (Ret)
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Andy Mueller-Maguhn, CHAOS Computer Club, Germany
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Chris Goggans, co-founder, Legion of Doom, USA
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John Gilmore, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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If you've ever wanted to know how hackers think; what
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makes them tick and how they became the first Information
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Warriors, here are the people who can answer your
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questions. These sessions are among the most popular at
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every InfoWarCon. Gilmore will present his unique concepts
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for Defensive Information Warfare.
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18::00 - 20:30 Sponsored Reception/"Live Hackers" Off-Line
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September 6, 1996
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6:30 - 7:50 Continental Breakfast
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7:50 - 8:00 Opening Remarks and Administration
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8:00 - 8:30 "Domestic Law Enforcement and Electronic Civil Defense"
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Louis Freeh, Director, FBI *
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8:30 - 9:00 "The Convergence of Military and Civilian Defense"
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General Jim McCarthy, USAF (Ret)
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9:00 - 9:30 "What is National Security?"
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Michael R. Nelson, Ph.D.
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Special Assistant for Information Technology
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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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9:30 - 10:00 "Building a Society from the Net Up"
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Pedrag Pale, Chairman of the InfoTech Coordinating
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Committee, Ministry of Science,
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Technology and Informatics, Croatia
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10:00-10:30 Break
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10:30-11:45 The Russians are Coming
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Moderated by: Greg Treverton, Director of National
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Security Program, Rand Corporation
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From academia to the military to their business community,
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the Russians have been thinking long and had about
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Information Warfare. Here's what they have to say. Get
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front row seats and be ready to ask your questions.
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Dr. Victor I. Solntsev, Assoc. Prof. Moscow State Tech. Univ.
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"Information Warfare and Human-Operator Security"
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Dr. Dmitry Chereshkin Russian Academy of Sciences;
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Editorial Board, "Information Infrastructure and Policy."
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Dr. Georgy Smolian Russian Academy of Sciences and Scientific Council
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"Democratization of Russia and Information Security."
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11:45 - 13:15 Sponsored Lunch
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12:30 - 13:00 Luncheon Address
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13:00 - 14: 15 Breakout Sessions C1-C4
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C1 Corporate Civil Defense:
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Moderated by Don Sortor, Director Security Prgms,
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Corp. InfoSec., Motorola, Inc.
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A team of cross-industry experts from the primary infrastructures,
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will examine how industry and government can and should interact
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in the event of an Electronic Pearl Harbor. What is the role of
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the company and its management? What policies should be put into
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place to prepare for the malicious Acts of Man? How should the
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government work with the private sector to mitigate damages?
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These experts will set you on the right track.
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C2 Denial of Service in the Private Sector:
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The Nuclear Weapons of the Information Age:
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Magnetic Weapons from the Military to
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Electronic Pipe Bombs
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Carlo Copp, Defense Analyst, Australia
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Kelly Goen, Penetration and Security Engineer
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Get Seats Early! Magnetic weapons; directed energy weapons; HPM;
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HERF Guns; electromagnetic pulse cannons and EMP.
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Learn about the latest in high energy weapons systems and how they
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can be used to attack and destroy critical electronically based
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infrastructures. Then find out what the terrorist can do with
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home-brew electronic pipe bombs.
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C3 The Net Under Attack
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Dr. Dorothy Denning, Chair, Computer Science
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Dept., Georgetown Univ.
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Jim Christy, Permanent Subcommittee Investigations
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U.S. Senate (And USAF OSI)
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What makes an attack on the Internet and what do we do about it?
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Ms. Denning is an internationally recognized expert who will guide
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us and her panel of experts through the maze of possibilities.
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Incredibly valuable for security professionals.
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C4 USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies
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Moderated by Col. Richard Szafranski, USAF, Air War
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College National Military Strategy
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Col. Szafranski and his top students will discuss their views,
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opinions on Information Warfare. The USAF SAAS has produced some of the
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most revolutionary papers in IW, including the now globally recognized papers
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on taking down telecommunications and national power systems.
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14:30 - 15:00 Break
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15:00 - 16:15 Breakout Sessions D1-D4
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D1 Anonymous Global Banking: Pitfalls and Solutions
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Moderated by Bruce Schneier
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Kelly Goen, Security Engineer
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Eric Hughes, Cypherpunks
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Phil Zimmermann *
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How does anonymous international banking work? Is it merely a
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front for Criminal Central? Or is there a true value? How do
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conventional banking institutions view it? What about
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cryptographic solutions? Are your funds "naked on the
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Net today? Come see for yourself!
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D2 The Ethics of Information Warfare
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Moderated by Winn Schwartau
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Col. Phil Johnson, Judge Avocate, USAF
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Dr. Dan Kuehl, NDU
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While CNN is looking over your shoulder, as a
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military commander, here is your choice: either use a precision
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smart bomb which will immediately kill 20 civilians for the world
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to see. Or, use a non-lethal IW weapon, no immediate TV deaths,
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but a predicted 200 civilian collateral fatalities within 30 days.
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What do you do? The Ethical conundra of Information Warfare will
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be examined from all perspectives. Or: you have been attacked
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anonymously--you suspect one party, without proof--another
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attack is coming. What now? Should we develop new intelligence
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capabilities to permit precision detection and response in
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cyberwar?
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D3 National Information Assurance: Cooperation is the Key
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to Safeguarding Communications, Power and Transportation
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Moderated by: Major Brad Bigelow, Office of the Manager,
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National Communications System
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Jeff Sheldon, General Counsel,
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Utilities Telecommunications Council
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Steve Fabes, Director of Electronic Delivery
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Services,
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BankAmerica
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Carl Ripa, VP National Security/Emergency
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Preparedness, Bellcore
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Experts from the major civilian infrastructures will discuss how
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past cooperation between industry and government has echoed
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economic realities. The bulk of the nations information
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infrastructure is not under the economic or regulatory control of the
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Federal government. So, how do we maintain a healthy balance
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between private initiative and legislative and regulatory
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actions? Today there is no "due diligence" standard which
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requires that communications and computing services be guaranteed
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in terms of security and data integrity. Our panel will provoke
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an active discussion of remedial cooperative measures.
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D4 "Understanding and Defending Against Industrial Espionage and
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Information Terrorism."
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Tom Fedorek, Managing Director, Kroll Associates New
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York*
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Matt DeVost TITLE COMING
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Charlies Swett, Acting Deputy Director for
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Conflict Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
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Defense
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for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
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A look at how modern espionage and information is conducted, why it's
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done and
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who's doing it. How much can it cost your company and how can you
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tell if you're targeted? Do not miss this fascinating session
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which is expected to feature the Kroll Managing Directors
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from Paris, London, and New York.
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16:15 - 16:30 Break
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16:30 - 17:00 Wrap Up: "What is War?"
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Moderated by Dr. Mich Kabay, NCSA
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General Jim McCarthy, USAF (Ret)
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John Petersen, President, The Arlington
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Institute
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You - The Audience
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(* Speakers with an * have been invited but have not confirmed as of June 28,
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Information Warfare and InfoSec
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 21:34:54 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Noah <noah@enabled.com>
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Subject: File 3--Time/Warner Merger; "Orchid Club/Porno"; Intel/MS (Noah/news)
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FTC OKAYS TIME WARNER MERGER WITH TURNER
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The Federal Trade Commission has indicated it will approve Time
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Warner's $7.5 billion purchase of the Turner Broadcasting System,
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which will create the world's largest media and entertainment
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conglomerate. The final settlement apparently will limit the
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financial interest that John Malone's Tele-Communications Inc.
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(TCI) can take in Time Warner, severely reduce various
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concessions that would have been made to TCI, and would forbid
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Time Warner from discriminating against competitors in the cable
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industry. (Washington Post 18 Jul 96)
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"ORCHID CLUB" INDICTMENTS FOR PORNOGRAPHY ON INTERNET
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A federal grand jury in San Jose, California, has indicted 16 people
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from the U.S. and abroad for their participation in a child
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pornography ring called the "Orchid Club," whose members used the
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Internet to share sexual pictures and conduct online chat during a
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child molestation. A U.S. attorney says there are no free speech
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issues involved: "The thing that ups the ante in this case is that
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allegations of distribution of pornography are coupled with serious
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allegations of child molestation. It's an issue relating to the
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protection of children, not to the First Amendment." (New York
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Times 17 Jul 96 A8)
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INTEL, MICROSOFT CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to cross-license their
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Internet communications technology in an effort to pursue
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Internet-based telephone and videoconferencing business
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opportunities. The alliance, which will exploit Intel's Proshare
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videoconferencing technology and Microsoft's NetMeeting and ActiveX
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software, will also develop technology to allow users to find other
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people to talk with on the Internet via a User Location Service.
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(Investor's Business Daily 18 Jul 96 A9)
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Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 20:53:07 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Noah <noah@enabled.com>
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Subject: File 4--Microsoft sues IRS; AOL goes AWOL (news from Noah)
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MICROSOFT SUES IRS FOR EXPORT TAX BENEFITS
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Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue
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Service, in an effort to recoup about $19 million paid as part of
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the company's 1990 and 1991 tax returns. The legal action ups
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the ante in the software industry's bid for favorable treatment
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under a 1984 law that allows businesses to set up foreign sales
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corporations, thereby exempting 15% of their export income from
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U.S. taxes. Similar industries, including exporters of films,
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tapes and records, have benefited from the 1984 provision. The
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software industry has said it would save about $200 million over
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five years if it were allowed the same protections. (Wall Street
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Journal 8 Aug 96 B4)
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AOL GOES AWOL
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America Online went off-line yesterday, stranding more than 6
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million subscribers in the real world of snail mail and
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"sneakernet," as one consultant who depends on e-mail described
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it. The AOL computers were shut down at 4:00 a.m. for routine
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maintenance, and then were unable to resume function at the
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scheduled 7:00 a.m. power-up. While some people took the outage
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with a dose of philosophy, others predicted this event was the
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harbinger of more trouble in cyberspace. "Clearly the
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longer-term goal has to be for the Internet to become more like
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the phone system is today," in terms of reliability, says a
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director for AT&T's WorldNet service. "The likely scenario is
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increasingly calamitous breakdowns," predicts an industry
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columnist. Meanwhile, AOL CEO Steve Case expressed his regret
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over the inconvenience via conventional news release.
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(Washington Post 8 Aug 96 A1)
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