From: James M. Atkinson Date: Sun Jan 18, 2004 0:39pm Subject: Taiwanese Businessmen Admit Spying In China - Report http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=2004011605300012&Take=1 16 Jan 2004 05:30 GMT DJ Taiwanese Businessmen Admit Spying In China - Report TAIPEI (AP)--Two Taiwanese businessmen arrested in China last month on espionage charges admitted in interviews Friday that they were spies for Taiwan, cable television stations reported. The suspects said that Taiwanese intelligence agents recruited them after their businesses in China began to fail, Taiwan's TVBS, ETTV and CTI stations reported. The men said agents paid them 40,000 New Taiwan dollars (US$1=NT$33.683) a month, the reports said. The men - identified as Chang Keng-huan and Wang Chang-yung - were on a list issued by China this week that included seven alleged Taiwanese spies arrested last month, the cable stations reported. The TV reports didn't say what kind of information the men allegedly collected. TVBS said the Chinese government arranged the interviews at the Fuzhou No. 2 Detention Center in the southeastern province of Fujian. Taiwanese officials didn't immediately comment on the reports. But they have denied that the two men were spies, and have demanded that China provide evidence. Even if the men were spies, it's unlikely that Taiwan would confirm their activities. Relations have been tense between Taiwan and China since they split during a civil war in 1949. The rivals frequently accuse each other of spying, and the two governments don't have official ties. Although China-Taiwan political relations are frosty, trade ties are booming. More than 500,000 Taiwanese are in China doing business. Many of them run factories that benefit from China's cheap labor. The spy suspects said they originally went to China to do business in Fujian, directly across from Taiwan, TVBS reported. CTI said the men were emotional and at one point began crying. ETTV said they were homesick and wanted to tell their families that they are fine and not to worry. -Edited by Nick vonKlock (END) Dow Jones Newswires January 16, 2004 00:30 ET (05:30 GMT) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We expertly hunt real spies, real eavesdroppers, and real wiretappers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 mailto:jmatk@t... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8165 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:07pm Subject: FBI gets new acting CIO from Justice http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24650-1.html 01/16/04 FBI gets new acting CIO from Justice By Wilson P. Dizard III GCN Staff FBI director Robert S. Mueller III has appointed Zalmai Azmi as the bureau's acting CIO. Azmi succeeds Wilson Lowery, the bureau's executive assistant director for administration, who had been acting CIO until Mueller announced Azmi's appointment Dec. 30. Azmi formerly was CIO of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in the Justice Department, a bureau spokesman confirmed. Mueller also appointed Stephen Schmidt, former chief of the FBI Cyberdivision's special technologies and applications section, as the bureau 's acting chief technology officer. Schmidt succeeds Justin Lindsey, who moved to Justice as chief technology officer. Azmi "will be responsible for the FBI's overall information technology efforts, including developing IT strategy and planning operating budgets," a spokesman said. His other responsibilities include developing and maintaining the FBI's technology assets and providing technical direction for re-engineering, the memo said. At Justice, Azmi was responsible for telecommunications as well as information systems and security for U.S. attorney offices at more than 250 sites. During his three years at Justice, Azmi led development of several IT projects including the Victim Notification System and the National Legal Information On-Line System, which acts in concert with the department's Enterprise Case Management System. Sources inside and outside the bureau noted that Mueller himself has been a U.S. attorney and likely knew Azmi well during his tenure at Justice. In addition, both Mueller and Azmi are Marine Corps veterans, though Azmi served from 1984 to 1990, long after Mueller's Vietnam-era hitch. "It is good news not to have these chairs empty," a bureau IT official said, adding that Azmi has not yet announced any sweeping changes. One of Azmi's early actions was to approve the start of the so-called Build Four of the department's Trilogy system for managing bureau data. Trilogy comprises five builds; Build Four involves deploying additional servers, routers and other hardware, the bureau official said. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We expertly hunt real spies, real eavesdroppers, and real wiretappers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 mailto:jmatk@t... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8166 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:13pm Subject: The FBI versus reality http://www.tricityherald.com/24hour/opinions/story/1121021p-7798050c.html DAN K. THOMASSON: The FBI versus reality This story was published Thursday, January 15th, 2004 Scripps Howard News Service (SH) - Clearly Hollywood hasn't caught up with the new FBI, and it may be adding to the public's perception that instead of practicing the highly refined art of counterintelligence, the bureau is doing business as usual - chasing the garden-variety bad person. And if that is the perception, FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters, it is erroneous. After all, his much-maligned organization can't be blamed for the misconceptions of three current television shows depicting the bureau doing everything but hunting down al Qaeda and the rest of the terrorists who have disrupted life since 9/11. Almost 2-1/2 years out from that fateful day, Mueller says, nearly 50 percent of the FBI's 12,000-agent force has been refocused on those who follow Osama bin Laden and the like. The paradox, of course, is that the bureau and Hollywood have had a historic love affair that was fostered by J. Edgar Hoover as part of the FBI's vaunted publicity machine that through the years has brought it more and more public funds and more and more power. The three TV shows have agents chasing missing persons (outside of outright kidnapping, generally a province of local police); running undercover agents (something it has rarely done) and fighting organized crime (which it started doing only after Hoover's death). Mueller took over when confidence in the FBI had pretty much hit rock-bottom with critics, including some within the bureau itself, convinced that it muffed a big chance to have prevented the 9/11 attacks. It was a giant information collection agency without the ability to analyze what it had gleaned. From the start of his 10-year appointment, Mueller pledged to change things, to eliminate the John Dillinger mentality that shaped the bureau culture for most of its history, and to make it a sophisticated and sharing organization with global reach and analysis capability. He thinks this mission revamp is well on its way, with vastly improved information technology; the abolishing of notoriously tightfisted policies about sharing with sister agencies; improved cooperation with counterparts overseas; and expanded powers stemming from the Patriot Act, which he said the bureau is not abusing. The bureau is well on its way to making the nation safer, he says. The proof he cites is that there hasn't been any major terrorist act on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Not that that couldn't occur, he is swift to acknowledge. And what about those critics in Congress who believe the bureau is really incapable of carrying out the intelligence mission and that a new agency should be created along the lines of Britain's MI5? Would it surprise you to know that he thinks that is a bad idea? He is careful in denouncing the plan, emphasizing that the British model is one that works much like that of combined FBI-CIA efforts, which taken together can do the job. That, of course, depends on the cooperation between the two agencies that was so elusive for more than 50 years. In fact, it didn't really exist. Does that now work, Mueller is asked. "Yes," he replies tersely. One could hardly expect different answers from the no-nonsense career public servant who became the sixth head of this vast federal law-enforcement agency since Hoover's death in 1972. In the meantime, the public perception that about 75 percent of bureau activities have nothing to do with terrorism is difficult to dispel given the barrage of news about FBI involvement in every crime from prostitution to street and motorcycle gangs and drugs and guns and anything else it sees as under its jurisdiction. It is difficult to read any crime story without finding the hand of the FBI, despite what the director says about cutting down on those things to concentrate on the big-time bomb throwers. Mueller says that the focus on terrorism has become a major part of the training given new agents. But at the same time there are reports that agent morale is low because of the often-mundane business of gathering and analyzing information that might provide a clue to the next terrorist act and that there is strong resistance in the field to breaking down the law-enforcement ethos. If the truth be known, Hollywood's latest vision of the FBI must suit most of its agents just fine. That's what a lot of them signed on to do. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We expertly hunt real spies, real eavesdroppers, and real wiretappers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 mailto:jmatk@t... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8167 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:28am Subject: Free TSCM Tool Kits As a few of you are aware, a few years (1991 era) back I designed a comprehensive set of tools, and cases specifically for TSCM. The tool case is large enough to pack all your tools in, plus quite of bit of manuals and test gear. It has a retractable handle, and casters to make it, very, very easy to move. These cases are packed solid with tools, and you will appreciate that this has rollers. There are over 175 basic tools and accessories in the kit, including screwdrivers, wrenches, probes flashlights, can tools, butt sets, etc... all premium tools. Also included is a Harris TS45 (premium line-mans sets), full set of punch tools (and case), modular adapters, and a very high end Fluke 190 Series DMM. The retail value on these kits are over $1200... but I am giving them away to any customer who spends $20,000 or more with me before the end of this month. If you spend at least $50,000 before the end of this month I will throw in a free Fluke 200 MHz Scopemeter ($3000 value) along with the free tool kit. All tools and equipment are new, unused, and unopened. I would like to clear out the tool kits by the end of the month. This does not apply to other specials. -jma ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web: http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 Email: mailto:jmatk@t... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8168 From: Date: Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:59am Subject: Bell Labs Develops Engine for Cell Users January 19, 2004 Bell Labs Develops Engine for Cell Users By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:46 p.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) -- Now that wireless companies can track a mobile phone's location, customers will want to control exactly who knows where they are and when. Bell Labs says it has developed a network software engine that can let cell users be as picky as they choose about disclosing their whereabouts, a step that may help wireless companies introduce ``location-based services'' in a way customers will find handy rather than intrusive. In a presentation this week at an industry conference, researchers for the Bell Labs division of Lucent Technologies Inc. plan to describe how their technology copes with the conflicting demands of speed, privacy and personalization on a live telephone network -- enabling users to specify what location information is shared, when, with whom, how and under what circumstances. While one U.S. mobile phone operator, AT&T Wireless, already offers a ``Find Friends'' feature that's somewhat analogous to a buddy list in instant messaging, location-based services have mostly remained an unfulfilled promise. More recently, under a federal mandate requiring that cell carriers be able to pinpoint the whereabouts of any customer who calls 911 during an emergency, expensive network upgrades have made wireless companies more anxious to deploy services which can exploit these new capabilities for a profit. Examples of such services would typically include the ability for restaurants and other businesses to send a solicitation by text message to a cell phone when its owner wanders within range of those merchants. Other applications might include the ability to locate co-workers and customers. While many cell phone users might like to be notified of a nearby eatery or find it helpful to let others keep track of their movements, most would rather not expose themselves to round-the-clock, everywhere-they-go surveillance. However, given the real-time requirements of transmitting information over a telephone network, it can be difficult to program a wide-range of options for individuals to personalize preferences such as when, where and with whom to share location information. One solution is to hard-code a network database with an ``on-off'' switch that activates or deactivates a service, for instance, during a window of time with set hours such as peak and off-peak. Bell Labs said it used a ``rules-driven'' approach to programming that can take personalization to a less-rigid level without bogging down the computing power of a network. While not all users will want or need an elaborate level of personalization, wireless companies would prefer the flexibility to service a variety of customers on the same network. ``You may have a power user who's very concerned about being able to show his or her location to different types of customers and family,'' said Rick Hull, director of Network Data and Services Research at Bell Labs. ``There may be notions about important customers and less important customers, breaking deals,'' he said. ``Maybe for his wife he wants to give very accurate information about his location, but for someone else only wants to give his location within 15 miles. Maybe he doesn't want one customer to know that he's visiting another customer's site.'' Bell Labs said it is negotiating with wireless operators to conduct trials with the technology, which it hopes will be ready for commercial deployment next year. The research is being presented at the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management in Berkeley, Calif. Copyright 2004 The Associated Press | Home | Privacy Policy | Search | Corrections | Help | Back to Top [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8169 From: David Alexander Date: Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:05am Subject: new snooping powers in the UK From the BBC news website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3414531.stm Snooping powers given to more than 600 public bodies look set to create a small industry of private firms that will help process requests for information about who people call, the websites they visit and who they swap e-mail with. Some firms are already marketing their services to the agencies granted the snooping powers under the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. One firm, called Singlepoint, has been specifically created to act as a middleman between the bodies that want access to data and the net service providers and phone operators that hold it. Civil liberty groups said they were worried about the emergence of such firms and said the government must police them closely to ensure that access to sensitive information was not abused. Watch the watchers The new snooping powers and the rules governing how they can be used came into force on 5 January and have prompted some firms to take advantage of the new demand for data requests. "We saw an opportunity for a business or a facility that could provide secure processing for the data requests that will come out of this legislation," said a Singlepoint spokesman. He said without Singlepoint it would be more difficult and costly for public authorities to request data as they would have to set up relationships with all of the UK's communication service providers. Instead, he said, Singlepoint was setting up a system that would automatically route requests for information to relevant net or phone firms. He added that this system would ensure that all requests were submitted properly and would help government watchdogs policing RIPA requests for data. "One of the advantages we can offer is transparency and auditability for them to check any part of the process at any time," he said. The Interception Commissioner is charged with making sure that RIPA powers are not abused. The Home Office estimates that up to 2m requests per year are made for information about who pays for a particular phone or web account. About 90% of these requests are for subscriber information. Most of these requests are made by the police but approximately 4% are made by the many public authorities that have had new powers granted under RIPA. A Home Office spokesman said that there were likely to be more companies like Singlepoint that set themselves up to act as middlemen. Training day Other firms are starting to set themselves up as trainers for people within public bodies involved with investigations. The act demands that public bodies appoint single points of contact that will co-ordinate all requests under RIPA. It is estimated that more than 3,000 people will be designated as these single points of contact and all must go through training programmes to ensure they understand RIPA rules. A spokesman for the Focus Group said its training materials were currently being evaluated by the Home Office and soon it hoped to be offering courses to public authorities. He said the Home Office was keen to get firms offering courses because the police did not have the resources to take on the training of these public body workers itself. Bodies granted snooping powers include the Serious Fraud Office, all local authorities and councils plus other organisations such as the Charity Commission and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science. When proposals to grant these snooping powers were first aired in mid-2002 they were greeted with alarm by privacy advocates and civil liberty groups. A campaign co-ordinated by the FaxYourMP website prompted the government to withdraw its proposals. However, following a consultation exercise the proposals were resurrected and the powers granted in a series of statutory instruments issued in November 2003. Danny O'Brien, of net lobby group Stand, said it would prefer if the police were the only ones with powers to get data from phone and net service firms. "We definitely want some public oversight over how much power to look into private files these groups have," he said David Alexander Dbi Consulting Ltd Stoneleigh Park Mews Stoneleigh Abbey Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2DB Office : 01926 515515 Mobile: 07836 332576 Email : David.Alexander@d... Have you visited our website? http://www.dbiconsulting.co.uk 8170 From: seleong Date: Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:00am Subject: Microtel PR-700B Documentation Hello! Curious if anyone has any technical documentation on the Micro-tel PR- 700B receiver? Anyone experience any power supply problems with this unit? Does anyone have the pinout for the 24VDC input on the rear panel? Thanks! Steve 8171 From: David Miller Date: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:55am Subject: Nigerian scams We have all heard of the Nigerian scams that are so prevalent in our mail boxes. Here is a guy that is having some fun with it. You really need to read some of the letters to really appreciate this. They are hilarious! http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/ 8172 From: wayne Macdonald Date: Wed Jan 14, 2004 0:39pm Subject: Plantronics CS50 wireless office headset system This week I carried out a full test with the Plantronics digital wireless headset. The company claims that it is a totally secure method of communication via telephone. To quote the company literature, "the headset provides ultimate sound quality and mobility for the office and crystal clean and secure conversations" The CS50 uses digital 900MHz technology to deliver calls that are clear, private and completely secure". During one of the tests, it was discovered, that when communicating with an analog telephone and portable phones , all digital security went out the window. (as expected). Another discovery was that the small headset mike is FM wireless and can transmit for about 100 feet. I arranged the small headset on a shelf in the conference room, dialed an old remote analog cellular and was able to monitor room conversations quite clearly. It can be an excellent bug. The mike is very directional and low powered, but I know many who can modify this and make it an excellent covert transmitter. My client was extremely happy with my report. Wayne Macdonald 8173 From: Steve Weinert Date: Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:10am Subject: RE: man flies Atlantic with 5 bullets in pocket > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:24:58 -0000 > From: "David Alexander" > Subject: man flies Atlantic with 5 bullets in pocket > > The big news here in the UK this morning is that a man with a Sierra Leone > passport arrived at Heathrow Airport (London, England) with 5 rounds of > ammunition in his pocket. He arrived on a flight from the USA. > > I don't know if the US 'readers' of this list are aware of the > problems that > flights from the UK (and I suspect other countries too) have had. A lot of > flights have either been delayed or cancelled. A personal source in HMCS indicated that several of the UK delays were industrial actions by UK pilots & their unions. Having formerly had 450 unionized UK employees under my management and dealing first hand with the mechanisms their union put them up to, it would not be a surprising for this to have been part of the cause. > Also we are very > unhappy with > the (in our opinion) the high-handed way that the US security authorities > have been dealing with other countries. For example, the FBI and DHS are > insisting that European countries flout their own privacy laws and supply > data about passengers that should not be in the public domain. The net > result among most people I know is quite simple - we're not coming to > America as long as this is in force. We have zero confidence in > the security > authorities to keep the information safe and not misuse it. The data is not to be released into the public domain, but rather is cooperative governmental information. Was there a lot more than passenger lists and simple data for profiling (like methods of payment, citizenship/nationality, and such..) that was being shared? Much of that information was always available. I ended up being interviewed by Special Branch years ago for paying for tickets in cash, among other issues. The EU has dismantled their internal border systems to the point where after Canada & Mexico, the EU is a favored point for importing persons not desired in the USA. > > I'd just like to say that right now, we are laughing ourselves stupid. > > I know it's not you guys who read this list, please don't think > I'm having a > go at you personally, I'm not. Your postings show how dumba** you > think most > of this is and how ineffective it is on internal flights. Now you > know, it's > no better on the international ones either. > Airport security is (and in my estimation will always remain) marginally effective. The fellow had five rounds in his pocket. I've been in the secure areas of a commercial airport openly carrying ammo cans. Nobody asked me who, what or why. Having conducted numerous penetration inspections/exercises on supposedly secure facilities I've experienced a porosity of security that does not lead me to expect any "true security" in public facilities, like airports/airlines. > Considering how long your sea and land borders are I'm sure that, if I > wanted to, I could get a whole platoon of 'illegals' into the USA without > detection or going anywhere near a scheduled flight. The general step-up at other ingress points is noticeable. Whether it is REMS and UGS in border areas, the cutting back of foliage and the implimentation of modest security on other transpost crossings, there has been a change. Even at a sleepy Manitoba/USA crossing there were armed Military on site and the increase in other measures was noticeable. > I also think > that, with > the relatively low value of second-hand airliners at the moment, if I was > OBL and looking to repeat 9/11 I'd just buy a couple of old > soviet Aeroflot > transport aircraft and book them on 'one-way cargo runs' into the USA. > > My 2c. > > David Alexander > Dbi Consulting Ltd Valid issues. Expect that these types of vectors are a concern for any potential target country. Airborne & Seaborne infiltration of personnel & materials isn't all that hard, but there is no reason to make it as easy as a walk in the park. It is worth remembering that important aspects of physical security include deterring the wrong doers and providing a comfort to the secured peoples at a level that lets them get on with life, albeit hopefully not in a false sense of invincibility & immunity. As always your views from a UK vantage are enjoyed and appreciated. It does concern that you would consider not traveling over the issues. It does beg to wonder if the public demands for information sharing are only an acknowledgement of data long shared on a cooperative less public method. Steve W 8174 From: Does it matter Date: Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:33pm Subject: Question about antennas Hello, I have a wireless hot spot that I am setting up in my office for ppl in my office and then people down the street also. There is a company that makes a hotspot kit that allows people to log on enter cc information etc and this third party co. takes care of billing etc. Anyway to the point they are trying to sell me 1 of 2 antennas for 802.11b service (one directional or one omni directional) my question to you guys is realistically what is the range on these things. It would be mounted on a roof that is on a 2 story building and I would be trying to beam signal 1/10th to 1/5th of a mile away. Some of the places I want to try to reach are hotels so is it unrealistic to beam across the street into a hotel? Is the concrete and walls going to kill my signal? Thanks for your help. 8175 From: CP Date: Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:09pm Subject: Re: Plantronics CS50 wireless office headset system > Another discovery was that the small headset mike is FM wireless and can > transmit for about 100 feet. Are you saying that the headset was actually transmitting in FM, I would have expected it to be spread spectrum or possibly bluetooth? or was there just some extra modulated emissions that could be picked up? Charles Charles Patterson Global Communications Tarrytown, NY cp @ telephonesecurity.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "wayne Macdonald" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: [TSCM-L] Plantronics CS50 wireless office headset system > This week I carried out a full test with the Plantronics digital > wireless headset. The company claims that it is a totally secure method > of communication via telephone. To quote the company literature, "the > headset provides ultimate sound quality and mobility for the office and > crystal clean and secure conversations" The CS50 uses digital 900MHz > technology to deliver calls that are clear, private and completely > secure". During one of the tests, it was discovered, that when > communicating with an analog telephone and portable phones , all digital > security went out the window. (as expected). > > Another discovery was that the small headset mike is FM wireless and can > transmit for about 100 feet. I arranged the small headset on a shelf in > the conference room, dialed an old remote analog cellular and was able > to monitor room conversations quite clearly. It can be an excellent bug. > The mike is very directional and low powered, but I know many who can > modify this and make it an excellent covert transmitter. My client was > extremely happy with my report. > > Wayne Macdonald > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TSCM-L/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > TSCM-L-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > 8176 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:15pm Subject: Re: Question about antennas On 16 Jan 2004 at 23:33, Does it matter wrote: > Some of the places I want to try to reach are hotels so is it > unrealistic to beam across the street into a hotel? Is the concrete > and walls going to kill my signal? All bets are off if there's anything between the transmit and receive antennas other than atmosphere. Concrete will kill most legal 802.11x signals unless you happen to be very close to the access point. You want directional as much as possible everywhere practical, to pick up gain. Remember +6dB (anywhere in the system) effectively doubles your range, all other factors being equal. Steve ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* 8177 From: Date: Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:00pm Subject: Easing of Internet Regulations Challenges Surveillance Efforts January 22, 2004 New York Times Easing of Internet Regulations Challenges Surveillance Efforts By STEPHEN LABATON ASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Federal Communications Commission's efforts to reduce regulations over some Internet services have come under intense criticism from officials at law enforcement agencies who say that their ability to monitor terrorists and other criminal suspects electronically is threatened. In a series of unpublicized meetings and heated correspondence in recent weeks, officials from the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration have repeatedly complained about the commission's decision in 2002 to classify high-speed Internet cable services under a looser regulatory regime than the phone system. The Justice Department recently tried to block the commission from appealing a decision by a federal appeals court two months ago that struck down major parts of its 2002 deregulatory order. Justice Department officials fear that the deregulatory order impedes its ability to enforce wiretapping orders. The department ultimately decided to permit the F.C.C. to appeal, but took the highly unusual step of withdrawing from the lawsuit, officials involved in the case said. As a result of the commission's actions, said John G. Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general who has played a lead role for the Justice Department, some telecommunications carriers have taken the position in court proceedings that they do not need to make their networks available to federal agents for court-approved wiretapping. "I am aware of instances in which law enforcement authorities have not been able to execute intercept orders because of this uncertainty," Mr. Malcolm said in an interview last Friday. He declined to provide further details. The clash between the commission and officials from the Justice Department and other law enforcement agencies pits two cherished policies of the Bush administration against each other. On one side stand those who support deregulation of major industries and the nurturing of emerging technologies; on the other are those who favor more aggressive law enforcement after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The outcome of the debate has far- reaching consequences. Law enforcement officials say it will determine whether they can effectively monitor communications between suspects over new kinds of phone services that otherwise might allow them to escape detection. Also at stake is whether the government or industry will bear the considerable costs of developing the technology for such surveillance. By contrast, some F.C.C. officials and telephone industry executives say that if the commission buckles to the other agencies and forces the industry to take on a host of expensive obligations the development of promising new communications services may be stalled or squelched for years to come. The law enforcement officials have also raised concerns about recent statements by the commission's chairman, Michael K. Powell, that suggest he intends to propose rules soon that would place nascent Internet-based telephone services under a looser regulatory regime than the traditional phone system. Through a spokesman, Mr. Powell declined to discuss the subject. David Fiske, the commission's chief spokesman, said that he could not respond to Mr. Malcolm's statement that the F.C.C.'s interpretation of the rules was making it more difficult to execute surveillance orders. A senior official at the F.C.C. said the commission was not unsympathetic to the concerns of the law enforcement agencies. "We're an economic regulatory agency as well as a law enforcement agency and we have to look at the interests of everyone," the official said. Some industry experts say that their biggest worry is that law enforcement demands may reshape the technical specifications of the new Internet voice services, an accusation that officials at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. deny. "What's most scary for industry and perhaps some people at the F.C.C. is the notion that the architecture of the Internet will depend on the permission of the F.B.I.," said Stewart A. Baker, a former general counsel of the National Security Agency, which monitors foreign communications. Mr. Baker now represents a number of telecommunications companies as a partner at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson. But law enforcement officials say they are not seeking uniform technical standards but requirements that the new companies offering so-called "voice over Internet" services build into their systems easy ways for agents to tap into conversations between suspects. In a strange-bedfellows twist, officials from the F.B.I. and other agencies have found themselves the unlikely allies of groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, which have also argued that the new Internet services offered by cable companies should be under a regulatory regime like the phone system -- but for different reasons. The A.C.L.U. prefers that approach because it would prohibit cable companies from discriminating against Internet service providers, and as such would assure a greater diversity of voices. The law enforcement officials have repeatedly complained about the direction the agency has been taking on the issues. Last month, officials from the Justice Department, the F.B.I. and the drug agency warned officials of the F.C.C. that the commission's regulatory rulings on high-speed Internet access through cable systems "suffers from statutory interpretation problems" and "directly threatens" the ability to apply the law permitting them to monitor suspects, according to a letter on file at the F.C.C. describing a meeting on the issue. The meeting at the F.C.C. included lawyers from the Justice Department's criminal division, civil appellate division, narcotics and dangerous drugs section and solicitor general's office, as well as officials from the F.B.I., and D.E.A. Shortly before that meeting, the Justice Department tried to block the F.C.C. from appealing a decision by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Seattle, because of the problems it could pose for law enforcement, officials said. The commission lost the case last October, when the panel issued a ruling that may force the cable companies to share their broadband networks with competing Internet service providers. The F.C.C. order, which was partly struck down, had classified cable broadband as an "information service" under the 1996 Telecommunications Act. In so doing, it threatened to undermine the ability of law enforcement agencies to use the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a wiretapping law that applies to phone services but exempts information services. The Justice Department ultimately reached a compromise that permitted the commission to go forward and petition the entire Ninth Circuit to review the case, Brand X Internet Services v. Federal Communications Commission. But government lawyers removed the department from the case, rejecting the Justice Department's traditional role as the main legal advocate for the United States in nearly all cases before federal appeals courts. Law enforcement officials have also warned the F.C.C. that the approach that Mr. Powell has begun to articulate to have few regulations over the emerging technology that will permit consumers to use the Internet to send and receive phone calls could make it significantly more difficult for prosecutors and federal agents to monitor those calls. The F.B.I. and the Justice Department have told the commission that greater use of high speed Internet phone services "offers increasing opportunities for terrorists, spies, and criminals to evade lawful electronic surveillance," according to a document on file at the F.C.C. Classifying Internet-based phone services as "telecommunications" would allow law enforcement officials to require companies to provide them with access to contemporaneous conversations on their networks under the 1994 wiretapping law. But such a classification also imposes on the companies a host of onerous requirements under the 1996 act, including those intended to assure that telephones are universally available and that everyone has access to 911 emergency services. These obligations, purveyors of the new Internet telephone services say, are so expensive that they will deter their development. Government and industry lawyers say that the commission could try to define the new services as "telecommunications" under the 1994 surveillance law and "information" under the 1996 act. But taking that potentially conflicting approach could undermine the F.C.C. in court in the inevitable legal challenges that would follow its rulings. Mr. Powell, in a series of recent speeches and interviews, has suggested that the new technologies need to be classified as "information services" and thus be subjected to fewer regulations. "Don't shove the round Internet into a square regulatory hole," Mr. Powell said at a luncheon appearance last week before the National Press Club. "We cannot contort the character of the Internet to suit our familiar notions of regulation. Do not dumb down the genius of the Net to match the limited visions of the regulator. "To regulate the Internet in the image of a familiar phone service is to destroy its inherent character and potential," Mr. Powell said. Such new technologies empower people, "giving them more choice and control." "And I think as consumers do more, governments do less, because we don't regulate our citizens." In the same speech, Mr. Powell added, "We will need to ensure the legitimate concerns of public safety and law enforcement are addressed." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8178 From: Eric Butler Date: Thu Jan 22, 2004 0:11am Subject: TEMPEST prevention fonts I was wondering about the effectivness of tempest prevention fonts. i have found a picture of the letters, but no workable font files. i would appreciate any feedback/links. thanks! 8179 From: kondrak Date: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:39pm Subject: Re: TEMPEST prevention fonts Depends on what signal you're sniffing I'd imagine....if you're looking at the radiation from the monitor, then they might help, but if your sniffing at the rs-232 outputs, keyboard or serial then the font doesn't much matter.... Any font with smooth sloping characteristics is helpful, so i guess a script file would do.... This may make much of this moot however.....http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/ukcrypto/1998-February/000946.html At 01:11 1/22/2004, you wrote: >I was wondering about the effectivness of tempest prevention fonts. i >have found a picture of the letters, but no workable font files. i >would appreciate any feedback/links. thanks! 8180 From: Date: Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:41pm Subject: FBI investigating if Albuquerque police captain's phone was wiretapped FBI investigating if Albuquerque police captain's phone was wiretapped The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating whether the work phone line of Captain Sonny Leeper was wiretapped at the Northeast Substation. Last Update: 01/22/2004 6:00:21 PM By: Todd Dukart The Albuquerque Police Department called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation to find out if someone unlawfully wiretapped an officer’s work phone inside a police substation. Eyewitness News 4 has learned from several sources that the captain at the Northeast Substation at Osuna and Wyoming NE says he found his phone line bugged. If true, it would seem to suggest an inside job. Captain Sonny Leeper says he found his phone tapped in January 2003. Albuquerque Police Chief Gil Gallegos confirmed that former deputy chief Ray Schultz looked in to the alleged wiretapping a year ago. But, he “apparently thought that it was not what it may be,” Gallegos said. Sources say there was a U.S. marshal in Leeper’s office when the captain received a call alerting him to the alleged wiretap. Sources tell Eyewitness News 4 the marshal had the master phone box inside the substation checked out and found a wiretapping device attached to Leeper’s phone line. Retired APD lieutenant Tim Kline currently sits on the police oversight commission. He says he received an anonymous call Wednesday telling him that Captain Leeper’s work phone had been tapped. Kline says he called Leeper to ask if the claim was true. “And I got from him that, yes, his phone had been tapped,” said Kline. Kline says he would refer the matter to the police oversight commission’s independent review officer Thursday for a possible investigation. If it turns out Leeper’s phone was tapped, Kline expects a lot of questions. “Why were they doing it? How were they doing it and for what reason? And whether now some federal laws may have been totally, completely violated,” said Kline. Eyewitness News 4 contacted Albuquerque Police Chief Gil Gallegos Wednesday night. He says he never authorized any wiretapping of Captain Leeper’s phone line. Gallegos said he didn’t hear about the allegations until six days ago, and called the FBI Wednesday, asking for a federal investigation. He said he doesn’t know why it apparently took a year for anyone to tell him that one of his captains claimed to have been wiretapped. Eyewitness News 4 attempted to contact Schultz, who is now a deputy chief in Scottsdale, Arizona, but the call has not been returned. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8181 From: Date: Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:54am Subject: "If theywant to do a wiretap, they can do it the old-fashioned way" January 23, 2004, 8:40 a.m. The Awfulness of Wesley Clark The candidate for people who want a really bad candidate. By the end of the Democratic presidential debate on Thursday night, it was impossible to avoid the question: Was Wesley Clark trying to hurt himself? Or had the retired four-star general simply not considered the possibility that debate moderators would ask him, like, questions? Consider Clark's response to a query about the lobbying work he did in 2002 and 2003 for an Arkansas-based company called Acxiom. The software firm has developed a product called CAPPS II, which is an airline screening system that gathers information on passengers and color-codes them according to their potential terrorist risk (the name stands for Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System). Clark earned a reported $500,000 for pitching the product to the Transportation Department, the FBI, and the CIA. Some civil libertarian groups have strongly criticized the CAPPS II system on privacy grounds, and in recent days, the campaign of Sen. John Kerry has attacked Clark for his lobbying. The Los Angeles Times quoted a Kerry spokesman saying recently, "Wes Clark was a high-paid Republican Washington lobbyist who cashed in on his military record." So it was no surprise that Clark's lobbying came up in the debate. But when he was asked whether CAPPS II might "step over the line" of airline passengers' privacy, Clark seemed to have no idea what it was all about. "Well, I don't know about CAPPS II because I have not seen the program, and I don't think many of the people who are worried about it have," Clark said. "I was on the board of the company [Acxiom], and I did take them around and introduce them to various members of the United States government, the Defense Department and so forth, because their technology will improve our security." But was CAPPS II a threat to privacy? "Had I still been on that board when all this was going through, I would have insisted that the American Civil Liberties Union and others be brought in to pre-approve CAPPS II," Clark said. "Whether that was done or not, I have no idea." End of answer. Consider also Clark's response to questions about his embrace of the radical leftist filmmaker Michael Moore. Moore, who famously wondered why terrorists struck New York City on September 11 when there were so many Bush voters they could have targeted elsewhere in the country, endorsed Clark recently, and the two shared an on-stage love-fest. In his remarks at the time, Moore referred to George W. Bush as, among other things, a "deserter." ABC's Peter Jennings, who shared moderating duties at the debate with Fox News's Brit Hume, asked Clark, "That's a reckless charge not supported by the facts. And I was curious to know why you didn't contradict [Moore], and whether or not you think it would've been a better example of ethical behavior to have done so." "Well, I think Michael Moore has the right to say whatever he feels about this," Clark answered. "I don't know whether this is supported by the facts or not. I've never looked at it. I've seen this charge bandied about a lot." Clark then said, "This election is about the future, Peter, and what we have to do is pull this country together." Clark explained that he believes he can accomplish that with "the support of a man like Michael Moore, [and] of a great American leader like Sen. George McGovern." Still, Jennings did not accept Clark's claim to know nothing about the "deserter" charge. "Since this question and answer in which you and Mr. Moore were involved in, you've had a chance to look at the facts," Jennings followed up. "Do you still feel comfortable with the fact that someone should be standing up in your presence and calling the president of the United States a deserter?" "To be honest with you, I did not look at the facts, Peter. You know, that's Michael Moore's opinion. He's entitled to say that. I've seen — he's not the only person who's said that. I've not followed up on those facts. And frankly, it's not relevant to me and why I'm in this campaign." It turned out Clark didn't know any more about Michael Moore than he knew about CAPPS II, the product he had made half a million dollars selling. On other topics, Clark backed away from an earlier statement that if he is elected president, the United States will not suffer any more 9/11-style attacks. What he really meant to say, Clark explained, is that "President Bush must be held accountable." Clark also announced that he would "suspend all portions of the Patriot Act that have to do with search and seizure." He called for returning federal law enforcement to the days before cell phones changed the ways criminals (and terrorists) do business. "If they [investigators] want to do a wiretap, they can do it the old-fashioned way," Clark said. Finally, Clark struggled to explain a decidedly pro-war article he wrote for the Times of London last April, shortly after U.S. forces entered Baghdad (See "Wesley Clark's Pro-War Manifesto). Clark repeated his assertion that "I did not support this war," but explained that in the article he simply did not want to criticize U.S. policy in a foreign publication. "I'm not going to take U.S. policy and my differences with the administration directly into a foreign publication," he said. All in all, Clark's was the weakest performance in a presidential debate since, well, his performance in the early debates. And it could have been even worse; the general was lucky, for example, that no one brought up his embarrassing attempts to pull rank on his rival, Sen. John Kerry, who served as a lieutenant in Vietnam. It is impossible to see how Clark's performance Thursday night, as well as his performance in New Hampshire in general, will help his chances in the upcoming primary. As for the other candidates, Sen. John Edwards, who has so far failed to capitalize on his surprise strong showing in Iowa, also had a weak night, bobbling a question on the nature of Islam and, on another occasion, showing a fundamental misunderstanding of the Defense of Marriage Act. Sen. Kerry, the frontrunner who has capitalized on his Iowa showing, turned in a generally strong performance. And Howard Dean, the former frontrunner who has never been particularly strong in debates, did as well as he could be expected to do, given the pressure created by his red-faced "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" speech in Iowa. Dean began the debate by explaining that his voice was hoarse, "not because I was whooping and hollering at my third- place finish in Iowa," but because he had a cold. Falling back on his now-stock explanation of the Iowa outburst, he said, "We did have a little fun in Iowa. I thought I owed it to the 3,500 kids that came out and worked for us." Later, Dean returned to the subject, suggesting that unguarded moments like the Iowa speech are in fact evidence of his superior genuineness. "You know, I'm not a perfect person," Dean explained. "I think a lot of people have had a lot of fun at my expense over the Iowa hooting and hollering, and that's justified. But one thing I can tell you is that I'm not kidding about what I say." Dean's non-mea culpa, clearly practiced and tested with his advisers, didn't fare any better than his early explanations of his Iowa rant. "Don't be hard on yourself about hooting and hollering," Al Sharpton advised the former Vermont governor. "If I had spent the money you did and got 18 percent, I'd still be in Iowa hooting and hollering." http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200401230840.asp [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8182 From: CP Date: Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:04pm Subject: ISA ETA-1 on ebay I have an older ISA ETA-1 telephone analyzer on ebay if anyone is interested. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3073220333 It's in good cosmetic condition with case (no manuals). --Charles 8183 From: Date: Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:41am Subject: Cold War Museum Cold War Museum Update 2004 Over the past eight years the Cold War Museum has made great strides in honoring Cold War Veterans and preserving Cold War history. However, the work has just begun and we need to continue our fundraising efforts in order to raise the millions of dollars necessary to build The Cold War Museum and Memorial. I am writing to provide you with a brief update on the Museum's activities and to ask that you consider making a year-end tax-deductible donation to the Cold War Museum's general fund. A donation to our general fund will allow us to develop architectural plans, conduct a site feasibility study, and prepare for our national fundraising campaign. If you know of any family members, friends, or colleagues that would like to assist with our efforts, please let them know that their support is welcomed. We are at a critical stage of our development. In January 2004, the Cold War Museum renewed its affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution. As a result we have pledges of support for artifact loans from Smithsonian Air and Space, American History, National Portrait, and US Postal Museum. The Cold War Museum has submitted a proposal to Fairfax County Park Authority to locate at the former Nike Missile Base in Lorton, Virginia. We are working with the Fort Meade Museum and the Historical Electronics Museum in Maryland, the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, and the Florida International Museum to temporarily display artifacts from our collection. Annually, the Bulgaria, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, and Slovakian Embassies co-host a reception to promote The Museum to the International community in Washington, DC. The 2001 reception to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the end of the Cold War was held at the Embassy of Slovakia. The 2002 reception was held at the Romanian Embassy. The 2003 event was held at the Embassy of Bulgaria on November 14, 2003. The Museum has acquired many important Eastern Bloc artifacts, including an East German admiral's uniform, a Checkpoint Charlie sign, a Stasi prison door and bed, and a piece of the "Iron Curtin" as a result of these receptions. The mobile exhibit on the U-2 Incident, the "Spies of Washington Tour," and our book signing receptions continue to generate interest and support. The mobile exhibit returned from a one-year display at the Florida International Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida and then began a one-year display at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, WI. The exhibit opened to the public at the National Test Site Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 2, 2003. The educational "Spies of Washington Tour" (www.spytour.com) now includes an optional stop at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Our latest book signing reception took place at the National Archives and featured author John Fahey who wrote, "Licensed to Spy" about his involvement with the United States Military Liaison Mission (USMLM). As a result of our efforts, the Commonwealth of Virginia recently allocated a $28,000 matching grant for the Cold War Museum. We are grateful to the Springfield VFW (Post 7327) who in response to our matching grant campaign donated $20,000 to the Museum. Our Congressman, the Honorable Tom M. Davis, III (11th Virginia), is working to assist the museum at the Federal level. Once again the museum is part of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC#7475), which allows for Federal government and military employees to donate to the museum through payroll deduction. Please consider making a donation to the Cold War Museum's general fund. Your gift will help us plan for the new year and the new physical location. Tax-deductible contributions and artifact donations to the Museum will ensure that future generations will remember Cold War events and personalities that forever altered our understanding of national security, international relations, and personal sacrifice for one's country. Please help spread the word about the Museum. Together we can make this vision a reality. If you should have any questions or want additional information, please contact: Francis Gary Powers, Jr. - Founder The Cold War Museum P.O. Box 178 - Fairfax, VA 22030 P-(703) 273-2381 / F-(703) 273-4903 www.coldwar.org / gpowersjr@c... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8184 From: Andy Cuff Date: Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:05am Subject: Network Taps Copper and Fiber Hi I've created a new page http://www.securitywizardry.com/taps.htm providing salient details and a feature matrix for all the commercial vendors that supply network Taps, the page is aimed at those who wish to use the Taps for Intrusion Detection Systems but they can obviously also be used for more nefarious purposes. Additionally I have included a fiber Tap detection system that claims to get over the problem I used to have with level threshold detectors and false positives that occurred as the fibers degraded over time. What I'm looking for from TSCM is whether I'm missing any products that are out there either Taps or Tap detectors I'd also like details on any Gucci devices like vampire Taps for fiber or Taps that rely on refracting signal out of the fiber Any good home made DIY kit build instructions, I saw a nice Fiber Tap that used 3 media converters in various ways. If you can spare any time in responding to my query I'd really appreciate it, the site isn't a commercial one, and is vendor agnostic, though the banners allow me to break even on the running costs. In fact I've taken a days vacation to update some of the content take care -andy Talisker Security Tools Directory http://www.securitywizardry.com 8185 From: Andy Cuff Date: Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:09am Subject: Re: TEMPEST prevention fonts Hi Eric, In my experience they can be effective in making the reconstituted image more difficult to read but they don't really effect some of the more critical leading edges used to sync in with the original output. I produced a TEMPEST FAQ http://www.securitywizardry.com/tempest.htm a few years back, it was seriously edited for public consumption but I feel there are some interesting points that are still relevant today. For me the big thing to get across is that TEMPEST doesn't just apply to screens but any other repetitive processing that results in electromagnetic emanations; keyboards etc Hope it's of some use, though I do apologise for it's lameness -andy (former TEMPEST tester) Talisker Security Tools Directory http://www.securitywizardry.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Butler" To: Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:11 AM Subject: [TSCM-L] TEMPEST prevention fonts > I was wondering about the effectivness of tempest prevention fonts. i > have found a picture of the letters, but no workable font files. i > would appreciate any feedback/links. thanks! > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TSCM-L/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > TSCM-L-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > 8186 From: Jeremy Funk Date: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:25pm Subject: Farm Kid Joins The Marines LETTER FROM A FARM KID NOW AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT IN SAN DIEGO Dear Ma and Pa: I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before maybe all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m., but am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water. Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food. But tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on "route" marches, which the Platoon Sergeant says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell him different. A route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. The country is nice, but awful flat. The Sergeant is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. The Captain is like the school board. Majors and Colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none. This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move. And it ain't shooting at you, like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes. Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake. He joined up the same time as me. But I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8" and weighs near 300 pounds dry. Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in. Your loving daughter, Gail 8187 From: Does it matter Date: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:25pm Subject: Washington computer break in I couldn't believe the guys name in this story William Pickle WASHINGTON -- Republican staff members of the US Senate Judiciary Commitee infiltrated opposition computer files for a year, monitoring secret strategy memos and periodically passing on copies to the media, Senate officials told The Globe. From the spring of 2002 until at least April 2003, members of the GOP committee staff exploited a computer glitch that allowed them to access restricted Democratic communications without a password. Trolling through hundreds of memos, they were able to read talking points and accounts of private meetings discussing which judicial nominees Democrats would fight -- and with what tactics. The office of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms William Pickle has already launched an investigation into how excerpts from 15 Democratic memos showed up in the pages of the conservative-leaning newspapers and were posted to a website last November. With the help of forensic computer experts from General Dynamics and the US Secret Service, his office has interviewed about 120 people to date and seized more than half a dozen computers -- including four Judiciary servers, one server from the office of Senate majority leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, and several desktop hard drives. But the scope of both the intrusions and the likely disclosures is now known to have been far more extensive than the November incident, staffers and others familiar with the investigation say. The revelation comes as the battle of judicial nominees is reaching a new level of intensity. Last week, President Bush used his recess power to appoint Judge Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, bypassing a Democratic filibuster that blocked a vote on his nomination for a year because of concerns over his civil rights record. Democrats now claim their private memos formed the basis for a February 2003 column by conservative pundit Robert Novak that revealed plans pushed by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, to filibuster certain judicial nominees. Novak is also at the center of an investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA agent whose husband contradicted a Bush administration claim about Iraqi nuclear programs. Citing "internal Senate sources," Novak's column described closed- door Democratic meetings about how to handle nominees. Its details and direct quotes from Democrats -- characterizing former nominee Miguel Estrada as a "stealth right-wing zealot" and describing the GOP agenda as an "assembly line" for right-wing nominees -- are contained in talking points and meeting accounts from the Democratic files now known to have been compromised. Novak declined to confirm or deny whether his column was based on these files. "They're welcome to think anything they want," he said. "As has been demonstrated, I don't reveal my sources." As the extent to which Democratic communications were monitored came into sharper focus, Republicans yesterday offered a new defense. They said that in the summer of 2002, their computer technician informed his Democratic counterpart of the glitch, but Democrats did nothing to fix the problem. Other staffers, however, denied that the Democrats were told anything about it before November 2003. The emerging scope of the GOP surveillance of confidential Democratic files represents a major escalation in partisan warfare over judicial appointments. The bitter fight traces back to 1987, when Democrats torpedoed Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court. In the 1990s, Republicans blocked many of President Clinton's nominees. Since President Bush took office, those roles have been reversed. Against that backdrop, both sides have something to gain and lose from the investigation into the computer files. For Democrats, the scandal highlights GOP dirty tricks that could result in ethics complaints to the Senate and the Washington Bar -- or even criminal charges under computer intrusion laws. "They had an obligation to tell each of the people whose files they were intruding upon -- assuming it was an accident -- that that was going on so those people could protect themselves," said one Senate staffer. "To keep on getting these files is just beyond the pale." But for Republicans, the scandal also keeps attention on the memo contents, which demonstrate the influence of liberal interest groups in choosing which nominees Democratic senators would filibuster. Other revelations from the memos include Democrats' race-based characterization of Estrada as "especially dangerous, because . . . he is Latino," which they feared would make him difficult to block from a later promotion to the Supreme Court. And, at the request of the NAACP, the Democrats delayed any hearings for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals until after it heard a landmark affirmative action case -- though a memo noted that staffers "are a little concerned about the propriety of scheduling hearings based on the resolution of a particular case." After the contents of those memos were made public in The Wall Street Journal editorial pages and The Washington Times, Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, made a preliminary inquiry and described himself as "mortified that this improper, unethical and simply unacceptable breach of confidential files may have occurred on my watch." Hatch also confirmed that "at least one current member of the Judiciary Committee staff had improperly accessed at least some of the documents referenced in media reports." He did not name the staffer, who he said was being placed on leave and who sources said has since resigned, although he had apparently already announced plans to return to school later this year. Officials familiar with the investigation identified that person as a legislative staff assistant whose name was removed from a list of Judiciary Committee staff in the most recent update of a Capitol Hill directory. The staff member's home number has been disconnected and he could not be reached for comment. Hatch also said that a "former member of the Judiciary staff may have been involved." Many news reports have subsequently identified that person as Manuel Miranda, who formerly worked in the Judiciary Committee office and now is the chief judicial nominee adviser in the Senate majority leader's office. His computer hard drive name was stamped on an e-mail from the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League that was posted along with the Democratic Senate staff communications. Reached at home, Miranda said he is on paternity leave; Frist's office said he is on leave "pending the results of the investigation" -- he denied that any of the handwritten comments on the memos were by his hand and said he did not distribute the memos to the media. He also argued that the only wrongdoing was on the part of the Democrats -- both for the content of their memos, and for their negligence in placing them where they could be seen. "There appears to have been no hacking, no stealing, and no violation of any Senate rule," Miranda said. "Stealing assumes a property right and there is no property right to a government document. . . . These documents are not covered under the Senate disclosure rule because they are not official business and, to the extent they were disclosed, they were disclosed inadvertently by negligent [Democratic] staff." Whether the memos are ultimately deemed to be official business will be a central issue in any criminal case that could result. Unauthorized access of such material could be punishable by up to a year in prison -- or, at the least, sanction under a Senate non- disclosure rule. The computer glitch dates to 2001, when Democrats took control of the Senate after the defection from the GOP of Senator Jim Jeffords, Independent of Vermont. A technician hired by the new judiciary chairman, Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, apparently made a mistake that allowed anyone to access newly created accounts on a Judiciary Committee server shared by both parties -- even though the accounts were supposed to restrict access only to those with the right password. 8188 From: Date: Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:02am Subject: Big Brother' brings peace of mind 'Big Brother' brings peace of mind By Malcolm Brown January 27, 2004 The death of student Mike Lee, whose body was found in a wheelie bin in Surry Hills on January 5, might have gone down as another of Sydney's unsolved murders, or at best, the unlawful disposal of a body. But it was not so, according to a security camera in Reservoir Street, Surry Hills. Lee had climbed into the wheelie bin on New Year's Eve. And Lyndsay van Blanken, found dead under units in the eastern suburbs on January 10, was filmed by a security camera at Bondi Junction railway station at 5.58pm the day she disappeared, November 24 last year. The low price, convenient storage and high definition of digital images has accelerated the boom in closed-circuit television (CCTV) in shops, offices, business districts, transport, car parks, streets and homes. While it has raised the spectre of Big Brother, particularly in the workplace, crimes have been solved. Terry Murphy, executive director of the Australian Security Industry Association, said: "As long as somebody is watching and making sure it cannot be used as a Big Brother, this industry does not have a problem." The association's commercial services manager, Bryan De Caires, said volume alone testified to the acceptance of the system. "Thousands and thousands" of cameras were being installed each year. The electronic security sector in Australia was worth just under $2 billion a year, including up to $200 million a year from CCTV. Steve Wheeler, the general manager, technology, for Chubb Security, said that its CCTV business in Australia was growing about 30 per cent a year. And Jeffrey Tonazzi, NSW regional manager for Vangren Technology, said that CCTV makes up to 50 per cent of its business in some markets. Mr Wheeler said the uncertain state of the world boosted the market, which might "taper off" if things settled down. Features are growing while prices fall. Glen Watkins, assistant CCTV manager for Ness Security Products, said a camera system that might have cost $20,000 three years ago now costs $7000. The market had been held back by cost and technical barriers, but now it was thriving. "You're looking at $500 for a good quality camera for a lunch shop or something like that," he said. "If you want an external camera you are looking at $1000 or $1200. But you can get a cheap one for $100. People are flocking to get them now." The NSW Electronic Surveillance Act covers the sector in this state. Security camera installers must be licensed, which entails a police check. Cameras must have signs saying they are there. Notices must accompany cameras at work stating their purpose, for example, assisting safety. And they cannot be used to see into private areas. Privacy NSW warned the State Government in a report that while surveillance cameras installed at work might initially be legitimate, they could over time be used for things such as spying. But the security industry warns that cameras do not guarantee security. Criminals can relocate their activities or use disguises. This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/26/1075087963249.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8189 From: Date: Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:08pm Subject: Wiretap capability January 26, 2004 09:05 AM US Eastern Timezone Messaging Expert Mirapoint Sharpens Its Email Security Appliance Product Line with RazorGate SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004-- Cutting-Edge RazorGate 100 & RazorGate 300 Appliances Provide Industrial-Strength Security Protection at the Network Edge to Stop Spam, Viruses, Hacker Attacks & More Building on its reputation as a customer-proven provider of airtight email security solutions, Mirapoint today announced the RazorGate(TM) appliances -- a new suite of email security solutions optimized to stop spam, viruses, hacker attacks, and other security threats that jeopardize today's mission-critical message networks. Deployed at the edge of a customer's network, the purpose-built RazorGate 100 and RazorGate 300 appliances are ideal email security solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses or for highly distributed organizations, and are designed to work with any existing email server. Oriented for sale through Mirapoint's reseller partners, the RazorGate solutions are faster to deploy, provide more complete protection, and offer lower total cost of ownership (TCO) when compared with competitive security products; including non-integrated "piece-meal" alternatives sourced from multiple vendors or inflexible filtering services provided by a hosting provider with limited customization and poor return on investment (ROI). Mirapoint's RazorGate appliances offer the industry's best and most complete email security protection available in convenient, easy-to-deploy form factors. Both RazorGate appliances employ Mirapoint's industry-recognized Full-Spectrum(TM) technology, which boasts the industry's "best accuracy for spam catch-rates with zero false positives" based on independent analysis by a leading trade magazine. Powerful, industry-leading anti-virus technology is also available pre-integrated with all RazorGate appliances, as well as additional security capabilities for advanced content filtering, policy enforcement, intrusion detection, and SMTP connection management. To meet the strong market demand for email security solutions, Mirapoint has partnered with over 50 worldwide resellers, including Paragon Systems, Secure Content Solutions, Newman Group, Intrinsic Networks, EZ Web Communications, Care Factor, KERNEL Networks, Drachenfels GmbH, and Inuit. Mirapoint will work with these and other channel partners to promote the RazorGate product family. "Spam, viruses, and other email-based attacks will all help to propel the email security market to strong growth over the next five years," said Robert Mahowald, research manager at IDC. "Mirapoint's new RazorGate solution joins the company's Message Server and Message Director products to form a comprehensive lineup of email security solutions for enterprise and service provider customers. Mirapoint's expertise in security for routing, storing, accessing, and managing email gives it insight into the security needs of customers of all sizes." The new RazorGate products complement Mirapoint's existing family of email security solutions. With high-end products like the Mirapoint Message Director, to the new cost-optimized RazorGate family, Mirapoint has the right solution to address the full range of needs for enterprise, service provider, education, or government customers. RazorGate 100 -- Fully Integrated Protection Against Spam, Virus, and Hacker Attacks The RazorGate 100 is a compact, 1U appliance designed for rapid deployment alongside any existing email server to provide protection against spam, viruses, and hacker attacks. Targeted at organizations with less than 1,500 users, the RazorGate 100 provides a more cost-effective, easy-to-manage solution than competitive software-only or service-based offerings. The RazorGate 100 includes the following key features: -- Mirapoint's Full-Spectrum email security technology -- Combines powerful spam analysis, identification, filtering, and management features, delivering industry's best catch-rates with zero false positives. -- DirectPath(TM) real-time scanning technology -- Provides in-line scanning of message traffic without the complexity of managing and backing-up the message queue. With DirectPath, no messages are ever stored in queues; and in the unlikely event of a system failure, there is no chance that mission-critical email messages get lost or deleted. -- Advanced content filtering -- Enables the filtering of messages based on keywords in message body, header, or attachments, including HTML, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files. Administrators can also configure policies for managing incoming and outgoing email traffic to protect against harassment or other types of email abuse. "Small and mid-sized businesses are actively searching for highly effective yet affordable protection at the gateway against spam, viruses, and hacker attacks," said Vartan Ouzanian, president of Secure Content Solutions. "Mirapoint's new RazorGate appliances offer a customer-proven solution that addresses customers' end-to-end security needs. SCS is excited to offer the new RazorGate appliances to its customers and help boost the security and reliability of their message networks." RazorGate 300 -- Network-Hardened Multi-Layer Email Security for Larger Enterprises Designed for larger organizations of up to 5,000 users, the RazorGate 300 provides all of the features of the RazorGate 100, plus additional higher-end capabilities. The RazorGate 300 includes the following key features: -- Integrated LDAP routing and queue management capabilities -- Enables complex routing of email within an organization's message network or between multiple email servers. Integrated queue management tools provide granular control over incoming and outgoing message traffic, as well as quarantine queue capabilities for examining messages in transit. -- Wiretap capability -- Addresses emerging corporate liability, regulatory, or vertical industry requirements. Wiretap allows administrators to selectively and transparently monitor individual email. For example, if a message gets bounced, the end-user will not be notified in any way and the wiretap will not be compromised. -- Secure email access -- Provides a secure access proxy for existing web-based email applications, such as Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Lotus iNotes, or Mirapoint Webmail. -- Carrier-grade reliability -- Ensures 99.999% availability with redundant hardware components and battery backed-up redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) controllers. "Our government and business customers desire solutions that increase the reliability and security of their message networks, while driving down administrative overhead and TCO," said Gary Newgaard, president of Paragon Systems. "With Mirapoint's solutions, including the new RazorGate email security appliances, Paragon has a complete product offering to address any size organization -- from a few hundred users to tens of thousands -- to secure incoming and outgoing email against hackers, spam, and virus threats, or deliver more reliable, manageable email services." "With the addition of RazorGate, Mirapoint can offer protection against security threats to business of all sizes and requirements," said Johannes von Drachenfels, director of Drachenfels GmbH. "The RazorGate appliance is an ideal product for the channel because it is price optimized, can be deployed within minutes, and because its an appliance that companies don't have to worry about in dealing with multiple versions of software and integration." Go-to-Market Kit Empowers Channel Partners To simplify the sales and marketing of its new RazorGate appliances, Mirapoint will provide channel partners with a complete go-to-market kit. The kit includes data sheets, brochures, sales tools, customizable direct marketing and advertising materials, and comprehensive competitive information. Mirapoint will also provide funding of joint marketing efforts for the RazorGate appliances for qualified partners and programs. Pricing & Availability The RazorGate appliances are aggressively priced with a RazorGate 100 configuration for 300 users priced at $12,500 suggested U.S. list price. The RazorGate 100 is immediately available and the RazorGate 300 will be available in the first quarter of 2004. For more information or to purchase RazorGate appliances, please contact an authorized RazorGate reseller or Mirapoint directly at 1-800-937-8118 or info@m.... About Mirapoint Mirapoint(R) is a leader in solutions for message networks used by service provider, enterprise, education and government institutions. Customers use Mirapoint solutions to build message networks that intelligently and securely route, store, access and manage Internet messages, including email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com. Contacts Mirapoint, Inc. Jeff Brainard, 408-720-3861 jbrainard@m... or Engage PR Kristin Kiltz, 510-748-8200 ext. 204 kristin@e... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8190 From: Date: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:15am Subject: Citing Free Speech, Judge Voids Part of Antiterror Act January 27, 2004 New York Times Citing Free Speech, Judge Voids Part of Antiterror Act By ERIC LICHTBLAU ASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- For the first time, a federal judge has struck down part of the sweeping antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act, joining other courts that have challenged integral parts of the Bush administration's campaign against terrorism. In Los Angeles, the judge, Audrey B. Collins of Federal District Court, said in a decision made public on Monday that a provision in the law banning certain types of support for terrorist groups was so vague that it risked running afoul of the First Amendment. Civil liberties advocates hailed the decision as an important victory in efforts to rein in what they regard as legal abuses in the government's antiterrorism initiatives. The Justice Department defended the law as a crucial tool in the fight against terrorists and promised to review the Los Angeles ruling. At issue was a provision in the act, passed by Congress after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that expanded previous antiterrorism law to prohibit anyone from providing "expert advice or assistance" to known terrorist groups. The measure was part of a broader set of prohibitions that the administration has relied heavily on in prosecuting people in Lackawanna, N.Y., Portland, Ore., Detroit and elsewhere accused of providing money, training, Internet services and other "material support" to terrorist groups. In Los Angeles, several humanitarian groups that work with Kurdish refugees in Turkey and Tamil residents of Sri Lanka had sued the government, arguing in a lawsuit that the antiterrorism act was so ill defined that they had stopped writing political material and helping organize peace conferences for fear that they would be prosecuted. Judge Collins agreed that the ban on providing advice and assistance to terrorists was "impermissibly vague" and blocked the Justice Department from enforcing it against the plaintiffs. "The USA Patriot Act places no limitation on the type of expert advice and assistance which is prohibited, and instead bans the provision of all expert advice and assistance regardless of its nature," Judge Collins wrote in a ruling issued late Friday. As a result, the law could be construed to include "unequivocally pure speech and advocacy protected by the First Amendment," wrote the judge, who was appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton. At the same time, however, Judge Collins sided with the government in rejecting some of the plaintiffs' arguments, and she declined to grant a nationwide injunction against the Justice Department. Even so, lawyers for the humanitarian groups said they were heartened by the ruling. It came seven weeks after many of the same plaintiffs won a ruling in a separate but related case before a federal appeals court in San Francisco. That court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, found that a 1996 antiterrorism law prohibiting anyone from providing training or personnel for terrorist groups was too vague to pass constitutional muster. In recent months, other courts have also challenged the administration's designation of enemy combatants and other aspects of the campaign against terrorism, but the Los Angeles decision was the first by a federal judge to strike down any portion of the Patriot Act. "The critical thing here is that this is the first demonstration that courts will not allow Congress in the name of fighting terrorism to ignore our constitutional rights," said Nancy Chang, a senior lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights, the New York-based organization that brought the lawsuit against the Justice Department on behalf of the humanitarian groups. "By using a broad and vague definition of terrorism, that has a chilling effect on free speech." The Justice Department, which already sought a review of the related decision in San Francisco, also plans to review Judge Collins's ruling to decide whether it should be appealed, officials said. Administration officials have made clear that they consider the Patriot Act to be an integral part of their efforts to identify, track and disrupt terrorist activities. Indeed, President Bush < http://www.nytimes.com/top/news/washington/campaign2004/candidates/georgewbush/index.html> in his State of the Union message last week urged Congress to renew parts of the act that are scheduled to expire in 2005. But the administration may face a tough sell in Congress, with a growing number of lawmakers from both parties questioning whether the government's expanded powers in dozens of areas of law enforcement have infringed on civil liberties. In largely symbolic votes, more than 230 communities nationwide have raised formal objections to the law. Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the Justice Department, said in a statement on Monday that the language banning expert advice or assistance to terrorists represented only "a modest enhancement" of previous law. "By targeting those who provide material support by providing expert advice or assistance," Mr. Corallo said, "the law made clear that Americans are threatened as much by the person who teaches a terrorist to build a bomb as by the one who pushes the button." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 8191 From: Andy Cuff Date: Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:26am Subject: Re: Big Brother' brings peace of mind Hi Folks, Here in the UK you can hardly step outside your house without appearing on CCTV somewhere, have any surveys been conducted on a nation by nation basis comparing number of CCTV systems vs. populous? -andy Talisker Security Tools Directory http://www.securitywizardry.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 3:02 PM Subject: [TSCM-L] Big Brother' brings peace of mind > 'Big Brother' brings peace of mind > By Malcolm Brown > January 27, 2004 > > The death of student Mike Lee, whose body was found in a wheelie bin in Surry > Hills on January 5, might have gone down as another of Sydney's unsolved > murders, or at best, the unlawful disposal of a body. > > But it was not so, according to a security camera in Reservoir Street, Surry > Hills. Lee had climbed into the wheelie bin on New Year's Eve. > > And Lyndsay van Blanken, found dead under units in the eastern suburbs on > January 10, was filmed by a security camera at Bondi Junction railway station at > 5.58pm the day she disappeared, November 24 last year. > > The low price, convenient storage and high definition of digital images has > accelerated the boom in closed-circuit television (CCTV) in shops, offices, > business districts, transport, car parks, streets and homes. > > While it has raised the spectre of Big Brother, particularly in the > workplace, crimes have been solved. Terry Murphy, executive director of the Australian > Security Industry Association, said: "As long as somebody is watching and > making sure it cannot be used as a Big Brother, this industry does not have a > problem." > > The association's commercial services manager, Bryan De Caires, said volume > alone testified to the acceptance of the system. "Thousands and thousands" of > cameras were being installed each year. > > The electronic security sector in Australia was worth just under $2 billion a > year, including up to $200 million a year from CCTV. > > Steve Wheeler, the general manager, technology, for Chubb Security, said that > its CCTV business in Australia was growing about 30 per cent a year. > > And Jeffrey Tonazzi, NSW regional manager for Vangren Technology, said that > CCTV makes up to 50 per cent of its business in some markets. > > Mr Wheeler said the uncertain state of the world boosted the market, which > might "taper off" if things settled down. > > Features are growing while prices fall. Glen Watkins, assistant CCTV manager > for Ness Security Products, said a camera system that might have cost $20,000 > three years ago now costs $7000. The market had been held back by cost and > technical barriers, but now it was thriving. > > "You're looking at $500 for a good quality camera for a lunch shop or > something like that," he said. > > "If you want an external camera you are looking at $1000 or $1200. But you > can get a cheap one for $100. People are flocking to get them now." > > The NSW Electronic Surveillance Act covers the sector in this state. Security > camera installers must be licensed, which entails a police check. Cameras > must have signs saying they are there. Notices must accompany cameras at work > stating their purpose, for example, assisting safety. And they cannot be used to > see into private areas. > > Privacy NSW warned the State Government in a report that while surveillance > cameras installed at work might initially be legitimate, they could over time > be used for things such as spying. But the security industry warns that cameras > do not guarantee security. Criminals can relocate their activities or use > disguises. > > This story was found at: > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/26/1075087963249.html > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TSCM-L/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > TSCM-L-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > 8192 From: Fernando Martins Date: Wed Jan 28, 2004 1:30pm Subject: Re: Big Brother' brings peace of mind hi Andy The closest to the issue that I know of is this: http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2003/threats.htm#Video%20Surveillance But I think UK wins easy any survey ;> Regarding Big Brother issues, the news here is that, after cctv and access control databases, RF ID is now under the personal data protection law. FM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Cuff" To: ; Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] Big Brother' brings peace of mind > Hi Folks, > Here in the UK you can hardly step outside your house without appearing on > CCTV somewhere, have any surveys been conducted on a nation by nation basis > comparing number of CCTV systems vs. populous? > > -andy > Talisker Security Tools Directory > http://www.securitywizardry.com 8193 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:14pm Subject: Riser Bond TDR recall Riser Bond, now known as Radiodetection Company, has issued a safety recall for their 6000 series TDRs. Most professional TSCMers use some form of TDR for checking phone lines, with the Riser Bond being by far the most popular. The specific models mentioned in the recall are 6000, 6000DSL, RD6000 (Standard, VF, DD) and 6000DT. There is a shock hazard, where under certain combinations of connection and operating conditions, the metallic parts of the connectors and case housing can become energized with potentially hazardous voltages. All units in this series are being taken out of service. Ultimately. the company will develop a mod for the unit to address the issues. That mod has not yet been released, so for now they're just recalling all units. Apparently they're taking this seriously, judging from the string of certified letters I've been receiving from them, seemingly one for every unit I've purchased. If you have one of the above, contact Mr. Chuck Morton of Radiodetection at 207-647-9495 x112 for instructions. Info on Riser Bond products can be found on their website www.riserbond.com. If anyone needs a TSCM industry standard 'yellow box' Riser Bond TDR (not the style being recalled), I have a number of used ones in stock for excellent prices, complete with documentation, accessories, fresh battery and recent calibration. Info here: http://www.swssec.com/part_one.html Other TSCM gear listed also. Steve ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" *******************************************************************