Monday, August 08, 2005

An Insider's view of 'Ciscogate', by Jennifer Granick, in Wired News. Attorney Jennifer Granick represented computer security researcher Michael Lynn in his conflict with Cisco and ISS at the Black Hat conference. The following is reprinted from her blog with permission. What follows is my take on "Ciscogate," the uproar over researcher Michael Lynn's presentation at this year's Black Hat conference, in which he revealed that he was able to remotely execute code on Cisco routers. I have been representing Mike during this crisis, so I'm clearly partisan, and what I can say is limited by attorney-client responsibilities. But while many people are speculating about the facts, there hasn't been much on the law, which turns out to be really interesting. I agree: quite interesting. This account takes things up through the settlement among Lynn, Cisco, and ISS, and to the appearance of FBI special agents at Black Hat. 12:46:08 PM    comment []

Branson, Mo., Looks Beyond RVs and Buffets [Washington Post: Top News] 9:19:45 AM    comment []

Acting Like There's No Tomorrow When There May Be Many Tomorrows Left. How long people think they will live affects their behavior. By DAVID LEONHARDT. [NYT > Business] 9:19:39 AM    comment []

Stevens Cites 'Serious Flaws' In Use of the Death Penalty [Washington Post: Top News] 9:19:31 AM    comment []

Brain Region Tied to Regret Identified. On Scientific American [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 9:16:04 AM    comment []

Turning Bugs Into Drugs. Bacteria are so good at evading medicines, scientists are exploring ways to get them to make therapeutic substances inside your body or nudge your immune system. By Monya Baker from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 9:14:49 AM    comment []

This Modern World. Obligatory summer blockbuster cartoon! [Salon.com] 9:14:23 AM    comment []

Iranian Judge Ambushed. SMCCDI: An Islamist judge was able to escape from an ambush yesterday night in northern Tehran. Fazli-Nejad who’s known for his role in crackdown on Iranian bloggers was on his way home when he was attacked by armed assailants…Fazli-Nejad is also a close collaborator of Judge Moghadassi who was killed last Wednesday by armed assailants. [...] [The Politburo Diktat] 9:14:11 AM    comment []

New "Cooperative" Philosophy PhD Program at North Texas/UT Arlington. The University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Arlington (both in the Dallas area) have won approval for a new PhD program emphasizing applied philosophy (esp. environmental ethics/philosophy). Details here. [Leiter Reports] Brian goes on to offer rudimentary appraisal of the strength of the program initially. 9:13:44 AM    comment []

Nigerian Net Grifters Doing Fine. 'Congratulations, you are our lucky winner!' Tens of thousands of e-mails originating in Nigerian internet cafes announce riches to recipients. Some fork over lots of cash, never to hear from the senders again. [Wired News] 9:12:11 AM    comment []

The Big Fish: Ten years later, the story of Suck.com, the first great website, by Matt Sharkey, keepgoing.org. 7:45:24 AM    comment []

File under "Duh": Government computers top target for cyberattacks, by Daniel Pulliam, govexec.com. 7:45:19 AM    comment []